CED VideoDisc and Player Discussion

[jeremybondsf]

Hello friends.

I recently bought a donor SJT-090 to supply my ailing SJT400 (Stephanie) with some needed parts. I managed to successfully extract what i needed from the '090 and they fit Stephanie fine. So far so good...

Now I'm trying to put the '400 back together, and I'm STUCK. I should have taken pictures before taking her apart! I've read the service manuaual again and again, gazed at those dark vague pictures of the 400 insides, and scrubbed through every Youtube video where somebody shows the inisides of a J-series player. All to no avail.

The area I am stuck at is the front rright side, where the power switch is.

[list=]There is one long rod that runs from the function gear-area up to the front. Where does it go?
There's a little metal piece with an "O" loop which seems like it should go with the rod above. But does it? How and where?
How to the caddy lockouts go in?
There's a screw on a ground lug in this area. Were does it go?
How does the whole Guide Rail Assembly attach down to the player base in this corner? There's one screw hole but I can't seem to get everything that looks like it should screw down here to fit. Plus I sorta remember two screwholes when I first took it apatt.

If some kind soul could help I would be forever grateful. Some good quality close-up photos of this section would help immensely. None of the Youtube guys spent much time showing this section.

Thanks in advance for any offering of guidance, support, even a hint...

-Jeremy
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[SelectaVision420]

do you have a picture of the exploded view diagram? i can get it for you if you do.
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[ketonic_dude]

I can post some pics for you when I get home, at work now.

[jeremybondsf]

Thanks to dumbchemist, I got a copy of the 100/200/300 series service manual which is a much clearer scan than the 400 manual. The photos and the parts explosion are much more legible. As a result, I was able to identify the mystery parts and can happily report that Stephanie has been almost completely reassembled!

Unfortunately she's still making a loud raspy sound when powered on. Sounds like some plastic parts slapping together. But I think I can figure it out before too long. Something in the function gear area I think.

Thank you also SelectaVision420 and ketonic_dude for the offer of help.

Soon Sephanie and I will be in retro movie heaven!

[dumbchemist]