CD-i member Jorne shows us a broken CD-i 350 player, this was the first portable CD-i player with a screen built by Philips. The CDI 350 was a lower cost follow-up to the CDI 360, because of its lesser quality Sharp LCD display. The CDI 350 needs the docking station 9142 to place the Digital Video cartridge. The original CD-i 310 (without a screen) was even older; the CDI 310 was a so called transportable CD-i player, lacking a display, but with an integrated 3.5" floppy disk drive. Intented for professional applications where frequently changed actual data is needed. The CDI 310 needs the same docking station 9142 to place the Digital Video cartridge.Then we have the CDI 360; it was Philips' first all-in portable CD-i system. It featured a very high quality, and hence expensive, Philips LCD display. The CDI 360 also needs the same docking station 9142 to place the Digital Video cartridge.
The first portable CD-i players (310, 350 and 360) didn't have a Digital
Video Cartridge on board, probably because the portable design would
get too big and the small DVC model didn't exist yet (and it would take a
lot of energy out of the battery too). It was still possible to play
Digital Video on these CD-i players, as long as you connected the player
to its Docking Station Unit. The Docking Station(22ER9142) has an
integrated Digital Video Cartridge inside, plus its connected to the
power adapter as well. The portable CD-i players were never sold to
consumers (at least not in mass production) but the Docking Station was
sold as a seperate product.
These portable CD-i players were made by Philips in Japan. I believe Philips
Japan are the Marantz factories, that was part of Philips for a long
time.
[Thanks, Jorne, ICDIA, anrobi_6638]