Cassette recorder magnetic read head arrangement for autoreverse

Claim 1

Read head arrangement comprising a plurality of n first read heads and a plurality of n second read heads, all of the magnetoresistance type, the n first read heads being arranged for reading a signal, for example, a digital audio signal, from n first tracks running parallel to each other and in the longitudinal direction of a magnetic record carrier on this record carrier, the n second read heads being arranged for reading a signal, for example, a digital audio signal, from n tracks running parallel to each other and in longitudinal direction of the record carrier on this record carrier, the n second tracks running to the n first tracks on the record carrier, the read head arrangement comprising output terminals for supplying to these output terminals the signals read from the n tracks by the n first and second read heads, characterised in that n is greater than 2, in that the read head arrangement has n output terminals and n amplifier stages, each amplifier stage having an input with a low-dynamic input resistance and an output, in that the output of the i-th amplifier stage is coupled to the i-th output terminal, the input of the i-th amplifier stage being coupled to a first terminal of both the i-th first read head and the i-th second read head, a second terminal of the i-th first read head being coupled to a first terminal of a switching means, the second terminal of the i-th second read head being coupled to a second terminal of this switching means, a third terminal of the switching means being coupled to a point of constant potential, and in that the switching means is arranged for connecting the first or the second terminal to the third terminal, and in that i ranges from 1 to n.