Using The Keyboards; Power Led; Battery Life - Nintendo 3DS XL Operation Manual

Using the Keyboards

A keyboard will be displayed on the Touch Screen when you are required to input characters. Touch a character to enter it.
Standard
Predictive text on / off
Switch between upper-
and lower case for the next
character entered.
Switch between input modes
Special characters
Show additional characters.
Switch between upper- and
lowercase characters.
Numeric Keyboard
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Alphanumeric
Predictive text
Choose the word you want from a list.
Delete the character to the
left of the cursor.
Move to the next line.
Symbols Mobile phone
Cycle through the characters
assigned to each button by
pressing it repeatedly.
Next character
Confi rm character input and
move to the next space.
Delete the last number entered.

Power LED

The power LED lights up blue when the system is turned on, turns red when the battery charge is low and fl ashes red when the battery is
starting to run out.
High
Remaining battery charge
Solid Blue Solid Red
Note: If the power LED is red, save your game quickly and recharge. If the battery charge runs out before you save, you may lose unsaved data. If the LED is
blue and slowly brightens and dims, the system is in Sleep Mode (page 24), which will conserve battery power.

Battery Life

Battery life will vary depending on a number of factors, such as the software being used, the quantity of wireless data sent and received and
the ambient temperature. As such, these times should only be taken as rough estimates. Using the camera features may reduce the battery
time below the fi gures shown below.
Playing Nintendo 3DS software: approx. 3.5 – 6.5 hours
Playing Nintendo DS software: approx. 6 – 10 hours
Battery life
Longer Shorter
Screen
Dark Light
brightness
Leaving the system in Sleep Mode (page 24) greatly reduces power consumption while leaving wireless communication such as SpotPass and
StreetPass active. If the battery is fully charged, the system can remain in Sleep Mode for 3 days.
Note: The power LED slowly pulses when the system is in Sleep Mode. Some software titles do not allow the system to enter Sleep Mode while in use.
Closing the system while using such software will result in the power LED remaining solidly lit. For example, Nintendo 3DS Sound cannot enter Sleep Mode
during playback.
Low
Almost empty
Flashes
Red
The notifi cation LED
will also fl ash.
The battery life will change depending on the brightness of the
LCD screens. The system is set to "5" at purchase (for information on
changing the brightness levels, see page 37).
Note: Power-saving mode changes the brightness and colour gradient
automatically according to the content being displayed, to extend the
battery life for a longer period of time (for information on how to enable
power-saving mode, see page 37).
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