Abstract: A recording medium and a method and apparatus for managing defective areas of the recording medium are provided. The method includes allocating, in a data recording direction, a spare area of a certain size in an information area of the recording medium as a data recording operation is performed, if a defective area is detected during the data recording operation; and performing a replacement recording operation onto the allocated spare area to record in the allocated spare area, data intended for the defective area.

Abstract: A method for replacing a defective block with a good block in an optical disk allows data recording operations to be effectively performed. The method temporarily stores data that would have otherwise been recorded in a defective area of an optical disc in a temporary buffer. The method then stores the data in the temporary buffer in a spare area of the optical disc after the normal data recording operation is completed, or if the amount of data in the buffer exceeds a predetermined memory capacity. The method can continuously and quickly perform a general data recording operation, effectively avoid a system load increase due to frequent track movements on an optical disc, and appropriately record real-time data without the loss of data.

Abstract: A method for replacing a defective block with a good block in an optical disk allows data recording operations to be effectively performed. The method temporarily stores data that would have otherwise been recorded in a defective area of an optical disc in a temporary buffer. The method then stores the data in the temporary buffer in a spare area of the optical disc after the normal data recording operation is completed, or if the amount of data in the buffer exceeds a predetermined memory capacity. The method can continuously and quickly perform a general data recording operation, effectively avoid a system load increase due to frequent track movements on an optical disc, and appropriately record real-time data without the loss of data.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically performing channel change of a television receiver using a video cassette recorder includes a playback command detector for detecting a playback command, a channel sensor for sensing a video viewable channel which is selected by a radio frequency changeover switch according to a user's selection, a memory for storing the video viewable channel sensed by the channel sensor, television receiver channel change data and television receiver codes corresponding to different types of the television receiver, a controller for reading one of the television receiver channel change data stored in the memory corresponding to the video viewable channel sensed by the channel sensor upon the detection of the playback command by the playback command detector, and a remote transmitter for remotely transmitting the television receiver channel change data from the controller to the television receiver to change a current channel of the television receiver to the video viewable channel sensed by th

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a picture fluctuation and correcting a reverse pulse in a servo system for a video cassette recorder having a still or slow motion playback function. The apparatus comprises speed and phase error detectors for detecting speed and phase errors, speed and phase controllers for controlling a speed and a phase in response to output signals from the speed and phase error detectors, mixers for mixing output signals from the speed and phase controllers, a system control circuit for controlling an operation of the servo system, the system control circuit including a correction circuit for varying widths or edges of correction signals in response to speed and phase information, and drivers for driving motors of the servo system in response to the correction signals.