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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1995
Yasumoto Murata, Nara-ken, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A recording/reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing an audio signal. The apparatus includes an external memory which can be mounted in and dismounted from the apparatus at will, and an internal buffer memory for temporarily storing the audio data. In the apparatus, a detection circuit detects the exchange of the external memory, and produces an output signal when the external memory is exchanged into a new external memory. In response to the output signal, an audio data transfer circuit transfers the audio data stored in the internal memory into the newly mounted external memory, thereby avoiding interruption of the recording during the exchange of the external memory.