Patent ID: 7023635

Claim:
A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a rotary drum mounted with a plurality of magnetic heads; a stationary drum opposite to the rotary drum; a rotary transformer which transmits signals between the rotary drum and the stationary drum; and a recorder/reproducer which records/reproduces signals onto/from a recording medium with the plurality of magnetic heads, wherein the rotary drum is provided with the recorder/producer; a head operating status detector which detects operating conditions of the plurality of magnetic heads; a head operating status signal generator which generates head operating status signals based on the output data of the head operating status detector; the stationary drum being provided with a head operating status signal decoder which discriminates the head operating status signals; and a control signal generator which generates control signals for controlling the recorder/reproducer, wherein the head operating status signals and the control signals are transmitted by the rotary transformer, and the control signal generator generates the control signals based on a result of discrimination of the head operating signal decoder.