Tape recorder for use with analog compact cassettes and digital tape cassettes

摘要

A tape recorder includes a first position where an analog compact cassette and a digital tape cassette are installed and dismounted, and a second position where a magnetic tape is caused to run. The digital tape cassette has a shutter for covering front openings for inserting a magnetic head and pinch rollers when the cassette is not used and opened in the magnetic tape running direction or the opposite when the cassette is used. The digital tape cassette also includes a holder for allowing either cassette to reciprocate between the first position and the second position, and a shutter operating device for opening and closing the shutter. The holder is integrated with the shutter operating device.