PictoChat™
PictoChat allows you to use the Nintendo DS to send and receive
wireless messages and pictures from other DS users. PictoChat is not
an internet application. You can communicate with up to 15 other DS
users within range of your DS. See PRIVACY INFORMATION on page 9.
1. Turn the power on. Select the PictoChat
panel from the DS Menu Screen.
(Illustration 10)
2. The chat room selection screen will appear.
Select one of the chat rooms to join.
(Illustration 11)
The number in each panel indicates
how many people are in that chat room.
If the total number of participants is
already at maximum (16/16), you
cannot join that chat room.
The icon on the right side of the box
indicates the signal strength for
communicating with that chat room.
See Wireless Signal Strength on page15
for information about this icon.
NOTE: If you have problems communicating
with other members of a chat room, have
everyone switch to a different chat room.
Also, review the communication guidelines
on page 15 and check for interference.
3. The PictoChat screen will appear for the
chat room you have selected.
For a complete description of how to use PictoChat, see the
separate PictoChat instruction booklet included with your
Nintendo DS hardware system.
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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Nintendo WFC) allows you to play games
over the internet, either at home or at select internet hotspots, using a
Nintendo DS and a Nintendo WFC compatible Nintendo DS game.
Look for this icon on Nintendo DS game packaging
for games that include the Nintendo WFC feature.
In addition, to play games over the internet at home, you will need:
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Please see the separate Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection instruction booklet
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included with all Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection compatible games for more
information on playing Nintendo DS games over the internet, and visit
PictoChat
www.nintendowifi.com.
panel
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An active broadband internet account.
A wireless access point, such as a wireless router or the Nintendo
Wi-Fi USB Connector.
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