1. How long free guarantee do you offer? Will you replace defective or faulty products?

As our products have passed strict test before delivery, we are 100% confident about our products, we offer a year free guarantee, if any product undergoes fault within the period, we will replace it free of charge.

2. What is the precaution of new M3 Adapter?

Basically, no precautions should give to our products.
Only pay attention to provide enough power supply for GBA / NDS. GBA / NDS power is insufficient when the indicator shows with red light. Flash Card can work normally after charging. If you have any query about the operation, please refer to the operating instructions.

3. I'm a new GBA user, is M3 Adapter difficult to use?

Due to our M3 adapter use standard CF/SD storage media to store data. It doesn’t need to take complex steps to install any drivers or application program before using it to play games. Users just need to copy the game file into CF/SD card , and then place it into M3 adapter.

4. In addition to games, what else functions does M3 Adapter have?

M3 Adapter can not only play games, but also can watch movies, enjoy music, look up dictionary, view pictures, read e-book conveniently. Moreover, it is a practical U disk.

5.. How large is its capacity?

M3 adapter capacity is up to CF/SD card capacity.

Due to M3 supports both FAT32&FAT16 format

M3 can support the most largest CF/SD capacity even 1G,2G...16GByte.

128M CF/SD Card = 1 Gigabit CF/SD Card

256M CF/SD Card = 2 Gigabit CF/SD Card

512M CF/SD Card = 4 Gigabit CF/SD Card

1G CF/SD Card = 8Gigabit CF/SD Card

2GCF/SD Card = 16 Gigabit CF/SD Card

4GCF/SD Card = 32Gigabit CF/SD Card

...

16G CF/SD Card = 128Gigabit CF/SD Card

6. How fast does M3 Adapter download the games?

It depends on what CF/SD adapter you are using. It can transfer a 128M file from PC to CF/SD in 10 second by using an USB 1.1 adapter.

Over 10 times transmission speed . It is faster than “Normal Flash Card”

7. How to Play movies and music with M3 Adapter? Which kinds of movies and music format can be played?

It is very simple to play movies and music. You only download movies or music files that will be playing in CF/SD Card, and insert M3 Adapter together with CF/SD Card into GBA / NDS, then switch it on. Select Media Player Icon and click "A" button to confirm, than select Movie / Music Icon after GBA Movie Player interface appears.

The format can be played on GBA / NDS is the special GBM and GBS format. Abundant movies and music have already provided for everybody to download at present. You can't play some general formats directly on a GBA / NDS, but the format can be played on GBA / NDS when being converted into GBM and GBS format by the conversion software that we offered.

File format that the our software supports at present:
Dobly AC3 audio frequency file (*. AC3)
target's file of DVD video (*. VOB)
wave form sound file of Microsoft (*. WAV)
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-2 file (*. MP2)
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 file (*. MP3)
Real media file (*. RA, *. RM, *. RAM, *. RMVB)
MPEG-1 media file (*. Mpeg, *. Mpg)
MPEG-2 media file (*. M2V)
Windows media file (*. AVI, *. ASF, *. WMA, *. WMV)
VCD video file (*. DAT)
QuickTime media file (*. MOV)
MPEG-4 media file (*. AVI)
DivX media file (*. AVI)

8. Are you official GBA Movie Player? It is said that your software can make Crystal Engine Movie, and can play crystal engine movie. What's any advantages if you play crystal engine movie, and what's any disadvantages if you don't play crystal engine movie?
Yes, we are official GBA Movie Player. We will offer the conversion software of crystal engine and can play crystal engine movie ideally. Including good quality and effects, Crystal Engine Movie is the most GBA movie at present. Even it doesn't convert movies by yourself, you can download a lot of latest and most popular GBA movies on the internet. An unofficial GBA movie player is unable to play Crystal Engine Movie, only convert the movie by itself, otherwise you can only enjoy watching the online GBA movie that plays the extremely small part.

9. What's Emulator Games? How M3 Adapter run the game of Emulator Games directly?
Emulator Games means every kinds of game in every game console can run on a PC in the most early time. Emulator games at present can have run at GBA / NDS already. In general, there are only two kinds of methods for these games that can be run on the Flash Card.

Method 1: Convert the different kind of emulator games such as, FC, GC, GG etc into standard GBA format (.gba) through the conversion software.

Method 2: Directly run those FC, GC, GG etc Emulator Games through starting up the GBA program with some emulator functions (such as Pogoshell).

Since M3 Adapter has already been built-in emulator function, it can run these Emulator Games directly. For instance: FC, NES, SNES, GB, GBC, PCE, SEGA-MS & GG etc. It's very convenient to the user. For instance, it has function of running Emulator Games, and it is equal to have many game consoles and games with different popular styles in the past.

10. The function of M3 is better than the product of your competitors. However, the price is higher than your competitors. Will you reduce your price in the future?

In fact, our price is very reasonable. We use high cost qualified high-speed memory IC in our products whereas our competitors use low cost unqualified memory IC in their products.

It is certain that it will introduce many problems such as game slow-down, hang up, high power consumption and unstable problem etc… although the cost of that kind of IC is low. The cost of our qualified memory IC is 4 times higher than the low cost memory IC but the price of our product is just slightly higher than the product of our competitors.

How to operate the Real Time Save?
It is very easy to operate & suitable for all GBA & NDS consoles ..
Hold A+B+L+R and choose 'Load' to go back to your "real time/instant save" state.

Do the "Real Time Saves" work on games that have no regular save function?
Yes, since the "real time saves" are exactly the same as the save state function of emulators, they even work with GBA roms that have No normal saving method or only use passwords. Remember however to patch the games first with the M3-game manager. Choose 'enable real time'. When you don't do this, the 'M3-special menu' (L+R+A+B) won't be accessible. Pushing the button combo will instead reset the M3 back to the M3 main menu.

1. Has M3 Adapter realized virtual hardware saving? What's hardware saving? What's its benefit?

As the development is simple, so most flash cards in the market support game saving by means of patches, now only a fraction of flash cards uses hardware IC to save files, M3 Adapter uses hardware IC to save over 99% games. (We've tested 1520 games, 1517 games are playable without using any patch methods.)

Hardware saving is a way in which the backup ROM read from the original card can be directly run, no need to make patches (or makes patches in a hidden way).

Full hardware saving provides following benefits:

i. Unless the original manufacturer introduces new formats of saving way in games, it is no need to regularly update the software to support new games, so users can instantly play latest games without waiting for software updates or patches.

ii. Virtually runs the game you write. For example, you have written a program supporting EEPROM, M3 Adapter virtually runs the program, no need to wait till other patches have amended the program you created.

iii. It has flexible ways of hardware saving, it can directly support various saving ways through hardware, or support future game saving ways by means of software upgrade.

2. How to save in M3 Adapter?

It's M3 Adapter's exclusive function, unlike most flash cards that only save temporary data in SRAM, M3 Adapter not only saves the temporary data SRAM, but also backups the data from SRAM to SD/CF anytime by using some simple steps. As SD/CF is a non-volatile memory, it can store the data permanently.

3. How long can the batteries in M3 Adapter run?

It depends on the playing time of games, reading frequency or writing games and the parts using in flash card, as M3 Adapter employs expensive brand batteries and special power protection IC, so under the same conditions, it is more durable than those flash cards without power protection IC.

4. Is M3 Adapter high in power consumption? How long can it last in GBA SP?

Power consumption varies with the type of games, M3 Adapter employs ASIC architecture, it consumes much lower power than common CPLD, see details of its testing results below:

When GBA SP is fully charged and volume set to the highest level, back-lit is power-on and under test with the game of Monster Ruby game:

5. Is M3 Adapter have OS?

We think that M3 Adapter has no OS. Though the program of M3 Adapter on GBA interface has GUI Nice Boot Menu.

But OS is generally defined as operating system of PC or PDA. For example, PC's OS is windows, PDA's OS is Palm. Strictly speaking, the operating system of flash card is not an OS, but an operating interface of flash card, although the interfaces of some flash cards are like Windows in design, so they call such interface OS, we think it is inaccurate.

6. Can M3 Adapter hardware support various saving ways of all GBA cards?

M3 Adapter hardware can automatically support all saving ways in the market, including: SRAM, 512K FLASH, 1M FLASH, 4K EEPROM, 64K EEPROM.

M3 Adapter can virtually play the latest released games at real-time.

7. What's Dual Soft Reset?

In fact, Dual Soft Reset = Soft Reset. Because all Soft Resets include two kinds of Reset

i. Withdrawing from the place that the game is playing to the initial place of the game.

ii. Withdrawing from the place that the game is playing to the initial menu of GBA

8. What's Real Time Save (Instant Save Function)? What are differences between Real Time Save and Save function of the original packaging? What's high compatibility of Real Time Save?

Real Time Save (Instant Save Function) has the new function in a Flash Card, the player can write down the present position through this function no matter in any levels and positions in the game. The player can continually play the game in the position that was written down at that time again at any time. This function is roughly similar to Save function of the original packaging, but Real Time Save can be written down in any positions, and the player can play the game again in the position that had written down.

For instance: the position that had written down in the end of the third level, but it can only continually play the game in the first position of the third level. Therefore, it is not more practical and convenient than Real Time Save function. The compatibility of Real Time Save function of M3 adapter is very high. M3 adapter can use this function in most games. Most Flash Cards in the market do not have this function. In some Flash Card companies can only implement the function in several games, but such companies deceived people and claimed that their products have Real Time Save function.

9. Does Passkey consume a lot of power?

It consumes not so much battery power. In addition, to reduce the additional power consumption of Passkey , users may take the device off after entering into the game menu.

10. Can M3 Adapter work with all NDS Consoles, red, blue and silver etc & the NDS Lite ?

It is assured that all Passkey1 & PassMe device is not compatible with the newest NDS. So it is assured that our products & other competitor products can not compatible with the new DS console.

But we had solved the compatibility between Passkey and New NDS console .

We have put out our passkey2 device which compatible with all NDS console .

It is confirm that our M3 & passkey2 can be used on NDS Lite & all NDS console .

11 Does M3 support NES, GB , SMS GG, PCE roms ? Is there a better way to make SNES games work well?

M3 Adapter can run NES,GB,GBC, SMS,GG,PCE rom properly, pls using our M3 manager to patch the roms & you may put it in the CF/SD card to run directly.

And M3 can run SNES. But effect & the compatibility is bad ..The reason is that SNES emulator has problem. It is not concerned about M3’s . Everybody ask us about the SNES emulator , we don’t recommend use that. We recommend that using the SNES DS emulator .

Some people successfully played MegaMan 7 on M3 perfect with sound .

You may try it & find the result .

http://home.utah.edu/~u0422123/snesDS/ - A video of SnesDS running MegaMan 7 - http://media.putfile.com/snesds

http://home.utah.edu/%7Eu0422123/snesDS/

http://luffy.free.fr/nds/snesds_compat/index.php

12. Can you tell me if it can be 100% compatible with NDS roms?
Due to we continue to improve our software ,M3 adapter is highest game compatibility,100% compatible ( Be able to run up and play and save normally).

13. Is M3 Adapter work fine with Flashme ?How to enter into GBA Mode ?

Yes M3 Adapter works fine with FlashMe . The original cart is not necessary.

And the way entered into GBA mode after installing FLASHME:

1) Booting up the NDS.

2) Pass & hold on the select button , the NDS title menu will show up then.

3) Select “Start GBA game” &. Pass “A “ to run game in pure GBA Mode .

Allow users to select the “Top” or the “Touch” screen for GBA mode

14. What is the frame rate for the videos that are -converted to the DS?

Our present frame rate is 10fps, and we could improve it with 24fps.

But we don’t want to improve it , the reason is that many people can not accept so large capacity possibly and the conversion speed will be slower.

We think the present movie quality is better.

15. Does the M3 Adapter work with Compact Flash 1 and 2 or just one of them? I've heard it only works with one of the types.

M3 Adapter can support CF I &CFII, but CF II can not be put into our adapter due to CF card is thick, except M3 adapter case is taken apart.We suggest that you’d better use CF I.

16. Does the wifi function work with NDS roms? (eg. can I play mario kart DS against people online?)

Yes , M3 can work fine with Wi-Fi .

M3 can be played with players all round the world through the Internet

Wifi works with WFC
Wifi works with other Wifi Users (who have their own original game / rom)
Wifi works with sharing (from the M3) if the others have flashed NDS systems
Wifi does NOT work with sharing (from the M3) if the others do NOT have flashed NDS systems.

So the only limitation is that you can not share a rom from the M3 to non-flashed NDS users (because they can't read unencrypted roms). Otherwise everything works just fine.

17. what's the function of M3 Perfect adapter and Passkey? Do I need both to be able to use roms on the NDS? Or do I just need M3 Perfect SD/CF?

You need buy the M3 adapter with passkey2 together .
M3 & any Flash Cards can't enter into NDS mode without the Passkey2 device .

And you need to buy the CF/SD card & the CF/SD card reader .

In your website in the news section there is a photo with a DS with a strange angled hardware inside the gba slot. Is it the passkey 2 programmer? Is it used ONLY to put the right boot code ? .How to program it ?

Yes , it is the passkeyII programmer .
Our PassKey 2 is different from most other compatible devices on the market. It's easy to reprogram and update from NDS/GBA. There's no need to connect the PC through external cables & no need to re-program the
passkey every time.

But you need to put a right boot code & need initially to program it .

How to program the Passkey2 device ?
Please download our PassKey2 V3 (16-2-2006)
It included the software & manual .
http://www.m3adapter.com/Download.htm

or browse the site to read the review & user guide of passkeyII .
http://www.nintendumps.net/forum/index.php?act=reviews&CODE=view&id=7

http://www.iso420.com/nds/m3sd/index.htm

18. I just got a M3 , what now -What to do with our new M3?

How to update the M3 firmware?

First, you should get the latest firmware and game manager M3_full_install_en, from www.m3adapter.com (in the downloads section). http://www.m3adapter.com/Download.htm

Put the update firmware E16 or … on your CF/SD card, and start your M3.

You may update M3 firmware in NDS mode or GBA mode .

In NDS mode (with passme inserted, if your DS is not flashed) It should ask if you want to update, press start and wait.

It actually takes around 40 seconds to update firmware on the M3.

Please notice that "DO NOT UPDATE M3 SD with M3 CF firmware!!" or

“ Do Not update M3 CF with M3 SD firmware !!”

19. Does M3 support auto-save ? What is the different from the other similar products ?

M3 can backup the save game proper.

Each time you turn off your Nintendo DS or GBA after playing and restart it, your M3 will backup your latest save game so you don't lose anything.

Your save game is first saved to internal RAM memory .

This memory has a battery backup , so it’ll stay saved for a few years .

The first time your turn on the M3 after playing a game , your savegame will be transferred from

Memory to the CF/SD card .( so another game can save in the internal Ram again )

The save file is created automatically by the Game Manager software, you don’t have to worry about that .

Please using our M3 manager to patch the roms & put it in the CF/SD card to run it directly.

Take a look in the NDS save / GBA save folder on your CF/SD card, all your save files are in here .

It's been very useful for those games where you've wanted to have more save slots than was normally allowed by the game.

For example, most games only allow 2 or 3 save slots, but using the M3's multiple save profile system you can have as many as you want. This means you don't have to worry about overwriting a good savegame if you want to go back to that spot later or if you want to share your NDS with someone else.
The M3's multisave system also gives you the option of being able to restore from a backup save file within the M3's own internal menu.

One M3 advantage that would be lost is the issue of flash media durability. With the similar products, every time you save, you write to the flash media.

With the M3, multiple write sessions during a game go to SRAM and are eventually written only once to the flash media on bootup. This means that the flash media, which has a limited number of writes is not worn out as quickly. Apparently, there are users on the Similar products forum who have complained about their media having been worn out due to frequent saving . It is easy to damage the SD/CF card .
An additional advantage of the M3's SRAM save method. Because all M3 saves are immediately written to SRAM instead of the flash card the way the Similar products does it, not only does the M3 reduce wear and tear on limited-write flash media, but there's some performance advantage to the M3. There's a slight delay every time the Similar is called in-game to write a save to the flash card compared to the M3 which instead writes to much faster SRAM memory.

20. I saved a game, but when I play another game, my old save disappears!!
The M3 has an auto backup facility that will automatically back up the game data to the correct *.dat file in the NDSSAVE directory. This is enabled by default, so you should be OK. If this is disabled, you can back up games the following way:

The M3 handles savegames a little strangely. In order to permenantly save your progress in a game, first make certain you have the NDSSAVE directory from M3 installed on your CF/SD card. Next, you have to reset your GBA/NDS with the M3 in it, select "Game" from the menu, and press the "select" button once in the game selection menu. This will bring up a screen which lets you save the SRAM currently on the cartridge (which will be the last game you played) to a file on your CF/SD card. Then, the next time you start the game, it will ask you if you want to load from the save file. Hit start to load from file, or A to continue without loading.

The AutoSave feature introduced in M3 firmware v11 has made this process much simpler.

What is the battery life of M3 ?

In general the battery life of M3 is over 2 years .

In addition we have released our" M3 Game Manager V3.11 "
The game save data will be automatically stored into the corresponding save
file after the software reset process. Practically, the game save data can
be safety kept even without battery connected. Therefore you don’t have to worry about that .
NDS software reset function (5-key reset : L + R + A + B + X)

21. What is the M3 ?

DS and GBA Flash Card, using CompactFlash or Secure Digital cards as a storage medium. The M3 is the 3rd version of the GBA Movie Player. This new version has 16MB of built-in flash memory for playing GBA , DS roms & Movie/Music .

Movie Capabilities

The primary function of the original GBA Movie Player was, as the name implies, to play movie and audio files. The M3 includes all of the original functionality of the V1 and V2 models, in addition to including support for the Nintendo DS' native, and larger, resolution of 256x192. Converter software is available from our downloaded page.

GBA Compatibility

The M3 supports any GBA roms up to 256MBit (32MByte) without patching. GBA roms can only be run in GBA mode. To access GBA mode, press start at the main menu while in DS mode.

DS Compatibility

A PassMe or Passkey device is required to use the M3 with a NDS.

The M3 supports any DS roms up to 1024 Megabits (128 Megabytes). All commercial DS roms must be patched before they will run. We have released patching software (available on download page) which works on all roms. A compatibility list is available at our download page.

22. How to convert other Flashcard saver into the M3 saver ?

Step 1: Download the desired savegame
Step 2: Unpack the file

Step 3: Open up the M3 Game Manager, browse to your CF or SD card, and double-click on the ROM you want to use with the downloaded save

Step 4: Next, select the default saver and click on write

Step 5: Browse to the unpacked file from step 2 und click on write

Step 6: The program will confirm the file operation. You are done, the save is now associated

23. What is the compatibility of CF/SD card ?
We have bought many brand of CF/SD cards to improve the compatibility of M3 continually . You may see the compatibility of CF/SD here
http://m3wiki.com/index.php?title=Media_Card

24. Which patcher should I use?
The M3 Game Manager is usually the best one to use. The dsPatcher program works for some games the M3 Game Manager does not.

25. Do I need to patch my GBA games?
Due to M3 is build in the hardware save function .

Not unless you want real time save. Then, you patch them through the M3 Game Manager .

26. Why doesn't this demo program work?
Try starting it with "Start" instead of "A"

27. This program has a .nds version and a .ds.gba version. Which should I use?
Either one. The homebrew .nds versions may require that you hit Start for Demo Mode.

28. When should I use DS mode and when should I run it in GBA mode?
When you want to play DS games, run it in DS mode. When you want to play GBA games, run it in GBA mode.

29. Where can i get the M3 game manager and conversion software?
You may download the M3 Full install & conversion software here .

The Full install file included the M3 game manager &

Update firmware .

http://www.m3adapter.com/Download.htm

30. Does the software work with a Mac?
Although the converter software for Roms and Movies is designed for a PC, It can be run on a Mac through virtual PC. The patching software has been tested with Mac OSX Tiger 10.4 and Virtual PC 7 with Windows XP, a Sandisk 12 in 1 media card reader that works with windows plug and play (card readers that use drivers may not work). The software will transfer games and patch then and is 100% compatable with the macintosh system with this setup.

The movie converting software has been run through virtual PC by a GBATMW member (the GBAMP version), and it has converted movies successfully, but as its in virtual PC, it is reported to take over 8 hours for a movie.

31. What is the PassKey?

PassKey is the device that allows NDS roms to be played from the M3 cartridge or other Flash cards. Basically, when you play a normal NDS cartridge, your NDS checks the cartridge for a special hardware 'key'. When you try to play an NDS rom from the M3, your NDS also checks for a 'key' in the NDS cartridge slot; if you have a PassKey and a real NDS cartridge attached, the NDS will play the rom using the 'key' from the real NDS cartridge. It passes the key from the NDS cartridge to the rom in the M3.

32. Does the M3 Adapter comes with a passkey?

It depends. Most shops will sell it with a passkey, but some shops will sell without for less if you have a passme or your DS is FlashMe'd .

33. What is FlashMe?
FlashMe is a piece of software that works much like the PassKey. Replacing your original NDS firmware with FlashMe firmware allows you to play NDS roms from the M3 without having a PassKey attached to your NDS. You can find out more info from the Flashme website.

http://www.ds-dev.com/dsfirmware/

34. If I use FlashMe, why do I need a PassKey at all?
You need a PassKey or similar 'key' device attached to your NDS in order to install FlashMe. You then run the flashme.nds as you would any other NDS roms on your M3. Once you have FlashMe installed, you might not use your PassKey again, but you do need initially to get FlashMe installed.

To avoid many unaccountable problem ,we suggest that use our PasskeyII device .

35. We heard that Enhanced menu crashes if flashme V6 or V5 is installed with M3 .Is that true ?

It is not concern about our firmware problem .
We have updated the M3 with update 16 more time .
It works fine .
There are some people that enhanced menu crashes if V6 or V5 installed with M3.

But it is not for all consoles or every people .
We have installed V6 , it also works fine .
We heard that some people had solved the problem . They remove the battery
of M3 , then solder it again then M3 will run the Enhanced menu fine .

36. I bought a M3 Perfect with Passkey 2 and Can I apply PassMe & install FlashMe with any problems? If I apply today PassMe and someday games can not be compatible, can I revert to original firmware? I read that if any problems occur, in M3 Perfect I cannot back to initial state. Is it true?

It is not correct .

You can apply the Passme & install the Flashme without any problem .

And you can revert to original firmware any time .

M3 perfect can be back to initial state any time .

37. Can I change the language firmware of M3 by some updated programs ?

If you buy the M3 from China or some unofficial dealers , it is maybe Chinese Version .

We knew that some people change our language firmware by some updated programs .

But we are not recommend to do that it will crash the M3 firmware .

It is no way to change our M3 language firmware by any update programs .

You may contact our formal dealers to buy our product if you need to use English version or Japan version…

38. What is “NDS/GBA game linkage”?

The NDS/GBA game linkage, is refers when the NDS game is in running, it will examine whether the correspond GBA game cartridge exists in the GBA slot of the NDS console. If the particular GBA game cartridge exists, the pre-placed certain additional functions will be activated.

39. Whether all games can use the “NDS/GBA game linkage” function?

This function is just available for some specific games.

40. How to load the linkage games into M3?

Step of loading the NDS/GBA linkage games into M3:

1. Copy both NDS and GBA linkage games into M3 by using the M3 Game manager.

2. Browse and select the GBA game (.gba file) inside the "Game" icon of the M3 main menu by pressing the button “A” once.

3. Browse and select the NDS game (.nds file) inside the "Game" icon of the M3 main menu by pressing the button “A” once. (Same as usual)

4. The M3 loader will automatically load both GBA and NDS games into M3 memory. Then play it.

(flashme-V6, passme, passme2, passkey1 or passkey2.)

(To load a “.gba” NDS file, please select that file and press button “A” two times.)