Remote control system for controlling tape playback apparatus on the basis of time code data recorded on the recording tape with the information data to be reproduced

In a remote control system for controlling operation of a tape playback apparatus for reproducing an information signal from a recording tape on which a time code is recorded with said information signal; the operation of the playback apparatus is controlled on the basis of data representative of a cue-up command and cue-up point, the presence or absence of the time code contained in the information signal to be reproduced from the recording tape by the playback apparatus, and the presence or absence of a change in value of the time code. When the time code has not been detected or the change in value of the time code has not been detected after the cue-up command has been fed to the tape playback apparatus, the recording tape is driven at a relatively high speed by a predetermined amount, and then the cue-up command is again fed to the tape playback apparatus.