Philips SGC2909 manual

SGC2909 User manual EN[...]

2 EN I n t r o d u c t i o n ......................................................... 3 S y s t e m R e q u i r e m e n t s ................................................. 3 P r o d u c t F e a t u r e s ..................................................... 3 C o n t r o l l e r D i a g r a m ................................................... 4[...]

EN 3 EN IMPOR T ANT: Bef ore using this pr oduct please read y our PC/MA C system instruction manual for saf ety and other information. Intr oduction Con grat ulat ions on pur cha sing the A R etra ctab le P C Co ntr oll er f or use with per sona l co mput ers. Retr acta ble con nect ion cabl e, k ey boar d/mou se e mul atio n so ftwa re (Pr ole[...]

4 EN Contr oller Diagram Button Descriptions • Directional pad - Repr esents UP , DO WN, LEFT , RIGHT and f our diagonals. Directional Pad will function as a PO V (P oint of View) hat during analog mode. • Buttons “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” are default r e buttons and are all digital in natur e . • Left and right analog sticks [...]

EN 5 EN Note: The D-pad functions as a PO V hat for most softwar e titles, but ma y operate differentl y depending on the design of each individual game. Y ou can also congure the D-pad to contr ol the X and Y axis thr ough the T est Page found in the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller properties. Enter & Esc Buttons These two buttons will f[...]

6 EN Contr oller installation for users of Windo ws 1. Pull the retracting extension cable to desir ed pla y length 2. With your computer turned on and Windows running, connect the SGC2909 Retractable PC Controller’ s USB connector to one of the USB ports on your PC. The SGC2909 should be connected to a USB por t directl y on the PC . 3. Win dow [...]

EN 7 EN 6. Once initialization has nished, the ‘SGC2909 Retractable PC Controller’ Install Wizard scr een will appear . 7. After reading the notice, press the ‘NEXT’ button to begin the software installation. Y ou should now see the following scr een indicating that the software is being installed on y our system. Installation[...]

8 EN Note: During installation on Windows XP and 2000 the follo wing digital signature message ma y appear . The message will read that the “Philips Controller has not passed Windows Logo testing”. Please click “Con- tinue Anywa y” or “Y es” to continue with the installation. 8. In Windows XP and Windows 2000, the SGC2909 Retractable PC[...]

EN 9 EN 10. Y ou can now click the ‘FINISH’ button at the following scr een to complete the installation. 11. Once installation is complete you can r econnect the SGC2909 to your PC’ s USB por t. Windows ma y pr ompt you to r estar t your PC. If this occurs please select ‘YES’. Installation Notes 1. Y ou can abor t the software installati[...]

10 EN 2. If you pr eviousl y installed the SGC2909 software on y our PC the following Windows prompt ma y appear . This pr ompt will only appear if y ou selected to backup proles during a pr evious SGC2909 softwar e unin - stall. If you click ‘Y es’ the backup pr oles will be automatically loaded. If you click ‘No’ the backup prole[...]

EN 11 EN 5. Highlight “Philips Retractable PC Contr oller” by clicking on it. Then click on ‘PR OPER TIES’ button to open the Philips Retractable PC Contr oller Properties Window . 6. The Retractable PC Contr oller Properties consists of four pages for testing all the functions of the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller . 7. ‘TEST P AGE’[...]

12 EN 8. The ‘C ALBRA TION P A GE’ is used to calibrate the analog sticks. This page is only used if y ou experience mis - aligned ax es or erratic, shaky response of the analog sticks on the ‘TEST P A GE’. Click the ‘SET’ button and follow the onscr een instructions. Pr oper ties[...]

EN 13 EN 9. The ‘EFFECT P A GE’ is used to verify that the vibration motors ar e functioning properly . Mov e the left ana - log stick to test the vibration of the left and right motor . Note: The ‘ABOUT P A GE’ displays inf ormation regar ding the Retractable PC Controller and the v ersion number of the installed driv er . 10. Once all tes[...]

14 EN Pr ole Editor Mouse and K e y Prole Editor Softwar e What is the Pr ole Editor Software? The Pr ole Editor is a program that allows y ou to customize your SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller for PC games that do not support USB game controllers. It can program k eyboar d ke ys and mouse mov ement to the SGC2909, allowing y ou to us[...]

EN 15 EN 2. Y ou should now see the main menu of the Pr ole Editor . In the main menu you can assign k eyboard k eys and mouse mov ement to the SGC2909. Y ou can assign a k eyboar d ke y to any of the SGC2909’ s buttons and d-pad directionals. Y ou can assign mouse movement to the left or/and right analog stick. 3. T o pr ogram a controller bu[...]

16 EN 4. When you click on a button label a pop-up men u will appear with three a vailable options; Assign a ke y , Mouse Left Button, and Mouse Right Button. Each option will be described below . Y ou select the desired option by clicking on it. a. Assign a k ey … - This option is used to assign any k eyboard k ey to the highlighted contr oller [...]

EN 17 EN d. Mouse Left Button – This option allows you to assign the mouse’ s left button to the highlighted button. Once selected, the contr oller is automatically programmed. In our example below , the left mouse but - ton has been assigned to the d-pad right dir ectional. e. Mouse Right Button – This option allows you to assign the mouse?[...]

18 EN f. Y ou can repeat the steps described abov e to pr ogram all the buttons of the controller . Programming the d-pad is the same as pr ogramming buttons. 5. Mouse mov ement can be assigned to the Left or/and Right analog sticks. Mouse mov ement is the only option that can be assigned to the analog sticks. Mouse movement can be assigned to one [...]

EN 19 EN Note: Y ou must press the mouse button to activate the mouse mo vement mode. Please verify that the blue mouse LED is turned on. If it is not, then mouse mov ement will not be activated. 6. SA VE button – Once you ha ve nished pr ogramming you should click the SA VE button to sa ve y our prole for a use at a later date. a. Clicking[...]

20 EN 7. LO AD button – The LO AD button is used to load a pr eviously sa v ed prole. a. Clicking the LO AD button will bring up the following windo w . Select the desired pr ole you wish to load by clicking on it. Once the prole has been highlighted, you can click the open button. Note: Befor e pla ying your game y ou will need to load [...]

EN 21 EN a. V elocity – Y ou can adjust velocity by dragging the slider with y our mouse’ s left button. The velocity set - ting adjusts how fast the mouse cursor will mov e when you use the SGC2909’ s analog stick. This setting adjusts the number of pix els the mouse cursor will mov e per second. The left of the slider will cause the velocit[...]

22 EN Uninstall thr ough Retractable PC Contr oller Software 1. Dur ing inst alla tion of the SGC2 909 soft war e a fo lder was cr eat ed in y our syst em’ s p r ogra m le s di re ctory . The def ault loc atio n of the fo lder is “C: Pr ogram Fil esP hili psS GC29 09 R etra ctab le P C Co ntr oll er”. A sh ortcut to the Phi lips Ret rac[...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 23 EN Installation Installation pr ocedure f or users of Windo ws Vista T o pr operly install your SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller , the controller m ust be connected to your USB port rst. Once Windows Vista has properly loaded the HID (human interface de vice) driver f or the SGC2909 you can begin softwar e installation[...]

24 EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 1. The SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller should be connected to your PC befor e beginning software instal- lation under Windows Vista. 2. Close down all pr ograms that are cur rently running on y our computer . 3. Place the SGC2909 software CD into y our CD-R OM drive. If you ha ve auto pla y enabled, the auto pla y window[...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 25 EN 4. Y ou will see the screen below . Click on Allow . 5. Once initialization has nished, the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller’ Install Wizard screen will a ppear . 6. After reading the notice, press the ‘NEXT’ button to begin the software installation. Y ou should now see the screen indicating that the softwar [...]

26 EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 9. When the PC detects the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller , the following message will appear and ask you to disconnect the contr oller . Once y ou ha ve disconnected the SGC2909, you should click the ‘OK’ but - ton. If the message rea ppears you should wait se veral seconds and then click the ‘OK’ button. Some [...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 27 EN 3. Click on allow button to launch the uninstaller . 4. Y ou ha ve thr ee selections available. Automatic will automatically uninstall the the Wireless PC Contr oller software. Custom will allow y ou to choose which modications to make during uninstall. Repair will allow you to r einstall the software if original l[...]

28 EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 2. Click on Allow button. The SGC2909 Retractable PC Controller Uninstaller’ will start. 3. Y ou ha ve thr ee selections available. Automatic will automatically uninstall the the Wireless PC Contr oller software. Custom will allow y ou to choose which modications to make during uninstall. Repair will allow you to r ein[...]

EN 29 EN Apple Mac Instructions and Setup Mac System Requir ements • Mac computer with a G3 or later pr ocessor • Mac OS 9.2 or later , Mac OS X 10.2 or later • InputSpr ocket 1.7 games or higher f or Mac OS. 9.2 • Game with HID P eripheral Suppor t for Mac OS X 10.2 • USB port • Vibration feedback not supported in Mac Note: Enter , Esc[...]

30 EN If the device is not listed in the USB tr ee , it is not being detected. If you ar e experiencing detection problems using the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller on your Mac, please contact Apple to ensure y our computer meets the minimum r equirements. If you ar e experiencing problems in a particular game , please contact the game manufactu[...]

EN 31 EN • If the software title stops r esponding to the Retractable PC Contr oller , this indicates that the connection ma y ha ve been lost due to extending or r etracting the connection cable . W ait sev eral seconds and the Retractable PC Contr oller should automatically reconnect. If this doesn’ t work try unplugging the USB connector and[...]

32 EN • If y ou r so ft wa r e ti tl e fr eez es o r ha ng s up d ue t o ex te nd in g or r et ra ct in g the c ab le y ou w il l ne ed t o try th e f ol lo wi ng . a. W ait sev eral seconds and the Retractable PC Controller should automaticall y reconnect. If this doesn’t work try unplugging the USB connector from y our Mac and then reconnecti[...]

EN 33 EN Answ er 4 V erify that the SGC2909 is pr operly installed Y ou can conrm that the SGC2909 was properl y installed by checking your de vice manager . Use the following steps to access your de vice manager . Mak e sure the SGC2909 is connected to a USB port. 1. In Windows XP and 2000, right click on the “My Computer” icon on your desk[...]

34 EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question When I plug m y SGC2909 in and Windows runs thr ough the detection process it asks me f or m y Windows CD . I do not ha ve a Windows CD as it was not supplied with m y computer so what do I do? Answ er 1 Check and verify that [...]

EN 35 EN Answ er 2 The PC game supports USB controllers but the contr oller still doesn’ t work. The SGC2909 will not automatically w ork with PC games that suppor t USB contr ollers. Y ou will need to con - gure the SGC2909 to the game. The pr ocedure for doing this varies fr om game to game. Y ou need to consult the game’ s instruction man[...]

36 EN Question My SGC2909 does not work in m y MS-DOS based game . Answ er USB Devices do not function in MS-DOS USB devices do not function under the MS-DOS en vironment. There is no wa y to get an MS-DOS game to recognize a USB de vice . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Q[...]

EN 37 EN Pr ole Editor Software Questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question I r ec ei v ed a “C an ’ t co nne ct t o SG C2 90 9 Re tr ac ta bl e PC C on tr ol le r Co nt r ol le r! ” wh en I c li ck o n th e SG C2 90 9 ic on . Answ er The SGC2909 is not con[...]

38 EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question The SGC2909’ s analog sticks provide poor contr ol when mouse mov ement is assigned to the analog sticks. The mouse cursor mov es too slow , too rapidly , or erratically . Answ er Adjust the V elocity and Acceleration Slider[...]

EN 39 EN 1. In Windows XP and 2000, right click on the “My Computer” icon on your desktop and then click on “Prop- erties”. Y ou should now see the “System Properties” window . Click on the “Hardware” tab and then click on the “Device Manager” button. In Windows ME and 98SE, right click on the “My Computer” icon on your desk[...]

40 EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question When I use the Pr ole Editor , my SGC2909 does not vibrate with m y PC game . Answ er Most k eyboard and mouse onl y PC games do not suppor t vibration feedback. Unfortunately , most games that only support the mouse and k [...]

EN 41 EN If you r equire further assistance with your Retractable PC Contr oller , please contact T ech Ser vice department through either of the follo wing means: T echnical Suppor t For T echnical Suppor t send an email with the model number of the pr oduct and a detailed description of your pr oblem to: Email: accessor ysupport@philips.com FCC W[...]

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