Abstract: A recording/reproducing apparatus for a tape-like recording medium housed in a tape cassette has a main chassis with a rotary head cylinder mounted thereon, and a subchassis coupled to the main chassis for sliding movement relative to the main chassis in directions toward and away from the rotary head cylinder. The subchassis has a pair of hub drive shafts and a plurality of guide rollers movable in a predetermined direction. The tape housed in the tape cassette loaded on the subchassis can be pulled out of the tape cassette and wound around the rotary head cylinder by moving the guide rollers in response to relative sliding movement of the main chassis and the subchassis. The tape can thus be loaded and unloaded manually.