This Quickstart based on the article on ez wiki, recompiled to adapt the EZ5 Plus and kernel 1.72. This Quickstart guide assumes you are running Windows XP. Contents * 1 MicroSD choice * 2 Format your MicroSD o 2.1 Windows Method o 2.2 Using Official SD Association Tool * 3 The EZ5 MoonShell * 4 The EZ5 kernel o 4.1 Installing the kernel * 5 Add games (ROMs) to your MicroSD * 6 Running games * 7 Cheats o 7.1 Intro o 7.2 Creating/Getting Cheat Files + 7.2.1 CHT + 7.2.2 ARDS o 7.3 Activating * 8 EZ5 Settings o 8.1 Brightness settings o 8.2 Enabled cheat mode and soft reset o 8.3 The Help Screen o 8.4 The Settings Screen o 8.5 Shutdown DS * 9 Additional EZ5 features o 9.1 PassMe function o 9.2 Music playback o 9.3 Video playback o 9.4 Image viewing o 9.5 Text file reading o 9.6 Skinning the User Interface o 9.7 Copy and Delete * 10 EZ5 Triple-pack (3in1) o 10.1 GBA ROM support + 10.1.1 Adding a GBA ROM to the Triple-pack + 10.1.2 Backing up GBA save games to the EZ5 MicroSD + 10.1.3 Writing GBA save games to the EZ5 Triple-pack o 10.2 Rumble o 10.3 RAM expansion o 10.4 Troubleshoot Triplepack * 11 EZ5 hotkey reference o 11.1 Common keys o 11.2 Keys for Triple-pack o 11.3 Keys while running backup MicroSD choice For EZ5: A MicroSD card with serial number "SD-C01G JAPAN" or "SD-C02G JAPAN" printed on its surface is highly recommended. These are rebadged Toshibas and have proven to be fast and compatible. PNY, Kingston, Verbatim, Dane-Elec are companies which have been confirmed to use this card in some of their batches. For EZ5 Plus: MicroSDHC is the recommend choice. Due to there is no fake brand in MicroSDHC scene yet. so Kingston/Sandisk/PNY are acceptable. Please choose the product which has at least Class 2 speed. Note: old SD-reader can't recognize MicroSDHC, there is a MicroSDHC compatible SD-reader come with EZ5 Plus. Format your MicroSD It's always a good idea to start with a freshly formatted MicroSD card. Windows Method Short and simple, but may give some drawbacks. * Insert your MicroSD/SDHC into your PC. * Double-click "My Computer". * Right-click your MicroSD drive and choose "Format". * Under the "File system", MicroSD select FAT or FAT16; MicroSDHC select FAT32 * Click the "Start" button. This also works on Windows Vista Systems, no administrative rights required Using Official SD Association Tool Another way is to use official SD formatting tool developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial. It can fix various corruptions and follows SD specification for best compatibility and speed. Quick summary: "Generally, SD/SDHC Memory Card file systems formatted with generic operating system formatting software do not comply with the SD Memory Card specification. If you have formatted the card using the PC's standard formatting program, make sure to reformat using SD format to take full advantage of maximum SD Memory Card performance" Q: What happens when I format an SD Memory Card with a standard PC formatting program ? A: The SD host equipment may not be able to recognize the SD Memory Card. Writing data to the card may take longer than necessary and some functions may no longer work. Download and more info: * SD Memory Card Formatter v2.0.0.0 * SD Memory Card Formatter v2.0.0.2 - Vista support * FAQs on SD Memory Card Formatter The EZ5 MoonShell MoonShell is part of the EZ5 Operating System and is required for it to run. It's located in moonshl directory . Included in : * Graphic files (*.bmp) that make up look and feel of the user interface (skin directory). * Configuration files (*.ini) that change the way the user interface works. * resetsp.bin file which is used by soft reset process. This one is often updated. * plugins that are in plugin folder. These are necessary to read sound and picture files. We can find stand-by plugin too (files clk_xxx.xxx). * Lang folder contains the multi-language files. The EZ5 Kernel The Kernel is the EZ5 Operating System. It's a good idea to update to the latest kernel for new features and bug fixes. Installing the Kernel * Visit the official EZ-FLASH website. * Download the latest version of the Kernel. * Unzip content to the root of your MicroSD card. Add games (ROMs) to your MicroSD * Insert your MicroSD into your PC * Drag and drop your "game.nds" file to your MicroSD Running games You are now ready to play some games: * Insert your MicroSD card into your EZ5 * Insert your EZ5 into your DS * Touch the health screen warning to skip it * In the DS Main Menu, launch the EZ5 * In the EZ5 menu, highlight a game using the D-Pad or touch screen arrows and press A to launch! Savegame files are stored in the "SAVE" folder on the EZ5. It's a good idea to regularly backup your "SAVE" folder to your PC. Cheats Intro To use cheats you must have a folder named CHT on the root of your SD card. manual create one If not existed. The CHT folder is where all your cheat files will be stored. EZ5 kernel built two cheat engine since ver 1.72， CHT and ARDS. CHT is the EmuCheat format which used widely in Chinese. ARDS is the ActionReplay codes provide by Codejunkies. CHT engine accept single ".cht" file and database "cheatcode.dat" ARDS engine accept database "ezarcode.dat" which created by ardscodeeditor, you can get it on the software download page. You can toggle the cheat engine in the EZ5 system setting. Creating/Getting Cheat Files CHT In the Simple way all you need is Teammarry's CheatCodeTransferforEZ5 and the Action Replay code manager. Simply unzip teammarry's tool anywhere on your computer. The structure must remain the same though. You now need the code manager from the actual AR devices. Find the USA version here and the Europe version here. Install and run the program. Then right click the codelist you want and paste it into the white box under 'My Codelists'.You can repeat this for every subscription you have. This may take several minutes depending on your internet connection(you need internet for this). Once thats done run teammarry's program, click on the xml button navigate to C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay Code Manager\local_codelists (assuming you left everything default). Select one of the files there other than default_codelist. Then chose where you want your cheat files to end up(to save time point it to your CHT directory on your microSD card. Repeat this for every codelist you downloaded. ARDS install Action replay code manager from code junkies. drag and drop code list you need from subcriptions window to my codelist. after a download progress. you can find your fresh code list in xml format in C:\Program Files\Datel\Action Replay Code Manager\local_codelists. Import the xml by the cheat codes editor which provided in the software page. save as ezarcode.dat. put the ezarcode.dat into CHT folder on the MicroSD/SDHC. Activating To use cheats you must have cheats toggled on(see EZ5 settings) and the appropriate cheat file in your CHT folder. When you select a game that has cheats a new menu will pop up on the touch screen, this will list all the cheats available. Simply scoll down the list toggling on any cheats you want to use, use up and down arrows to go through list and right arrow to toggle on & off. Press A when your done to run the game. Once in-game you'll notice the cheats aren't active straight away. Press L+R+START(in-game) to turn them on and L+R+SELECT to turn them off EZ5 Settings There are a few extra items you should be aware of. These are accessible from the EZ5 menu: Brightness settings Access this by pressing sun icon. Only for DS Lite, does nothing on original DS Enabled cheat mode and soft reset * Toggle by touching second button on the left(two arrows on default skin). * Orange = cheat mode disabled (OFF), Blue = cheat mode enabled (ON) The Help Screen Access this by pressing question mark icon. It contains some simple instructions and the version number of your EZ5 kernel. The Settings Screen Access this by pressing hammer and screwdriver icon. Here you can do: * change language * 3in1 rumble strength * moonshell icons size * cheat engine toggle click the close window button will save the setting. korean,japanese,traditional Chinese user must restart the console after change language. Shutdown DS Access this by pressing red icon. Additional EZ5 features This is a simple list of additional features of the EZ5. Essentially the EZ5 operating system is a modified version of Moonshell - a homebrew Media Player developed by Moonlight. As such, most of the features listed here also apply to Moonshell. PassMe function If you have an EZ-IV or other Flashcart that inserts into the GBA slot of your DS, you can use the EZ5 as a PassMe device. Also boots normal GBA cartridges. * Insert your Slot-2 Flashcart into Slot-2 and your EZ5 into Slot-1 * Turn on your DS * Touch the health screen warning * In the DS Main Menu, launch the EZ5 while holding down R ( EZ5 Plus holding L) * Press L then press A (EZ5 Plus press A to confirm, B to cancel) Music playback The EZ5 includes support for MP3, Ogg, WAV and MOD: * Copy your audio files to your MicroSD * Load the EZ5 menu * Highlight the audio file using the D-Pad and press A to play. Video playback The EZ5 includes support for DPG files. To convert video files (AVI, etc) to DPG, you'll need to use either * BatchDPG * DPGTools 1.2 which comes bundled with Moonshell Image viewing The EZ5 includes support for viewing BMP, JPG and PNG graphics files: * Copy your graphic files to your MicroSD * Load the EZ5 menu * Highlight the graphic file using the D-Pad and press A to view. Text file reading The EZ5 supports viewing of text files (*.txt and *.ini): * Copy your text files to your MicroSD * Load the EZ5 menu * Highlight the text file using the D-Pad and press A to view. Skinning the User Interface You can change the look and feel of the EZ5 User Interface by the below two ways: * Replace all the files in skin folder on your MicroSD with new one * Or put up to 15 skin folders into moonshl folder to activate the random skin function. skin folder name order: skin0 to skin15, the default skin folder still name "skin". Copy and Delete Highlight the file which you want to delete, press X, A dialog box will appear to confirm, A to delete, B to cancel Highlight the file which you want to copy, press Y, a "copy" will appear on the title bar of the upper screen which means the file already marked to copy, change to the destination folder and press Y again. A dialog box will appear to confirm, A to copy, B to cancel. * source folder and destination folder can't be same one. * destination file will be auto overwrite if same filename. EZ5 Triple-pack (3in1) EZ5 Triple pack. Adds RAM, rumble and GBA support to the EZ5 The EZ5 Triple-pack is part of the EZ5 Bundle Edition. This nifty expansion pack adds three new features to the EZ5: GBA ROM support, rumble and RAM expansion. The EZ5 Triple-pack is only officially compatible with the EZ5. 3rd party tools exist to add 3in1 functionality when EZV is not the host kernel. GBA ROM support The EZ5 Triple-pack features 256mbit of internal memory (NOR) to store a single GBA ROM. Savegame information is stored on the EZ5 Triple-pack and can be backed up to the EZ5 microSD card from the EZ5 kernel. Once a ROM has been copied to the EZ5 Triple-pack, it can be used as a standalone GBA cartridge. Adding a GBA ROM to the Triple-pack We are going to patch a GBA ROM with 3in1tools, copy it to our EZ5 MicroSD card then transfer it to the Triple-pack: * Visit the EZ-FLASH official website * Download the 3in1tools and unzip it to your PC * Double-click 3In1Tools.exe to start the program * Click the 'Configure' button * Change the send path to your SD card reader drive * Click 'OK' to exit the configuration screen * Click the 'Open' button. This will display the ROM file chooser window. * Highlight your GBA ROM and click the 'Open' button * Check the 'ROM Name' text field in the top left hand corner. Enter a name if this text field is blank. * Ensure the Save Type is correct, * Click the 'Send button'. The ROM will patched and copied to your MicroSD card. It will appear as 'ROM name.gba' * Remove the MicroSD from your PC and insert it into your EZ5 * Insert the EZ5 and EZ5 triple-pack into your Nintendo DS and turn it on. * Skip the health warning and launch the EZ5 menu * Highlight 'ROM name.gba', and press A. This will start backing up the existing save-data from the Triple-pack to your EZ5. GBA save-game files are stored in \GBASAVE. * Press A again. Wait about a minute for the ROM to be written to the Triple-pack. * Once complete, the GBA game will autmatically load. Once a GBA game has been written to the Triple-pack, it will remain until a different GBA game is transferred. There are a few ways to launch GBA games: * Choose 'Start GBA game' from the DS main menu * Press R+A from the EZ5 main menu Backing up GBA save games to the EZ5 MicroSD * Load the EZ5 main menu * Hold down R and press X. A dialog box will appear saying "EZ5 3in1 [Back] [Cancel]" * Press A to confirm or press B to cancel * A directory called 'GBASAVE' will be created on the MicroSD card and your GBA save game will be copied into it. Writing GBA save games to the EZ5 Triple-pack * Load the EZ5 main menu * Highlight a GBA save game (usually stored in the 'GBASAVE' directory) * Hold down R and press Y. A dialog box will appear saying "EZ5 3in1 [Load] [Cancel]" * Press A to confirm or press B to cancel * The save game will be copied to the EZ5 Triple-pack Rumble All programs that support the official Nintendo DS Rumble Pak will work with the EZ5 Triple-pack. Touch GBAlink ON text to turn it into Rumble ON than start the game. You can adjust the strength of the rumble in the EZ5 settings panel. Access it by pressing hammer and screwdriver icon. * Learn more about the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak @ Wikipedia RAM expansion All programs that support the official Nintendo DS Memory Expansion Pak will work with the EZ5 Triple-pack. No additional setup is required. Currently, the only program that requires a Memory expansion pack is the Nintendo DS Browser. * Learn more about the Nintendo DS Memory Expansion Pak @ Wikipedia Troubleshoot Triplepack A few people have been finding occasional problems with the 3in1, where it does not rumble, or GBA cannot be written and run from it while it was previously working fine. Cleaning the contacts (aka: gold fingers), making sure the PCB is aligned to the front of the opening in the cartridge properly, and ensuring it is inserted properly into the DS seems to clear up most problems. A dead or missing battery will not present this problem, but could result in save data loss. EZ5 hotkey reference Common keys * A: Launch file * B: Cancel/Go to previous folder * X: Delete file * Y: Mark and copy file Keys for Triple-pack * R+A: Launch Triple-pack GBA mode * R+X: Backup GBA savegame from Triple-pack to MicroSD * R+Y: Copy GBA savegame from MicroSD to Triple-pack. Keys while running backups * L+R+A+B: Return to EZ5 main menu (cheat mode icon must be enabled) * L+R+START: cheat mode enabled (cheat mode icon must be enabled) * L+R+SELECT: cheat mode disabled (cheat mode icon must be enabled) * R+UP/DOWN: scroll whole page while scrolling ARDS cheatcode