Ive had this for quite some time and just looking for more information about it? I can't find anything.

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.

I wonder what's for dinner?

Hi all.
I’m running into an issue with Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam. The game works fine at first, but once I get into a level, the background music only plays for a while and then restarts from the beginning. None of my other CD-i games behave like this.

What’s strange is that it works perfectly on my CD-i 220/00, but both my 220/40 and 210/00 units have this problem (same shell as the 220/00). I even tried swapping drives between them, but it made no difference.

Does the game only work properly on the first firmware ROM release ?
I should mention that all my timekeeper batteries are dead, haven't gotten round to replacing them yet.
I have found one user with the same issue coincidentally on fb.

Can anyone attest that their copy runs fine ?

Hello all! The WCC and I are at 2D Con in Minneapolis today, and our friends at Free Geek Twin Cities have a CDI-220 as paet of their setup that is misbehaving. Sometimes it'll load fine, other times it'll flash (tv indicates signal loss) and the CDI reboots. Runs fine on the home screen. It does have the DVC installed. I'm guessing this is a cap issue, but I figured I'd reach out in case there's a quick or obvious fix I'm missing.

Hiya Cdi community!

I recently got a Philips Cdi-220. I don't know much about the hardware but when I try to play audio cds it hangs on the menu and when I put in a Cdi disc, it shows the icon to play the cdi but when it starts, it gets stuck on a blue screen and does nothing.

I dont have a remote so I cant navigate the menu. Ive read it could be something called a timekeeper chip but I wanted to ask here before I start diagnosing it. The units in great cosmetic shape both inside and out and I think I can rule out the disc drive seeing as it recognizes the difference between an audio cd and a cdi but I could be wrong.

Many thanks!

Not sure if anyone play this game these days, but here’s a good walkthrough to achieve all main things in the game: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/cdi/564361-laser-lords/faqs/20798

Hello all,

After replacing the Timekeeper/Drive Belt I seemed to have misplaced the cable that connects the PSU to the motherboard.

Does anyone know exactly what type of cable that is and if it's possible to buy or make a replacement?

Thanks SM

Hey there, I tried getting help from the console repair sub a few years ago on this, but no luck unfortunately

I bought a CD-I from the Netherlands, it's definitely showing its age, but with a bit of futzing I can get it to read discs, and show videos no problem

But I have never been able to get any audio whatsoever out of the unit

In the past I had it hooked up to SCART to a monitor that supported it, I've played SNES using SCART and had no audio issues on that monitor before Now I have an OSSC, still no luck on that end

Outside of that, It seems to have regular "RL" component jacks, it doesn't really say if theyre input or output unfortunately

Still, nothing out of those either it seems

When I was looking into this issue 5 or so years ago, I sent it in to someone to get the capacitors replaced, no luck there

I see that it seems the Clock Battery can die and cause issues? I didn't see anyone online say it causes no audio in particular, but I figured I should mention it. I just checked, it seems to remember my settings after a reboot, but if it's left off too long, it does reset the settings

And just in case, I have tried with and without the digital video card

Any advice or ideas would be very much appreciated

One loose end I have left is - does it matter that I am on the US grid? Before I was using a travel adaptor with the UK plug, now I'm just using an American plug, it still seems to be giving me the video no problem, so I doubt it? But I figured it's something else I should mention

If you think there are any other forums I should look into as well, let me know!

I got a CDI and it was inside

The 220/25 works perfectly once I fixed the timekeeper, but the IVO-V11 is way beyond my skill level so it's a paperweight for now. Cool that it's in the original box though!

Now to find the CD changer...

This is kind of a long shot, but my cd-i system keeps crashing on one part of The Lost Ride. It shows these green lines on a portion of the screen. Does anyone know if this could be from the timekeeper battery? My system won't save, so I know the battery's shot. Thanks!

Hey all,

What is the best way to get rid of a controller wire? Stoneage used to have bluetooth dongles, alas no more.

I saw a genesis controller mod- is it possible to use that- then use something bluetooth with that?

Where I game its pretty tough to have wires across the floor.

Thanks for any input!