Patent ID: 6370088
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A photomagnetic recording/reproduction apparatus comprising:a slot from which a photomagnetic disk is inserted in a first direction and ejected in a second direction; a holder for accommodating the inserted photomagnetic disk therein; a magnetic head for recording information onto the photomagnetic disk; a optical pickup for reproducing information recorded in the photomagnetic disk; a drive mechanism for moving the holder between an insertion position and a reproducing position and moving the magnetic head between an initial position thereof and a recording position, the insertion position at which the holder receives the inserted photomagnetic disk, the reproducing position at which the photomagnetic disk opposes to the optical pickup, and the recording position at which the magnetic head is brought into contact with the photomagnetic disk; a first detector for detecting whether the photomagnetic disk is located at the reproducing position; a second detector for detecting whether the magnetic head is located at the recording position; and a mechanism controller for controlling the drive mechanism such that the holder first moves in the second direction toward a stop position where is apart from the reproducing position in a predetermined distance and then moves in the first direction toward the reproducing position in a case where the second detector detects that the magnetic head is apart from the recording position.