Manual for CD-i 350
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Manual for CD-i 350
Hi,
I finally got myself a CD-i 350 "portable" player, but it did not come with a manual. I don't really need the manual, as the player is easy to operate. But since I'm a collector, I want to have it anyway. So, anyone here who own the manual and could scan it in for me?
I finally got myself a CD-i 350 "portable" player, but it did not come with a manual. I don't really need the manual, as the player is easy to operate. But since I'm a collector, I want to have it anyway. So, anyone here who own the manual and could scan it in for me?
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Remember, the official manuals of almost every Philips product can be download from their support site.
Download the manual for the CD-i 350 player right here. (click on user manual in the left column)
Download the manual for the CD-i 350 player right here. (click on user manual in the left column)
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The quality of those PDFs offered by Philips seems to be quite inferior, I think we should start something like a "CD-i manual preservation project".
Seriously, I've got the manuals for the CD-i 210 and 450/550 and I could scan them with 300 dpi, so that the quality, when printed, is equal to the original ones. Provided that someone is interested...
Seriously, I've got the manuals for the CD-i 210 and 450/550 and I could scan them with 300 dpi, so that the quality, when printed, is equal to the original ones. Provided that someone is interested...
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It's at least worth a try. The good thing is that the manuals were multilingual, so we have to deal with only one manual per player in most cases.Bas wrote:I think it'll be harder to get a wide variety of manuals, don't you think?
I'm the owner of retro-net.de by the way, so I can host the files as well. I could also create a small website if needed.
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Don't create a PDF file, just send the images as either png (preferred) or jpeg. We can always create a PDF file out of it later, when we know the best way to do it.
My email address is webmaster@retro-net.de, there's also a ftp account for uploading on my server. So if you prefer using ftp, let me know!
My email address is webmaster@retro-net.de, there's also a ftp account for uploading on my server. So if you prefer using ftp, let me know!
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Seems like there's really some interest in such a project.
I did some testing and found out that 200 dpi will do as well. There's not much difference when printing, even small text can be read clearly. So to make the files smaller, I recommend scanning with 200 dpi instead. Moreover, the color mode should be set to "Greyscale" for all pages that aren't in color. This will reduce the file size even more.
I'm currently scanning the manuals for CDI 550 (Italian), CDI 210 (multilingual) and CDI 450 (multilingual). oaacdi will scan the ones for 350 and 490. That's a good start, isn't it?
I did some testing and found out that 200 dpi will do as well. There's not much difference when printing, even small text can be read clearly. So to make the files smaller, I recommend scanning with 200 dpi instead. Moreover, the color mode should be set to "Greyscale" for all pages that aren't in color. This will reduce the file size even more.
I'm currently scanning the manuals for CDI 550 (Italian), CDI 210 (multilingual) and CDI 450 (multilingual). oaacdi will scan the ones for 350 and 490. That's a good start, isn't it?
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I'll set up a website at http://cdi.retro-net.de soon, so stay tuned!
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Ah, manual archiving. We wanted to do that for the Collective many moons ago, but lacked time and webspace to hold them. Wanted to archive all the print items we had, but it became more and more of a time consuming issue.
Here's a couple samples of incomplete works :
http://www.geocities.com/drdude45/gunmanual.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/drdude45/PMProcdicatalog.jpg
Let me hear from you folks if you want more.
Drax
Here's a couple samples of incomplete works :
http://www.geocities.com/drdude45/gunmanual.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/drdude45/PMProcdicatalog.jpg
Let me hear from you folks if you want more.
Drax
CEO of the (in search of a home) CD-i Collective and 3DO Collective