摘要 |
<p>A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus for performing automatic tracking in a video tape recorder of a helical scan type. A magnetic head is wobbled by an electromagnetically driven actuator in a transverse direction of a recording track, a tracking error signal is obtained by extracting a signal component attributable to this wobbling from a signal reproduced by the magnetic head, and the extracted signal component is fed back to the electromagnetically driven actuator. By setting the magnetic head width to 1 - 1.5 times the recording track width, a dead zone is made small, and the tracking error signal is obtained positively. In addition, by setting the frequency for driving the electromagnetically driven actuator at a level between a primary resonance frequency and a secondary resonance frequency and by subjecting the driving frequency to phase conversion, the driving frequency is converted into a high frequency to permit highly accurate tracking. Furthermore, any deviation in the tracking by a fixed magnetic head caused by a DC current and the like is prevented by extracting a low frequency component containing a DC component from the tracking error signal and by feeding back that extracted signal to a capstan motor for driving a magnetic tape.</p> |