PURPOSE: To accept remote hearing signals only for the displayed period of seconds, by storing the time points such as 5sec, 12sec, etc. when recording an answer message on a tape.

CONSTITUTION: When an answer message is recorded on a tape, the seconds elapsed and integrated from the start of recording are displayed at display devices 12 and 13. These displays of integration are stopped 4, F.F2 when the recording of message is over. The seconds elapsed from 0sec are displayed again at the devices 12 and 13 when the recorded message is reproduced. The desired time points such as 5sec, 12sec, etc. are stored 14 by pushing a storing button 5 at each corresponding time. A remote control circuit Y-R is actuated by an AND output of the output of the storage means 14 and a remote control signal supplied from the outside.