The invention relates to a method and a device for time-shifted playback of audio/video data. The device comprises: means of storing audio/video data received, means of recording said audio/video data received on said storage means, means of displaying said audio/video data received as it is recorded, means of pausing at a given time the display of said audio/video data while continuing to record it. According to the invention, on switching back to playback mode, said display means display a summary of the audio/video data received during the pause before resuming the playback of said audio/video data received in real time.