Medium replaceable recording and reproducing apparatus in which full initialization is not needed depending on the inserted state of the medium
US5392269A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B19/06
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A medium replaceable recording and reproducing apparatus comprises a medium insertion detecting unit for detecting that at least a part of a recording medium is inserted into a recording and reproducing apparatus for the recording medium, a drive loading detecting unit for detecting that the recording medium is loaded onto medium driver for driving the recording medium, and a medium discriminating unit for monitoring an output of the medium insertion detecting unit, and discriminating whether a recording medium loaded onto the medium driver is a new one or the same reloaded one as loaded just before.
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