CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

matt carr · Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 28 Location: Purvis Mississippi

I was looking through the manual for my SGT 200 and found that the diagram is incorrect in that the lights for Side 1 and Side 2 are located directly under their label instead of to the side. I am not sure of the Stereo light as I have not seen it come on yet but I assume that It would be under the label as well to keep everything looking somewhat uniform.

Also where it says "VideoDisc Player", it is supposed to say "Stereo VideoDisc Player".

Not sure what good this information is, but I thought that it was interesting at the very least.

RT9342 · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 224 Location: San Antonio, TX

Interesting observation. I probably would have never noticed the difference. Maybe the drawing is based on a prototype or early design. I've seen a picture of a prototype SFT-100, in a book at a library, with a second lever instead of the 5 buttons.

RT9342 · Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 224 Location: San Antonio, TX

Interesting observation. I probably would have never noticed the difference. Maybe the drawing is based on a prototype or early design. I've seen a picture of a prototype SFT-100, in a book at a library, with a second lever instead of the 5 buttons.

DiscoKat · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 11

Chances are, the manual was printed before the design and/or placement of LED's were finalized.

An interesting tanget, if you've ever looked at the owners manual of older (like 60's and 70's) cars, you might notice that the pictures in the manual are sometimes from pre-production or "Pilot" cars. There are some subtle and sometimes VAST differences from the manual to the actual product.

I still get a chuckle looking at the owners manual for my 1975 AMC Hornet. Many pictures in the manual still depict cars from the 1970 model year. The differences are subtle, but it's still funny. Guess they didn't want to spend the money updating the pictures either!