Description Of Components; Installing Batteries; About Game Boy Advance Game Paks - Nintendo GAME BOY ADVANCE Instruction Booklet

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Description of Components

1. External Extension Connector (EXT.) – This unit allows connection to any G ame B oy and
to G ame B oy Series accessories.
2. Accessory Fixation Slots – F or connecting G ame B oy Advance dedicated accessories.
3. Game Pak Slot – This easily accessible slot is designed for loading a G ame B oy G ame Pak.
4. Power Indicator LED (POWER) – This tiny bulb lights green when the G ame B oy Advance
is O N. F or Alkaline batteries, the green light will change to red as the battery power reduces
to 20 or 30 % and the LE D will begin to fade when it is time to replace the batteries.
5. – 11. Operation Buttons (START, S ELE C T,  C ontrol Pad, A Button, B Button, L Button,
R Button) – Used as the controls for playing games. See individual G ame Pak instruction
booklets for specific button functions.
12. Speaker – O utputs mono sound. Will automatically turn off when headphones are plugged
into H eadphone Jack.
13. Wrist Strap Attachment – F or attachment of a wrist strap.
14. Colour LCD Screen – Highly reflective 2.9 inch Thin-Film Transistor (T F T) C olour Liquid
Crystal Display with up to 32,000 colours.
15. Power Switch (OFF/ON) – Slide the switch to turn the power O N or O F F.
(N O TE: Always insert a G ame Pak before turning power O N.)
16. Headphone Jack (PHONES) – F or connecting a pair of stereo headphones.
17. Volume Dial (VOLUME) – Adjusts the volume right or left. Rotate to the right to increase
18. Battery Cover – Remove the cover on the back of the G ame B oy Advance and insert two
AA (LR 6) batteries. G ame B oy Advance A C -D C Adapter Set can also be used.
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Installing Batteries

Remove the cover on the back of the G ame B oy Advance and insert two AA (LR 6) batteries as
shown. Always use two fresh, high quality alkaline batteries. Do not use rechargeable nickel
cadmium (NiC ad), nickel metal hydride (NiM H), carbon zinc or any other type of
non-alkaline batteries.
Caution: When inserting the batteries, make sure that the
positive (+) and negative (–) ends are facing in the correct
directions. (See Illustration 1.) Always insert the negative end
first. When removing batteries, remove the positive end
first.
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NOTE: When the battery life is down to between 20 % and 30 %, the Power Indicator LED
will change colour from green to red. When the LED begins to grow dim, the battery life is
almost gone. If you are playing a game with a battery back-up, you should save your pro-
gress and replace the batteries as soon as possible.
• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.
• Different types of batteries or new and used batteries are not to be mixed.
• Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy.
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About Game Boy Advance Game Paks

There are four types of G ame B oy G ame Paks that will work with the G ame B oy Advance:
Type 1. Original G ame B oy G ame Paks, which will work with both the G ame B oy Advance
and G ame B oy C olor units (using 4 – 10 colours, see Section 8) and with the original
G ame B oy and G ame B oy pocket systems (using 4 shades of gray).
Type 2.
Dual mode G ame B oy G ame Paks that will work with both the G ame B oy Advance
and G ame B oy C olor (using up to 56 colours out of a palette of 32,000) and with the
original G ame B oy and G ame B oy pocket systems (using 4 shades of gray).
Type 3. Full colour games (using up to 56 colors out of a palette of 32,000) that will work
only on G ame B oy C olor and G ame B oy Advance.
Type 4. Special full colour (32,000 colours maximum) wide screen games that will work only
on the G ame B oy Advance.
Game screen size Game screen size for
for Type 1, 2 and 3 Type 4 games only
games
Illustration 1
A few older Game Boy games may not function
properly on the Game Boy Advance causing display
or sound problems. Game Boy Color games may
appear darker due to Game Boy Advance screen
specification.
NOTE: You can switch the screen size for Type 1, 2
and 3 games to wide screen mode by pressing the
L and R buttons. (This may make some of the images
distorted or hard to see.)
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