PURPOSE:To improve S/N and the color picture quality of a reproduced picture by selecting the gap width of a magnetic head so as to satisfy specified relations relative to the recording wavelength of a low frequency conversion carrier chrominance signals and the recording wavelength of a luminance signal to be frequency-modulated. CONSTITUTION:A magnetic head selects a gap width (g) to the value to satisfy both inequalitis lambdac/g=42 and lambdaw/g=2 to a recording wavelength lambdac of low frequency conversion carrier chrominance signals and the recording wavelength lambdaw of a luminance signal to be frequency-modulated in a white peak clip level. Both inequalities are obtained by an experiment, etc., the gap width of a magnetic head is selected to the value to satisfy both inequalities and in both bands of the low frequency conversion carrier chrominance signals and an FM luminance signal, a recording loss, a magnetic flux reduction at the time of reproduction and a gap loss are respectively decreased. Thus, a common magnetic head is used and a satisfactory S/N video signal can be obtained.
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