Rotary head type digital signal reproducing method
AssigneePioneer Electronic Corporation
InventorTakahiro Kato
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Abstract
A method for playing a digitally recorded tape with a rotary head type reproduction apparatus in which selections which are recorded in unreproducible modes are automatically skipped. PCM-ID portions recorded in the PCM regions on the tape are detected to determine which regions on the tape are recorded in modes which are unreproducible by the particular reproduction apparatus. The detection operation may be performed during a rewinding operation. During the playing of the tape, the tape is quickly forwarded past selections which are found to be recorded in unreproducible modes. If no selections are found to be recorded in a reproducible mode, the tape cassette is automatically unloaded and ejected.
Claims4
A method for reproducing a digitally recorded tape with a rotary head reproducing apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- automatically detecting selections recorded on said tape recorded in an unreproducible mode;
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- automatically fast forwarding said tape in a forward direction past ones of said selections found recorded in said unreproducible mode, wherein said step of automatically detecting selections recorded in said unreproducible mode comprises detecting PCM-ID portions recorded and comparing said decoded data with the reproducing capabilities of the reproducing apparatus mode.
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