摘要 |
<p>A video tape recorder includes a cassette housing section for housing two tape cassettes. The housing section has a first stand-by region, a tape loading region, and a second stand-by region which are arranged horizontally. One of the tape cassettes housed in the housing section is transported between the first stand-by region and the tape loading region by a first transportation mechanism, and the other cassette is transported between the tape loading region and the second stand-by region by the mechanism. The tape cassette in the tape loading region is transported between the loading region and a tape drive region situated thereunder by a second transportation mechanism. The tape cassette transported to the drive region is effected recording or reproducing operation by a drive mechanism.</p> |