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CED Digest Vol. 5 No. 29  •  7/22/2000

From: Cleggsan
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:12:40 EDT
Subject: Re: CED Digest Vol. 5 No. 28
To: ceds@teleport.com, tom@cedmagic.com

Seems "fairadio.com" is out of business or their website is the one at 
"fairradio.com" which has no listings for video products, let alone CED 
players or discs.

Cleggsan
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>  see www.fairadio.com for more, or to contact them. These are not in
>  the online or print catalog.
>  

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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:53:26 -0800
To: digest@cedmagic.com
From: Tom Howe <ceds@teleport.com>
Subject: Answers to Repair Questions

>
>i buy a rca sgt 100 selectavision player first one they made. i get it good 
>will. it's played but, no sound. what would be the problem and fix to it.
>
>thanks chad bogenschutz

The most likely cause is failure of the audio FM demodulator integrated circuit 
which results in no sound on mono players or sound on one channel only with 
stereo players. Check this URL for more info:



http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/repair-solutions.html#missing-audio-on-one-channel

>
>I cannot re-insert the cover to activate the disc removal function.  There 
>seems to be a blockage of the left corner of the slot.  I have removed the 
>top cover and am perplexed. Tom in Rye NY Any suggestions would be helpful

If this is an F/G style player, this blockage is probably due to a broken pivot 
on the left receiver pad assembly. This URL provides more info:



http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/repair-solutions.html

--Tom

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From: "Steve Phipps" <sphipps>
To: <digest@cedmagic.com>
Subject: New collector with a few ??
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:25:25 -0500

Hi all,

I just picked up my first CED machine (RCA SJT100) with a few discs after
wanting one for a few years. My machine has an excellent picture and works
well, but the sound level is very low even with the television at full
volume. Any ideas?

Also, the CED Magic website refers to the SJT100 as a mono player, but mine
is a stereo model. Did they make both variations under the same model
number?

Thanks Tom for the wonderful CD and drive belts!

Steve Phipps
sphipps@clandjop.com

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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:45:33 -0400
From: "Tom Howe"<ceds@omnisky.net>
Subject: The Multifaceted Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
To: <digest@cedmagic.com>

Greetings All:

You may recall a few months ago Richard Sonnenfeldt, former RCA VideoDisc Vice 
President and chief Nuremberg interpreter, was interviewed in a History Channel 
program about Albert Goering, brother of Hitler henchman Hermann Goering. The 
July 2000 issue of IEEE Spectrum has an article on the interesting and varied 
life of Mr. Sonnenfeldt with quite a bit of info on his VideoDisc years. As 
seems to be the case with a number of former CED employees, Sonnenfeldt 
considers the VideoDisc years among the most rewarding of his career.

http://www.institute.ieee.org/publicfeature/prof.html

The article includes a photo of Sonnenfeldt with his SFT100 player and RCA 
television that he keeps in his den. His grandchildren still watch CED's on 
it when they come to visit.

http://www.institute.ieee.org/publicfeature/proff2.html

-- Tom