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