Rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus with a tracking control

Abstract

A rotary recording medium reproducing apparatus reproduces a rotary recording medium in which one and the other of first and second reference signals are alternately recorded every track turn between each track turn of a main information signal track. The reproducing apparatus comprises a reproducing transducer having a reproducing element for reproducing the main information signal and the first and second reference signals at both sides of the main information signal track from said rotary recording medium, where the reproducing transducer has a tracking control mechanism for controlling tracking of the reproducing element, a separation circuit for respectively separating the first and second reference signals from a signal reproduced by the reproducing transducer, a wave detection circuit for respectively wave-detecting the separated reference signals, a time constant circuit for eliminating an unwanted component of an output signal of the wave detection circuit and holding a required signal, a tracking control signal applying circuit for obtaining a tracking control signal from an output signal of the time constant circuit and applying the tracking control signal to the tracking control mechanism of the reproducing transducer, and an interrupting circuit provided at a stage before the time constant circuit, for interrupting transmission of the reproduced reference signals during a mode in which a tracking control operation is not performed.