Recording and playbackk apparatus
First Claim
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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Abstract
A recording and playback apparatus for recording and playing back onto and from a magnetic tape and utilizable with a memory card adapted to be mounted onto the apparatus. The memory card is adapted to at least one of store operational characteristics for the apparatus to enable automatic setting of the operational characteristics of the apparatus when mounted and, if the apparatus includes a self-diagnostic information unit, the memory card enables storage of at least self-diagnostic information generated upon occurrence of a trouble during operation of the apparatus. The stored self-diagnostic information enables analyzing of the cause of a cause of the trouble occurring during operation of the apparatus at a time subsequent to the occurrence and taking of countermeasures with respect thereto. If the memory card is not mounted or is in a nonwritable state, the apparatus is provided with a storage device for storing the self-diagnostic information. The memory card also enables storage of other information relating to the apparatus.
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38 Claims
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1. A recording and playback apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25)
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18. A recording and playback apparatus comprising:
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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 the identification number of the recording and playback apparatus; and a memory card associated with the recording and playback apparatus and for storing the generated self-diagnostic information with the information of the identification number of the recording and playback apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A recording and playback apparatus comprising means for recording information and for playing back the recorded information, the recording and playback means including self-diagnostic means for detecting a trouble occurring in at least one of a recording and playback operation and for generating self-diagnostic information relating to the trouble, and a memory card mountable to the recording and playback means and including means for recording at least the self-diagnostic information generated by the self-diagnostic means.
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