User's Manual
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Using Software
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Switch between moving and
copying.
Slide to scroll through music les or folders.
2
Transfer the songs
to an SD Card using the SD
Card slot in your PC or a
commercially available SD
Card reader/writer.
Using Software
Nintendo 3DS Sound
Nintendo 3DS Sound
Recording and playing with sounds
You can record a maximum of 10 seconds of sound in one sound le using the microphone. You can save up to 18 sound les in
System Memory and up to 180 sound les on an SD Card.
1
Tap
to select a le, then tap Record.
2
Tap
to begin recording.
• Recording will begin automatically if the microphone detects
a sound.
• Tap
to end the recording.
3
Tap a color for the le icon.
The color you tap will become the color for the icon representing the
recorded data.
NOTE: To delete a sound le, select the le icon and tap Erase.
Switching pages
Tap
or
to switch between pages of sound les.
Moving and copying sound data
To move or copy a sound data le, tap and hold the
data and then slide it to a new location.
• If you slide the sound data le to
or
, the page will switch and you can move or
copy the le to another page.
• You cannot copy audio data into a location where audio data already exists.
Sound les (System Memory) Sound les (SD Card)
Playing music from an SD Card
Begin by inserting an SD Card that contains music les that are compatible with the Nintendo 3DS. See the section below for
information on compatible music formats.
1
Select a folder and tap Open.
2
Select a music le and tap Play to begin playback.
About compatible music les
The following music formats can be played (copy-protected les cannot be played):
AAC les with .m4a, .mp4, and .3gp extensions, or MP3 les with .mp3 extensions
Bit rate of 16kbps - 320kbps and sampling frequency of 32kHz - 48kHz
Saving music to an SD Card
1
Use a PC and appropriate
software to transfer songs into
your PC.
About folders and les on an SD Card
• Only folders with music les saved in them are displayed. The maximum number of folders displayed is 1,000.
• If there are two or more folders with the same name on an SD Card, the music les in those folders will be combined
into one folder.
• The maximum number of music les displayed is 3,000.
• A maximum of 100 music les per folder will be displayed.
• Folders and les with hierarchies deeper than eight levels will not be displayed.
• Folder names are unrelated to hierarchy depth. They are displayed in numeric and alphabetical order.










