VCR head cleaning system that automatically detects head clogging upon playback

摘要

An ATF error signal is formed from a reproduction RF signal and supplied to an ATF discriminating unit 4 through an A/D converter by an ATF error arithmetic operation unit 1. The presence or absence of an ATF component is discriminated and supplied to a clog discrimination processing unit 5 by the ATF discriminating unit 4. The ATF discrimination processing unit 5 determines that a head clog has occurred in the case where the ATF component exists and the RF signal which is supplied from an RF discriminating unit 9 doesn't exist. A head cleaning is executed by controlling a loading motor 16 by a motor driver 14 on the basis of a cleaning process control 11 and making a head cleaning mechanism 17 operative.