Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Satoru Nagashima

Shiro Yoshida

Takao Kawasaki

Tatsuro Shirai

A digital recording apparatus has a transporter and processor. (1). Long play mode: The transporter rotates heads and transports a recording medium at each first speed. The processor converts a first input signal supplied at a normal transfer speed with A/D conversion at a first sampling frequency to generate a first data of a quantization levels, converts the first data to a second data of a quantization levels with a first clock frequency and processes the second data which is supplied to the heads so as to be recorded in the medium. (2). High recording mode: The transporter rotates the heads and transports the medium at each second speed which is N times faster than the first. The processor has a converter to convert a second input signal supplied at a transfer speed which is N times faster than the normal to a third signal having a second sampling frequency which is N times higher than the first and to process the third signal with a second clock frequency which is N times higher than the first to supply the third signal to the heads so as to record the third signal in the medium.

Digital recording/reproducing apparatus

A digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus for recording an input digital signal on a recording medium to reproduce it therefrom, comprising first means for recording the same identification code as an identification number particular to the digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus when the input digital signal has a specified sampling frequency at the time of recording, and second means for reproducing the recorded identification code at the time of reproduction, thus permitting the digital signal recorded on the recording medium to be reproduced only when the reproduced identification code is coincident with the identification number particular to the apparatus.

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Maebashi, Japan

Satoru Nagashima