Apparatus for reproducing digital signals.

摘要

Apparatus for reproducing digital signals recorded on a magnetic or other recording tape includes a servomechanism which is effective, when the tape is transported at a high speed (N x V1 or - N x V1) in either a fastforward (FF) or rewind (REW) mode, to maintain a relative speed (-VR min ) between the tape and a rotary head that is substantially the same as that (VRD) in the normal playback mode. Moreover, in the rewind mode, the rotary head is rotated in a direction opposite to that in the normal playback mode, while the absolute value of the relative speed (-VR min ) remains the same as that in the normal playback mode. Further, the digital signals reproduced by the rotary head in the rewind mode have their sequential order reversed.