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Hey, I just found a CDI at a thrift store today. It was just the unit itself with the power cable. It seems to be working perfectly for CD's right now, but I have a few questions.

The disc tray sounds like something getting run over by a car whenever I eject or insert it. Everything else is working perfectly thankfully. The only other question I have has to deal with controls. I don't have a remote and right now can only use it for CD's. What are the possible choices for remotes? Can I use a universal remote control for menu functions on the console? The factory remotes go for quite a bit on ebay, and I'd rather not spend more on a remote than I did on the unit. Any replies would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

A squealing disc tray usually needs a little greasing. Here's a link to an article on Interactive Dreams: http://cdii.blogspot.com/2009/05/three- ... ayers.html

It also has a very helpful video on how to solve the problem.


As for a remote, as far as I know you can only use the ones that were specifically used for CD-i systems. I'm not even sure if they are interchangeable? If you are looking to play some games with the system, than I strongly recommend you get a controller instead, either the Gamepad or the Touchpad, although they are usually quite expensive when bought separate.

I think yo ucan also mod other controllers to work on the system, but I'm not to sure on that. Never tried it.

Thanks for the video, looks like a pretty simple fix.

I've read that the CDi is supported by the Harmony One remotes, so I was hoping maybe some other supported it. I guess I'll just have to suck it up and buy an actual CDi controller .

Thanks for the response!