PURPOSE: To avoid cresstalk from adjacent tracks by selecting a video head group corresponding to a special reproducing mode at normal reproduction and selecting a video head group corresponding to the normal reproduction mode in case of the special reproduction.

CONSTITUTION: A high-level switching signal is applied to a base of a transistor (TR) 6 via a terminal 13 at the standard time mode. Thus, secondary coils 105 and 107 are short-circuited by contacts S1∼S4 of relays 200 and 300 to select video heads 2 and 4 corresponding to the long time mode. A low level signal is given to the base of the TR6 at the long-time mode reproduction and video heads 1 and 3 correponding to the standard mode. The bideo heads 1 and 3 are selected at the standard time mode at recording and the video heads 2 and 4 are selected at the long-time mode.