R4i Gold 3DS Card (r4i-gold.eu)Installation Guide

Note: If your memory cards have capacity bigger than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards Format Software. If your memory cards have capacity equal or smaller than 32GB, please download the SD/SDHC Memory Cards Format Software. Detailed guide is available from the SD Association here. [http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/]

Insert SD/SDHC Memory Card into reader/writer.
Click on [Start], point to [All Programs] -> [Panasonic] -> [SD Formatter VX.X], and click on [SD Formatter VX.X].
1. “X.X” means the version number of SD Memory Card Formatting Software.
2. If “User Account Control” window is displayed on the screen, please click on [Arrow].
The main window is displayed on the screen.
Select the target drive by drive list and check SD/SDHC Memory Card size.
Click on [Format].
After clicking on it, confirmation window is displayed on the screen. Here, if [OK] is clicked, this software executes the format operation. On the contrary, if [Cancel] is clicked, this software cancels the format operation and returns to the main window.
The following status window is displayed on the screen during the format operation. Note: [Cancel] on this window is available only if either “FULL (Erase ON)” or “FULL (Erase OFF)” is selected as format type option. If “QUICK” is selected as format type option, this button is not available.
After the format operation completion, click [OK] and remove the Memory Card from your PC.
Reinsert the memory card to the PC to start using the memory card.

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Using Mac Memory Card Format Tool

Plug your memory card reader into a USB port on your Mac. Insert the microSD / microSDHC card into the memory card reader's microSD / microSDHC slot, and the microSD / microSDHC card will mount on your Mac desktop.
In an open Finder window, single-click "Applications" in the Side-Bar and scroll down to find the Utilities folder. Find Disk Utility in the Utilities folder and double-click the "Disk Utility" application to launch it.
In the opened Disk Utility application, single-click to select the microSD / microSDHC card in the left-hand Drives column. Then, single-click to select the "Erase" button in the top row of radio buttons. Select the format MS-DOS (FAT) to format the microSD / microSDHC card on the "Volume Format" pop-up button. When you have finished selecting the formatting options, click "Erase."
A new dialogue box will pop up in "Disk Utility," asking if you are sure you wish to erase the microSD / microSDHC card. Caution: Erasing the microSD / microSDHC card will permanently erase any files. Make sure you have backed up any file you wish to keep. To continue with the formatting process, click "Erase."
Once the microSD / microSDHC card has been erased, it will mount on your Mac desktop just as any other removable drive.

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Firmware Fix for 3DS v1.4.3

Important:

You need a DSi / DSi XL with firmware lower than 1.4.3 or a DS Lite to upgrade the R4i SDHC Gold (r4i-gold.eu) card to be compatible with DSi 1.4.3.

Make sure NDS was fully charged, better with external power pluged.

Plug your DS console to the wall to make sure that the DS console power supply will not be interrupted during the firmware upgrade process.
Download the official driver (R4i-3DS V1.53b English )and firmware (fwup143b).
Unzip the files downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC.
1. Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
2. Unzip the files mentioned under the Software Preparation above, you will get:
  
  R4i-3DS V1.53b English fwup143b
  
  homebrew
  
  R4iMenu
  
  moonshl2
  
  moonmemo
  
  r4.DAT
  
  fwup143b.nds
  
  readme.txt
Now copy the all the above eight files to the root folder of the Micro SD /SDHC memory card.
Insert MicroSD card into R4i Gold 3DS card, insert R4i Gold 3DS card into DS Lite / DSi /DSi XL.
Turn on console and press "A" button to run the upgrade file fwup143b.nds.
Then you will get the following screen, please press A to start upgate.
The r4i gold 3ds card is upgrading right now. Please leave the console alone in a flat place until the upgrade is done
Note:When upgrading the r4i-gold 3DS card, it is not allowed to turn off power or pull out r4i- gold 3DS card,otherwise it will damage the r4i-gold 3DS card.
The following screen shows that the update has been completed. Congratulation! Restart your DS now.
The icon on the main menu has been changed to the following icon. The icon means you have upgraded the R4i Gold 3DS Firmware successfully.

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Firmware Fix for 3DS v2.0.0

Important:

You can not upgrade N3DS Card with N3DS V2.0.0. If your N3DS console has already been upgraded to N3DS V2.0.0, you will need another NDSL or NDSi or N3DS(which should be below version V2.0.0) to upgrade your 3DS flash card.

Make sure NDS was fully charged, better with external power pluged.

Plug your DS console to the wall to make sure that the DS console power supply will not be interrupted during the firmware upgrade process.
Download the official driver (R4i-3DS V1.52b English )and firmware (r4igold3ds-UpdateV2.0.0).
Unzip the files downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC.
1. Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
2. Unzip the files mentioned under the Software Preparation above, you will get:
  
  R4i-3DS V1.52b English r4igold3ds-UpdateV2.0.0
  
  homebrew
  
  R4iMenu
  
  moonshl2
  
  moonmemo
  
  r4.DAT
  
  fwupv20a.nds
  
  readme.txt
Now copy the all the above eight files to the root folder of the Micro SD /SDHC memory card.
Insert MicroSD card into r4i-gold 3DS card, insert r4i-gold 3DS card into nds\dsl\dsi\dsixl\3DS
Turn on console and press "A" button to run the upgrade file fwupv20a.nds.
Then you will get the following screen, please press A to start upgate.
The r4i gold 3ds card is upgrading right now. Please leave the console alone in a flat place until the upgrade is done
Note:When upgrading the r4i-gold 3DS card, it is not allowed to turn off power or pull out r4i- gold 3DS card,otherwise it will damage the r4i-gold 3DS card.
The following screen shows that the update has been completed. Congratulation! Restart your DS now.
The icon on the main menu has been changed to the following icon. The icon means you have upgraded the R4i Gold 3DS Firmware successfully.

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Firmware Fix for 1.4.2

Important: if you want to update you R4i Gold 3DS on your DSi console, please make sure that your DSi console is having a firmware version lower than 1.4.2. If your DSi has been updated to version 1.4.2, you will need to use a DS Lite console to update your R4i Gold 3DS. Please take note, the firmware is different from the driver.

To Check Your DSi Firmware Version:

Click SETTING (with the Tool Icon) on the main menu
Check the right hand corner of the top screen which says VER 1.x

1. Make sure nds fully charged, better with external power pluged.

2. First, reformatting the SD, download the latest kernel 1.48b.

3. Unzip and copy the files(homebrew,R4iMenu,moonshl2,moonmemo,r4.DAT) to the root of MicroSD card.

4. Download the latest upgrading programs. Unzip and copy the file(fwup142c.nds ) to the root of MicroSD card.

5. Insert MicroSD card into r4i-sdhc card, insert r4i-sdhc card into nds/ ndsl / ndsi & ndsi xl lower than 1.4.2

6. Turn on console and press "A" button to run the upgrade file fwup142c.nds.

Note:When upgrading the r4i-gold card, it is not allowed to turn off power or pull out r4i- gold,otherwise it will damage the r4i-gold card.

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R4i Gold Card Setup Guide

Unzip the file downloaded (using Winrar) on your PC
- Winrar can be downloaded from www.download.com by searching for Winrar at the Search.
- Unzip the files mentioned under the Software Preparation above, you will have ：
  
  R4i-3DS V1.57b English
  
  homebrew
  
  moonmemo
  
  moonshl2
  
  R4iMenu
  
  R4.dat
Select all the above five unzipped files and copy them to the microSD memory card
Copy your own files, including music, movies, pictures and other data to the Micro SD/SDHC memory card.
Plug in the Micro SD/SDHC to the R4i Gold. Insert the R4i Gold with the microSD into the slot 1 of the DS console. Turn on the DS console.
You will see the WARNING – HEALTH AND SAFETY message. Touch the touch screen or press button A to continue.
For DSi or DSi XL, you will see the following icon with the name Disney / Pixar Finding Nemo Escape to the Big Blue THQ. Please touch the icon or press button A to continue.
Wait for the R4i Gold to load.
Congratulation if you have come this far as you have successfully set up your R4i Gold. There you go. Enjoy your DS with the multimedia functions.
If the screen is stuck with the ‘Loading’ or ‘Fake Card’ message, it is due to the wrong driver being used. Please check the Software Preparation at the top of this guide and re-do the software download & installation.

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