Patent ID: 6424790
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording at least one program on a recording traveling medium in a transport direction thereof, said recording medium having a control signal recording track extending in the transport direction thereof for recording position information, comprising:erase head means for erasing program and position information at an erase position of said recording medium in a recording mode of the apparatus as the recording medium travels in the transport direction thereof, program recording means for recording a new program and position information onto said recording medium in the transport direction thereof at a position downstream of said erase position in said recording mode, said position information including program start information identifying a beginning location of a program recorded on the recording medium, control head means for reading said position information from said control signal recording track in said recording mode at a position upstream of said erase position in the transport direction of said recording medium, and control means for controlling said erase head means and said program recording means to stop erasing and recording, respectively, when said control head means reads position data from said recording medium that includes program start information that identifies a beginning location of a program recorded on the recording medium.