SteelSeries Rival 310 Black, Rival 310 Zwart, Rival 600 User manual

User Guide: Windows and Mac

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Table of Contents

Installation 4!

Installation Requirements 4!

SteelSeries Engine 3: The Basics 4!

Background Processes v. Interface 4!
Opening and Closing SteelSeries Engine 3 4!

Taskbar/Menu Bar Icon 5!
Application Icon 5!

My Gear 6!

Hide Device 7!
About Device – firmware version 7!
Firmware Updates 8!

Software Updates 8!
Application Settings 8!

Library 10!

Adding an Application 10!
Adding a Device With a Specific Configuration 11!
Editing Configurations from the Library 11!

Configuration Management 12!

Configuration List 12!
New Configuration 12!
Delete 13!
Edit 13!

Rename 13!
Change Autolaunch Applications 13!

Duplicate 14!

Configuring Your Devices 14!

Save/Revert 14!
Live Preview 14!
Common Widgets 14!

LED Illumination 14!

Macro Editor 15!

Recording and Editing Macros 16!

Macro Recording 16!
Editing and Deleting Events 16!
Insert Delay 16!
Delay Options 16!

Macro Management 16!

Siberia Elite Configuration Window 17!

Widgets 17!

Dolby Surround Sound 17!
Equalizer 18!
Mic Noise Reduction 19!

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Auto Mic Compression 19!
Mic Sidetone 19!
Mic Volume 19!

Rival Configuration Window 20!

Widgets 20!

Sensitivity (CPI 1 & 2) 20!
Polling Rate 20!
Acceleration/Deceleration 20!
Angle Snapping 21!
LED Illumination 21!

Button Actions 22!

Actions List and Changing Actions 22!
Quickset Toolbar 22!
Quickset Macros 23!

Appendix A: Enabling Dolby 24!

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Welcome to the SteelSeries Engine 3 User Guide for Windows

and Mac! SteelSeries Engine 3 has been developed by SteelSeries to help deliver
the best gamer experience:

• Uniform Platform SteelSeries Engine 3 is a unified platform built to support

all of your newest SteelSeries products.

• Small Footprint Optimized with the latest technologies, the reduced

footprint of SteelSeries Engine 3 leaves your machine’s resources available
for gaming and other tasks.

• Seamless Deployment Automatically deploy your saved device settings

when switching between your favorite games or applications, meaning more
time for gaming and less time configuring a device.

This user guide is intended to introduce you to all aspects of SteelSeries Engine 3,
including its setup and its usage. If you have any questions that are not answered or
covered in this user guide, please visit our website: faq.steelseries.com

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Installation

Visit http://steelseries.com/engine to find the download link SteelSeries Engine 3. Selecting
this link and choose Windows or Mac based on your operating system.

Once the download completes, open the installer on your computer and follow the
installation instructions. After installation, the SteelSeries Engine background processes
will start and the SteelSeries Engine 3 interface will open automatically. An icon that
allows you to quickly open or quit SteelSeries Engine 3 will appear in your taskbar, on
Windows, or your Menu Bar, on Mac OS X.

By default, SteelSeries Engine 3 will be located in your Program Files folder on Windows,
or your Applications folder on Mac OS X.

Installation Requirements

SteelSeries Engine 3 requires 100 MB of free hard drive space and one of the currently
supported platforms:

Windows XP (32 and 64 bit)
Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 8.1 (32 and 64 bit)

Mac OS X 10.7
Mac OS X 10.8
Mac OS X 10.9

SteelSeries Engine 3: The Basics

Background Processes v. Interface

SteelSeries Engine has a process that runs in the background on your machine, which is
required to run many of the features in SteelSeries Engine 3. Automatic deployment of your
custom device configurations and executing macros in game are examples of features that
require SteelSeries Engine background processes.

Then SteelSeries Engine 3 interface is independent from the background processes. It
provides an easy, intuitive way to configure your SteelSeries gear. When you are done
making configuration changes, close the interface windows to free up your computer’s
operating resources for other games and applications.

Opening and Closing SteelSeries Engine 3

After installation the SteelSeries Engine background processes will start and the interface
will open automatically. When your computer starts up only the background processes of
SteelSeries Engine will launch automatically. You also have the option of disabling this
through the settings menu in the interface’s main window (details in Application Settings).

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Taskbar/Menu Bar Icon

When background processes are running a SteelSeries icon is conveniently located on the
Windows Taskbar or Mac OS X Menu Bar. This icon is an indicator that these processes
are running and a dropdown with options to open the interface or exit/quit. If you exit/quit,
the interface and background processes will shutdown, disabling configuration
deployment. To allow the background processes to run, close all the interface windows
instead of exiting/quitting SteelSeries Engine 3.

Application Icon

If SteelSeries Engine background processes are not running, the Taskbar/Menu Bar Icon
will not be present and you should open SteelSeries Engine 3 as you would any other
application. By default, SteelSeries Engine 3 is located in the Programs file on Windows
and the Applications folder on Mac OS X. Double-clicking on the SteelSeries Engine 3
application icon will start the background processes and open the interface.

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My Gear

All of your SteelSeries devices in one place

Device Cards

When you connect a SteelSeries device, SteelSeries Engine 3 remembers it and adds a
Device Card to My Gear. All of your devices are easily accessible from the My Gear tab,

regardless of type, connection status, or which applications they are assigned to.

Connection status

When SteelSeries Engine 3 recognizes that a device is connected, its Device Card changes
from gray scale to color and the “NOT CONNECTED” icon disappears.

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Configuration Dropdown Menu

SteelSeries Engine 3 will deploy the configuration shown in the lower right when you are
using games or applications that do not have other configurations assigned to them. To
quickly change this configuration, select the Configuration Dropdown Menu.

Hide Device

You can hide Device Cards to keep My Gear free of devices that you no longer use. To do
this, hover over the device card to reveal a gear icon in the upper right corner. Select this
icon and select the “Hide Device” form the dropdown menu. You can unhide the device by
reconnecting it to your computer.

About Device – firmware version

Hover over a device card to reveal the gear icon in the upper right corner. Select this icon
to open a dropdown menu and select the “About” option to view the firmware version.

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Firmware Updates

SteelSeries Engine 3 will alert you when firmware updates are available for your devices.
To update firmware, select the alert, choose Start, and keep your device connected until
the update is complete. Then disconnect and reconnect to finish the process.

Software Updates

The megaphone at the top right corner of the Main Window is
the Notification Icon. When it indicates that an update is
available, select the icon to open the Software Updates
Dropdown. Selecting Update will open SteelSeries.com in
your default web browser where you can download the
software update. Then install it on your computer.

Application Settings

In Settings you can change languages and choose whether you want SteelSeries Engine 3
background processes to run automatically when you start-up your computer. Open
Settings by selecting the gear icon at the top right corner of the Main Window.

To change languages, select a language from the dropdown, select Save, close the
interface, and then reopen it (see Opening and Closing SteelSeries Engine 3).