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 ====== Menu User Guide ====== ====== Menu User Guide ======
  
-This page explains the features of the menu, as of version 60.+This page explains the features of the menu, as of version 64.
  
 You can find all releases of the menu, and a ''CHANGELOG'', [[https://info.satiator.net/menu/|here]]. You can find all releases of the menu, and a ''CHANGELOG'', [[https://info.satiator.net/menu/|here]].
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 This shows all of the folders and recognised images in your SD card. This shows all of the folders and recognised images in your SD card.
  
-Press A to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched.+Press A or C to launch a game or enter a folder. If you enter a folder with only one disc image in it, it will be automatically launched.
  
 Power cycle the Saturn to return to the menu from the game. (Or, if you're using [[Action Replay patching|a patched Action Replay firmware]], you can use A+B+C+Start a couple of times.) Power cycle the Saturn to return to the menu from the game. (Or, if you're using [[Action Replay patching|a patched Action Replay firmware]], you can use A+B+C+Start a couple of times.)
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 The menu performs a region-free boot of the disc, so you can launch out-of-region discs this way. This boot method (the ''jhloader'' I originally wrote for Pseudo Saturn) only works from the menu - you can't launch out-of-region emulated discs from the Saturn CD player at the moment. The menu performs a region-free boot of the disc, so you can launch out-of-region discs this way. This boot method (the ''jhloader'' I originally wrote for Pseudo Saturn) only works from the menu - you can't launch out-of-region emulated discs from the Saturn CD player at the moment.
  
-Press to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right shoulder buttons to jump a full screen at a time.+Press to move back to the parent folder. Use the left and right D-pad to jump a full screen at a time.
  
 You can nest folders if you like to organise things that way. You can nest folders if you like to organise things that way.
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   * ISO files   * ISO files
-  * CUE files, with any combination of BIN and IMG data files+  * CUE files, with any combination of BINIMG, ISO and WAV data files
  
-CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there's no need to merge them. MP3 is not supported. WAV will be supported from menu 61.+CUE files can have an arbitrary number of track files - there's no need to merge them. MP3 is not supported.
  
-Pressing from the top menu will take you to the Satiator tools menu. (This will change to Start in a future release.)+Pressing from the top menu will take you to the Satiator tools menu. (This will change to Start in a future release.)
  
 ===== Tools Menu ===== ===== Tools Menu =====
  
-The tools menu currently gives you access to the Action Replay tools.+The tools menu currently gives you access to:
  
-If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn's save memory and your SD card, I currently recommend slinga's [[https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier/releases|Save Game Copier]].+  * Action Replay tools, for backing up and flashing AR-type cartridges 
 +  * Diagnostics for your system 
 +  * Formatting your SD card
  
-===== Action Replay tools =====+If you'd like to transfer games between your Saturn's save memory and your SD card, options include: 
 + 
 +  * slinga's [[https://github.com/slinga-homebrew/Save-Game-Copier/releases|Save Game Copier]] 
 +  * cafe-alpha's [[https://ppcenter.webou.net/pskai/#download|Save Data Manager]] 
 + 
 +==== Action Replay tools ====
  
 The AR tools are intended to help you work with Action Replay style Flash cartridges, including those used for Pseudo Saturn / Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK). The AR tools are intended to help you work with Action Replay style Flash cartridges, including those used for Pseudo Saturn / Pseudo Saturn Kai (PSK).
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 If your cartridge is not making good contact, you may get a Flash ID error. Simply wiggle the cartridge to reseat it and try again - you don't need to reboot. If your cartridge is not making good contact, you may get a Flash ID error. Simply wiggle the cartridge to reseat it and try again - you don't need to reboot.
-Note that there was a change to flash ID code between menu 59 and 60; this fixed some carts but broke others. If you can't seem to get it working with menu 60try menu 59 instead. This will be resolved in future release.+ 
 +==== Diagnostics ==== 
 + 
 + 
 +As of menu 64, the only diagnostic available is the SD card latency test. 
 + 
 +=== SD Latency Test === 
 + 
 +This does a set of 1-sector random reads on your card, and measures the time it takes to complete each operation. 
 +Long latencies, or errors in this test, indicate that your card may not work well with the Satiator. 
 + 
 +For reference, the cheap SanDisk cards I use for testing have a mean latency of around 1500µs, and a maximum latency of around 3000µs. 
 + 
 +The Errors count should be zero. If you get errors, your card probably needs to be replaced. 
 + 
 +For ease of comparison, you can hotswap SD cards for latency testing - running the test again will reinitialise the card, although you may need to run it twice to get a stable result. If you hotswap the cardI recommend that you power cycle the console before proceeding to play games, etc. to avoid problems loading other titles. 
 + 
 +==== Format SD Card ==== 
 + 
 +This option will wipe the SD card using either FAT32 or exFAT. This is intended to allow you to get consistently formatted card for comparison with other users. 
 + 
 +The cluster size used for FAT32 is 32KiB; for exFAT, 256KiB.
menu.txt · Last modified: 2021/12/06 10:32 by abrasive

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