CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[Syncopated1]

I believe when I was first researching CED players on this site there was a way to find out their manufacturing date by serial number. I remember thinking I should give my machines 40th birthday parties in a few years!

Well, now it has been a few years I've spent an hour trying to find it and searching with various key words and no luck. Am I crazy or is it just hiding somewhere.

I feel dumb for basically asking for a link on the site I am already on, lol.
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Working: SGT-100 x2, SGT-200, SGT-250, SJT-90 x2, SJT 100, SFT-100,
Need Work: SKT-400, SJT-400, SJT-90, SGT-100 x2

[SelectaVision420]

you are not crazy. however, that information was on cedatum.com. unfortunately with johns passing the domain was lost. someone bought it but i believe the website is still inactive.

to decode your RCA serial number is like this:
sn 338516234

3 year
3 week
8 week
5 day 1=sunday
1 assembly line ( 1,2,or 3)
6 id number
2 id number
3 id number
4 id number

1983 week 38 thursday line 1 id#6234

hope that helps
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(2)Sears 274 & 934(80150,10&11350), sft100, sgt250, sjt 090-400, vp550, VDR3000, VP2000 & 4000
complete '84 Dimensia Owner

[Syncopated1]

Thank you! That should be posted in a FAQ page or somewhere easy to find on here. I'm sure a lot of people will want it in the next year or two.
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Working: SGT-100 x2, SGT-200, SGT-250, SJT-90 x2, SJT 100, SFT-100,
Need Work: SKT-400, SJT-400, SJT-90, SGT-100 x2

[Syncopated1]

As copied from the copy of cedatum.com on archive.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20180825011919/http://cedatum.com/17601.html


DECODING THE RCA 9 DIGIT SERIAL NUMBER ON CED PLAYERS

The 9 digit number is found on the serial number label on the back panel of the player and also inside on the front or side of the chassis.

X X X X X X X X X

The first digit is the year. 1980- 1984. Example a 2 is 1982.

The second and third digits are the week. Example 14 - a week in March

The fourth digit is the day of the week - Sunday = 1

The fifth digit is the player production line - a 1 or 2 or 3.

The remaining 4 digits are the player ID number
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Working: SGT-100 x2, SGT-200, SGT-250, SJT-90 x2, SJT 100, SFT-100,
Need Work: SKT-400, SJT-400, SJT-90, SGT-100 x2