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Philips CDI 615 Capacitor Replacement Guide

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Philips CD-i Mono IV main panel component side (CDI 220-80 service manual)
Component side of the Mono IV main panel (CDI 220/80 service manual), the board family used in the 615

No capacitor list for the Philips CDI 615 has been published. Philips' service manual for the 615 has not been found, and retrostuff.org reports that none exists for its 20PS307 power supply.[1][2] ICDIA lists the 615 among the players whose diagrams are in the Mono IV service manuals, and the large Mono IV main board it uses is the same family as the board in the CDI 220/80.[1][3]

Main board

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The CDI 220/80 service manual's main panel parts list has 29 capacitors of 1 µF and above, from 1 µF 50 V to 1000 µF 6.3 V, fourteen of them 47 µF 25 V.[4] The full list with positions and Philips part numbers is on the Philips CDI 660 Capacitor Replacement Guide. It is the 220/80's list, not the 615's: the 615 has the 32 KB NVRAM circuit, which the 220/80 does not, so compare each position on your own board before ordering.[3][5]

Power supply

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The 615's supply is the internal 20PS307 (Philips 3122 427 20082 for the European version), a 100–240 V switched-mode unit with +5 V, −5 V and +12 V outputs, an IEC C14 inlet, a T1.0A mains fuse (1101) and two MP315 fuses (1200, 1201) on the +5 V side.[2] Its capacitor values are not published. Unplug the player and leave the power switch on for a while before opening the supply, and treat the large filter capacitors as live until you have measured them.[2]

Floppy drive and extension slot

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The 615 has a 3.5-inch floppy drive on the front and an extension slot at the back for cards made to order.[6] Neither the drive model nor any extension card for the 615 has been documented, so list their capacitors from the parts themselves.

For signs of failure, see Capacitor Failure Symptoms.

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 CD-i Service Manuals, The New International CD-i Association—link(accessed 2026-10-20) Rows CDI 210, CDI 220 and CDI 470: the Mono-IV manuals, whose diagrams are shared by the CDI 210, 220, 470, 615, 740 and the B&O players.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Philips CD-i Power Supply Units, retrostuff.org, 29 September 2024, revised 10 July 2026—link(accessed 2026-10-20) Sections "20PS307" and "20PS308", and the general warning on filter capacitors.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Modifications for Philips CD-i Players, retrostuff.org, 12 January 2020, revised 2024—link(accessed 2026-10-20) Sections "Mono IV (large players)", "Brooktree BT9106 & BT9107 / BT9108" and "ROM/Software modifications".
  4. ↑ Philips Interactive Media Systems Service & Support, Service Manual CDI 220/80/85/97, 4822 725 24774, imprint P.S. 0995: survey of players and main panels (PDF p. 1); contents, including the sections on servicing surface-mounted devices (3.2) and handling static-sensitive parts (3.3) (PDF p. 2); technical specification of the 220/80 (PDF p. 3); central repair procedure, section 3.5 (PDF p. 11); exploded views, sections 4.1 and 4.2 (PDF pp. 12–13); low-level test and error codes, section 5.1 (PDF p. 14); service shell, section 5.2 (PDF pp. 15–16); key components, section 6.1 (PDF pp. 17–18); troubleshooting and repair, sections 6.2 and 6.2.1 (PDF p. 18); main panel layouts, section 7.5 (PDF p. 25); main panel measuring pads, section 7.5.7 (PDF p. 30); main panel parts list, section 8.4 (PDF pp. 36–37). The scan passes from section 6.2.1 straight to section 7.1, so sections 6.2.2 to 6.3 are missing. Hosted here as File:Philips CDI 220-80 Service Manual.pdf.
  5. ↑ NVRAM+RTC Solutions for Philips CD-i Players, retrostuff.org, 31 December 2021, revised 25 November 2025—link(accessed 2026-10-20) Section "32 KB (SmartWatch)": the DS1216C socket, its batteries and replacements.
  6. ↑ Philips Interactive Media Systems, CDI 615 User manual (North American edition), 3104 125 21591, © 1995: front of the player (PDF p. 8); rear of the player (PDF p. 9); interfaces and extension slot (PDF p. 13); group working (PDF pp. 19–20); "Before requesting service" (PDF p. 21); specifications (PDF p. 23). Hosted here as File:Philips CDI 615 User Manual.pdf.


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