Philips amBX™ Online Help 1
Table Of Contents See, Hear and Feel More of the Game with Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals! ....................................... 5 Getting Help ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Philips amBX™ PC Gaming help ........................................................................................................... 7 Help text.........................................................................
Define the Overall Brightness...........................................................................................................22 Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes...................................................................................................23 Scene Settings Screen .......................................................................................................................23 Scene Overview ...........................................................................
I Cannot Add a New Scene ..............................................................................................................37 Maintenance .....................................................................................................................................37 Cleaning the Peripherals..................................................................................................................37 Glossary ............................................................................
See, Hear and Feel More of the Game with Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals! Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Online Help version 1.0 Welcome and congratulations on your purchase of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals. The Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals take entertainment beyond audio and visual, changing your complete room into an entertainment system.
Getting Help You can rely on different kinds of help during the use of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals. • This Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Help assists you during configuration and set up of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals. • The help text in Philips amBX™PC Gaming Direct Control gives you a context while you are using the Direct Control. Philips amBX™ PC Gaming help To open Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Help: • • Right-click the Direct Control icon in the taskbar and select Help.
What Is in Your Box? Starter Kit SGC5101BD The Starter kit lets you see more of the game. With it you can enjoy: • • • • 16 million colors with hi power LEDs; Light effects with other games; Light shows with music from your PC; Mood lighting. The Starter Kit contains: • • • • • 1 Wall Washer & Controller; Left and Right Front Lights; Accessories: 1 USB cable to connect the Wall Washer & Controller to your PC; 1 power adapter to connect the Wall Washer & Controller to the power outlet.
What Is in Your Box? Pro Gamer Kit SGC5102BD The Pro Gamer kit lets you see and hear more of the game. With it you can enjoy: • • • • • • Multidirectional sound for added realism; 2.1 sound system with 160W power; 16 million colors with hi power LEDs; Light effects with other games; Light shows with music from your PC; Mood lighting.
What Is in Your Box? Premium Kit SGC5103BD The Premium kit lets you see, hear and feel more of the game. The Premium kit contains the maximum number of Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals that can be connected to a single Wall Washer & Controller unit. With it you can enjoy: • • • • • • • Game reactive fans and vibration; Multidirectional sound for added realism; 2.
What Is in Your Box? Extension Kit SGC6101BD The Extension kit allows you to add air and vibration effects to either your Pro Gamer kit or the Starter kit. The Extension Kit contains: • • 11 2 Fans; 1 Wrist Rumbler.
How to Get Started? Connecting Your Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals Connect the Starter Kit To get started with your Starter kit, unpack the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals and position them on your desk around the monitor. You connect the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals as shown on the image. Once connected, the peripherals will automatically start up. After installing the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming software, the Direct Control opens automatically.
How to Get Started? Connect the Premium Kit To get started with your Premium kit, unpack the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals and position them on your desk around the monitor. You connect the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals as shown on the image. Once connected, the peripherals will automatically start up. After installing the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming software, the Direct Control opens automatically.
How to Get Started? Installing the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming software Before you are able to use the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals you need to install the software that comes with the kit. You find this software on the delivered CD.
How to Get Started? • • Help to open Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Help; Register to open the website where you can register your software; • Software update to open the website where you will find the newest releases of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming software; • Exit to close Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Direct Control and remove the icon from the taskbar.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals Configuration Screen You use the Configuration screen to prepare the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals to interact with the amBX™ enabled games. Next to defining the position of the peripherals and customizing their settings, you can also test your Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals and reset them to their defaults, control the overall brightness and stop the interaction of the peripherals with the amBX™ enabled games.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals Peripheral Overview In the Peripheral Overview you see the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals you connected to the Wall Washer & Controller. Note: The Speakers and the Subwoofer are not displayed in this overview, since Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Direct Control does not control the settings of these audio peripherals. To manage your audio settings simply use the standard Microsoft® facility or the software that came with your audio card.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals Lights Fans Wrist Rumbler Peripheral Settings Panel You open the Peripheral Settings panel by clicking an icon in the Peripheral Overview. The Peripheral Settings panel contains the following settings of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals: • Intensity: you define the maximum percentage of the capacity that the peripheral can use when it is active. • Height: you define the relative vertical positioning of the peripheral.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals When an icon on the Peripheral Overview glows, a signal is sent to the corresponding hardware. • The Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals that respond to that signal (by flashing their lights or starting the fan) are installed correctly, active and ready to use. • When a Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripheral is not responding, refer to the troubleshooting. Reposition a Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripheral To reposition a peripheral, you use drag-and-drop.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals The Stop button is a toggle button. When you press the button, an action starts and the label of the button changes, describing the opposite action. Toggled State 1 Pressed Toggled State 2 To resume the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals and scenes, • When Direct Control is not open, right-click the Direct Control icon and select Resume from the pop up menu.
Configuring the Philips amBX PC Gaming Peripherals Define the Overall Brightness You use the Brightness slider in the left pane to control the brightness of all Philips amBX™ PC Gaming lighting Peripherals relative to their own individual settings. On the side of the Speaker Light you can also find a brightness slider to adjust the brightness while you are playing games or listening to music.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Scene Settings Screen The Scene Settings screen is the place where you can create your scenes. A scene is a setup of the lighting devices and fans to create a mood in your room while you are playing music or just relaxing. Move the mouse over the image below and click the elements you would like to have some information about. The Scene Settings Screen consists of 4 main parts 23 1.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Scene Overview The Scene Overview is the visual representation of the scene you selected in the Scenes Selector. You see the connected peripherals, their status (represented by the icons), and you get feedback about the peripherals' settings by the reference box located beneath the icon. Note: Contrary to the Peripheral Overview, it is not possible to reposition the devices in the Scene Overview.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Scenes Selector The Scenes Selector contains 15 scenes. There are 3 different scene types: • Static scenes: are scenes where you set the color and/or intensity of all Lights and Fans individually. You define these settings in the Peripheral Scene Settings Panel. • Dynamic scenes : are animated scenes where you can set a range of color and intensity, the Lights need to pass through during a certain time-span.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Peripheral Scene Settings Panel You open the Peripheral Scene Settings panel by clicking an icon on the Scene Overview. The Peripheral Scene Settings panel contains the following settings for Lights and Fans: • Brightness: you define the brightness of the light. • • Color: you define the color of the light. • Status: you define if the peripheral should participate in a scene or not.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Starting point End point You decrease the range by sliding the handles towards each other. The moment you move the starting handle over the end handle (the handle on the bottom of the slider) the colored bar of the slider will flip and the outside color range is selected. By changing the direction of the handles, you select the inside color range. You change the direction of the handles by double-clicking one of the handles. How to... Start a Scene 1. 2. 3.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Change the Peripheral Scene Settings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select the static scene you want to customize in the Scenes Selector. The current settings of the scene appear in the Scene Overview. Click the icon of which you want to change the settings in the Scene Overview. The 'Peripheral Scene Settings' panel appears. Adjust the color, brightness and/or intensity of the Lights and Fans using the sliders. Click the OK button to confirm the changes.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes Warning You can only test an animation when the scene is selected in the Scenes Selector. Disable a Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripheral in a Scene Note Disabling a peripheral in the Scene Settings Screen has no effect on the status of the peripheral while you are gaming. You merely define that the specific peripheral will not be used in the scene you selected in the Scenes Selector. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select the Scene Settings tab. The 'Scene Settings' screen appears.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes 2. 3. 4. 5. Click the Animation button. The 'Animation Settings' panel appears. Click the Disable button. The animation will not be used in the scene. When you start the scene, the lights and fans will react like defined in the Peripheral Scene Settings panel. Click the OK button to confirm the changes. The 'Animation Settings' panel closes. Click the Save Changes button. The changes to the Peripheral Scene Settings are stored.
Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes brightness of 30% and the Wall Washer & Controller with a brightness of 60%. 1. 2. Select the Scene Settings tab. The 'Scene Settings' screen appears Drag the Brightness slider in the left pane to the left to decrease the overall brightness. -orDrag the Brightness slider in the left pane to the right to increase the overall brightness The software calculates the new brightness of the individual peripherals.
Configuring for Use with Other Games and Music Apart from using the peripherals with amBX™ enabled games, you can also experience the effects of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming lighting Peripherals when you are playing other PC games or when you are listening to music via your Windows Media Player. All Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals, except the Wrist Rumbler and the Fans, are used to create an overwhelming light show that interacts with your game or song.
Using Philips amBX PC Peripherals See, Feel and Hear More of the Game Using the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals together with the amBX™ enabled games takes the entertaining value of PC Gaming to a higher level. Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals take entertainment beyond audio and visual, changing your complete room into an entertainment system. • The synchronized lighting system intensifies your entertainment experience, washing your viewing space with coordinated lighting.
Using Philips amBX PC Peripherals Get More out of Your Music Thanks to the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals, listening Music on your PC via your Windows Media Player is no longer a solely auditive experience. Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals take entertainment beyond audio and visual, changing your complete room into an entertainment system. • The synchronized lighting system intensifies your entertainment experience, washing your viewing space with coordinated lighting.
Stop the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals Temporarily When the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Direct Control window is not open: 1. Right-click the Direct Control icon 2. Select Stop from the pop up menu. The peripherals no longer render the Philips amBX™ effects. in the task bar. When the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Direct Control window is open: 1. 2. Select the Configuration tab. The 'Configuration' screen appears. Click the Stop button in the left pane.
Support Troubleshooting The Connected Peripherals Do Not React During Testing Try the following tips to solve this problem. • • Make sure you connected the peripherals to the Wall Washer & Controller correctly. • Make sure your Wall Washer & Controller is not in Standby mode. To awake your peripherals, press the On/Off button on your hardware (Wall Washer & Controller or Speaker Lights) so the LED-light in the button turns on.
If the peripherals still not respond when you started the scene, your peripherals might be in Standby mode. To awake your peripherals, press the On/Off button on your hardware (Wall Washer & Controller or Speaker Lights) so the LED-light in the button turns on. I Cannot Add a New Scene It is not possible to add a scene to the Scenes Selector, you can only customize an existing variable scene.
Glossary A amBX™ enabled games: are games that are designed so they can communicate with the amBX™ software. When you are playing an amBX™ enabled game, you can enjoy the full-blown amBX™ experience with the Lights, Speakers, Fans and Wrist Rumbler. Animated Scene: is a scene defined for the lights that are enabled in the overview. In an animated scene you can define the color range and brightness range the lights need to pass through during a certain timespan.
I Icons: are the graphical representation of the hardware peripherals. According to their status, the icons have a different look in the overview. Intensity: is a peripheral setting you can make in the Peripheral Overview (for all peripherals) and in the Scene Overview (for the fans). Intensity range: is an animation setting that you can define in the Animation Settings panel. You define the range of intensity you want the lights to pass through during a defined period of time, i.e. duration.
Glossary Speaker Light: is a composed peripheral that is normally placed next to the monitor and interacts with the events on the screen. In the overview, a Light icon represents this composed peripheral since the Direct Control cannot interact with the audio peripherals. Starter Kit: allows you to see more of the game. You can add an Extension kit to the Starter Kit to add air and vibration effects during the use of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals.
Index A Brightness Add Overall.................................................. 20, 30 Animation ...................................................27 Peripheral Scene Settings..............................26 Peripheral ...................................................16 C Scene .........................................................38 Color .............................................................26 amBX™ enabled game.....................................34 Color range ..................
Peripheral in a scene ....................................29 Inactive ......................................................23 Peripheral in Configuration screen ..................18 Inactive icon...................................................23 Disabled icon In Configuration screen.................................16 Install............................................................13 Intensity In Scene Settings screen...............................23 In Configuration screen.....................
P Position ................................................... 16, 18 Panel Premium kit Animation Settings .......................................26 Connect ......................................................12 Peripheral Scene Settings..............................26 Content of the box ........................................ 9 Peripheral Settings .......................................17 Preset scene...................................................25 Peripheral Add .........................
Static..........................................................25 Starter kit Stop ..................................................... 27, 35 Connect ......................................................11 Scene Overview ..............................................23 Content of the box ........................................ 7 Scene Settings screen Icons ..........................................................21 Static scene ...................................................
