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Post by list » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:38 pm

here a quick question

bought a cdi game from EBAY and it starts ok loads up but when it comes to the game starting it just goes black !!!
so i thought i would copy it and see if i could get that to work but it does the same is it time for the bin or is there something i can do !!!!

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Post by Devin » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:56 pm

What game is this and what player are you using?
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Post by list » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:09 am

EARTH COMMAND on a CDI 210

Tried again to play it and now it wont reconise it at all !!!!

so if any one want a free box the instruction they are welcome to it !!!!

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Post by Devin » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:28 am

That game should work fine with the 210. Either it's a bad disc or the player is malfunctioning. I guess other CD-i discs work okay with this 210?
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Post by list » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:01 am

others work fine !!!!
this is the first one that wont work ive ever had !!!!

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Post by Bas » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:21 am

Is the game an original or is it a download? If it is the latter your file may be corrupt.

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Post by list » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:08 pm

no its original

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Post by tgn_rogue » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:49 pm

What sort of condition is the disc in .. how scratched and fingermarked up is it?
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Post by Captain J » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:18 am

I was thinking the same thing, sometimes even the smallest scratch can be bothersome. :?
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Post by list » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:30 am

its seemed ok !!! lives in the bin now !!! so does anyone want the box and manual

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Post by Devin » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:45 am

Captain J wrote:I was thinking the same thing, sometimes even the smallest scratch can be bothersome. :?
Apparently rubbing toothpaste onto the scrath solves some problems. Honestly! I saw it done, perhaps you'd like to try the theory before it goes into the trash compactor. All you have to do is gently smooth over any scratches which apparently makes the laser penetrate the CDs surface and read the information contained within. Otherwise the scratch itself scaters the laser making it unreadable.
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Post by list » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:06 pm

nope that didnt work !!! bought a little machine thats supposed to get scratches out so i will give that a whirl

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Post by list » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:31 am

nope that didnt work either

so if you earth command is missing a box and manual just say and its yours

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Post by Philipscdi.com » Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:39 am

I used to have the same problem on an original of Lost Eden. It wouldn't play on my 210, but it would on all my other players. I can't explain it either...

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Post by Bas » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:08 am

Ah, Lost Eden is another one with those driver issues. I'm not sure which player types were involved, but there are two versions of Lost Eden around, one with "compact disc interactive" on the bottom front, and one with "digital video on cd-i" (which is the newer one) on the bottom front.

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