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Make your own power adapter for your portable Philips CD-i 370 player or the GoldStar GPI 1200 CD-i player

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The CD-i 370 portable player is an odd one when it comes to the power adapter. This player was originally built by LG Electronics and released as the Goldstar GPI 1200, and also licensed to Philips and released as the Philips CD-i 370. Just as with the CD-i 450 it has an external power supply. The connector in this case is a 5 pin DIN connector. If you want to build a power supply yourself, you will need the pin layout of this connector. Thankfully german website Retrovideogames.de published a mod about this:


Philips CD-i 370 Power Supply Pinout

If you need a power supply fpr your Philips CD-i 370 you can make own by your own.

What you need:
  • universal Notebook power supply with an output from at least 20 to 21V (24V should also work but not tested). The power supply needs to have an usb output build in.
  • 5 pin Mini Din male connector
  • USB cable


Put the USB cable into the universal power supply. Cut the other end of your USB cable and the end of the power supply connector (which normally goes into the Notebook) to the same length.  From the USB cable we only need the wire which carries +5V. From the Power Supply you have to measure which wire is GND and which is +21V. Solder every wire to the 5 pin Mini DIN male connector as shown in the schematic and you should have a working power supply for your Philips CD-i 370.

Hint: If you don´t get a 5 pin Mini Din connector you can also use a 6 Pin Mini DIN connector and remove the 6th pin.

[Credits & Source: Retrovideogames]

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