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Video tape recorder with PCM audio recording with device for detecting irregularities in the video signal

US5428485A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 1992
Grant dateJun 27, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/87
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus equipped with a rotating drum having on its circumferential surface video signal heads for recording and reproducing a video signal on and from a recording medium and PCM signal heads for recording and reproducing a PCM audio signal on and from the recording medium. The apparatus further comprising at least a video signal irregularity detecting circuit for detecting a disturbance of the video signal. When detecting the disturbance of the video signal, the irregularity detecting circuit interrupts the recording of the PCM audio signal onto the recording medium in the case that the apparatus simultaneously records the video signal and PCM audio signal.

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