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R4DS Complete Guide

by Shadowdragnz, Oct 19, 2008

Set up the R4 so that it works on your ds.

Required Materials

R4DS package
A computer (Mac or Pc doesn't really matter)
A micro SD
DS or DS lite

Part 1: Setting up Your R4DS

Put the micro SD into the USB-micro SD adapter and plug it into your computer. Then you download the required stuff from the R4DS website (it use to be on a cd but now its on the website) You can make all the new file hidden so it you don't see it in your DS After that you can either download a starter pack which will have most of the stuff you need or you can just find everything yourself. If you don't download a starter pack the first thing you should do is to make 3 folder in the r4ds name them Games Multimedia and homebrew. In the Multimedia folder you should make 3 folders music videos and pictures. That is about it for set-up.

Part 2: Putting Stuff onto Your R4

You can look for themes and download them from the Internet. After you do that you just replace the theme that is already in the computer. For music you just put the mp3 into your folder and it will work. For videos you have to download a program called Super and change the video format to dpg. Then you just put it in the R4 and it should work. Games I would use homebrews because it's legal unless you already have the game and you just want a backup in case you break the game.

Part 3: Turning on the R4

Place it in the DS and turn it on. If the DS doesn't recognize the R4 there could be 2 problems. It could be you got a fake copy or most likely that the receptors on the R4 are not touching the receptor in the DS. To solve the problem you could just insert a piece of paper with your DS so that the receptors touch or you could take apart the R4 with a tiny screw and add a piece of paper between the chip and the plastic. When you open the R4 you will see a screen with 3 figures Games Multimedia and slot 2 (which is the GBA slot). When you click on Games it will allow you to play games. If you click on the multimedia circle then you can listen to music or watch video.