************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ 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 artic 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:12:48 -0500 From: RLB <rosieb> To: [email protected] 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 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Tony Cook <tonycook1966> To: [email protected] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dj3928 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:46:10 EST Subject: Front Panel Switch Repair on SJT & SKT Players. To: [email protected] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 12:32:24 -0800 From: "Tom Howe" <[email protected]> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "gene henley" <the_tinman> To: [email protected] 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 1 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 2 1/12/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20 Years Ago In CED History: January 13, 1982: * An Air Florida jetliner taking off from Washington National Airport hits the crowded 14th Street bridge and crashes into the Potomac River resulting in 78 deaths. Five passengers are rescued from the icy water of the river. January 14, 1982: * Adil Carcani is nominated to become premier of Albania. He will succeed Mehmet Shehu, who reportedly had committed suicide in 1981 after being premier since 1954. January 15, 1982: * Spain announces successors to four top military commanders who retired the day before. The Defense Ministry explains that the changes were necessary before Spain negotiates its entry into NATO. * Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: One From the Heart. January 16, 1982: * The Vatican and Great Britain re-establish full diplomatic relations, ending a rift that occurred when King Henry VIII broke with Roman Catholicism in 1532. January 17, 1982: * Record low temperatures are recorded in a number of US cities. The day is later nicknamed "Cold Sunday." January 18, 1982: * Voters in Finland elect Mauno Koivisto president succeeding Urho Kekkonen who resigned in October 1981. January 19, 1982: * A one-day general strike in India, called by eight national trade unions to protest the labor policies of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, halts industry and public services throughout the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:16:56 -0800 From: "Tom Howe" <[email protected]> Subject: 2002 Consumer Electronics Show Hello All: This week the Winter CES was held in Las Vegas with Thomson (RCA) in attendance. Nothing really ground breaking from the company, but they do have some nice thin plasma Scenium TV's. This press release summarizes the new products: http://www.rca.com/content/viewdetail/1,2811,EI700222-CI258,00.html? One item that is a little CED-related is RCA's RCU1000B touchscreen remote control which has a number of buttons on an illuminated screen that can learn the codes from an existing SJT400 VideoDisc remote. A picture of this remote can be seen here: http://www.remotecentral.com/wn000015.htm The coolest looking product I've seen didn't actually premier at CES, but at the simultaneous MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. This is the pedestal version of the iMac that has a retro appeal somewhat like the Philco Predicta TV's of 40 years ago: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/philco-predicta-princess.html --Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END CED Digest Vol.