Nintendo DS Lite manual PictoChat, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

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PictoChat™

PictoChat allows you to use the Nintendo DS to send and receive wireless messages and pictures from other DS users. PictoChat is not an internet application. You can communicate with up to 15 other DS users within range of your DS. See PRIVACY INFORMATION on page 9.

1.Turn the power on. Select the PictoChat panel from the DS Menu Screen. (Illustration 10)

2.The chat room selection screen will appear. Select one of the chat rooms to join. (Illustration 11)

The number in each panel indicates

 

how many people are in that chat room.

 

If the total number of participants is

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already at maximum (16/16), you

cannot join that chat room.

PictoChat

 

The icon on the right side of the box

panel

 

indicates the signal strength for

 

communicating with that chat room.

 

See Wireless Signal Strength on page15

 

for information about this icon.

 

NOTE: If you have problems communicating with other members of a chat room, have everyone switch to a different chat room. Also, review the communication guidelines on page 15 and check for interference.

3. The PictoChat screen will appear for the

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chat room you have selected.

 

For a complete description of how to use PictoChat, see the separate PictoChat instruction booklet included with your Nintendo DS hardware system.

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Nintendo WFC) allows you to play games over the internet, either at home or at select internet hotspots, using a Nintendo DS and a Nintendo WFC compatible Nintendo DS game.

Look for this icon on Nintendo DS game packaging for games that include the Nintendo WFC feature.

In addition, to play games over the internet at home, you will need:

An active broadband internet account.

A wireless access point, such as a wireless router or the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.

Please see the separate Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection instruction booklet included with all Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection compatible games for more information on playing Nintendo DS games over the internet, and visit www.nintendowifi.com.

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