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Record/reproduction apparatus for recording/reproducing multi-channel signals in different areas of a recording medium

US5587978A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 1993
Grant dateDec 24, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/65
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital signal which is recorded on a recording medium with being encoded is duplicated to another recording medium without being decoded. An audio signal is recorded and/or reproduced using data recorded in a TOG of the recording medium. A first data signal (2-channel audio signal) is intermittently recorded on and/or reproduced from a first area of the recording medium, and a second data signal (other 2-channel audio signal) is intermittently recorded on and/or reproduced from a second area of the recording medium during a period in which the first data signal is not recorded or reproduced.

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