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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic video and audio signals recording apparatus for simultaneously recording Y, PB, PR signals aa, bb, and cc and audio signals dd and ee in first and second track areas on a magnetic recording medium comprising a video signal recording device for recording the Y, PB, and PR signals aa, bb, and cc in the first track area using magnetic heads A1 and B2, a first audio signal recording device for recording an FM audio signal 9a to be recorded obtained by at least frequency-modulating the audio signals in a deep portion of the second track area using a magnetic head C1, and a second audio signal recording device for subsequently recording a PCM audio signal to be recorded 13a on a surface portion of the second track area using a magnetic head D1. A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for recording first and second input video signals aa and bb and first and second L and R channel input audio signals cc through ff associated with first and second programs wherein the video signals are recorded on video signal recording tracks TA1 through TB2 formed on a magnetic tape T and, after a first audio signal 9a to be recorded is recorded at a deep portion of an audio-exclusive track TC, a second recording audio signal 13a is recorded on a surface portion thereof at a time interval using magnetic heads C1 and C2.