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Setup a DogsLife Memory Stick
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Four easy steps, and you can
be running DogsLife!
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- Get a memstick! Obtain a pink
programmable memory
stick (8 or 16 MByte).
Purple, blue & white ones lack AIBO copy protection and won't
work.
AiboLife, HelloAibo, and other Sony Aiboware sticks won't work either
(RCode requires the unique copy protection of a programmable
memstick). Don't have one? Click
here for info on memsticks & readers.
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- Download DogsLife! Download the
DogsLife image zip-file
matching your AIBO. Save it to your PC someplace (such as
the desktop -- not on the memory stick however).
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- Unzip DogsLife! Unzip DogsLife onto the
memory stick, using WinZip
or similar program.
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- Try it out!!! Insert the memory
stick into AIBO, hit
the power button, and Enjoy!
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- Optional Language Files: Download alternate
language files (German/French/etc...) from AiboPet's RCode-Plus
webpage. Unzip the language files over DogsLife, already
on the memory stick.
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- Optionally Copy Name to DogsLife: DogsLife
supports built-in name registration. However, copying the name
registered on another memstick is possible (from DogsLife, Aibo-Life,
Hello-Aibo, etc). Open memory
stick in browser, go into CUSTOM directory. Run the "NAME_ME"
program, and follow instructions.
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| Problems? No response, no
voice recognition,
etc... Sometimes memory sticks have left-over files,
corrupted file systems, or
corrupted copy protection. AIBO's occasionally flub things and
damage
memory stick file systems. Here are a few things to try: |
- Programmable Memory Sticks. Sony
Aiboware
sticks such as Hello Aibo, Aibo Life, Recognition, etc... have
different encrypted copy protection and don't work. Click
here for info.
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- Install DogsLife. Simply copying the
download ZIP onto a memory stick won't work. You must use an
unzip program, such as WinZip, to
decompress DogsLife onto the memory stick.
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- Wait 30 Seconds after Startup. It
is normal for AIBO to take several seconds before anything happens,
after the startup song stops. DogsLife is big, and takes
AIBO a moment to initialize. If no movement occurs after a
minute, then something is probably wrong.
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- Delete & Reinstall. Remove all files
& all folders from the memstick, reinstall DogsLife and try again.
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- Try Another Memstick. If you have
another
programmable memory stick, try using that (to eliminate corrupt copy
protection as the
cause).
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- Run ScanDisk. Scandisk can fix certain
memory stick file-system problems. If repairs were made,
again delete
everything from the memstick and reinstall DogsLife.
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- QUICK format. If Scandisk cannot repair
the memstick, it's time to Quick format.
Right click on the memory stick (in Windows Explorer), select "Format",
then enable the "Quick Format"
checkbox. Alternatively, use "FORMAT /Q M:" from a command
prompt
(replace M: with drive letter of your memstick).
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- If you own a Sony Clie, you should checkout StikZip from
Aibopet which can repair damaged sticks. You might want to
consider buying a use Clie off ebay.
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- DO NOT Unconditionally Format,
except as an absolute last
resort. If you've decided to throw away the memstick & buy
another, then you have nothing to lose. Unconditional
formats can erase or damage the copy protection -- especially on
non-Sony
memstick readers. To unconditionally format, right click on
the
memstick (in Windows Explorer), select "Format", and make sure "Quick
Format" is off.
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- Nothing Helps... :-(
If nothing helped,
the encrypted copy protection on your programmable memory stick is
likely corrupted. If you own a Sony Clie, you should checkout StikZip from
Aibopet which can repair damaged sticks. Otherwise, you'll need a
new one. I've only
heard of corruption happening with non-Sony memstick
readers. Consider
buying a Sony reader -- they arn't expensive if they avoid damaging the
discontinued & rare
memory stick's!
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