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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1975
Toru Miyazaki, Iwaki, JA;
Alps Motorola, Inc., Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
A combined two (stereo) and four (quadraphonic) channel tape recorder is disclosed which can use both two and four channel eight track magnetic tape cartridges. The tape recorder includes a head positioning rotary body having four fixed rotary positions and a selection means for selecting two of these four fixed rotary positions when four channel (quadraphonic) operation is desired. The selection means comprises a rotary switch rotated in association with the rotation of the head positioning rotary body and an additional switch connected in series with the rotary switch and actuated by each rotation of the rotary body. Thus a single tape recorder capable of playing stereophonic and quadraphonic magnetic tape cartridges has been provided.