Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus.

摘要

A frequency-modulated luminance signal and a frequency-lowered color signal are combined into a frequency-division multiplexed signal through a frequency-division multiplexing process. The frequency-modulated luminance signal is derived from a luminance signal through a frequency modulation process. The frequency-lowered color signal is derived from a carrier chrominance signal through a frequency-down conversion process. The frequency-division multiplexed signal is recorded onto a magnetic recording medium. A band of the luminance signal extends toward a high frequency side beyond a color subcarrier frequency of the frequency-lowered color signal. A pilot signal is selectively added to the signal to be recorded in accordance with whether or not a quantity of a high-frequency luminance signal component contained in the color signal in the signal to be recorded is smaller than a reference quantity. During reproduction, a cutoff frequency of a high pass filter may be varied in accordance with whether the pilot signal is present in or absent from a signal reproduced from the magnetic recording medium, the high pass filter separating a reproduced luminance signal from a frequency-division multiplexed signal reproduced from the magnetic recording medium.