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The R4 DS allows you to turn your NDS into not only a game system, but also a full MP3 and Movie player as well as an eBook reader… on your Nintendo DS Lite console or the Nintendo DSi console. It turns your Nintendo DS system into a whole entertainment center, all for under .00
There are some quick and easy tips to follow. While some of these tips may seem obvious, it even took me about a week and a half of using the R4 DS before I came up with some ways to make my life (and game playing) a little bit easier.
1. Store your game and other files in a directory on your MicroSD memory card. Create a GAME folder and put all of your GAMES into this folder. You’ll have a much easier time when you are looking for games. It makes browsing to them in the menu much easier, and all your game save files will also be organized.
2. Try to orignize your MP3 files as well as Video files by creating a seperate directory for each one of them on the microSD memory card. This is something that is a must for anyone that has a lot of music where all of the songs are labeled TRACK 1, Track 2, etc..mp3, TRACK 2.mp3, etc… You’ll avoid conficts with file names by putting them all in on directory, and because you can name your sub-directory the name of the CD your ripped, you’ll at least know that TRACK-1.MP3 in the music directory is the album that you’re looking for.
3. Save a copy of your game save files on your hard drive once per week or more. Not because they could get corrupted on the microSD card in the R4 DS, but because you may want to go back to an earlier save point later in the game. Why should you backup and keep your current files in a folder on your PC? MicroSD cards are small, and as a result are also easily lost. You should always keep your games saves on your HDD as well as the card itself. While this one really seems like an obvious hint, you would be surprised to know that most of our technical support emails for the R4 DS deal with how to get back erased or deleted game saves that were not backed up. If you play games more often, you should definitely do this at least once per week or more often.
4. Try not to take out the R4 DS from the NDS each time you want to add files to the microSD Card. It’s easy to get the microSD card out of the R4 DS. Just push it with your finger and it should pop out. The spring mechanism will allow this to happen. You can then quickly put it into the included microSD Card reader / writer in order to change games and files or add music or video.
5. This is my final (and quite possibly the most obvious) tip. And it handles the Micro SD card in the R4DS card slot. When you put the NDS, Nintendo DS lite or Nintendo DSi in your pocket or pick it up. Do a double check on the microSD card in the R4DS slot 1 card. Make sure that the microSD card is in the card slot of the R4DS and it’s not loose or ready to pop out. It’s not often that the microSD card comes out accidentally but it can certainly happen. There would be nothing that could be more of a problem that not knowing where your microSD Card is. As you may know, microSD cards are very small, and if you lost one, you’ll have a really tough time finding it, unless you want to get a new one. I suggest always carrying your NDS in a case to make sure you do not lose your R4 DS card. A case makes it much less likely that you’re r4 ds card will get lost. Don’t turn your power on, until you have done this.
The r4 DS allows you to power up your NDS by allowing you to run homebrew game and applications as well as watch movies, read ebooks, and more. It also allows you to play MP3 music as well as watch movies on your Nintendo DS. In essence, it turns your Nintendo DS into a full fledge hand held multi media console, allowing you to play games, listen to music, watch movies, read e-books and much more. For more information on the R4 DS cards and homebrew games in general, please visit http://www.ps2cover.com/nintendo-ds.shtml