A device for recording blocks of information on logical addresses on a record carrier at corresponding physical addresses. The logical addresses are translated into the physical addresses in dependence of remapping information (57, 63) indicative for translating a logical address initially mapped to a physical address to an alternate physical address in a remapping area (55), for example for defect management. The device can operate at two addressing modes corresponding to recording user data and additional data in separate areas. The device has storage means for storing additional data (54, 62) while maintaining addressing mode for storing data in the user area (53), the storage means being arranged for assigning an additional data physical address to the additional data, adapting the remapping information (57, 63) to indicate that the additional physical address is not available for storing user data, and directly recording the additional data at the additional data physical address.