Recording and reproducing apparatus using recorded numeral information signals for program detection

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention is directed to the solution of the above stated problem of the prior art.
It is therefore a general object of this invention to provide a recording and reproducing apparatus which facilitates detection of a change-over part between one program and another.
It is a more specific object of this invention to provide a recording and reproducing apparatus which is capable of promptly and accurately detecting the leader part of each of programs recorded on a tape and bringing the tape to a desired position thereof.
Under this object, a recording and reproducing apparatus arranged according to this invention as an embodiment thereof comprises recording means for recording on a recording medium a main information signal and time information which indicates a length of time from the beginning of each program of the main information signal; moving means for moving the recording medium; reproducing means for reproducing from the recording medium the main information signal and the time information; and control means for controlling the moving means on the basis of the time information reproduced by the reproducing means.
It is another object of this invention to provide a reproducing apparatus of the kind reproducing main information from a recording medium on which time information indicative of a length of time from the beginning of each program is recorded along with the main information, wherein there is provided an arrangement which facilitates look-up for each of the programs.
Under that object, a reproducing apparatus for reproducing a main information signal from a recording medium on which time information indicative of a length of time from the beginning of each of the programs of the main information signal is recorded along with the main information signal comprises moving means for moving the recording medium; reproducing means for reproducing the time information from the recording medium; and control means for controlling, on the basis of the time information reproduced by the reproducing means, the moving speed at which the moving means moves the recording medium