CED Digest Vol. 6 No. 39

CED Digest Vol. 6 No. 39 • 9/29/2001
20 Years Ago In CED History:

September 30, 1981:
* China asks Taiwan to join in talks on the reunification of China.

October 1, 1981:
* President Reagan states that the United States will not allow Saudi
Arabia to fall under the control of forces threatening to cut off oil
supplies to the West.

* ARTICLE FROM THE OCTOBER 1981 ISSUE OF VIDEO MAGAZINE:
MGM/CBS Adds More CED Titles:

To the list ot the first CED videodisc programs from MGM/CBS Home Video
that we brought you last month we have the following additions to bring
the total to 20. As you will note, all of the CED releases are already
available in Beta and VHS tape from MGM/CBS, Fotomat, and other sources.
Recommended list price for the titles below as well as the other
one-disc albums is $24.95. The five two-disc albums go for $39.95.
MGM/CBS promises 20 more CED releases by the end of next year when its
Georgia manufacturing plant will be turning them out.

Forbidden Planet
Great Figures in History: John F. Kennedy
Network
Tom & Jerry

October 2, 1981:
* President Reagan announces his proposal for modernizing and
reinforcing the U.S. strategic defense. He proposes the deployment of
100 MX missiles and the building of 100 B-1 long-range stealth bombers.
* Solidarity, Poland's federation of trade unions, re-elects Lech Walesa
as its chairman with about 55% of the total vote.
* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: Southern Comfort.

October 3, 1981:
* The hunger strike by six Irish nationalists being held in Maze Prison
near Belfast, Northern Ireland is called off when five of the men learn
that their families intend to order medical treatment once they lose
consciousness. Ten prisoners had already died during the seven moth
hunger strike.

October 4, 1981:
* The eight nations of the European Monetary System change the relative
values of their currencies.
* The body of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F.
Kennedy, is exhumed and positively identified in Fort Worth, Texas,
disproving the theory of a British author that the coffin contains the
body of a Soviet spy.

October 5, 1981:
* France freezes the price of certain goods and services to curb
inflation after the Franc is devalued.
* President Gaafar Nimeiry of the Sudan dissolves the nation's two
parliaments giving greater authority to individual provinces.
* Hojatoleslam Sayyed Ali Khamenei is officially declared the winner of
Iran's presidential election.
* Actress Gloria Grahame dies at age 57. She appears in the CED titles
Oklahoma and The Greatest Show on Earth.

October 6, 1981:
* Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a military
parade in Cairo by extremists who jump from a military truck as it
reaches the reviewing stand, hurling hand grenades and firing automatic
weapons as they race toward the dignitaries. Vice President Hosni
Mubarek, standing next to Sadat, is slightly injured.

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From: "popper" <popper>
To: <digest@cedmagic.com>
Subject: GEC PLAYER
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:42:52 +0100

HI
I HAVE  GEC PLAYER IM BASED IN THE UK
I NEED TO FIND A STYLUS FOR THE UNIT AS IT IS MISSING
HELP I HAVE 40 DISCS TO WATCH
 
CHEERS
 
MIKE

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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 18:26:55 -0800
To: digest@cedmagic.com
From: Tom Howe <tom@cedmagic.com>
Subject: RE: SGT100 will not load disc

>I have an RCA Selectavision SGT100.  I recently acquired this system
and have >since not been able to get it to function properly. The L
appears as it is >loading, but it will not take the disk out of it's
sleeve and play it. Please >tell me if you have any suggestions.
>
>Sincerely
>Aaron

If you can only insert the caddy about 1/3 of the way into the player,
this could be a broken pivot on the left receiver pad assembly. Go to
this url to learn how to fix this problem:



http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/repair-solutions.html#broken-pivot-on-left-receiver-pad-assembly

If the caddy goes all the way in, so less than an inch of the caddy
remains visible outside the slot, the problem could be the caddy latch
mechanism failing to engage. This can be fixed by re-lubrication. Go to
this url for instructions:



http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/repair-solutions.html#caddy-latch-fails-to-engage

--Tom
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