CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[Gunner]

So way back when, I put an ad in my local "WANTED" ads regarding CED players and discs. Yesterday I received an email from a couple who told me they had cleared out an attic of one of their tenants who had been evicted over a year ago and had a large assortment of what I was looking for. I went up today and for $100........I picked up 210 CED titles and a working SFT 100 player! Also a mint condition service manual for the player as well as a magazine listing the player for sale at a price of $499.99........yikes! Forgot what these things cost back in the day. I am pretty happy about my luck. One issue I cannot figure out though: The player works great EXCEPT:

When I load a disc......the player only plays when the lever is in the OFF position??? When I put the lever to PLAY.........the indicator shows the "L" or LOAD signal. Any idea whats up with that anyone?

Cheers

Gunner

[SelectaVision420]

mine does that too, but there are different reasons that could be happening, the light switch operates 2 cam lobes, and if they are misaligned they wont close the contacts on the toggle switches, or the switch itself is bad, a good way to test it is to take the cover off and look at the switches run off the function lever via the 2 cams and manually press the switches, you might need a small tool to push them up, if the player doesnt shut off the switch might be bad, i havent had a chance to mess with my sft100 yet... it has a compound problem
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[Rixrex]

Yep, that is the most common cause of that problem. You can see the CEDmagic website repair solution here under Misaligned Function Lever Cam:

http://www.cedmagic.com/tech-info/repair-solutions.html#misaligned-function-lever-cams

Not a bad idea to read through all of these repair tips having to do with your player in order to understand it better.

[Gunner]

Thanks guys......I will take a look at your solutions. Much appreciated!