PURPOSE: To perform satisfactory drop-out compesation while simplifying circuit scale and preventing complement due to continuous reproduced images or unnatural reproduced images with time deviation.

CONSTITUTION: When drop-out is not generated, a switching circuit 22B is changed over to an FM demodulator 20 and the output is supplied to a temporary de-emphasis device 24. When the drop-out is detected, the output of a frame memory 24B is selected at the switching circuit 22B and this output is supplied to the temporary de-emphasis device 24. Namely, the frame memory 24B of the temporary de-emphasis device 24 is used in place of a frame memory used for storing complementary data in the case of drop-out compensation. Therefore, the frame memory on the side of the drop-out compensator is unnecessitated, and the circuit scale is simplified.