====== 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:

1. You can burn any standard RetroArch base SD card image into your SD card, the folder struct like this:

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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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2. 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:

1.Check your SD card, backup your SD card.

2. Format the SD card in FAT32

3.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.

4.The machine will generate some folders in SD card.
     
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5.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.

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6.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”.

7.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.