Rotary head type digital signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing with a variable speed

摘要

A rotary head type digital signal recording and/or reproducing apparatus wherein for 1/2 speed recording and/or reproducing from a magnetic tape, a tape feed speed is decreased to 1/2 times the normal speed, and a recording/reproducing interval becomes 2 times that of the normal mode of operation utilizing at least two rotary heads mounted at adjacent positions on a rotating cylinder with one of the rotary heads having a plus azimuth angle and the other having a minus azimuth angle. For 2 times speed recording/reproducing, a tape feed speed increases to 2 times the normal speed, and a recording/reproducing interval becomes 1/2 that of the normal mode of operation utilizing at least two rotary heads mounted on a rotating cylinder at opposite positions of a rotary axis of the cylinder, with one of the two rotary heads having a plus azimuth angle and the other having a minus azimuth angle.