CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 30

CED Digest Vol. 7 No. 30 • 7/27/2002
20 Years Ago In CED History:

July 28, 1982:
* San Francisco becomes the first U.S. city to ban handguns.

July 29, 1982:
* It is announced that "The Gallery of the Louvre," an 1832 painting by Samuel
F. B. Morse, has been sold for $3.25 million, the highest price to date for an
American work of art. Morse had been a well-known artist before he invented the
Morse code and telegraph.
* A South African judge sentences 42 white mercenaries found guilty of air
piracy after an unsuccessful coup in the Seychelles in November 1981.

July 30, 1982:
* Panama's President Aristides Royo Sanches resigns and Vice President Ricardo
de la Espriella, Jr. succeeds him.
* William Tavoulareas, president of Mobil Oil Corporation, wins a $2 million
libel suit against The Washington Post.
* Vladimir Zworykin dies at age 92. He invented the Iconoscope and Kinescope in
the 1920's, which later made broadcast TV possible, and maintained an office at
RCA Laboratories until the time of his death:



http://www.cedmagic.com/history/kinescope-zworykin-1929.html

* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: An Officer and A
Gentleman.

July 31, 1982:
* Yugoslavia imposes a six-month freeze on prices.
* A bus collision on a rainswept road near Beaune in the Burgundy region of
France kills 44 camp-bound children and nine adults.

August 1, 1982:
* Israeli planes bomb West Beirut for 14 hours in the most extensive attack
against Palestinian guerrillas in Lebanon since June 6, when Israel sent its
troops across the border.
* Army troops loyal to Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi suppress an
antigovernment revolt organized by members of the Air Force. About 3,000
persons are arrested, including all 2,100 members of the Air Force.

* CED Title Releases for August 1982:

42nd Street
And Justice For All
Bananas
Bob Welch and Friends: Live from the Roxy*
Brubaker (2)
Buddy Buddy
Cannery Row
Charlie Brown Festival, Vol. 3
Dot and the Kangaroo
First Barry Manilow Special, The*
Hansel and Gretel [RCA]
In Praise of Older Women
Key Largo
Murder on the Orient Express (2)
Neighbors
NFL'81 Official Season Yearbook Featuring Superbowl XVI
Omen, The
Pretty Baby
Revenge of the Pink Panther [RCA]
Rich and Famous
Searchers, The
Semi-Tough
Star Wars**
Stranger Is Watching, A
Straw Dogs
Swept Away
Tom Jones (2)
Tommy**
True Confessions
Wholly Moses!

August 2, 1982:
* Michael Somare succeeds Julius Chan as prime minister of Papua New Guinea
following parliamentary elections.

August 3, 1982:
* New York Yankees manager Gene Michaels is replaced by Clyde King.

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To: digest@cedmagic.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 16:24:27 -0800
From: "Tom Howe" <tom@cedmagic.com>
Subject: RE: Player Problems

>So I wanted to know if you knew of any problems in this series of players
>that made power not work?

I haven't seen any systemic power problems with J/K players. The next easiest
thing to check on the SJT090 player is the power switch. With the cover off,
make sure the switch is latching as it is toggled between ON and OFF. Sometimes
the button on the outside of the player doesn't properly engage the switch.

>Like I said I got the 200 model to work but when I watch the movies I have
>in some spots the picture looks like multi colored bubbles. and skips
>in sections. I looked at the disks and they seem fine. Is there anything
>i can do to the player to make this not happen?

If the skips are repeatable, and likewise the good sections of the discs
repeatedly play OK, I'd say you're observing normal skipping due to damaged
areas on the discs. If this player were an F/G unit, I'd guess the multicolored
effect is due to a variable turntable RPM rate, but this is unlikely with a J/K
unit. If you have a digital camera, you could take a photo of this multicolor
bubble effect and attach it to a followup message to the digest. I'll transfer
it to the web and provide the URL so digest readers can take a look at it.

--Tom
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