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 ====== FAQ ====== ====== FAQ ======
 FAQ HERE FAQ HERE
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 ===== What games supports on Model S? ===== ===== What games supports on Model S? =====
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 TRIMUI Model S supports Original Games and Retro Games. 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 free original game every several weeks. +  * **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 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: Retro Emulator Platform List:
  
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   * **PS**: Sony Playstation (PSX Gen1)   * **PS**: Sony Playstation (PSX Gen1)
  
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 +===== How can I play games? (Quick Start Guide) =====
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 +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:
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 +1. You can burn any standard RetroArch base SD card image into your SD card, the folder struct like this:
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 +{{:model_s:untitled.png?300|}}
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 +Example SD burning images download Links (Shared from Internet)
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 +RetroArch for RG350:
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 +https://boards.dingoonity.org/retro-game-350rg-350/rg-350-v1-6-upgrade/msg191038/
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 +RetroArch for RG350 link2:
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 +https://boards.dingoonity.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=b0ng5sdc2c01hqci7bg82tqsi3
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 +RetroPie for Raspberry Pi:
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 +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).
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 +__**https://github.com/hkzcplayer/hellosample/archive/V1.1.zip**__
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 +===== Which type of rom files can I run? =====
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 +Every Retro platforms use specified file extensions
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 +  * **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
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 +===== Why it needs SD card? =====
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 +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.
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 +===== How to make a new SD card? =====
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 +The first time you want install a new empty SD card, please follow these steps:
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 +1.Check your SD card, backup your SD card.
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 +2. Format the SD card in FAT32
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 +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.
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 +4.The machine will generate some folders in SD card.
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 +{{:model_s:untitled_1.png?400|}}
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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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 +{{:model_s:untitled_2.png?400|}}
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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”.
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 +7.Safety eject you USB card reader, remount the SD card to TRIMUI Model S device and browse to SETTINGS, select refresh roms.
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 +===== Can I use SD card contents from other game console? =====
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 +The Answer is YES.
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 +TRIMUI System supports many other SD contents made for popular distributions.
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 +Just like: \\ 
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 + **RecalBox**,  (Open Source Boards/ OrangePI/Odroid) \\ 
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 + **RetroPie**,  (Raspberry Pi) \\ 
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 + **LAKKA**,    (PSV/NSwitch/Other TV boxes) \\ 
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 + **Libreelec**,  (TV boxes) \\ 
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 + **OpenDingux/Gmenu2X**   (Handheld console, Dingo/RG350/Bittboy ) \\ 
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 +You can easily copy the SD contents from other SD cards from these machines, and plug into TRIMUI Model S, refresh roms and run.
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 +===== I have copy contents into SD card, but I can see nothing in RetroGame. =====
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 +  - Please try Refresh roms in SETTINGS
 +  - Please check SD card format fat32
 +  - Sometimes he SD card had unknown partitions, you can try Fat32Formatter software.
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