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Rotary head type digital signal reproducing apparatus with different modes and tracking control

US4839755A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1987
Grant dateJun 13, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1806
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rotary head type type digital signal reproducing apparatus plays a magnetic tape which is pre-recorded with a tracking reference signal in predetermined starting and ending portions of each track which is formed obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the magnetic tape and with a digital audio signal in an intermediate portion between the starting and ending portions of each track. When playing a magnetic tape pre-recorded in a half-speed mode, only the tape transport speed is set identical to that at the time of the recording. A tracking control is carried out based on tracking reference signals reproduced during predetermined two successive scans out of four successive scans made with respect to every two mutually adjacent tracks.

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