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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
Yutaka Ichinoi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A data signal recording and playback method and system that can determine whether the recording medium being used is a high-performance recording medium for recording and playing back both digital and analog signals, or a standard-performance medium, and selecting its recording specifications accordingly. When recording/playing back digital data signals and analog data signals received as inputs to the system, if a high-performance magnetic tape is identified, the system selects for recording, one of the three input signals: a digital data signal, an analog data signal obtained through D/A conversion of a digital data signal, or an analog data signal input as such. If the recording medium being used is a standard-performance magnetic tape, the system selects for recording, either an analog data signal obtained through D/A conversion of a digital data signal, or an analog data signal input as such.