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Max Media Dock for DS Lite | 
| From: Datel
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $32.99
New (3) from $32.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 6135
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Media: Video Game
UPC: 897459000657
EAN: 0897459000657
ASIN: B000H1FE12
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A bit underwhelming May 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Max Media Dock isn't quite so popular anymore, but I decided to dust mine back off to take a new look at it.
The Pros: A quick Google of DLDI or Drunkencoders will get you the proper DLDI driver for this product. Using this driver, homebrew program authors have essentially cracked the device, giving it compatibility similar to most other slot-2 (GBA slot) devices. With some minor workarounds (most of which are now documented), this device can run DS Linux, DS Organize, nesDS, Bunjalloo, and many other programs. Compact flash memory is very inexpensive. The Max Media Dock includes a no-pass card, which is normally another $15-20.
The Cons: Unlike nearly EVERY OTHER Slot-2 device on the market, the MMD (Max Media Dock) does not give you extra memory to be used as RAM. Because of this, many programs (DS Linux, SNESDS, Bunjalloo) will run very slowly, and you won't be able to use all features. Those who wish to run backups of their DS games without the cartridge will be sorely disappointed, as the workaround for getting ROM dumps to work is pointlessly time consuming and doesn't work for many games. The nopass device (Max Media Card) must be present in the DS-Slot, even if you've flashed or altered your firmware. The device is huge and heavy, weighing down the (in my opinion) already heavy system. Homebrew compatibility is still lower than many other devices because Datel didn't really make this for homebrew games. The MMD drains batteries because a card must be present in slot 1 and slot 2. The MMD does not interface with any slot-1 solutions such as the R4. Datel has essentially dropped support for the product, squashing hopes of firmware updates or bugfixes. The pre-packaged OS for the device is confusing and nothing like how the manual or Datel's website described it. To change CF cards, you must take the dock apart. The pins on the dock are longer than the holes in the CF card, and pushing or jiggling the card can corrupt, erase, or simply destroy it. The Dock + homebrew doesn't work with all compact flash cards.
If you just want something to listen to mp3s or watch movies on your DS, this may be your cheapest solution, especially since any retail store still carrying this will sell it for $5-15. However, if you want a device to play homebrew games or copies of your licensed games, I recommend a Slot-2 card with onboard RAM (such as the CycloDS-SD) or (if you want to drop over $100 for the sake of perfect compatibility) a combination Slot 1 and 2 solution (such as the R4 + M3).
Works great once you get it working.... September 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this about two days ago from the local GameStop where I work. It's easy enough getting music and movies to work on it (simply convert files, the drag and drop them into the folders), but getting homebrew games to work was more difficult than I expected. Apparently, this particular drive is notorious for not having the proper support for homebrew games right out of the box; however, with a little help from online forums, I was able to locate the DLDI file necessary to make games compatible with this media dock (many websites offer free downloads of the necessary files and patching tools). Once the games were treated with the compatibility patch, most (but not all) of them worked. Sometimes games will freeze up or music playback quality can be grainy, but all in all it's still a nice addition to the Nintendo DS accessory list.
 The Max Media Dock August 20, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I got a Max Media Dock a bit after it came out. I suggest that you should get the one that comes with the 2 GB card because Its hard to find a cheap CF card. I had to wait a month or two to find a cheap one. But it was worth the wait because I have all my music on it already. I suggest this to anyone who loves music
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