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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsumi Arisaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tsunenori Yoshinari, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Nishida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiaki Shingu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kazunori Masuda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 27 ; 360 25 ;
Abstract
A magnetic tape recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a tape-characteristic-information detecting circuit arranged to detect information on characteristics of a tape from a tape-characteristic-information recording area provided on the tape which is employed as a recording medium, and a circuit-constant setting circuit arranged to set circuit constants of necessary circuits on the basis of the output of the tape-characteristic-information detecting circuit.