Just bought a CDi - Joystick Problems

If you encounter any problems with your CD-i system or have difficulty operating some software for CD-i then post your problems here. With help from the CD-i community and the vast resources hosted on the CDinteractive network we should be able to solve any trouble your experiencing.
Post Reply
Bigun
Burn:Cycle Activated
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Just bought a CDi - Joystick Problems

Post by Bigun » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:47 pm

Two of them actually.

One of them the tray does not open. The other simply display "Error".

I think I may have more luck with the one displaying "error", which is the CDI220.

Where should I start?
Last edited by Bigun on Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Bigun
Burn:Cycle Activated
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Post by Bigun » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:40 pm

Alright, some progress.

I got the tray to open on one of the units.

Now that I have the cover off both, it seems the issue is that the drives simply are not spinning the CD's up.

Also, from re-reading the auction page I bought them off of, it seems these were put into storage for a few years (8 or 9), then he decided to sell them.

So am I looking at some belt replacements or what?

Bigun
Burn:Cycle Activated
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Post by Bigun » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:30 pm

More progress...

Got the motor fixed and the CD-i is functional, now I cannot get the joysticks to work. I plugged one in the back, another in the front, I cannot get either to respond. Any hints?

Bigun
Burn:Cycle Activated
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Post by Bigun » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:41 am

Ok, I got both units playing CD's (by switching out the Laser/Motor portion of the unit), and either I have two CD-i's, with a combination of 4 non-functional ports, or I have 3 bad gamepads.

The gamepads I have are the ones with 4 buttons and a d-pad with an optional stick to go in the center.

Which is more likely bad?

User avatar
Bas
CDinteractive Admin
Posts: 3041
Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:14 am
Location: the Netherlands
Contact:

Post by Bas » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:14 pm

Not that I have any clue, but what is the other CD-i type of player? Have you switched parts of both players? It sounds unlikely that 3 gamepads are broken, and they should work on all types of players, afaik!

Apparently none of us have any idea ;)

Bigun
Burn:Cycle Activated
Posts: 5
Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:44 pm

Post by Bigun » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:26 pm

The other CDi is a CDI910.

The only part switched between the two is the part that spins and reads the CD. It's only functional one between the two and seem to be interchangeable between them.

Post Reply