摘要:
An electronic farthest advance switch in the central record/playback unit of an endless tape recording system is biased to become conductive through a mechanical switch which is closed when a loop of recorded tape has been backspaced past the magnetic record/playback head. The conductive farthest advance electronic switch provides a bias voltage to the electronic seizure, dictate and motor driver switches in the record/playback unit to activate the motor and to energize a solenoid connected to a capstan pressure roller mechanism to thereby engage and advance the loop of recorded tape past the record/playback head so that the loop of tape is ready for transcribing. Simultaneously, a reverse bias voltage is supplied to each remote dictating station connected to the central record/playback unit to prevent the remote dictating stations from seizing control of the record/playback unit during the farthest advance operation.