Nintendo TWLSWDB1 Instruction Booklet - Page 10

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 10. 1. Turn the power on. Select the PictoChat panel from the DS Menu Screen. (Illustration 16) 2. The chat room selection screen will appear. Select one of the chat rooms to join. (Illustration 17) 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 16 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. PictoChat panel 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 17 chat room you have selected. (Illustration 18) PictoChat Screen 1. Signal Strength Icon - Indicates signal strength for your chat room. 2. Message Display - Displays messages or pictures sent or received. 3. Scroll Bar - Displays messages or pictures by user color. Each line represents one message. 4. Chat Room Letter - Shows which of the four chat rooms you are in. 16 5. Chat Member Bar - Lists the nicknames of participants in the chat room. Touch the nickname to see that participant's message. (See page 23 on how to create a message.) 6. Scroll Button - Scrolls up or down through message history. 7. Pen Tool - Use for drawing pictures on the Input Board. 8. Eraser Tool - Use to erase lines from the Input Board. 9. Input Board - Text or lines appear here before selecting SEND. 10. Pen Thickness - Select either a thick or thin line for drawing pictures. 11. Keyboard Style - Select from the different keyboard styles. (See Using the On-Screen Keyboard, page 18.) 12. Keyboard Panel - Use the stylus or the +Control Pad and A/B Buttons to select letters for your messages. 13. Exit Button - Touch to leave the current chat room. 14. Send Button - Touch to send your message or picture. 15. Copy Button - Touch to copy the last message or picture from the Message Display to your Input Board. 16. Clear Button - Touch to clear your Input Board of all information. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 18 PictoChat Screen 5 13 9 12 14 15 16 17