Welcome to the New International CD-i Association!

This website is dedicated to the Compact Disc Interactive system. It provides you with lots of technical background information, downloads, overviews and other resources on CD-i.

What's New (Full revision history)

June 23, 2023
  • Added CDI210/78 Radiola player to the Comparison table of all Philips and Philips-build consumer CD-i players.

  • June 9, 2023
  • Added Disc verifiers information document and Optical Disc Verifiers brochure to the Philips Media Brochures / Philips CD-i authoring products section.

  • May 28, 2023
  • Added IMS Newsletter Issues 3-6, 8-13, 15 to the new CD-i Technical Documentation / IMS Newsletter section.
  • Added MC68340 documentation to the CD-i Technical Documentation / System section and corrected various 68341 references.

  • May 6, 2023
  • Added Electronic Green Book as recovered from the Engineering 5.0 disc to the CD-i Full Functional Specification (Green Book) section.

  • May 5, 2023
  • Added Main differences CDI660 and CDI670 document to the CD-i Technical Documentation / System section.
  • Added CD-i Input Devices User Test and 22ER9016 CD-i TurboTrack Remote Introduction documents to the Complete CD-i Accessories Overview / Philips CD-i Pointing Devices section.
  • Added three Professional CD-i products pricelists from 1996 to the new Philips Media Brochures / Philips professional CD-i products section.
  • Added full contents of the CD-i Developer Information Package to the new Philips Media Brochures / Philips CD-i developer information section.




  • CD-i FAQ
  • CD-i FAQ 2020 - The most up-to date and accurate CD-i FAQ available on the web


  • CD-i OVERVIEWS
  • Complete CD-i Players Overview - All CD-i players ever made
  • Complete CD-i Accessories Overview - All available optional accessories
  • CD-i Related Technologies - CD-i subset players like Photo-CD and CD-BGM


  • CD-i DOWNLOADS
  • PC/Windows Downloads - Utilities for usage on a PC with DOS or Windows
  • OS-9 Disk Images Downloads - Software for usage on a CD-i / OS-9 development system
  • CD-i Development Player Downloads - Utilities for usage on a CD-i development system
  • CD-i Application Downloads - Runtime software for Video-CD and Photo-CD
  • CD-i Disc Images Downloads - Software for usage on a CD-i player
  • CD-i Homebrew Downloads - Projects from the ever growing CD-i homebrew scene


  • CD-i DOCUMENTATION
  • CD-i Player Manuals - User instructions for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Service Manuals - Repair instructions for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Technical Documentation - Technical documentation for various models of CD-i players
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / System - Documents related to the CD-i system
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / Software - Documents related to CD-i software applications
  • CD-i Technical Documentation / PIM Technical Notes - Documents from Philips Interactive Media
  • CD-i Full Functional Specification (Green Book) - Official specification of the CD-i system
  • CD-i Books - Books about the CD-i system
  • OS-9 Books - Books about the OS-9 operating system
  • Microware OS-9 Documentation - Technical manuals for OS-9 products
  • Authoring Manuals - Manuals for CD-i development equipment and software
  • Authoring Book(lets) - General books and booklets about CD-i authoring
  • Philips Media Brochures - Authoring hardware and software and professional players
  • The Interactive Engineer - Newsletter for CD-i developers
  • IMS Newsletter - Internal newsletter for Philips IMS


  • CD-i ARTICLES
  • CD-i Articles - Articles related to CD-i written by me and others
  • Classic ICDIA Articles - Archive of articles published by the ICDIA
  • Conference Proceedings and Articles - Archive of CD-i conference proceedings and articles


  • CD-i PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
  • CD-i Promotional Videos - Promotional videos in MPEG-1 format
  • Historical advertisements and publications - CD-i landmarks in print
  • Press Information - Chronicling various press releases for CD-i


  • CD-i RESOURCES
  • ICDIA CD-i Software Archive - The world's largest CD-i software collection
  • Philips/OptImage/PMpro Technical Support Site - Official mirror of the former cdprosupport.com
  • CD-i Dev Research Site - Mirror of the former cdidev.emuvibes.com
  • CD-i Links - CD-i on the Web


  • ABOUT THE ICDIA
  • More about the ICDIA - Mission statement
  • Site revision history - All additions made to this site

  • E-mail & Contact

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