APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING INFORMATION FROM AN OPTICALLY READABLE RECORD CARRIER

摘要

An apparatus for reading an optical record carrier on which information has been digitally recorded as a track of pit and land areas. The apparatus detects track-loss by comparing the amplitudes of the signals obtained from read-out of the pit areas with the signals obtained from read-out of the land areas. The signals are sampled in synchronism with the frequency of the digital bits stored on the record carrier and are processed digitally.