Using The Keyboards; Power Led; Battery Life - Nintendo New 3DS 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
Confirm 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 flashes 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 ( p. 22), 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.
New Nintendo 3DS
Playing Nintendo 3DS software approx. 3.5 – 6 hours
Playing Nintendo DS software approx. 6.5 –10.5 hours
The battery life will change depending on the brightness of the LCD screens.
Longer Battery life Shorter
Note: Activating the Auto-Brightness function changes the brightness and colour
gradient automatically according to the light level of the surrounding environment.
Therefore, playing in less brightly-lit areas will extend battery life. Activating the
Screen
power-saving mode also extends the battery life
Dark Light
brightness
( p. 22)
Leaving the system in Sleep Mode 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 notification LED
will also flash.
New Nintendo 3DS XL
approx. 3.5 – 7 hours
approx. 7 –12 hours
( p. 33).
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