Apparatus for recording a discriminative signal

摘要

In a magnetic recording and reproducing device having at least one rotating magnetic head for recording and reproducing video signal and digital form audio signal in a contiguous manner along each track which is inclined at an angle relative to the direction of travel of a magnetic tape, a discriminator signal is combined to the digital form audio signal. The discrimination signal has a first section carrying a check code and a second section carrying information. During the reproducing mode, the discrimination signal is detected such that the information carried in the second section is made invalid when the check code has a predetermined code pattern, and the information carried in the second section is made valid when the check code has a code pattern other than the predetermined code pattern. Furthermore, the check code is used to indicate the type of information contained in the second section.