DataMAX for PS3®
User Manual
V1.0
IMPORTANT!
You must follow the steps in this manual before you
can use your third-party 8, 16, 32 or 64MB memory
card with your PlayStation®3.
Index
1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
2.a. Pack Contents
2.b. System Requirements
2.c. Installing the DataMAX PC Application
2.d Connecting the DataMAX Memory Card Adapter to your PC
3. Preparing Memory Cards for use on your PlayStation®3
Step 1 – Back Up your Memory Card
Step 2 – Select Saves for your First 8MB Virtual Memory Card
Step 3 – Export your First Set of Saves to your First 8MB Virtual Memory
Card
Step 4 – Import the Memory Card to your PS3
Step 5 – Repeat for the Remaining Saves in your Original Back-Up
4. Using your Virtual Memory Cards in your PS2® Games.
5. Troubleshooting FAQ
6. Technical Support & Customer Services
1. Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Datel’s DataMAX, the universal PS2® memory
card adapter for PlayStation
®3.
DataMAX is designed to allow users of third-party memory cards, such as Datel’s
MAX Memory 8, 16, 32 & 64MB, to prepare their cards for compatibility with the
PlayStation
®3 console.
Once prepared, data from memory cards of all sizes can be copied to the virtual
memory card system on the PS3® console, meaning all your hard-won game saves
are available for use with PS2® games on your PS3®.
2. Getting Started
Because the PlayStation
®3 console has been designed to understand only 8MB
memory cards, users of all larger-sized cards must to use DataMAX’s special PCbased memory card utility to reorganize your memory cards into 8MB-sized virtual
cards before their contents can be copied to the PS3®.
This reorganization is very simple and quick to do, and also means you can save
copies of your memory cards on your PC for ultra-safe keeping. To use the
application, first install and configure it on your PC by following the simple steps in
this section.
2.a. Pack Contents
Before getting started, please make sure your DataMAX product isn’t missing any
parts by checking your pack contents against the following list:
• 1 x High Speed USB to Mini USB lead.
• 1 x DataMAX memory card adapter unit.
• 1 x DataMAX memory card utility PC application CD ROM.
• 1 x User Manual
If anything is missing, please contact your local Datel Customer Services department
(see end of manual).
2.b. System Requirements
In order to run the DataMAX memory card utility, you need a PC that meets the
following minimum system requirements:
Operating
System
Windows 2000, XP Home/XP Pro.
Hard Drive 5MB free hard drive space for installation.
Additional space required for memory card
back-ups and processing.
Memory 256MB RAM.
Connectivity One free USB port.
2.c. Installing the DataMAX PC Application
To install the DataMAX memory card utility on your PC, insert the DataMAX CD ROM
into your computer. If you have autorun enabled, the installation automatically starts.
If not, navigate to the CD ROM and double-click the setup.exe file.
Follow the on-screen prompts through the installation until the set-up is complete.
You have a DataMAX program icon added to your desktop (if selected during set-up)
and a new program folder on your Start menu.
Leave the CD ROM in your CD drive ready for driver installation.
2.d Connecting the DataMAX Memory Card Adapter to your
PC
Once you’ve installed the DataMAX software, it’s now time to connect the unit to your
PC using the USB to Mini USB lead supplied. Connect the large USB connector on
the USB lead to a free USB port on your PC, and the other end to the socket on the
DataMAX memory card adapter.
When you first connect the adapter, Windows detects the new hardware and asks
you to install the necessary drivers. When prompted, direct Windows to the
DataMAX installation CD. The drivers are located in the root directory of the CD.
Once the driver installation is complete, you’re ready to use your DataMAX.
3. Preparing Memory Cards for use on Your
PlayStation
®3
8MB SONY memory cards and 8MB third party memory cards such as Datel’s MAX
Memory can be used with DataMAX without the need for preparation using the
DataMAX PC utility.
If you’re using an 8MB memory card, skip to Step Four in this section.
Larger memory cards, like 16, 32, and 64MB memory cards, need to be reorganized
into 8MB-sized virtual memory cards before they can be understood by the PS3®.
To perform the simple virtual memory card preparation, first launch the DataMAX PC
utility and follow the steps below.
Step 1 – Back Up Your Memory Card
Connect your memory card to the DataMAX memory card adapter and wait a couple
of seconds whilst the card is recognized and its contents read. When complete, the
contents of the cards are displayed in the main window.
It’s important that at this stage you back up the contents of this memory card to a
binary file stored on your PC. It’s from this back-up you create smaller virtual 8MB
memory cards the PS3® can understand.
Click the ‘Back Up Memcard’ button on the DataMAX interface. Backing up a full 16,
32 or 64MB memory card takes several minutes. The current status of the back-up is
shown by the progress bar at the bottom of the DataMAX application.
Once complete, you’re asked to choose a name for the back-up file. It’s suggested
you call this first back-up something like “original_32.bin” to remind yourself this is
the original memory card from which the smaller cards will be made. The ‘32’ is a
reminder that the original card was a 32MB (substitute 32 for 16, 64 etc).
Tip: You can keep this back-up on your PC indefinitely. It can be restored to your
memory card (the card must be the same size as the card the back-up was created
from) at any time.
For extra peace of mind, copy the back-up to another location on your PC so you
can never accidentally modify or delete it when using it with DataMAX.
Step 2 – Select Saves for your First 8MB Virtual Memory Card
After you’ve backed up your 16, 32 or 64MB memory card, the contents of that card
(ie. all your saves) is shown in the main window of the DataMAX application.
You now need to choose which of the saves from the original 16, 32 or 64MB
memory card will go onto your first 8MB virtual memory card image.
Obviously, not all saves from a full 16MB or larger memory card will fit on an 8MB
memory card, so you need to select only up to 8MB-worth of saves. Use
CTRL+Click to add save files to your selection, keeping an eye on the bar at the
bottom of the application. This shows you how much space would be left on your
virtual 8MB memory card if you added the currently selected files. You can also use
SHIFT+Click to select multiple files, just like in any Windows file dialogue.
IMPORTANT: When choosing files, be careful not to split saves for the same game.
Some games create a number of save files on your memory card, which all need to
be present for the save to work. These should be apparent from save names that
are similar.
Be sure to make a note of which files you include on this first 8MB virtual memory
card so you know you don’t need to include them on subsequent virtual memory
cards.
Step 3 - Export your First Set of Saves to your First 8MB Virtual
Memory Card
Now you’ve selected less than 8MB of saves for your first virtual memory card, click
the ‘Export Files to Memcard’ button. When prompted, give the memory card a name
like 8MB_virtual1.bin. This file is saved to your hard drive, and then the files are
written back to your physical memory card. Writing the files to your memory card
takes several minutes. Progress is displayed by the bar at the bottom of the
application.
The memory card now appears to the PS3® (or a PS2®, for that matter) to be an
8MB memory card. The PS3® can now import its contents as a virtual memory card
for use in your PS2® games.
Step 4 – Import the Memory Card to your PS3®
Disconnect the DataMAX unit from your PC, and connect it to your PS3® using a
free USB port on your console.
Boot your PS3® and choose ‘Game’ from the browser menu. Choose ‘Memory Card
Utility (PS/PS2)’ and then ‘Memory Card (PS2)’. When prompted, choose ‘Yes’ to
begin the back-up, whereupon you’re asked to enter a name for the virtual memory
card. Enter any name you like, and then choose to proceed. A progress bar displays
the status of the copy.
Once complete, you’ve created your first virtual memory card on your PS3®!
Step 5 – Repeat for the Remaining Saves in your Original Backup
Once you have imported the first 8MB’s worth of game saves onto your PS3®, you
need to repeat Steps Three and Four for the remaining saves in your original back-up.
Disconnect the DataMAX from your PS3® and connect it to your PC again. In the
DataMAX software, click on the ‘Load Memcard File’ button and choose to load the
original back-up you created in Step One.
Select another batch of less than 8MB’s worth of game saves (being sure not to split
dependent files as before) and when you’re ready click the ‘Export Files to Memcard’
button.
Repeat this process until you’ve transferred all your game saves into virtual memory
cards on your PS3 console. If you started with a full 64MB memory card, you need
to perform this process at least eight times.
4. Using your Virtual Memory Cards in your PS2®
Games.
Once you’ve copied saves from your PS2® memory cards to virtual memory cards on
your PS3®, you can access these virtual memory cards to load old saves and make
new saves from within your PS2® games.
If you require more information on making and loading saves in PS2 games on your
PS3, please see the documentation that came with your games and the PS3®
console.
5. Troubleshooting FAQ
Q. Can I use DataMAX with my original SONY PS2 memory cards?
Yes, certainly. The DataMAX memory card adapter is fully compatible with original
SONY memory cards.
The DataMAX PC software, however, is not designed to be compatible with original
SONY PS2® memory cards as 8MB memory cards do not need to be prepared for
use on the PS3® and can be imported directly. Simply connect your SONY PS2®
memory card to your DataMAX adapter and follow the steps in Section Three, Step
Four.
Q. Can I use DataMAX with my PS1 memory cards?
No. DataMAX is designed specifically for maximum compatibility with PS2® memory
cards, it is not intended for use with PS1 memory cards.
Q. DataMAX doesn’t recognize my Datel MAX Memory card. What’s wrong?
A very small number of Datel MAX Memory cards use hardware that’s incompatible
with DataMAX, and therefore will not be detected by the hardware. If you find your
memory card is not recognized by the DataMAX PC application, try copying the
saves to an alternative memory card in order to transfer them with DataMAX.
6. Technical Support & Customer Services
Before contacting Datel’s customer service department, please ensure that you have
read through and understood the information in this manual.
Please ensure that you have information on when and where you purchased this
product to hand.
DATEL CUSTOMER SERVICES EUROPE:
Customers Services,
Datel Ltd,
Stafford Road,
Stone,
STAFFS
ST15 0DG
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: support@datel.co.uk
Web: www.codejunkies.com
DATEL CUSTOMER SERVICES USA:
ATTN: Customer Services,
Datel Design & Development Inc,
33 North Garden Avenue,
Suite 900, Clearwater, FL 33755
Email: support@dateldesign.com
Customer service knowledgebase: www.datelcustomerservice.com
Main website: www.codejunkies.com
© 2007 Datel Design & Development Ltd. DataMAX is a trademark of Datel Design
and Development Ltd.
DataMAX is a 100% unofficial product and is NOT sponsored, endorsed or approved
by SONY, nor any games developer or publisher.
PLAYSTATION, PS2 and PS3 are registered trademarks or trademarks of SONY in
the United States and/or other countries.
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