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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1986
Masahiro Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Tsujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording and reproducing a video signal and an audio signal which are recorded in different areas or portions of each slant track on a tape includes first and second rotary heads for recording and reproducing the video and audio signals in alternate tracks, a playback circuit for processsing luminance and chrominance components of the video signal reproduced by the first and second rotary heads when scanning video signal-containing areas of the respective tracks, a circuit for supplying an audio signal to the rotary heads to be recorded, a signal generator for generating a predetermined signal in substitution for the processed luminance component, and a muting circuit for muting the reproduced chrominance component, and wherein the predetermined signal from the signal generator is substituted for the processed luminance component and the chrominance component is muted by the muting circuit during recording of the audio signal in place of a previously recorded audio signal.