Philips SGC2909BB manual

SGC2909 User manual EN[...]

2 EN Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pr oduct Featur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

EN 3 EN IMPOR T ANT: Befor e using this pr oduct please r ead y our PC/MA C system instruction man ual for saf ety and other information. Intr oduction Con gr atu la tio ns on p ur c ha sin g the A R et rac ta ble P C C on tr o ll er f or us e w it h p er son al co mp ute rs . R etr ac tab le con ne cti on ca bl e, k e yb oa r d/m ou se em ul at io[...]

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

EN 5 EN Note: The D-pad functions as a PO V hat for most software 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 through the T est Page found in the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller properties. Enter & Esc Buttons These two buttons will fun[...]

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 Contr oller’ s USB connector to one of the USB ports on your PC. The SGC2909 should be connected to a USB port directl y on the PC. 3. Win do ws[...]

EN 7 EN 6. Once initialization has nished, the ‘SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller’ Install Wizar d screen will a ppear . 7. After reading the notice, press the ‘NEXT’ button to begin the software installation. Y ou should now see the follo wing screen indicating that the softwar e is being installed on your system. Installation[...]

8 EN Note: During installation on Windows XP and 2000 the follo wing digital signatur e message ma y appear . The message will read that the “Philips Contr oller 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 [...]

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 y our 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 installat[...]

10 EN 2. If you pr eviously installed the SGC2909 softwar e on y our PC the following Windows pr ompt 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l[...]

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

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 . Move the left ana - log stick to test the vibration of the left and right motor . Note: The ‘ABOUT P A GE’ displa ys information r egarding the Retractable PC Contr oller and the version number of the installed driv er . 10. Once all test[...]

14 EN Pr ole Editor Mouse and K ey Pr ole Editor Software What is the Pr ole Editor Softwar e? The Pr ole Editor is a pr ogram that allows y ou to customize y our SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller for PC games that do not support USB game controllers. It can program k eyboar d k eys and mouse mo v ement to the SGC2909, allowing you to [...]

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 ke yboard k ey to an y of the SGC2909’ s buttons and d-pad directionals. Y ou can assign mouse mov ement to the left or/and right analog stick. 3. T o pr ogram a contr oller [...]

16 EN 4. When you click on a button label a pop-up men u will appear with thr ee available 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 eyboar d 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 controller is automaticall y pr ogrammed. 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 abo ve 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 v e your pr ole for a use at a later date. a. Clickin[...]

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

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 move per second. The left of the slider will cause the velocity[...]

22 EN Uninstall thr ough Retractable PC Contr oller Software 1. Dur in g i ns tal la tio n of th e S GC 290 9 sof tw ar e a fo ld er wa s c r ea te d i n y ou r s ys tem ’ s pr ogra m le s dir ecto ry . Th e def au lt lo cat io n o f the f older i s “C :P r ogra m F il es Ph ili ps SG C2 909 R etr ac tab le PC C ont r oller ”. A s ho rt[...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 23 EN Installation Installation pr ocedur e for users of Windo ws Vista T o pr operly install y our SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller , the controller must be connected to y our USB port rst. Once Windows Vista has properly loaded the HID (human interface de vice) driver for 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 y our PC befor e beginning softwar e instal- lation under Windows Vista. 2. Close down all pr ograms that are curr ently 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 wind[...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 25 EN 4. Y ou will see the screen belo w . Click on Allow . 5. Once initialization has nished, the SGC2909 Retractable PC Controller’ Install Wizard scr een will appear . 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 a ppear and ask you to disconnect the contr oller . Once you ha ve disconnected the SGC2909, you should click the ‘OK’ but - ton. If the message reappears y ou should wait several seconds and then click the ‘OK’ button. Some P[...]

EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 27 EN 3. Click on allow button to launch the uninstaller . 4. Y ou ha v e three selections a vailable. Automatic will automatically uninstall the the Wireless PC Contr oller software. Custom will allow you to choose which modications to mak e during uninstall. Repair will allow you to r einstall the software if original [...]

28 EN Vista 32 Ad dendum 2. Click on Allow button. The SGC2909 Retractable PC Controller Uninstaller’ will start. 3. Y ou ha v e three selections a vailable. Automatic will automatically uninstall the the Wireless PC Contr oller software. Custom will allow you to choose which modications to mak e during uninstall. Repair will allow you to r ei[...]

EN 29 EN Apple Mac Instructions and Setup Mac System Requir ements • Mac computer with a G3 or later processor • Mac OS 9.2 or later , Mac OS X 10.2 or later • InputSprock et 1.7 games or higher for Mac OS. 9.2 • Game with HID Peripheral Support for Mac OS X 10.2 • USB por t • 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 pr oblems using the SGC2909 Retractable PC Contr oller on your Mac, please contact Apple to ensure y our computer meets the minimum r equir ements. If you ar e experiencing pr oblems in a particular game , please contact the game manufa[...]

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 retracting the connection cable. W ait sev eral seconds and the Retractable PC Contr oller should automatically r econnect. If this doesn’ t work tr y unplugging the USB connector and[...]

32 EN • If y ou r sof tw ar e ti tl e fr ee ze s or ha ng s up du e to ex te nd in g or r et rac ti ng t he ca bl e yo u wi ll n eed t o try t he f oll ow i ng . a. W ait sev eral seconds and the Retractable PC Controller should automatically r econnect. If this doesn’ t work try unplugging the USB connector from y our Mac and then reconnecting[...]

EN 33 EN Answ er 4 V erify that the SGC2909 is properl y installed Y ou can conrm that the SGC2909 was properl y installed by checking y our device manager . Use the following steps to access your de vice manager . Make sur e 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 pr ocess it asks me for 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 support USB controllers. Y ou will need to con - gure the SGC2909 to the game. The pr ocedure f or doing this varies fr om game to game. Y ou need to consult the game’ s instruction manu[...]

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 vir onment. There is no wa y to get an MS-DOS game to r ecognize a USB device. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Qu[...]

EN 37 EN Pr ole Editor Softwar e Questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question I r ec eiv e d a “ C an ’ t co nn ec t t o SG C29 09 R et ra cta bl e PC Co nt r o ll er Co nt r ol le r! ” wh en I cl ick o n th e SGC 29 09 ic on . Answ er The SGC2909 is not con[...]

38 EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question The SGC2909’ s analog sticks pro vide 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 Slide[...]

EN 39 EN 1. In Windows XP and 2000, right click on the “My Computer” icon on your desktop and then click on “Pr op- 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 des[...]

40 EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question When I use the Pr ole Editor , m y SGC2909 does not vibrate with m y PC game . Answ er Most k eyboar d and mouse only 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 thr ough either of the following 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 y our pr oblem to: Email: accessor ysuppor t@philips.com FCC[...]

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