For new readers, here’s a quick run down of just what the R4 DS is. If you’d like more information on the R4 DS cards, you may want to read my other articles on the R4 DS. In my previous articles I went into the details of exactly what the R4 DS is, what it can do, and how it works. To save time for readers that are following my articles, I won’t list every single feature and function for the r4 ds but you can find it all in google search.{com for a detailed feature and function list}~com for a list of all of the features and functions~{com for a list of all of the features and functions}~{com for detailed lists of features and functions}~com for a list of features~com for a list of all functions~com for a detailed run down of all features and functions}. If you’re not clear on all of the features and functions of the R4 DS, then I suggest you do a searc on google or go to www.ps2cover.com.
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 NDS or 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. To help you organize your files, I recommend putting all of your files into directories that you set up for these specific files. GAMES should be store in your GAMES folder. It makes browsing to them in the menu much easier, and all your game save files will also be organized.
2. Store your MP3 Music files and video files in seperate folders too, and in the case of multiple music albums on the memory card, you should make a sub-directory of each album. 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 Music, Track 2.mp3, etc… By putting your files in seperate and different directories, you’ll at least have them organized because you can put all of your MP3 albums in individual directories so you’ll at least know that TRACK-1.MP3 in the music directory is the album that you’re looking for.
3. Make sure you try and make a copy of all of your game saves on your hard drive at least 1-2 times a week. 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. Moving files on and off the microSD Card is easy. Making sure you keep a backup of your game saves is not. For this reason, I always recommend that you keep a backup of your microSD card files on you desktop in a folder. or a folder somewhere else on you PC. 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. I recommend doing this at LEAST once a week, more if you play your games more frequently.
4. You don’t want to take out the microSD Card from the R4 DS in the NDS each time you want to add files. Just push the microSD card and it will pop of out the slot in the r4 ds card. 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 very last tip. And it handles the Micro SD card in the R4DS card slot. When you put the Nintendo DS or DS Lite into your pocket or pick it up. Check to make sure that the microSD card is in the R4 DS 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. While there are failsafes to protect you against the microSD from popping out the microSD card accidentally, it could happen. There would be nothing that could be more of a problem that not knowing where your microSD Card is. MicroSD Cards are small and tiny, and once lost, you would have a hard time finding it anywhere else except at a store, where you’d be buying a new one. If your NDS is in a case you can protect yourself from losing your R4 DS Card. Don’t turn your power on, until you have done this.
The R4 DS is a cartridge that emulates and behaves exactly like an original Nintendo DS cartridge, but with many more features and functions. It also allows you to play MP3 music as well as watch movies on your Nintendo DS. The r4 DS turns your Nintendo DS or i into a full blown hand held multimedia system. It’ll allow you to watch movies, listen to MP3 music 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
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