Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method, recording medium and program

A reproducing apparatus provided for a tape-shaped recording medium having an anisotropic property oblique with respect to a thickness direction, said reproducing apparatus comprising:

• transfer means for transferring said tape-shaped recording medium in a forward direction or a reversed direction;
• a reproducing head for scanning said tape-shaped recording medium along a recording track created in a direction parallel to said transfer directions of said tape-shaped recording medium, which is transferred by said transfer means;
• a signal-processing unit supplied with an output signal from said reproducing head, said signal-processing unit being used for carrying out signal processing required for a reproducing operation on a reproduced signal output by said reproducing head;
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• a control unit for controlling at least operations of said signal-processing unit, said control unit forming a judgment as to whether said transfer direction of said tape-shaped recording medium transferred by said transfer means is said forward direction or said reversed direction and controlling said signal-processing unit in accordance with a result of said judgment.

A recording and reproducing apparatus provided for a tape-shaped recording medium having an anisotropic property oblique with respect to a thickness direction, said recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:

• transfer means for transferring said tape-shaped recording medium in a forward direction or a reversed direction;
• a recording head and reproducing head, which is provided in a way to create a recording track in a direction parallel to said transfer directions of said tape-shaped recording medium transferred by said transfer means and is used for scanning said tape-shaped recording medium along said recording track;
• a signal-processing unit connected to said recording and/or reproducing head and supplied with a signal to be recorded, in addition to an output signal from said reproducing head, said signal-processing unit being used for carrying out signal processing required for a recording operation on a signal to be recorded and used for carrying out signal processing required for a reproducing operation on a reproduced signal output by said reproducing head;
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• a control unit for controlling at least operations of said signal-processing unit, said control unit forming a judgment as to whether said transfer direction of said tape-shaped recording medium transferred by said transfer means is said forward direction or said reversed direction and controlling said signal-processing unit in accordance with a result of said judgment.