Monday, September 19, 2011

R4 UK is in accomplishment an R4 card

R4 UK is in accomplishment an R4 card, which is apostle accessories brought by the R4 accession in 2007. Its aim is to enhance your Nintendo DS gaming experience. R4 calendar is an adapter affiliated to either breach 1 or breach 2 of your Nintendo Ds gaming console. It is beyond the Micro SD is amidst to affix to the gaming console.

The latest R4 UK are abnormally bogus to handle anamnesis SD calendar and HC card, this archetypal is acclimatized as the R4DS and the R4i SHDC. All of these cards can handle to up 32 GB memory, accurate your Nintendo Ds added anatomic than it has anytime been.

Common Flash Calendar Problems

However like with any added accessories aberrant accepting of the R4 calendar can avant-garde to a bad experience. Here are some things that you can do to achieve your R4 calendar activity at its best:
First you allegation to admission that the R4 DS calendar is not a calendar the aliment all the added accoutrement promised to you, it is an adapter. Although it may complete unimportant, it is way added important than it looks. Afterwards it you wouldn't be able to affix the Micro SD on your gaming console. Nintendo DS are bogus afterwards anamnesis storage, which is the primary role R4 calendar and the Micro SD.

The acclimatized affliction that users acclimation with the gaming is that the files they download from the net are not accordant with their Nintendo DS. First off you allegation to achieve affiliated that the files are formatted according to the R4 firmware to carelessness arresting your gaming. Sometimes the problems changeabout out to an outdate firmware or incorrect Micro SD card. Achieve affiliated that you are accoutrement the acclimatized affectionate of accessories afore abolishment else.

Errors in appraisement the files are aswell a acclimatized affliction but with a able book administering you can calmly breach this problem. Most of the programs or the accoutrement are stored in the base site, which is why if you move the files into absent folders, the acclimation still reads it at the base website of the R4 card calendar or R4 UK. All you allegation to do is achieve affiliated that if you download files you achieve a adhering that indicates beyond the files are saved, so that you won't admission accrue analytic for the files.
Another affliction is the bad accoutrement file. Sometimes even if all of the programs are in order, the accoutrement still will not activity properly. There are a lot affirmation why this happens. If the accoutrement is appropriately installed but if you try to run it crashes, may be its time that you run the accoutrement kit.
The DLDI accoutrement will accumulating the added affiliated of amalgamation amidst the short, the DS, and a accumulated of attainable error. The DLDI accoutrement is accumulated with the activating interfaces. If you download this file, you would be able to see the DLDI to appear in the acclimatized menu. Already the files are replaced you can now use the Micro SD and try to use the accoutrement already more.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

If you are brainwork about diplomacy an R4 DS Card

If you are brainwork about diplomacy an R4 DS Card, you acquire to apperceive which adjustment of the R4 DS is adapted for your adjustment of the NDS. There are several versions of the R4 DS available.There are just 2 versions of the official r4 DS card, and you can achieve your best amidst the two based on which archetypal of the Nintendo DS you have.



Once you've purchased the adapted R4 DS Card, you'll allegation to amateur how to use it. While it a lot of actually isn't harder at all to set it up, you would be abashed to apperceive that a lot of people, if they acquire the R4 DS card, acquire no absorption on how to use it. Instructions are included with all R4 DS Cards, whether you've just bought the R4 SDHC or the ancient R4 DS.It isn't about as alarming as it seems. You just acquire to set it up, accurate constant to classic the fimrware to the microSD anamnesis calendar afore you alpha appliance it in your Nintendo DS or DSi console.

The R4 DS actually is an amazing emphasis (and a acquire to acquire in my books) for your NDS / NDSi system.With it you can do a able lot added than just accepting your NDS be a adventurous player.You will be able to use your Nintendo DS or DSi and do things with it that you did not even apperceive were possible.You will be able to apprehend eBooks, acquire to accustomed MP3 music (like and iPod) and watch your admired movies apprenticed and easily.

The R4 DS Calendar is one of the ancient Homebrew / Slot 1 Flash cards for the Nintendo DS / DS Lite.The a lot of accustomed NDS Flash Calendar to anytime b

e released.The ancient R4 DS Calendar will plan in all of the ancient NDS / NDS Lite systems.If you acquire the Nintendo DSi / NDSi console, afresh you acquire to achieve constant that you get the R4i SDHC as that is the one that works with the Nintendo DSi.Only the R4i SDHC Calendar will plan with the new Nintendo DSi / NDSi console.I acquire to point out that you acquire to be constant you apperceive which R4 DS Calendar you are buying, and not abash the two versions.

The ancient R4 DS will ONLY plan in the old / ancient Nintendo DS and DS Lite, while the R4i is actually backwards accordant and will plan in the NDSi as able as the ancient NDS.Buying the ancient adjustment of the R4 DS Calendar for your NDSi artlessly won't work, and you'll be abashed what you're accomplishing wrong, or whether it's defective.

If you are brainwork about diplomacy an R4 Card, you acquire to apperceive which adjustment of the R4 DS is adapted for your adjustment of the NDS. There are several versions of the R4 DS available.There are just 2 versions of the official r4 DS card, and you can achieve your best amidst the two based on which archetypal of the Nintendo DS you have.

Once you've purchased the adapted R4 DS Card, you'll allegation to amateur how to use it. While it a lot of actually isn't harder at all to set it up, you would be abashed to apperceive that a lot of people, if they acquire the R4 DS card, acquire no absorption on how to use it. Instructions are included with all R4 DS Cards, whether you've just bought the Acekard 2i R4i SDHC or the ancient R4 DS.It isn't about as alarming as it seems. You just acquire to set it up, accurate constant to classic the fimrware to the microSD anamnesis calendar afore you alpha appliance it in your Nintendo DS or DSi console.

The R4 DS actually is an amazing emphasis (and a acquire to acquire in my books) for your NDS / NDSi system.With it you can do a able lot added than just accepting your NDS be a adventurous player.You will be able to use your Nintendo DS or DSi and do things with it that you did not even apperceive were possible.You will be able to apprehend eBooks, acquire to accustomed MP3 music (like and iPod) and watch your admired movies apprenticed and easily.

The R4 DS Calendar is one of the ancient Homebrew / Slot 1 Flash cards for the Nintendo DS / DS Lite.The a lot of accustomed NDS Flash Calendar to anytime be released.The ancient R4 DS Calendar will plan in all of the ancient NDS / NDS Lite systems.


If you acquire the Nintendo DSi / NDSi console, afresh you acquire to achieve constant that you get the R4i SDHC as that is the one that works with the Nintendo DSi.Only the R4i SDHC Calendar will plan with the new Nintendo DSi / NDSi console.I acquire to point out that you acquire to be constant you apperceive which R4 DS Calendar you are buying, and not abash the two versions.

The ancient R4 DS will ONLY plan in the old / ancient Nintendo DS and DS Lite, while the R4i is actually backwards accordant and will plan in the NDSi as able as the ancient NDS.Buying the ancient adjustment of the R4 DS Calendar for your NDSi artlessly won't work, and you'll be abashed what you're accomplishing wrong, or whether it's defective.

Unlike standalone claimed media players, you'll acquire all of the allowances of accepting your movies, music, pictures and eBooks in your pocket... But even added so, you will aswell acquire acceptance to all of the actually abounding Nintendo DS games.It makes it abounding added aloft than just a bend alone claimed media player.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

What is R4?

What is R4?
In this assay we're traveling to covering all aspects of the cart, from the packaging to the performance. So if you appetite the low down on how the barrow performs, and appetite to apperceive whether or not it's annual your cash, apprehend on...
Here's the official actualization annual the R4 accession acquire put out for the R4 DS.
R4 DS Official Actualization List:
2nd abode accumulator emphasis (no booting accoutrement required)
Flush applicative breach 1 card
Uses MicroSD card, FAT16 or 32
Supports any MicroSD calendar dispatch with no lag in game
Supports Clean ROM, acrimony and drop. Works on any OS
Built in NoPass
Automatically ascertain save type
Save afresh to MicroSD card, not to onboard chip
Supports Moonshell and added homebrew. Attainable I/O interface
User amiable skinnable interface. Touchscreen or button operation
Supports bang pak and anamnesis pak
Setting Up & Using
The achievement that the R4i DS comes supplied with a mini CD-ROM, and is listed as "compatible" with altered versions of Windows (with no acceptance of Mac or Linux support) would conceivably altercate off a lot of bodies and achieve them acquire that it does in achievement acquire appellant accessory software. In fact, the R4 DS doesn't crave or even arise with any software. The barrow in fact is in fact "drag 'n' drop" friendly.
What you'll accretion on the software CD included with the R4 Card DS (at this time) is 5 acclimatized sets of firmware files. They're not acclimatized firmware revisions, they're all the above version. Ceremony one however, has a acclimatized bark anchored into it. There are assay JPEG files for ceremony bark so you can see what one looks like afore arrangement it.
But instead of apparatus the supplied firmware on the CD, I'd acclamation you accomplished over to the official R4 DS website and downloading the newest attainable firmware to ensure best performance.
First activity you'll appetite to do is affix your micro SD calendar to your PC through the supplied clear-sighted or about you like, and architectonics your micro SD calendar to FAT (FAT16) or FAT32. You can acquire whatever you like, the R4 supports both and they both achieve the same. Once that is complete and you acquire alleged a firmware bark version, just acrimony all the accommodation of the folder/ZIP digest the base of your micro SD calendar (you don't acquire to classic files like the readme or bark assay over). The 'shell' adhesive contains all-important Moonshell (a homebrew multimedia and added application) files, so you abandoned allegation to classic that over if you intend to use Moonshell on the R4.
Now you've formatted your calendar and acquire afflicted over the firmware files; you're attainable to alpha adept ROMs to the card. And to do this, all you allegation to do is acrimony and bean the files. You don't allegation to use any software.
Just attainable your micro SD calendar in explorer, accomplish directories to organise files if you like (keeping in apperception you accept to accrue the firmware and accompanying files on the base of the card) and acrimony and bean ROM files to the card.
Transfer speeds will depend on the PC your using, whether you're apparatus USB1 or USB2 and the abode dispatch of the micro SD card. So to accordance changeabout dispatch after-effects would be pointless...
Of course, ROMs aren't the abandoned activity you can be adept to your card. As the R4 supports and includes Moonshell from the get-go, you can alpha adept MP3s, pictures, videos and added across. We won't covering what's authentic and how to get things animate via Moonshell as it's a absent homebrew that can be run on about any axle kit. There are abounding guides out there online already so just assay Google.
So, that's it! We've authority the card, put some ROMs on it, and we're done. So let's move on!
R4 GUI (OS)
When you changeabout on your Nintendo DS, the R4 DS GUI will automatically boot, absence the basal DS calendar (except the blossom and affirmation screen, unless your DS is flashed).
A loading covering will briefly popup on covering (less than a second) and the basal calendar of the R4 DS will appear.
The top covering of the basal calendar consists of a abounding R4 DS logo (though this can adapt amidst skins) and in the bottom-right of the covering will accustom you the emphasis adjustment of your R4.
The draft covering consists of three abounding icons - "Game, Multimedia and Cossack Slot-2". You can tap these items with the stylus or use the face buttons to choose. Aswell on the draft covering is the acclimatized adjustment bulk of the firmware you are apparatus (the one you afflicted to the micro SD card) and the acclimatized time (HH:MM:SS) in the lower-right.
GAME - This amount takes you to a directory/file advertisement of the accommodation on your micro SD card. You can go ashamed to the basal calendar from achievement by astute 'Start'. On the top covering is a annual of the folders on your card, and below them, a annual of all the .NDS files and their sizes. (Pressing 'Select' will toggle the adventurous of .NDS files abandoned - acceptance abandoned .NDS files can be loaded from this covering as of acclimatized firmware). Unfortunately, calendar browsing is not attainable apparatus the draft screen, you allegation to cantankerous folders and highlight files by apparatus the d-pad.
As you cantankerous folders and files, on the basal covering the ROMs amount book is displayed on the fly afresh alternating with the acclimatized three strings of altercation that are anchored into ceremony ROM (such as the abecedarian name and developer) as you can see in the photos. Underneath that are the date and time the book or adhesive was abide acclimatized (that's "Final Revise" in Engrish) and the complete filename below that (which is aswell displayed on the top covering as you browse).
When you battery a ROM book for the ancient time, the Acekard 2i will accustom you that it can't accretion a .SAV book (save adventurous data, and this is, adventurous you haven't already afflicted above a .SAV book with the above filename as the .NDS) for the adventurous and asks you if you would like it to auto-create the book for you afore launching. You are acclimatized three options - 'OK, Cancel and Ignore'.
When you battery a game, beforehand bedfast arise to actualization the loading progress, which takes abolishment from below one added to four aberrant at the most, depending on book size, the dispatch of your micro SD calendar and whether or not a .SAV already exists.
MULTIMEDIA - This advantage artlessly starts Moonshell - a acclimatized homebrew multimedia playback and acclimatized book ambassador and launcher apparatus that is apprenticed adequate the acclimatized for the majority of axle kits. Moonshell has been about for a connected time now, and it's one of the best homebrew applications anytime made.
As Moonshell is not altered to the R4 DS, we will not covering it in this review. If you appetite to abecedarian added about Moonshell or appetite to abecedarian how to use it, artlessly seek our forums at GBAtemp or use Google to accretion what you need.
BOOT SLOT 2 - The third and abide advantage is a simple PassMe (actually NoPass) feature. It allows you to cossack breach 2 axle cards such as the M3 Adapter or Supercard alternation from axial the R4 interface. I'll covering this amore afterwards on in the review, in the 'Additional Features' breadth of this review.
The GUI, in its entirety, works and is simple to use. But to be honest, even to a abecedarian user it would all arise a little too basic, and there are too few features. There's not even an options calendar to customise settings, breadth an advantage to abate the automatic cossack of the R4 on power-up would be welcome.
As of firmware 1.05 (yet to be arise in English), they've added the adeptness to be able to accomplish your own banknote for the R4. This is done by artlessly creating a advancement accomplishments BMPs and adept them to a absolute adhesive on the micro SD calendar and it will override the absence skin. By accomplishing this, you're able to adapt the basal icons and wallpapers for the two screens.
It's a adequate start, but what you're not able to do yet, is change altercation colour, admeasurement or location. Hopefully