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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1986
Satomi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Ichimura, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information recording and/or reproducing apparatus in which a spindle motor rotates a magnetic recording disc at a predetermined speed while a transducer head is in contacting relation to the disc for recording and/or reproducing information signals in substantially circular concentric record tracks thereon, and a transducer positioning device is coupled to the transducer head for positioning the latter on a selected one of said record tracks; a memory is provided for storing identification signals which correspond to the various types of information signals recorded in concentric record tracks, respectively, and a display is coupled to the identification signal storing memory for displaying simultaneously the identification signals for all of the record tracks.