Philips CDI 602
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| The CDI 602 in Philips's brochure, with the floppy drive in the centre of the front panel. No freely licensed photograph has been found. | |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Philips Interactive Media Systems |
| Type | Professional CD-i player |
| CPU | Philips SCC68070[1] |
| Memory | 1 MB RAM; 8 KB non-volatile RAM[2] |
| Storage | Compact disc in a caddy, CDM 9 mechanism; 3.5-inch floppy disc drive[2][3][4] |
| Display | RGB (9-pin D-sub), Y/C and composite video, PAL or NTSC[2] |
| Sound | Stereo line out, 2 V rms; headphone socket[2] |
| Power | 100 to 120 V or 220 to 240 V ± 10 %, selectable; about 40 W without extensions[2] |
| Dimensions | 420 x 90 x 400 mm[2] |
| Weight | About 7 kg[2] |
| OS / Firmware | — |
| Model no. | CDI 602/00[3] |
The Philips CDI 602 is a professional CD-i player: ICDIA describes it as identical to the Philips CDI 601 apart from a floppy disc drive for extra storage.[5] Philips's brochure presents the 3.5-inch drive as a "personal memory device": a floppy linked to a CD-i disc could hold a trainee's progress, bookmarks and test scores, or bring in up-to-date data such as revised prices for a product catalogue on disc.[2] Like the 601, it could not be extended with a Digital Video cartridge, according to ICDIA.[5]
Specifications
[edit | edit source]| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Disc loading | Caddy |
| Memory | 1 MB RAM; 8 KB non-volatile RAM; 3.5-inch floppy disc drive |
| Audio | L and R on RCA sockets, 2 V rms into 10 kΩ; 6 mm headphone socket, 8 Ω to 2 kΩ, 30 mW into 32 Ω, with volume control |
| Video | NTSC and PAL: RGB on a 9-pin D-sub, Y/C and composite on RCA, each 1 Vpp into 75 Ω |
| Ports | Port 1, 8-pin mini-DIN (front), pointing device; Port 2, 8-pin mini-DIN (rear), pointing device or CD-i keyboard; Ports 3 and 4, 9-pin D-sub, RS-232, Port 3 being the default terminal |
| Extension | Two extension slots, for SCSI, Ethernet, a Centronics port or 1 or 2 MB of extra memory |
| Power | 100 to 120 V and 220 to 240 V ± 10 %, selectable; about 40 W without extensions |
| MTBF | 35,000 hours |
| Size and weight | 420 x 90 x 400 mm; about 7 kg |
ICDIA's comparison table gives the 602/00 exactly the same entries as the 601/00: first-generation player shell, RC5 infra-red, 8 KB NVRAM, no Digital Video cartridge, caddy loading, 1 MB of main RAM, I/O arrangement A, CDM 9 and the Maxi-MMC board.[3] The notes of retrostuff, a CD-i repair site, record the Maxi MMC board in the 602 as confirmed in January 2022.[6]
Hardware
[edit | edit source]The front panel adds three items to the 601's: the floppy drive itself, an FDD LED and a push button to eject the disc. The rear panel is the same as the 601's: voltage selector, two extension slots, four serial ports, RGB, Y/C and composite outputs, a 525/625 line selector and a remote infra-red connector.[2][7]
Philips's 1992 technical documentation for the 6XX series describes the floppy disc interface used in the series: a DP8473 floppy disc controller with its own DMA and a 4 KB sector buffer, needing no trimming or adjustment, and supporting standard 3.5-inch drives of 1.0 MB (double density) or 2.0 MB (quad density) unformatted capacity, 80 tracks per side at 300 rpm.[8] At start-up the player checks whether a floppy drive is present and, if so, adds every floppy format it knows to its configuration file; the "load" button in the player shell's settings menu then starts an application from the floppy.[9][10]
The NVRAM is the same as the 601's: a Dallas DS1216C SmartWatch RAM socket with an 8 KB SRAM chip, an arrangement retrostuff has found only in these two players.[11] The supply is a switch-mode unit with a mains voltage selector.[12][2] Retrostuff's RGB SCART adapter for the CDI 605 also works with the 602.[13]
Documentation
[edit | edit source]- CDI 602 Professional CD-I System, Philips brochure: File:Philips CDI 602 Brochure.pdf.
- CDI6XX Technical Manual (Technical Documentation for CDI 605 Users), Philips Interactive Media Systems, 1992: File:Philips CDI 6XX Technical Documentation (1992).pdf.
- No service manual for the 602 has been found; ICDIA's list has none for the 601 or 602.[14]
General maintenance
[edit | edit source]See Philips CDI 602 General Maintenance, which covers the floppy drive as well as the parts the 602 shares with the 601.
Troubleshooting
[edit | edit source]See Philips CDI 602 Troubleshooting Guide, including the rules the player follows when loading an application from floppy.
Capacitor replacement
[edit | edit source]No capacitor values have been published. See Philips CDI 602 Capacitor Replacement Guide.
Gallery
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Front and rear panels, numbered as in the brochure key
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Related pages
[edit | edit source]- Philips CDI 602 General Maintenance
- Philips CDI 602 Troubleshooting Guide
- Philips CDI 602 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Philips CDI 601, the same player without the floppy drive
- Philips CDI 604
- Philips CDI 605
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Wikipedia, "CD-i" (retrieved 2026-10-20): infobox CPU Philips SCC68070.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Philips Interactive Media Systems, CDI 602 Professional CD-I System, brochure, pp. 1, 3 and 5: features; "Personal (Customizing) Memory"; technical data; front panel key (3 FDD LED indicator, 4 FDD 3.5", 5 FDD push button to eject the disc) and rear panel key. Hosted as File:Philips CDI 602 Brochure.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The New International CD-i Association, "Comparison table of all Philips professional and authoring CD-i players" (retrieved 2026-10-21): rows CDI 601/00 and 602/00.
- ↑ The World of CD-i, "Chronicle #32: CD-i player CDM substituition", 30 October 2020 (retrieved 2026-10-21): 602/00 CDM 9.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New International CD-i Association, "Philips professional and authoring CD-i players" (retrieved 2026-10-20): "Identical to the CDI 601, but equiped with a floppy disk drive for additional storage capabilities. The system could not be extended with a Digital Video cartridge."
- ↑ Retrostuff, "Modifications for Philips CD-i Players" (retrieved 2026-10-20): section "JNMS, Maxi MMC and Mini MMC (prof.)"; change log "2022-01-26: CDI602 confirmed to have Maxi MMC mainboard."
- ↑ Philips Interactive Media Systems, CDI 601 Professional CD-I System, brochure, p. 5: front and rear panel keys. Hosted as File:Philips CDI 601 Brochure.pdf.
- ↑ Philips, CDI6XX Technical Manual, chapter 10, Floppy specification, sections 2.1, 3 and 3.1: local DMA, 4K byte sector buffer, DP8473 controller with PLL, "No trimmer or adjustement are required", supported 3.5-inch drives. Hosted as File:Philips CDI 6XX Technical Documentation (1992).pdf.
- ↑ Philips Interactive Media Systems, CDI6XX Technical Manual (Technical Documentation for CDI 605 Users), 22 June 1992, chapter 3, Configuration Status Descriptor, section 4: floppy drive detection and floppy formats added to the CSD file. Hosted as File:Philips CDI 6XX Technical Documentation (1992).pdf.
- ↑ Philips, CDI6XX Technical Manual, chapter 6, Load application and system. Hosted as File:Philips CDI 6XX Technical Documentation (1992).pdf.
- ↑ Retrostuff, "NVRAM+RTC Solutions for Philips CD-i Players", 2021, updated 2025 (retrieved 2026-10-20), section "8 KB (SmartWatch)".
- ↑ Retrostuff, "Philips CD-i Power Supply Units", 2024, updated 2026 (retrieved 2026-10-20), section "Maxi MMC / Mini MMC".
- ↑ Retrostuff, "Philips CDI605 RGB SCART Adapter", 27 January 2021 (retrieved 2026-10-21).
- ↑ The New International CD-i Association, "CD-i Service Manuals" (retrieved 2026-10-21).