R4i Gold Card

Introducing the R4i Gold games card, the latest R4 DS card with full R4i 1.4 firmware support for new DS consoles.
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Now you can back-up your games, watch movies, play music, browse pictures, read E-Books and more on your Nintendo DSi and DS Lite with the all new R4i Gold Edition.
The R4i Gold edition now works with DSi Firmware v1.4 and no need to upgrade firmware! It also supports SDHC cards from 1gb to 16GB microSD giving you the flexibility to expand in the future! Get the latest R4i Gold Software and R4i Gold Firmware from R4iShop.com.

What's new in the R4i Gold Edition:
1. Updated version of Moonshell (v1.71.)
2. Special gold edition packaging.
3. Brand new setup: R4i Gold Edition has its own kernal file (v1.28)
4. Compatible out of the box with DSi v1.4 (R4i standard edition requires a firmware update.)

R4i Gold for Nintendo DSi V1.4 Product Features:
- Compatible with all DS editions of different kinds of language
- English version with branded memory (unlike some other cheaper offerings)
- Able to memorize and restore to the previously selected game or application after restarting machine and soft reset.
- Sleep mode function, for power saving and longer standby time.
- Multi-languages are optional, they are Simplified Chinese, complicated Chinese, English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spainish and Dutch.
- Friendly interface, easy to operate.
- Realtime smart help windows.
- Integrated the latest Moonshell 1.71 Beta version.
- Game compatibility: 100%.
- No need to flash. Built-in launch Slot-2 (gba) function.
- Support SDHC micro sd cards (4GB、8GB、16GB、32GB).
- Support DMA read and no lag while using any microSD card.
- Support FAT16 and FAT32. Files can be transferred with PC,PDA, Cellphone and Camera.
- Support clean rom and drag-drop to play. Fast loading.
- Support NDS and iDS games. DS games can run on any DS versions.
- Files are to be saved directly to TF card, copy or restoration is not required.
- Automatically recognise saved new game types, no need to update the database.
- Support moonshell and home brew.
- Power saving design. Enter optimized mode automatically.
- Double screen UI, abbreviated picture and game title display, button and touch operations.
- Easy to use, setting or adjustment is not required.
- Support Wi-Fi, rumble pack and browser expansion.
- UI background can be changed.
- 4-level brightness adjustment.
- Support soft reset.
- Support AR cheat code.
- Support soft-reset of moonshell 1.71 (back to main menu of R4 NDSI by pressing START button).
- DLDI auto-patching.
- Support Download play.

Package contents:
- 1x R4i Gold Edition DS Card (Slot-1.)
- 1x USB microSD memory card reader / writer.
- 1x R4 DS card case.

R4iGold Revolution  Installation Guide 

Things You Need:-

1. Nintendo DSi XL Console
2. R4i Revolution Cartridge
3. MicroSD Card
4. MicroSD Card USB Adapter
5. Access to a Computer with Internet 

Installation Instructions:-

1. Using the PC go to the website which is shown on the box (http://www.r4i-sdhc.com.au/)
2. Click the Download Link at the top of the page.
3. Locate the Link for the Latest Firmware Version Currently Version v1.4
4. Right-Click the link and select ‘Save-As…’
5. Choose a directory to save the files. Best to use Desktop.
6. Create a new folder on your Desktop
7. Once the files have been downloaded open the file.
8. Extract the files to the newly created folder.
9. Insert your MicroSD card using the USB Adapter.
10. It should appear as a removable disk.
11. Go to My Computer and Right Click the Removable Disk and select Format.
12. Ensure that the Format Type is ‘FAT32’ and check ‘Quick Format’ then click Start.
13. Once formatted double click the removable disk in My Computer. You should have a blank window. This is also known as the ‘Root’ of the drive.
14. Go to the folder you created earlier and select all the files or press Ctrl+A
15. Right Click any selected file and select Copy or press Ctrl+C
16. Go to the Removable Drive window and Right Click and select Paste or press Ctrl+V
17. You can also at this point, copy any applications or games to the root folder.
18. Once the files are copied, go to My Computer, Right Click on the removable drive and select Safely Remove or Eject.
19. Remove the MicroSD card from the adapter and insert it into the R4i Revolution
20. Insert the R4i Revolution into the DS console.
21. Turn On and Enjoy.

If you wish to add more applications or games later you need to connect your MicroSD to your PC and Copy any files to the Root. Make sure you always select the option to Safely Remove the MicroSD otherwise you may corrupt your card.

The R4i Gold Card is the newest R4 DS card with full support for the new R4i Gold Firmware v1.4. If you're looking to run the most up to date R4i Gold Software this card is highly reccomended. The R4 Gold is also the first full R4i Gold DSi XL compatible games adaptor. We think you'll agree: it's the R4i Gold Xl of the games adaptor world.

Question:
1. The game will play just fine but it will not recognize the save file the next time the game is loaded.

2. Always got stuck at save file not found error message during loading game.

3. R4i don't save game. When restart the DSi, the game is started at the beginning.

4. An error message appears whenever restart saying that the file name of a game is too long.

5. How to change the language setting of the R4i?

6. When start it up with a download game, the game cannot play.

7. How to customize or change R4i skin?

8. If the games list is pretty large, and only 4 games at a time as I scroll thru them, and each has its own icon. It takes forever to scroll thru the list. Is there a way to just view text?

9. How to return back to the firmware/kernel during playing game?

10. How to enable game cheating?

11. How to return back to the firmware/kernel from Moonshell (multimedia player)?

12. Stuck at the MENU screen after loading DSi.

13. Stuck at the NO CARD screen after loading DSi.

14. Stuck at the LOADING screen after loading DSi.

ANSWER
1. The game will play just fine but it will not recognize the save file the next time the game is loaded.

2. Always got stuck at save file not found error message during loading game.

3. R4i don't save game. When restart the DSi, the game is started at the beginning.
The file system of the SD card might be problem, First copy all the contain of the SD card to the computer for backup, Second reformatting the SD card, for SD card more than 1GB please format to FAT32. Last copy back the backup files to the SD card again.

4. An error message appears whenever restart saying that the file name of a game is too long.
There is a maximum limit of the full path name in the kernel (max 80 chars). Please reduce the filename, it will work again.

5. How to change the language setting of the R4i?
To change prefer language, press X, B to select the language setting button which locate at the top screen (third icon from the top). User also can configure the language.ini locate at the R4iMenu folder to configure the preference language manually.

6. When start it up with a download game, the game cannot play.
That is due to the anti\flash card routine of the new games. Download the latest version of the R4i kernel which provides the solution for the game, in the meanwhile temporary can use the patch version of the ROM (if available in the web). Report the name of problem game to the R4i\SDHC support team.

7. How to customize or change R4i skin/themes?
Can download customize skin from the official web site www.r4i-sdhc.com.au.
To create the own customize skins/themes; please refer to the document English kernel download instruction which can be found at the official web site. For the R4i v1.08b onward the kernel will able to support multiple skins, user can install maximum up to 8 skins/themes to the kernel.

8. If the games list is pretty large, and only 4 games at a time as I scroll thru them, and each has its own icon. It takes forever to scroll thru the list. Is there a way to just view text?
There is a zoom in/out icon at the left bottom corner of the bottom/touch screen. Press it to switch to the text view mode. Also can use the left/right button the scroll the list by page mode, each page contain 4 games.

9. How to return back to the firmware/kernel during playing game?
Press at the keys (left + right + up + down + X + Y + B + A + L + R) during playing games.

10. How to enable game cheating?
First highlight the NDS ROM you want to apply the cheats to. Second press the B button to go into the cheats options menu and checkmark each cheat you want to enable.

Third turn the cheats on for that ROM by clicking the cheat on/off button. Last you'll notice the wrench icon will be yellow which indicates cheats are on. You have to press x or B to view the cheats and to turn it on dont forget to press the save button when the cheat is on the grey key turns gold Gold= ON Gray= OFF Please update the usrcheat.dat from the \SDHC official web site www.r4i-sdhc.com.au to support cheat function of new games.

11. How to return back to the firmware/kernel from Moonshell (multimedia player)?
Press start button, and select the Return to the firmware from the menu.

12. Stuck at the MENU screen after loading DSi.
No firmware or wrong firmware was installed in the SD card. Please refer to the instruction to install R4i\SDHC to the SD card. The instruction can be found at the R4i\SDHC official web site www.r4i-sdhc.com.au.

13. Stuck at the NO CARD screen after loading DSi.
SD Card not found. Please check whether SD card was insert properly or not into the flash card. Otherwise SD card could be fault.

14. Stuck at the LOADING screen after loading DSi.
Make sure using the official firmware from the R4i\SDHC official web site www.r4i-sdhc.com.au Or the flash card is not R4I\SDHC or R4\SDHC.