Record carrier, playback device and method of recording information

摘要

A record carrier has substantially parallel tracks, which exhibit first variations of a first physical parameter and second variations of a second physical parameter of the track. The first variations represent information recorded on the record carrier, which information is recoverable by means of a controllable type of data processing. A modulation pattern of the second variations represents a code for controlling said type of data processing. In respect of a code track that comprises the modulation pattern, the modulation pattern in the left neighbouring track is aligned to the modulation pattern in the right neighbouring track. Thereby crosstalk due to the second variations in decreased, and at least two tracks have the same modulation pattern. The playback device has a demodulator (50) and a control unit (56) for retrieving the code from at least two tracks.