R4 Functionaly :
-2nd generation storage device (no booting tool required)
-Flush fitting slot 1 card
-Uses MicroSD card, FAT16 or 32
-Supports any MicroSD card speed with no lag in game
-Supports Clean ROM, drag and drop. Works on any OS
-Built in NoPass
-Automatically detect save type
-Save directly to MicroSD card, not to onboard chip
-Supports Moonshell and other homebrew. Open I/O interface
-User friendly skinnable interface. Touchscreen or button operation
-Supports rumble pak and memory pak
-Supports the WiFi game, DS Rumble Pak, DS Browser
-Supports changes of the background of Operation Interface
-Supports 4-scale-lightness adjustment ( DS Lite only )
R4 Manual :
The front side of TF card should be matched with the back side of R4 when TF card (MicroSD card) is plugged into R4
1) Hardware Installation
Connect the TF card to PC with the card reader, then, go to the “/SYSTEM” directory on the disk.
A- Loading the game kernel: Copy the “_DS_MENU.DAT” at the directory of the simplified game kernel/ traditional game kernel to the root directory of TF card.
B- Loading the media kernel: Copy the “shell” folder and the “ _DS_MSHL.NDS ” file at the “moonshell” directory to the root directory of TF card.
C- Load the DIY interface: Copy all the folders “_system_” to the root directory of the TF card.
2) Unload TF Card
After finishing ROM added, then right click the removable disk icon on the right down corner of the screen; Draw out the TF card from card reader/writer.
3) Main Menu Operation
Connect the TF card to DS Slot-1 with the R4, turn on the power, the GUI will display in a few seconds. You can select ROMs or Media to run by the navigating keys or touch screen, press "A" button to enter the corresponding functions.
4) Game Menu Operation
- Choose the ‘Game' to enter Game GUI; Press ‘START' to go back to main menu.
- You can choose the display model (“Display all” and “Only Display Game”, default is “Only Display Game”) by pressing “SELECT”, and the top screen will display “N file” and “N Game”.
4-scale-lightness adjustment is available to the DS Lite console by touching the sun icon on the top left corner of game interface. (Not available to DS console, the sun icon will turn to be gray if it is DS console.)
- The top screen displays the files under the directory, ‘Up/Down' key for rolling, ‘Left/Right' key for flipping. The current path and amount of the total files will show on the top, the scroll bar will show the location of the current file.
- The files under the directory will be sorted by file name, the directory (DIR) will display at the front. The (..) is the parent directory.
- The bottom screen display the details of the files and directory, the icon and title will be displayed if it is NDS/IDS game.
- Press ‘A' button or touch screen to enter the corresponding functions or run the game, press “B” button to go back
5) Running Game
- Choose the game you like in the game menu; Press ‘A' button or touch screen to run.
- It will ask whether to create the new archive if it is the first running, press ‘A' button or touch the ‘Confirm' to create then run the game; Press ‘B' button or touch ‘Cancel' to cancel; Press ‘X' button or touch ‘Ignore' to omit creating archive and run the game.
- You can check the modified time of the archive, as it will be edited automatically while running the game.
- The file name of the archive is the same with the games, the extension is .SAV, can be backup or restored from PC at anytime.
6) Replacing the Skin
There are 4 pictures at the directory “system/_system”: logo.bmp ? icons.bmp ? bckgrd_1.bm and bckgrd_2.bmp. They are the background of the R4 operation interface; they can be changed to fit your style.
logo.bmp – Background of the Top Screen of R 4' s startup.
icons.bmp -- Background of the Bottom Screen of R 4' s Startup.
bckgrd_1.bmp -- Background of the Top Screen of R 4' s Explorer.
bckgrd_2.bmp -- Background of the Bottom Screen of R 4' s Explorer.
Note:
Do not change the picture's name;
Make sure the picture is .bmp format, 8-bit/24-bit;
Make sure the picture is 253*192 pixels.
After finishing process on the pictures, copy the “_system” folder to the root directory of the CF card.
