Recording And Playing With Sounds; Playing Music From An Sd Card - Nintendo 3ds Manual

Recording and playing with sounds

You can record a maximum of 10 seconds of sound in one sound file using the microphone. You can save up to 18 sound files in
System Memory and up to 180 sound files on an SD Card.
Tap to select a file, then tap Record.
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Tap to begin recording.
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• Recording will begin automatically if the microphone detects
a sound.
• Tap to end the recording.
Tap a color for the file icon.
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The color you tap will become the color for the icon representing the
recorded data.
NOTE: To delete a sound file, select the file icon and tap Erase.
Switching pages Sound files (System Memory)
Tap or to switch between pages of sound files.
Moving and copying sound data
To move or copy a sound data file, tap and hold the
data and then slide it to a new location.
• If you slide the sound data file to or , the page will switch and you can move or
copy the file to another page.
• You cannot copy audio data into a location where audio data already exists.
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Sound files (SD Card)
Switch between moving and
copying.

Playing music from an SD Card

Begin by inserting an SD Card that contains music files that are compatible with the Nintendo 3DS. See the section below for
information on compatible music formats.
Select a folder and tap Open.
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Slide to scroll through music files or folders.
Select a music file and tap Play to begin playback.
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About compatible music files
The following music formats can be played (copy-protected files cannot be played):
AAC files with .m4a, .mp4, and .3gp extensions, or MP3 files with .mp3 extensions
Bit rate of 16kbps - 320kbps and sampling frequency of 32kHz - 48kHz
Saving music to an SD Card
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Use a PC and appropriate
software to transfer songs into
your PC.
About folders and files on an SD Card
• Only folders with music files 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 files in those folders will be combined
into one folder.
• The maximum number of music files displayed is 3,000.
• A maximum of 100 music files per folder will be displayed.
• Folders and files 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.
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Transfer the songs
to an SD Card using the SD
Card slot in your PC or a
commercially available SD
Card reader/writer.
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