Samsung 26-446 User Manual
Cat. No.
26-446
8 Fire Button Digital/Analog
Gamepad
Your RadioShack 8 Fire Button Digital/Analog
Gamepad lets you take control of the latest
MS-DOS
The gamepad’s advanced features include:
Analog/Digital Control
tween analog and digital control for different
types of games. Analog control provides better
response for driving and flight simulation
games, while digital control provides better
performance for action and fighting games.
Analog Throttle
throttle functions in many driving and flight
simulation games.
Dual Triggers and 6 Control Buttons
you the flexibility you need to pl ay games with
multiple controls. You can disable individual
pairs of control button s, lett ing you u se an a dditional gamepad or joy stick in some 2-play er
games.
and Windows computer games!
— lets you switch be-
— lets you easily control
— give
designed to run two 2-button joysticks or
gamepads at the same time using a Yconnector).
• Make sure you have only one game card
(such as a sound card or multi I/O card
with a built-in game port) enabled at once.
If you have mult iple game car ds enabled,
they might conflict with one another, causing your gamepad to operate err atically. If
you have a dedicated game card, you
must disable your sound card’s or multi
I/O card’s game port. Check yo ur comp uter’s documentation or contact your computer dealer for more information, if
necessary.
• You must have Direct X
®
5.0 or above installed on your comp uter to properly test
the gamepad with the included driver. If
necessary, you can download DirectX at
www.microsoft.com/directx/default.asp
Software
— You can use your gamepad with
.
any PC-compatible software that supports a
gamepad.
Analog Joystick
— allows precise co ntrol in
an almost infinite number of directions.
Thumb-Control Pad
— allows precise control
in eight directions.
Independent/Automatic Fire Selectors
— let
you fire a continuous or single high-speed
blast from one button while manually controlling the others.
COMPATIBILITY
Hardware
and compatible P Cs equipped with a joystick
port, using the industry-standard 15-pin D subminiature connector. Joystick ports are also
available on game cards and enhanced sound
cards.
Important Notes:
• To take advantage of all of your game-
— Your gamepad wor ks with IBM
pad’s features, you must have a game
card with a single dual port installed in
your computer. (A dual-port game card is
1999 Tandy Corporation.
©
RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
Note:
The function of each of the gamepad’s
buttons depends on the game you are playing.
Consult y our game’s owner’s manual for more
informat ion.
INSTALLING THE SUPPLIED
DRIVER
If you are using Windows 95 or 98 and want to
set up all 8 of your game pad’s fire buttons for
one player, you must install the driver from the
supplied diskette.
®
1. Close all progra ms in use, t hen insert th e
supplied diskette into your computer’s
floppy disk drive.
2. Set the
switches to
A, B, C, D, R1/R2
NORMAL.
, and
3. From the Start Menu, select
then click on
4. Double click
5. Click
Install
Control Panel
.
Add/Remove Programs
, then follow the instructions
T1/T2
Settings
.
that appear.
,
USING THE GAMEPAD
Cautions:
• Always turn off your com put er bef or e connecting or disconnecting the gamepad
from the game port.
• When disconnecting the gamepad from
the computer, hold and gently p ull on the
connector plug. Do not pull the cable.
A
Your gamepad has two tri gg ers (
six buttons (
R1, R2, T1, T2, C
has two turbo/auto firing control switches
(marked
A
and B) which correspond to the
and B triggers, and four turbo control switches
(marked
R1/R2, C, D
, and
T1/T2
spond to the buttons of the same name.
C
B
A
R1/R2
A
B
T
T
O
R
H
T
AUTO
NORMAL
TURBO
R1
C
R1/R2
D T1/T2
OFF
NORMAL
TURBO
C
ANALOG
THROTTLE
DIGITAL
T1/T2
and B) and
, and D). It also
) which corre-
T1/T2
D
E
L
T1
R2
T2
D
A
and B, set
For
AUTO
to
(for automatic fire),
normal fire), or
AUTO/NORMAL/TURBO
NORMAL
TURBO
(
for high or low-
(for
speed turbo fire when you hold down t he
).
button
Notes:
• You can set the turbo speed by setting
the speed selector on the back of the
1
gamepad to
(high) or 2 (low). However, turbo speed works only with
games that support it. If your game
does not suppor t turbo speed, set any
buttons you use in the game to
MAL
A
.
NOR-
• Depending on the ga me you are playing, auto fire and tur bo fire might work
differently. Try each game with and without them to determine what works best.
4. If you are using Windows 95 or 98, configure the gamepad, calibrate the gamepad,
then load the game softwa re according to
the game owner ’s manual. S ee “Con figur ing the Gamepad in Windows 95/98 (Without the Supplied Driver)” on Page 3 and
“Calibrating the Ga mepad Using the Sup plied Driver” on Page 3).
Notes:
• If you are playing a 2-player game and
you get unexpected results when you
press your gamepad’s buttons, try setting
C, D, T1/T2
the
OFF
. Some 2-player games use these
, and
R1/R2
switches to
controls for the second player.
• In many games, you c an use the
R2
buttons for rudder control and the
R1
and T2 buttons for throttle control.
Follow these steps to use the gamepad.
1. Turn off the computer.
2. Insert the gamepad’s connector into game
port A on your computer, then turn on the
computer.
3. For
R1/R2, T1/T2, C
MAL/TURBO
use the button),
TURBO
or
, and D, set
OFF
to
(if your game does not
NORMAL
(for normal fire),
(for high or low-spe ed t urbo f ir e
OFF/NOR-
when you hold down the button).
2
and
T1
5. Set the gamepad to the mode specified
for your game:
• To set the gamepad to analog mode,
ANALOG/DIGITAL
set
THROTTLE/T1/T2
set
ANALOG
to
THROTTLE
to
and
.
• To set the gamep ad to digital mode, set
ANALOG/DIGITAL
THROTTLE/T1/T2
to
to
DIGITAL
T1/T2
and set
.
6. Hold the gamepad in both hands.
If the gamepad is se t to analog mode
•
press the
slide the
R1, R2, C
THROTTLE
right thumb, then press the
D
buttons and
, or
control with your
B
trigger
with your right index finger. Press the
joystick with your left thumb while
A
pressing the
trigger with your left
index finger.
If the gamepad is set to digital mode
•
press the
R1, R2, T1, T2, C
, or D buttons
with your right thumb and press the
trigger with your right index finger.
Press the thumb-control pad with your
A
left thumb and press the
trigger with
your left index finger.
,
,
B
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