JPS6266491A - Dubbing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the interruption of music on one side of a cassette tape by bringing a player into the pause state when the recording up to a calculated music number is finished, reversing a recorder and operating again the player to execute the recording for the remaining music number. CONSTITUTION:A microcomputer 4 judges whether or not all pieces of music recorded on a digital audio disc are recordable on the side A of the cassette tape based on a TOC read from the digital audio disc and when the recording time is deficient by the side A only, the automatic reverse function is operated. Then the reproduction required time of the music up to each track is accumulated depending on the content of the TOC and the maximum number of music recordable on the side -A of the casstte tape is decided. Then a dubbing start button is depressed to start dubbing and a blank is inserted to the interblock at each end of recording of one music. When the recording up to a prescribed music number on the side A is finished, the automatic reverse function of the recorder is activated to start the recording on the side B. Thus, the intermission of music on one side of the cassette tape is prevented and the operation is attained very simply.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides a dubbing device suitable for an apparatus having both a player section for playing back digital audio discs and a recorder section for recording onto a cassette tape. Regarding.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] Conventionally, when recording the audio signal recorded on a digital audio disk as it is on a cassette tape, that is, dubbing, for example, as shown in Fig. 3, , digital audio disc player A
and cassette tape recorder B through a signal line, and had to be operated independently.However, recently, a digital audio disc player and a cassette tape recorder have been integrated, and the above-mentioned dubbing, etc. A device has been developed that allows for one-touch operation.

When dubbing, this device allows you to operate a digital audio disc player (hereinafter referred to as
, player section) and cassette recorder section (referred to as
By operating the dubbing switch S, as shown in Fig. 4, the playback section a and the recorder section can be started at the same time. The structure is such that the signals are sent simultaneously.

By the way, in the above-mentioned audio device equipped with both a player section and a recorder section, if the playback time of a digital audio disc is longer than the recordable time on one side of the cassette tape, the cassette tape may be cut off in the middle of a song. It often ends.

In order to prevent such a situation, the user should monitor the possible residual time of the cassette tape and the remaining playback time of the digital audio disc while dubbing, but this method is extremely difficult. The problem is that it takes a lot of time.

Furthermore, according to this method, the user has to judge the timing of stopping the player section and the recorder section by himself/herself, so there is a problem that there are many failures.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and when dubbing from a digital audio disc to a cassette tape, the user has to check the remaining playback time of the digital audio disc and the cassette tape. To provide a simple dubbing device that does not cause a situation where a song is interrupted on one side of a cassette tape even if the remaining recordable time is not monitored.

[Summary of the Invention] That is, the dubbing device of the present invention includes a player section, a recorder section, a selector section attached to the recorder section for setting the available recording time for each side, and a dubbing device for each side (each set) of the digital audio discs installed in the device. both tracks of the tape)
reads a table indicating the playback time required, and based on this table calculates the number of songs that can be completely recorded within a time range that is half of the recordable time set by the selector section,
The player section and recorder section are activated simultaneously in response to external instructions.・Execute recording on one side of the tape, and when the calculated number of songs has been recorded, put the player section into the pause state, then put the recorder section into the reverse state, avoid operating the player section again, and record the remaining songs. The cassette tape has a control section that performs control to avoid recording for several minutes, and is configured so that songs can be easily recorded on both sides of a cassette tape without interruption.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, details of embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus of this embodiment integrally includes a player section that has a pause function and plays back a digital audio disc, and a recorder section that has an auto-reverse function and records on both sides of a cassette tape.

In the figure, 81 is a switch for manually setting the recordable time on both sides of the cassette tape installed in the recorder section, S2 is a switch for manually selecting whether or not to activate the auto-reverse function of the recorder section, and 1 is a switch for the player section. 2 is a recorder mechanism control section that controls the mechanism of the recorder section; 3 is a switch S
a reverse control section that controls the auto-reverse mechanism of the recorder section according to the position of 4;
outputs operation instruction signals to the player mechanical control section 1, recorder mechanical control section 2, and reverse recorder section 3, and also outputs various operation instruction signals to the player mechanical control section 1, recorder mechanical control section 2, and reverse recorder mechanical control section 3. ) table showing the playback time (TABLE O
The figure shows a microcomputer that inputs the reading result of F C0NTENTS (hereinafter referred to as TOC) and performs the processing described later, and also inputs a signal from the recorder camera control unit 2 indicating its operating status.

-〇- In the device of this embodiment, the information indicating the recordable time on both sides of the cassette tape specified by the user with the switch S1 is transmitted to the microcomputer 4, and the microcomputer 4 Based on the TOC read from the track, the number of tracks (number of songs) that can be recorded on sides A and B of the loaded cassette tape is calculated, and a signal instructing auto-reverse operation is output.

The signal instructing this auto-reverse operation is switch S2.
When the switch S2 is in the ON state, the information necessary to realize the auto-reverse operation is preset in the record mechanism control section 2.

When a dubbing start switch (not shown) is turned on, the player section and recorder section start simultaneously and dubbing begins, but the recording of a predetermined number of songs on side A of the cassette tape is completed. At this point, the player section is in a pause state.

Furthermore, when the tape is switched to the reverse state, that is, to the B side, information indicating that the switching has been completed is fed back to the microcomputer 4.

Hereinafter, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained in order based on FIG.

First, the user sets the double-sided recordable time of the cassette tape loaded in the recorder section using the switch S1 (step A).

Then, the microcomputer 4 judges whether all the songs recorded on the digital audio disc can be recorded on side A of the cassette tape based on the TOC read out from the digital audio disc in advance (step B). If the recording time is insufficient for side A of the cassette tape, an instruction to activate the auto-reverse function is output to the auto-reverse control section 3.

Next, the total playback time required for each track is calculated based on the contents of the TOC (step C), and the maximum number of songs that can be recorded on side A of the cassette tape is determined (step D).

The dubbing operation is started by pressing a dubbing start button (not shown) (step E), and each time recording of one song is completed (step F), processing such as inserting a blank section between songs is performed. When the predetermined number of songs have been recorded on side A of the cassette tape (step G), the Δ-triverse function of the recorder section is activated according to the setting of switch S2, and the recorder section is placed in the reverse state. Once this is confirmed (Step I-1>, cassette tape B
Start recording on the screen (step ■).

In this embodiment, however, the microcomputer 4 reads the TOC from the digital audio disk in advance, determines the maximum number of songs that can be recorded on side A of the caret tape based on the contents of this TOC, and Automatically progresses recording up to the number of songs and presses the A of the cassette tape
When the recording on side A is completed, the O1~reverse function is turned off and recording on side B of the cassette tape is started, so there is no possibility that the song will be cut off at the end of side A of the cassette tape. In addition, since the microcomputer l)'4 also makes the decision as to whether or not to activate the auto-reverse function,
When the user first presses the dubbing start button, recording on sides A and B of the cassette tape automatically proceeds.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the dubbing device of the present invention, the control unit reads the TOC from the digital audio disc, and based on the contents of this TOC, the A of the loaded cassette tape is determined.
The maximum number of songs that can be recorded on the A side of the cassette tape is determined, the recording progresses automatically up to this number of songs, and when the recording on the A side of the cassette tape is completed, the auto reverse function is activated and the cassette tape ( 7) Since recording starts on the 8th side, even if the user does not monitor the remaining playback time of the digital audio disc and the remaining recording time of the cassette tape, there is a situation where the song is interrupted on one side of the cassette tape. There is no problem and the operation is extremely easy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus according to the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional dubbing method, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the dubbing function of the conventional device. A...Digital audio disc player B...Cassette tape recorder...
...Player mechanical control section 2...
...Recorder camera control section 3...
・Reverse control section 4...Microcomputer S1, S2...Switch Applicant Toshiba Corporation Patent attorney Sa Suyama - Information) : T2 ] ) Total time lv'1) 2nd Figure DAD Pref Kase Shitoshiko 9' Rust Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A player section that has a pause function and plays digital audio discs, a recorder section that has an auto-reverse function and records onto a cassette tape, and a double-sided recordable time for the cassette tape that is installed in the recorder section. The selector section to be set reads a table indicating the playback time of each track from the digital audio disc loaded in the player section, and based on this table, the time range is within half of the recordable time set by the selector section. calculates the number of tracks that can be completely recorded, operates the player section and the recorder section simultaneously in response to an external instruction to perform recording on one side of the cassette tape, and records the calculated number of tracks. and a control section that puts the player section into a pause state when recording up to the number of tracks is completed, then puts the recorder section into a reverse state, operates the player section again, and performs control to perform recording for the remaining tracks. A dubbing device characterized by: