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Recording and playbackk apparatus

  • US 5,617,535 A
  • Filed: 11/19/1992
  • Issued: 04/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A recording and playback apparatus comprising:

  • means for recording information on a recording medium in a recording mode and for playing back recorded information from the recording medium in a playback mode;

    self-diagnostic means for detecting a trouble occurring during at least one of the recording and playback modes;

    means for generating self-diagnostic information relating to the trouble through the self-diagnostic means;

    means for generating information indicative of a location of the occurrence of the trouble on the recording medium; and

    a memory card associated with the recording and playback apparatus for storing the generated self-diagnostic information with the information indicative of the location of the trouble.

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