CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[petey293]

I have been fascinated with these things for a while now, and when I saw an SFT100W at a local thrift shop for $10, I had to get it. I also grabbed Thunderbirds Are Go and Monty Python's Life of Brian from a bunch of CEDs in a milk crate near the player. I got home and it fired right up, but I quickly noticed that there was no sound or color (just B/W) to either of the videos. There was also some skipping going on. I only know a little bit about how these players work, but I would have no idea where to start looking for the problems. Could this be something basic like a worn stylus, or am I going to have to tear it apart and start replacing some electronic components? I may be able to take a video if that helps at all.

[mxpxpunkrock1987]

yeah no sound or video means turn table belt and read head needs to be cleaned contact john for oe parts and he check and cleans 149000 stylus
http://cedatum.com/17601.html

[Rixrex]

First test with known good stylus or get the stylus cleaned/rebuilt by Cedatum.

After that, if still problematic, remove and clean turntable belt, and pully & turntable where belt rides, clean well. That can possibly solve it.

If not, replace turntable belt.

[petey293]

That sounds like a good place to start, thanks guys.

[mxpxpunkrock1987]

no problem just be ware if u need the pdf for the machine i have it and its also on here for people to use to fix there machine as i needed it but i have a sgt100w that does not wana work and i know the main controller is shot so if u need parts i got u covered