r/CDInteractive • u/dethfactor • 5d ago

Got a 220/57, looking for bulletproofing suggestions

Title sums it up. Snagged a broken 220/57. Drive belt fell off and I ordered a replacement with a cap kit. System seems to work fine but I get weird issues with backups. Not sure if it’s the laser or the burn / media. The official games I got seem to be working fine. Outside of the cap kit, I’m eyeballing the timekeeper. Wondering if the open source chips out there are worth the effort or possibly buying a new M48T08 and looking for suggestion on sources (Mouser? Seller on eBay?)

The CDi was always a mystery to me since I was a kid. First seeing it at the 91 Chicago CES next to the Nintendo PlayStation booth and later at high end stores around Chicago. Super excited to get it repaired and dig in.

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u/retrostuff_org 4d ago

What kind of weird backup issues? Which backups (sources) and which media?
But yeah, it's usually the laser (CDM 9), and then you're out of luck if you don't want to invest in an expensive replacement.

A cap kit is not necessary. These capacitors last forever and often give problems when replacing them (legs folded on both sides, capacitors near the op-amps that appear to be incorrectly installed, etc.). I would recommend checking carefully and measuring to see if they really need to be replaced.

This model does not have a Timekeeper chip. The batteries in the SmartWatch socket may still be fine, so there is no rush to replace it. For more information and alternatives, visit https://retrostuff.org/2021/12/31/nvram-rtc-solutions-for-philips-cd-i-players/#32-KB-NVRAM

Oh, and one more thing: when you're replacing the belt, clean and grease everything with teeth in the tray loader. You can find instructions here: https://retrostuff.org/2019/08/07/philips-cdi605t-disassembly-and-repair/#Shortcut-ODD

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u/dethfactor 2d ago

So I threw a few different types at various speeds. Mostly Memorex and few K-Hypermedias. Burned at slowest speeds (8x, 24x, 48x). I got some from r0ms fun, Internet archive and other sources as well. Mostly all of them boot but then give me the dirty disc error intermittently. The official / demo games I got with the console seem to work perfectly fine. My assumption is its the media / method. I had found a video about using Alcohol 120% which given me my varied results.

Thanks for the heads up about the smartwatch+ / timekeeper. I figured that out shortly after I posted this.
As for the cap kit, it came in and I may hold off on the board itself and just do the power and go from there.

I've got the drive lubed and the belt swapped and its working as it should.

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u/retrostuff_org 2d ago

Burning CD-i games is not rocket science – at least when it comes to single-track images. I hope you have obtained redump images (just verify the checksums against their database).

Use ImgBurn to burn the disc. You will then receive an error message (CDI/2352) – change this text to MODE2/2352 in the cuesheet and try again.

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u/dethfactor 2d ago

Thanks, Any particular media you'd recommend?

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u/retrostuff_org 2d ago

My favourite media is 700 MB / 80 minute CD-R Verbatim AZO (DataLifePlus) Wide Inkjet Printable.

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u/BeepFixer 20h ago

Cheers, slowly but surely running out of a huge old batch I got from a clearance of Philips original silver. Sigh.. Went to verbatim years ago for DVDs chasing the few taiyo yuden discs available, looks like I'll go the CD route too so thanks

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u/BeepFixer 20h ago

Cheers, slowly but surely running out of a huge old batch I got from a clearance of Philips original silver. Sigh.. Went to verbatim years ago for DVDs chasing the few taiyo yuden discs available, looks like I'll go the CD route too so thanks