In the disclosed system, a large scale integrated circuit receives operating signals from record, play, stop, fast-forward, and rewind actuating switches at corresponding input terminals and produce motor forward and reverse signals for controlling switches that operate a motor, fast-forward signals, and amplifier control signals at corresponding output terminals. Outside the LSI, a feedback arrangement responds to a tape-stop signal indicating that the tape has stopped advancing, and the motor forward signal produced by the large scale integrated circuit to apply play and rewind signals to the input terminals of the circuit whether or not the rewind or play switches have been operated.