Abstract: A level indicating device for indicating input signal level purely electrically which includes a plurality of voltage comparators having threshold values set in order in terms of level, and a fluorescent indicator tube incorporating therein a plurality of anode electrodes aligned in a row. The outputs of the voltage comparators are connected to respective anode electrodes, so that when a signal is applied to the voltage comparators, the level of the signal is indicated by the number of the anode electrodes illuminated.

Abstract: The present invention is a magnetic tape recording and reproduction device. Movement of the magnetic tape is controlled by a tape control system in which the tape is forwarded by a tape forwarding means, and is stopped at its end by an automatic tape stopping means upon detection of transparent tape portion which is provided at opposite ends of the tape. While the tape is forwarded, the tape may be temporarily stopped by a tape pausing means and moved again by the release of this means. The tape control system includes a delay circuit which maintains the automatic tape stopping means in an off-state for preventing the detection of the transparent tape portion therewith for a predetermined period of time after the tape is forwarded by the forwarding means or by the release of the tape pausing means.