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Digital audio tape recorder and music program jump selecting method thereof

US5121269A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1991
Grant dateJun 9, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/913
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital audio tape recorder and a method for operating the same, especially in a music program jump selecting mode. In one embodiment, the state of an erasure-preventing tab is detected, and TOC (Table-Of-Contents) information is transferred from the tape to a TOC information memory only when the erasure-preventing tab is set to an indicate an unrecordable state. In accordance with another embodiment, when the music program number of the music selection presently being reproduced is known and the program number is aligned, a target music program number is calculated and displayed.

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