User manual for V00.07

Using your Neo CD SD Loader kit is pretty straightforward.

The main menu shows the list of games found on the SD card.

• Pressing left or right selects the first letter, up or down selects the file in the list.
• Leave the cursor on a long game title to see it scroll.
• Pressing A loads the selected game.
• Pressing C brings you to the options menu.
• Pressing D restarts the console using the normal CD BIOS. This is useful if you kept the CD drive in your console.

In a game:

• Press A+B+C+Start to go back to the loader's menu.
• Press A+B+C+Select to go back to the game's title screen.

Options menu

• Settings: see section below.
• Saves menu: brings up the original "memory card" menu to manage game saves.
• Store saves: copy the console's game saves to a file on the SD card.
• Load saves: retrieve game saves from a file on the SD card.
• Update firmware: forces a firmware update. You shouldn't have to use this anymore.
• About: shows the loader's serial number and version infos.

Settings

• Country: Allows you to bypass the console's country settings without using hardware switches.
• Reset country: Pressing A will reset the country to your console's native setting.
• Debug DIP 1 and 2: Some games have hidden debug features which can be enabled with certain debug DIP values. Select a bit with left and right, toggle it by pressing A.
• Developer mode: Some games only care about debug DIPs when Developer mode is enabled.
• Idle LED: Color of the loader's status LED when idle.
• Loading LED: Color of the loader's status LED when files are being loaded.
• Screen saver: An animated screen saver will come on after 30 seconds of inactivity.
• Sound effects: For those who like auditory feedback.

Store / Load saves

Allows you to copy the console's save memory to the SD card, and vice-versa.
The files can be freely named.

To exit the Store saves screen, select "Exit" and press A.

Update firmware

Searches for an update file at the root of the SD card and performs a firmware update.
Make sure that there's only one firmware file on the card, or the wrong one might be used !

See Firmware updates.

In-Game Menu / Cheats

Press Select+Start during play to access the In-Game Menu.

• Press up or down to select a cheat.
• Press A to enable or disable it, a green cross indicates active cheats.
• Press B to close the In-Game Menu.

Note that some cheats only need to be triggered once. These will be automatically disabled after being applied.

Custom background

You can customize the menu's background by placing a "bg.bmp" file at the SD card's root.
To be valid, the file must strictly follow these rules:

• BMP format
• 320 x 224 pixels
• 16 colors mode (4 bits per pixel)