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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1978
Masanao Okatani, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroshi Onishi, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshiaki Ishibashi, Kawagoe, JP;
Reisuke Sato, Kawagoe, JP;
Hisashi Suganuma, Kawagoe, JP;
Tomohisa Yokogawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Yoshiharu Ueki, Kawagoe, JP;
Haruo Kama, Kawagoe, JP;
Tadashi Kosuga, Kawagoe, JP;
Tadashi Ogawa, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A combination device having a magnetic recording and reproducing unit and an electronic tuning type receiver, where the channel presetting switches of the electronic tuning type receiver also can act as the operating switches of the magnetic recording and reproducing unit. The electronic tuning type receiver is of the type which is tuned by control signals provided to a tuning means by a plurality of channel selecting switches. A selection circuit is interposed between the tuning means and the plurality of channel selecting switches and provides the plurality of control signals to the tuning means when a selection switch is in a first binary state, and provides the plurality of control signals to a tape-control section when the selection switch is in a second binary state. The tape-control section, in response to the plurality of control signals, controls the mode of operation of the magnetic recording and reproducing unit, and also provides a signal indicating the mode of operation to a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit, in turn, provides mode signals to a digital display unit which can visually display the mode of operation when the magnetic recording and reproducing unit is being used, as well as can visually display the station frequency or the like of the selected station when the electronic tuning type receiver is being used.