R4i SDHC Card Compare with R4 Card

R4i and R4 cards are similar to the Nintendo players. Now I will distinguish some about R4i and R4 card.

The R4 Card for Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi & DSi XL is a device that allows you to launch games, run applications and play media that you downloaded from the Internet. Place up to 32 gigabytes of files on a microSD or SDHC memory card, insert the card in the R4 slot and turn your DS or DSi on! Playing downloaded games has never been easier. The R4i SDHC is a must-have for all Nintendo DS and DS Lite console owners.

Why is R4i better than the regular R4 DS or R4 SDHC? Because the R4i SDHC is compatible with the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL/LL – even video game consoles flashed with 1.4 firmwares, unlike the original R4 DS. Note that the card contains renewed hardware and thus uses different system files.

Yet the R4i SDHC has some features and characteristics. Such as it has 2^nd generation storage device with no booting tool required. It flushes fitting slot 1 card for Nintendo DS, DS Lite, Dsi, Dsi XL. MicroSD and MicroSDHC cards are fit for the R4i card with formated of fat16 or fat32. It also supports clean ROMs with simple drag-and-drop from the Explorer. It can work on any OS that built in nopass for booting slot-2 (GBA) devices. The system automatic save type detection without more hassle selecting save types manually! The interface is friendly skinnable. You can find many skins on the web. R4i supports rumble pak and memory pak. It also supports WIFI games, download play, DS Browser and other extensions. Only at DS Lite the R4i supports 4 scale lightness adjustment. You can reset soft to return the menu at any time without restarting the video game console. System also has the action replay cheat codes. Integrates moonshell 1.6 for media compatibility about MP3, DPG and more.

When R4 NDSi users use the R4i card, you have something to notice. Insert Micro sd card (TF card) into the R4i GOLD or R4-GOLD card according the the guide of the following notes.

1.Download Kernel and Game
By using TF card reader, connect the TF card with computer, open the menu.
a. Upload game kernel: Copy the R4.DAT file to your TF card..
b. Upload video kernel: Copy the Moonshl2 to your TF card.
c. Upload DIY Interface function: Copy the R4i menu to your TF card .

2.Copy games
By using TF card reader, connect the TF card with computer, copy the downloaded games to TF card. (If needed, corresponding menu can be set up)

3.Main menu operation
Make sure microSD card with Kernel is inserted in R4i NDSI, then insert R4 NDSI in NDS SLOT-1 port, start the machine and enter main menu interface. By pressing buttons (right and left) or touching screens, you may choose the games or media function, press A to the relative function.

4.Game operation menu
Choosing game function in Main Menu to enter Game interface, return to main menu by pressing R.

In Game Interface, press L to adjust 4-level brightness.

In Game Interface, it's on top screen showing game messages including four items: game, cheat, setting and ROM, while it's on bottom screen showing game name, file size and current game category. Press "UP" and "DOWN" to check current page easily, and press "LEFT" and "RIGHT" to turn over the page, on the top line of bottom screen, it is showed with current file and total file qties, while on bottom line of the bottom screen the path of the category.

Press X or B, enter four items in the top screens: game, cheat, setting and ROM.

Enter cheat item, it's showed in the bottom screen Current game name, cheat function setting, cheat function switch, timely reminding window and file saving. Touch Cheat off/Cheat on to run the cheat function, and touch file saving to save the file.

Enter Setting item, it's showed in the bottom screen there languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Japanese, touch file saving to save the relevant file.

Enter ROM item, it's showed in the top bottom screen cheat, DMA, software start functions, touch the relevant file to save the file. When the Soft-Reset function is ON during game, "L+R+A+B+X+Y" kdy combination can be pressed to return R4-II menu. Don't save during soft reset, otherwise "archive lost" will be led. It is recommended to return game main menu and then soft reset. If Soft-Reset can not be operated or the Game is impacted, please turn off the soft-reset function.

5.Game Operation
Choose your expected game in the game menu, press A or touch the screen to play games.
In the first operation, it will remind " file is effected"
The updated date of the files will be automatically revised while playing the games each time, the updated files could be easily found by checking the latest date revision.
The names of the files are the same as which of the games, expanded name is SAV. Which can be copied to computer at any moment.

6.Cheat Operation
Choose the games, enter Cheat by pressing B or X.

Game Title is showed in the top screen, while it shows in the bottom screen reminding window, Cheat off/Cheat on, file saving, current Cheat items. Choose your expected Cheat item by pressing "up" and "down", and open or close the item by pressing A or touching the screen. Touch "Cheat on/Cheat off" to operate the Cheat, and touch the screen to save the file.

While the Cheat is running, you may choose the cheat code one by one by pressing "up" and "down", and close the cheat code by pressing "A". Under Cheat Code Category, press A to open/close the category. You can delete the cheat.dat file in R4iMenu category if the cheat function is not required.

Cheat database updates: Download the newest cheat database and copy usrcheat.dat file to R4iMenu category.

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