Patent ID: 7180694

Claim:
A recording apparatus for a tape-shaped recording medium having an anisotropic property oblique in a direction relative to a thickness direction thereof, said recording apparatus comprising: transfer means capable for transferring said tape-shaped recording medium in a forward direction in both a recording mode and a reproducing mode and capable for transferring said tape-shaped recording medium in a reverse direction in both said recording mode and said reproducing mode; a recording head arranged to create a recording track in a direction parallel to said forward or reverse transfer directions of said tape-shaped recording medium; a signal-processing unit connected to said recording head and supplied with a signal to be recorded for carrying out signal processing required for a recording operation on the signal to be recorded; and a control unit for controlling operations of said signal-processing unit, for forming a judgment as to whether a transfer direction of said tape-shaped recording medium transferred by said transfer means is said forward direction or said reverse direction, and for controlling said signal-processing unit in accordance with a result of said judgment, wherein when an outcome of said judgment indicates said transfer direction of said tape-shaped recording medium is said forward direction, said control unit controls said signal-processing unit so that a recording current supplied to said recording head is set at a value greater than a value of a recording current supplied to said recording head while said magnetic tape is traveling in said reverse direction.