Magnetic recording and playback method and magnetic recording and playback apparatus

摘要

A magnetic recording and playback apparatus that is configured to carry out recoding on and playback of a tape-like recording medium using a magnetic head mounted on a rotating drum by employing helical scanning is provided. The apparatus includes a multi recording head configured to record a plurality of tracks while a head chip carries out one scanning operation and a multi playback head configured to obtain a plurality of playback signals while the head chip carries out one scanning operation. The multi playback head is disposed so that tracks overlap by one channel in the head-width direction. The tape transporting speed for playback is slower than the tape transporting speed for recording.