Philips CDI 604
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| Philips press photograph of the CDI 604, as published by ICDIA. Copyright Philips; used here to identify the product. | |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Philips |
| Type | Professional CD-i player |
| CPU | Philips SCC68070[1] |
| Memory | 1 MB main RAM; 8 KB NVRAM[2] |
| Storage | Compact disc, tray loading, CDM 9 mechanism[2][3] |
| Display | Sony CXA1145P video encoder; 9-pin RGB port[4][5] |
| Sound | — |
| OS / Firmware | — |
| Model no. | CDI 604/00[2] |
The Philips CDI 604 is a professional CD-i player. ICDIA describes it as "in essence" a Philips CDI 602 with a CD drawer in place of the caddy slot, but built on a different board, which let it take Digital Video: a modified 22ER9141 cartridge, removed from its housing and fitted with a different ROM.[6] Where the 601 and 602 use the Maxi MMC board, the 604 uses the Mini MMC board, like the authoring Philips CDI 605.[4]
History
[edit | edit source]Wikipedia lists the 604 in Philips's 600 series of professional players with the 601, 602, 605, 615, 660 and 670.[1] ICDIA gives it the first-generation player shell, the same as the 601 and 602.[2] No Philips brochure, user manual or service manual for the 604 is among ICDIA's scans.[7][8]
Specifications
[edit | edit source]| Version | Shell | IR | NVRAM | Digital Video | Disc loading | Main RAM | I/O | CDM | Board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDI 602/00 | 1st | RC5 | 8 KB | - | Caddy | 1 MB | A | 9 | Maxi-MMC |
| CDI 604/00 | 1st | RC5/6 | 8 KB | 22ER9424 | Tray | 1 MB | A | 9 | Mini-MMC |
| CDI 605T/20 | 1st | RC5/6 | 8 KB | 22ER9424 | Tray | 5 MB | A | 9 | Mini-MMC |
ICDIA explains that the 22ER9424 was made for the slots of the CDI 604 and 605/20: its boards are not housed in a cartridge but slide straight into the player's expansion slots. These players can also take a modified VMPEG cartridge. The 1 MB of extra memory on a Digital Video board is not counted in the 604's main RAM figure. I/O arrangement A means that the front port takes pointing devices and the rear port pointing devices or RS-232 devices.[2]
Hardware
[edit | edit source]Retrostuff, a CD-i repair site, groups the 604 with the 605 and 605T as "Mini MMC (prof.)" and gives these details for that board:[4]
- Video encoder: Sony CXA1145P. Professional and authoring players have multi-region encoder panels, and come with multi-region switches already fitted, so no 50/60 Hz modification is needed.
- NVRAM: 8 KB only.
- Mechanism: CDM 9/44.
- Service manual: retrostuff points to the CDI 220/00 service manual, the consumer player on a Mini MMC board.
Retrostuff's NVRAM article says every player of the first two generations, Mini MMC and Mono I, has a timekeeper chip, so the 604's 8 KB NVRAM is a timekeeper; the SmartWatch socket of the 601 and 602 belongs to the Maxi MMC board.[9] The professional players have a 9-pin RGB port; retrostuff's adapter for the CDI 605 also works with the 601 and 602, and it expects the 604's port to have the same pinout but advises measuring the outputs first.[5] The first-generation consumer players lack that port, but retrostuff notes that its footprint is on their CD panel and that the CD panel circuit diagrams in the CDI 220/00 service manual mark the parts it needs "CDI6XX ONLY".[5] The supply is a switch-mode unit; retrostuff says the professional players have a mains voltage selector.[10]
Documentation
[edit | edit source]- CDI6XX Technical Manual (Technical Documentation for CDI 605 Users), Philips Interactive Media Systems, 1992, for the 6XX series: File:Philips CDI 6XX Technical Documentation (1992).pdf.
- CDI 220/00 service manual (Mini MMC board), recommended by retrostuff for the professional Mini MMC players: File:Philips CDI 220-00 Service Manual.pdf, described on Philips CDI 220 Service Manuals.[4]
- The CDI 605 and 605T manuals hosted for the Philips CDI 605 cover the other professional Mini MMC players; see Philips CDI 605 Documentation.
General maintenance
[edit | edit source]The parts to look after are the timekeeper NVRAM, the CDM 9 mechanism and its tray, and the mains voltage selector. See Philips CDI 604 General Maintenance.
Troubleshooting
[edit | edit source]See Philips CDI 604 Troubleshooting Guide.
Capacitor replacement
[edit | edit source]No capacitor values have been published for the 604. See Philips CDI 604 Capacitor Replacement Guide.
Related pages
[edit | edit source]- Philips CDI 604 General Maintenance
- Philips CDI 604 Troubleshooting Guide
- Philips CDI 604 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Philips CDI 602, the Maxi MMC player ICDIA compares it with
- Philips CDI 605, the authoring player on the same Mini MMC board
- Philips CDI 220, the consumer player on a Mini MMC board
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia, "CD-i" (retrieved 2026-10-20): infobox CPU Philips SCC68070; the 600 series of professional models.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The New International CD-i Association, "Comparison table of all Philips professional and authoring CD-i players" (retrieved 2026-10-21): rows CDI 602/00, 604/00 and 605T/20, and the notes on DVC (22ER9424), Main RAM and I/O.
- ↑ The World of CD-i, "Chronicle #32: CD-i player CDM substituition", 30 October 2020 (retrieved 2026-10-21): 604/00 CDM 9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Retrostuff, "Modifications for Philips CD-i Players" (retrieved 2026-10-20), section "JNMS, Maxi MMC and Mini MMC (prof.)": 604 professional player with Mini MMC mainboard; service manual "use CDI 220/00 service manual"; video encoder CXA1145P; NVRAM 8 KB only; CDM 9/44; 50/60 Hz modification not needed, players come with pre-installed multi-region switches; multi-region encoder panels.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Retrostuff, "Philips CDI605 RGB SCART Adapter", 27 January 2021 (retrieved 2026-10-21): the CDI60x DE-9 RGB port; "I assume the RGB port of the 604 has the same pinout"; the 220/00 service manual's CD panel parts marked "CDI6XX ONLY".
- ↑ The New International CD-i Association, "Philips professional and authoring CD-i players" (retrieved 2026-10-20): "In essence, the CDI 604 is a CDI 602 with a CD-drawer, but this player was based upon a different PCB, and as such offers upgradability for Digital Video by a modified 9141 cartridge (removed from cartridge housing and with a different ROM)."
- ↑ The New International CD-i Association, "CD-i Service Manuals" (retrieved 2026-10-21): no manual for the CDI 604.
- ↑ The New International CD-i Association, "Brochures - Professional CD-i players" (retrieved 2026-10-21): brochures for the CDI 601, 602, 615, 660 and 670; none for the 604.
- ↑ Retrostuff, "NVRAM+RTC Solutions for Philips CD-i Players", 2021, updated 2025 (retrieved 2026-10-20), section "8 KB (Timekeeper)": "All players of the first two generations (Mini MMC and Mono I) have a Timekeeper."
- ↑ Retrostuff, "Philips CD-i Power Supply Units", 2024, updated 2026 (retrieved 2026-10-20), section "Maxi MMC / Mini MMC".