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Philips amBX™ Online Help
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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........................................................
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Define the Overall Brightness...........................................................................................................22 Setting Up the Philips amBX PC Scenes...................................................................................................23 Scene Settings Screen .......................................................................................................................23 Scene Overview ..........................................................
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I Cannot Add a New Scene ..............................................................................................................37 Maintenance.....................................................................................................................................37 Cleaning the Peripherals..................................................................................................................37 Glossary ............................................................
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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. You can use the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals to enjoy: • lighting, wind and rumble in amBX™ enabled PC games; • amBX™ light e
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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.
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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 out
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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. The Pro Gamer kit contains: • 1 Wall Washer & Controller; • Left and Right Speaker Lights; • 1 Subwoofer; • Accessories: • 1 USB cable to connect the
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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; • 2.1 sound system with 160W power; • 16 million colors with hi power LEDs; • Light effects with existing games; • Light shows with m
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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: • 2 Fans; • 1 Wrist Rumbler. 11
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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. With the Direct Control,
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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. With the Direct Control, you can test if the peripherals are connected correct
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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. To take fully advantage of the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Peripherals you need to install: • the Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Software; • the peripherals to enable them to communicate with the amBX™ enabled games; • the FX Generator to enable the peripherals to co
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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. To open Philips amBX™ PC Gaming Direct Control: • Right-click the Direct Control icon in the taskbar of your PC and select Open Scene Setti
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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. The Configur
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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 car
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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 perip
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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 dr
