Circuit for compensating the errors occurring when changing the playing back speed of a double azimuth 4-head VTR

A circuit for compensating horizontal and vertical timing errors occurring when changing a playing back speed of a double azimuth 4-head VTR having four heads in a reading and writing system having reading and writing clock and a field memory storing 1H signals, the circuit comprising:

• first and second switches switching data retrieved by the four heads and amplified in response to head switching signals and outputting first and second output signals;
• a comparator comparing the first and second output signals received from said first and second switches and outputting head comparing switching signals;
• an alternate delay circuit receiving the head comparing switching signals from said comparator and said head switching signals, and delaying horizontal synchronization by 2H during the switching of the data to delay skew signals and not to delay normal signals, said alternate delay circuit comprising an integrating circuit integrating the head comparing switching signals and outputting an integrated signal, a buffer amplifying the integrated signal received from the integrating circuit to a given value and outputting an amplified signal, and a delay multiplexer receiving the amplified signal from said buffer and the head switching signal and outputting delay signals;
• a multiplexer generating control signals in response to the delay signals received from said alternate delay circuit and SP/EP head changing pulses;
• a third switch transmitting one of the first and second output signals received from one of the first and second switches in response to the control signals received from said multiplexer as a third output signal;
• a pre-amplifier having a high frequency output terminal, receiving and amplifying the third output signal from said third switch and outputting video signals via the high frequency output terminal;
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• a time base correction (TBC) circuit for receiving the video signals from said high frequency output terminal of the pre-amplifier to retrieve the 1H signals from the field memory to independently operate the reading and writing clocks, thereby compensating the horizontal and vertical timing errors of the delay signals output by said alternate delay circuit.