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+====== FAQ ======
+FAQ HERE
+===== What games supports on Model S? =====
+TRIMUI Model S supports Original Games and Retro Games.
+  * **Original Games**:  Trimui Model S has built in 3 games. Please keep focus on www.trimui.com for more original games. We will release new original game every several weeks.
+  * **Retro Games**:  Trimui Model S can run 10 types of Emulators, you can try running your own roms in retro platform emulators. We suggest no-intro serial romset.
+Retro Emulator Platform List:
+  * **ARCADE**: Mame
+  * **NEO**: SNK NeoGeo MVS
+  * **FC**: Nintendo Famicom
+  * **SFC**: Nintendo Super Famicom
+  * **MD**: SEGA MegaDrive
+  * **SMS/GG**: SEGA SystemMaster/GameGear
+  * **PCE**: NEC PC Engine
+  * **GB/GBC**: Nintendo Gameboy/Gameboy Color
+  * **GBA**: Nintendo Gameboy Advance
+  * **PS**: Sony Playstation (PSX Gen1)
+===== How can I play games? (Quick Start Guide) =====
+If you have got a good generated SD for TRIMUI, just plug into TRIMUI Model S, refresh roms and run. However, if you have just an empty SD card, there are 2 way for you to make a runnable SD card:
+. You can burn any standard RetroArch base SD card image into your SD card, the folder struct like this:
+{{:model_s:untitled.png?300|}}
+Example SD burning images download Links (Shared from Internet)
+RetroArch for RG350:
+https://boards.dingoonity.org/retro-game-350rg-350/rg-350-v1-6-upgrade/msg191038/
+RetroArch for RG350 link2:
+https://boards.dingoonity.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=b0ng5sdc2c01hqci7bg82tqsi3
+RetroPie for Raspberry Pi:
+https://www.arcadepunks.com/16gb-retropie-image-complete-roms-level1online/
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+. You can try the trimui SD card dump from other user (thanks to hkzcplayer).
+__**https://github.com/hkzcplayer/hellosample/archive/V1.1.zip**__
+===== Which type of rom files can I run? =====
+Every Retro platforms use specified file extensions
+  * **ARCADE**: file format:  zip,  using romset mame 0.126 / FBA 0.2.96.86
+  * **NEO**: file format:  zip, using romset gngeo
+  * **FC**: file format:  nes, fds, unf, unif
+  * **SFC**: file format:  smc, sfc, gd3, gd7, dx2, bsx, swc, fig
+  * **MD**: file format:  gen, md, smd, bin
+  * **SMS/GG**:  file format:  sms, gg, rom, sg
+  * **PCE**: file format:  pce
+  * **GB/GBC**: file format:  gb, gbc, bin
+  * **GBA**:  file format: gba, agb, gbz
+  * **PS**: file format:   pbp, iso, cue+bin, ccd
+===== Why it needs SD card？ =====
+TRIMUI Model S had built in 128MiB SLC Flash for TRIMUI Operating System. The System Just contains base launcher, 3 builtin Games and system updater. If you want to install more games and applications, you have to use external SD card.
+===== How to make a new SD card? =====
+The first time you want install a new empty SD card, please follow these steps:
+.Check your SD card, backup your SD card.
+. Format the SD card in FAT32
+.Plug SD card into the TRIMUI Model S device , wait for the on-screen loading complete.
+Then you can remove SD card and check it with USB SD card Reader in PC.
+.The machine will generate some folders in SD card.
+{{:model_s:untitled_1.png?400|}}
+.You can put roms and preview-pictures in these folders. Roms put in“Roms”, pictures put in Imgs.
+In this two folders, there are folders named by emulator platform.
+{{:model_s:untitled_2.png?400|}}
+.Example: I want to play FC game “ABCD”, get your rom“ABCD.nes”, copy into SD card folder:
+“/Roms/FC/ABCD.nes”.If you want to show preview picture, copy picture file to “/Imgs/FC/ABCD.png”.
+.Safety eject you USB card reader, remount the SD card to TRIMUI Model S device and browse to SETTINGS, select refresh roms.
+===== Can I use SD card contents from other game console？ =====
+The Answer is YES.
+TRIMUI System supports many other SD contents made for popular distributions.
+Just like: \\
+ **RecalBox**,  (Open Source Boards/ OrangePI/Odroid) \\
+ **RetroPie**,  (Raspberry Pi) \\
+ **LAKKA**,    (PSV/NSwitch/Other TV boxes) \\
+ **Libreelec**,  (TV boxes) \\
+ **OpenDingux/Gmenu2X**   (Handheld console, Dingo/RG350/Bittboy ) \\
+You can easily copy the SD contents from other SD cards from these machines, and plug into TRIMUI Model S, refresh roms and run.
+===== I have copy contents into SD card, but I can see nothing in RetroGame. =====
+  - Please try Refresh roms in SETTINGS
+  - Please check SD card format fat32
+  - Sometimes he SD card had unknown partitions, you can try Fat32Formatter software.