User's Manual

20
Basic Operations
21
Basic Operations
The Notication LED also
blinks red
Full charge
Steady blue
light
Battery endurance time
About 3
hours
Steady red
light
Screen brightness
About 5 hours
Blinking red
light
BrightDim
Low
Very low
Using the keyboard
A keyboard will display when you are required to enter characters. There are two types of keyboards: a standard alphanumeric
keyboard and a ten-key keyboard.
Power LED status
The power LED lights when the system is on. The color and status of the LED changes depending on the remaining battery charge.
NOTE: If you run out of remaining battery life while playing a game, you must replay the game from your last saved
location. If the power LED turns red, save your game and charge the system.
If you put the system into Sleep Mode while the power LED is a steady blue light, the LED will slowly brighten and darken.
Battery endurance
The battery endurance times are estimates. They will vary depending on factors such as the software being played, the amount
of data received by wireless communication, and the ambient temperature. Using the camera features may also reduce the
battery endurance times shown below.
The screen brightness setting aects the battery endurance time. The
factory setting is 5 – for more information on adjusting screen bright-
ness, see page 29.
NOTE: Power-saving mode will increase the battery endurance by
automatically adjusting the screen brightness and color based on what
is being displayed at the time. For more information on power-saving
mode, see page 29.
• If you put the system in Sleep Mode when not using it, you can reduce power consumption while still being able to send and
receive information from StreetPass and SpotPass via the wireless communication features. If the system is fully charged and
put into Sleep Mode, the system's battery endurance time in Sleep Mode is roughly 3 days.
• The power LED slowly brightens and darkens while the system is in Sleep Mode. NOTE: Depending on the software you are
using, sometimes closing the system will not cause the system to enter Sleep Mode. In these cases the power LED will remain
steadily lit. (For example, when listening to music with Nintendo 3DS Sound.)
Delete last character
Switch input method
Alphanumeric keyboard
Ten-key keyboard
Power On/O and BasiC Ccnguration
Power On/O and BasiC Ccnguration
Delete last character
Return
Switch the last character
between upper and lower case.
Switch between upper
and lower case
Uppercase only
Switch between upper
and lower case
Each tap changes which character
you would use from each key
Move to next character
English
Special characters or
symbols
Cell phone-style