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Most of these rare CD-i pieces were for exclusive use with the Kyocera/Philips CD-i 180 module rack. What do we have here?

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CD-i member Wim Janssen shared his newest additions which are mostly exclusive for use with the CD-i 180 modules: the very first CD-i players on the market by Philips and originally built by Kyocera. We have the MSX-style mouse, a CD-i mouse that could only be used with the CD-i 180/181/182. The CD-i remote was another exclusive piece that only works with the CD-i 180/181/182 as well, a remote which could be extended with the rare 22ER9030 CD-i Graphic Control. Plus we see a few caddies, these were disc holders that were actually used in a few other professional CD-i players as well. With these players, CD's were not inserted by itself into the player, but they were placed in these holders, the caddy. The caddy including the disc could be inserted in the CD drive.

Around the caddy we see a special cable. With this cable, as Wim told us, you could connect the remote (on the right of the picture) wired to the CD-i 180 player. Otherwise, you can insert batteries and use it wireless.

Wim Janssen is testing his CD-i hardware in this video
 

And next, we see a few connector holder plates on the top,. These grey Philips labelled plastic pieces were used on the top right corner on the sides of the CD-i 180/181/182 modules hiding connections to interconnect the modules and it was more often the place to add a serial connector. If you didn't use these connections, you could nicely cover it away with these plates. Below a picture of these interconnections:


Finally, there is the 22ER9057 wireless IR remote kit that was actually a general CD-i hardware piece, but still a rare one!
 
[Top picture by Wim Janssen; bottom picture courtesy of Erronous (Michiel) and cdifan]

 


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