CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 1

CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 1 • 1/5/2002
20 Years Ago In CED History:

January 6, 1982:
* Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the Roman Catholic primate of Poland, tells a
congregation in Warsaw's St. John's Cathedral that those who signed oaths
renouncing Solidarity were coerced by the government and the oaths have no
validity.

January 7, 1982:
* Presidential counselor Edwin Meese III reads a statement that reverses
President Reagan's pre-election stand against the registration of 18-year-old
males for a possible future military draft.
* The Winter 1982 Consumer Electronics Show begins in Las Vegas, Nevada. While
a year earlier the RCA VideoDisc system had been one of the most prominent
introductions, at the 1982 show the VHD VideoDisc holds the spotlight with a
large display space sporting the slogan "There's More to See on VHD." Other
notable video-related introductions include the Technicolor CVC mini-cassette
VCR system, the first tubeless consumer video camera, and the first Pioneer
LaserDisc player with CX noise reduction.
A picture of the VHD booth at the Winter 1982 CES can be seen at this URL:



http://www.cedmagic.com/history/vhd-1982-ces.jpg

January 8, 1982:
* Spokesmen for the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) and the U.S.
Department of Justice announce the settlement of a seven-year-old antitrust
case which will result in AT&T divesting itself of 22 telephone companies,
effectively breaking up the monopoly.
* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: Four Friends.

January 9, 1982:
* A frigid blast of arctic air arrives in the United States bringing with it a
week of record low temperatures.

January 10, 1982:
* The late Liu Shao-chi, China's discredited former chief of state, is restored
to favor as government authorities allow his memoirs to go on sale in Beijing.

January 11, 1982:
* The Reagan Administration announces that it will continue to help Taiwan
produce F-5E fighter planes, but will not sell more advanced models. China
issues a strong protest.
* In Brussels, at the first emergency meeting ever held by the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), foreign ministers of 14 member countries issue a
communique denouncing the Soviet Union of its active support of repression by
the martial law regime in Poland.

January 12, 1982:
* To counter a serious recession, Canada creates a Ministry of State for
Economic Development and reorganizes other federal agencies.

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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:12:48 -0500
From: RLB <rosieb>
To: digest@cedmagic.com
Subject: CED repair

Have an RCA model SFT 100 that needs repair (or I'll end up selling it for
parts and
selling my collection). Does anyone accept these by UPS to repair?  Or,
alternately, does
any know of someone in Virginia or DC that will work on it?  I'm in Richmond. 

It played fine when it played, but for years I'd had to manually advance it to
get it to
begin each side.  Now it loads fine and spins up, but won't advance at all
(either to play
or fast forward) and the arm with the stylus won't move from the rearmost
(load)
position.  (I've tried pretty hard, but don't want to force it.)  I've looked
over the CED
Magic website (thanks, Tom. Great job.) but am not adept at working with
electronics and
can't begin to even disassemble the machine.  

I'd had it in a shop here that promised they could "fix anything" but they had
"a part on
order" (they said) for three years and went out of business before getting it
to work. I
was lucky to retrieve it at all.  

Thanks!
Rosanna
rosieb@sprynet.com

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From: Tony Cook <tonycook1966>
To: digest@cedmagic.com
Subject: CED on CBS' "60 Minutes" recently?
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 15:55:03 -0600

Had heard that there was some kind of mention of CED on either "60 Minutes" or
"60 Minutes II" recently.  Is this correct?  Does anyone know what was said
about CED?

Thanks

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From: Dj3928
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:46:10 EST
Subject: Front Panel Switch Repair on SJT & SKT Players.
To: digest@cedmagic.com

Hello to All,
    I have Found a Fix for the SJT & SKT Players with a Defective Front 
MEMBRANE Switch assembly. When the Switch Assembly is Bad, Some or All of the 
Front Buttons wont work(EX.Pause/Rev/Fwd). The Switch usually Fails on 
Players where the Front has been Removed numerous times.
     The Connections fail where the Membrane material is Connected to the 
Pins that plug into the Wiring Harness going to the Microprocessor Circuit. 
If the end of the Switch Assembly gets bent very many times, if will break 
the Connections where the Membrane Material mates to the Metal Pins. 
    The FIX is to Buy a Defroster Repair Kit at an Auto Parts Store. It has a 
Bottle of Copper Paint,a Small brush and a Template.
    Step 1:  Pull back the Plastic Cover over the end of the Switch assembly 
where the Metal Pins are.
    Step 2:Clean off the Connectors & the Foil Path about a 1/4" back with 
Alcohol.
    Step 3: Paint each Connection and its Corresponding Foil Path and let dry.
    Step 4: Then Repaint over each Connection so there are 2 coats of the 
Repair Paint on each one.
    Step 5: Check to Make sure You dont have Foil Paths together as the Paint 
may Run into the Path Next to it. You can take a Small Screwdriver or a Knife 
and Clean between the 2 Paths.
    Step 6: Reinstall the Front and check for operation.

    This Fix does take some time, but if You have a Bad Front Assembly, its 
the Only way You can Repair the Player as the Switch is NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

    Enjoy the Website!

                                    Darrell

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To: digest@cedmagic.com
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:32:24 -0800
From: "Tom Howe" <tom@cedmagic.com>
Subject: RE: Widescreen CED's

>I am curious if any of these videos were produced in widescreen.
>thank you

There were five CED titles released in widescreen format. You can learn more
about these in Featured CED's No. 7 and No. 21:



http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/amarcord.html



http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/monty-python-grail.html

--Tom

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From: "gene henley" <the_tinman>
To: digest@cedmagic.com
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 07:31:50 +0800
Subject: for sale

i'm not sure this is the proper way to do this so my apologies if i am not
using proper protocol.

I have an RCA SelectaVision SJT 400 Video Disc Player that doesn't work well
but was rarely used so i don't know what's wrong with it.

i also have about ten discs that i would like to sell as well.

1. the muppet movie
2. Paddington Bear Vol 1 and 2
3. The Big Chill
4. MASH goodbye Farewell Forever
5. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
6. Emanuelle
7. The Electric Horseman
8. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
9. Risky Business
10. Kramer vs. Kramer
11. Making Love
12. Star 80

i would welcome any offers.
thank you.
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