Patent ID: 6282047
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprising:a) tape transport means for causing a tape to travel, said tape transport means including feeding means for feeding the tape in a plurality of tape transport modes having respective different tape transport speeds;b) mode selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of tape transport modes, the plurality of tape transport modes including at least a first transport mode, a second transport mode in which the tape is transported at a higher speed than in the first transport mode and a third transport mode in which the tape is transported at a higher speed than in the second transport mode; andc) control means for controlling said tape transport means on the basis of a mode selecting operation of said mode selecting means such as to change the tape transport mode of said tape transports means from the first transport mode to the second transport mode through the third transport mode and to start a driving of the tape in response to a shifting operation from the first transport mode to the third transport mode, when the tape transport mode is switched from the first transport mode to the second transport mode by said mode selecting means.