Abstract: A video tape recorder monitors the signal immediately after it has been recorded to determine whether errors have occurred in the recorded signal rerecords the video signal in the same location in the tracks where the error occurred. The location requiring rerecording can be located by recording a time code along with the video signal as it is recorded and rewinding the tape to the location where the error occurs and recording a stored video signal at that location or the video signal can be delayed and rerecorded downstream using another recording head once an error has been detected using an error detector.

Abstract: In a video tape recorder, recording and reproducing heads record and reproduce a recording signal on recording tracks which are diagonally formed one after another on a tape-like recording medium. The recording heads are capable of recording again the same recording signal in the same recording region. If a recording error occurs during recording mode, information on where the recording error has occurred and a recording signal to be recorded are stored in a memory. During rerecording mode, the stored information is used to complement the recording error. If a recording error occurs, preliminary recording circuitry operates so as to complement this recording error. The above construction permits the recording signal to be recorded on the recording tracks with certainty.

Abstract: A magnetic recording/reproducing device for recording/reproducing information signals for one recording unit over a plurality of recording tracks by helically scanning a magnetic tape with rotary heads. The information signals for one recording unit are recorded on the plurality of recording tracks on the magnetic tape, and guard bands are formed simultaneously between the one recording units. The recording density is substantially improved. Erase heads overwrite the information signals on the magnetic tape and the plurality of recording tracks for one recording unit on the magnetic tape are erased en block, which prevents over-erasing unerased portions during editing.