Sony Corporation

Hideyuki Ota

Susumu Konuta

Seiichi Sawakami

The present invention is directed to an apparatus in which recording reservation is registered by using a VPS/PDC signal and at the same time, a television broadcast program can be viewed even within the time window. Consequently, in a television broadcast signal receiving apparatus in which a television broadcast signal superimposed with broadcast start time as teletext data (VPS/PDC signal) is made possible to be recorded by reservation, a reservation recording which uses the VPS/PDC signal is registered and at the same time, channel scan off meansfor turning off the channel scan when the state is in the time window is provided.

Television broadcast signal receiving apparatus

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which an access time required when a tape cassette is exchanged can be reduced so that, while one tape cassette is in the timer-activated operation mode, the ordinary operation is carried out by another tape cassette. At least two tape cassette insertion and/or eject openings (4A), (4B) are formed through a single panel (2). Further, this recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes a mechanical deck (5) which records and/or reproduces tape cassettes (3A), (3B) inserted from these tape cassette insertion and/or eject openings (4A), (4B). The tape cassettes (3A), (3B) can be loaded onto at least two trays (7A), (7B).

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Saitama, Japan

Hideyuki Ota