Thank you for purchasing the RadioShack Game Controller.
This readme file will give you some extra information about
the products.
Content:
I. Installation
II. Uninstallation
III. Dual Game port
IV. Windows 95/98 Games
V. Error Handling
I. Installation
This driver is for use with Windows 95/98 only. Place the
RadioShack Driver Diskette into your disk drive and
execute the SETUP.EXE file.
Installing the RadioShack Game Controller under Windows 95/98 with
dedicated device driver
1. Connect the Game Controller to your game port.
2. Quit any existing programs in use.
3. Insert the bundled diskette into drive A.
4. Click "START" at the lower left corner.
5. Click "CONTROL PANEL" from "SETTINGS".
6. Double click "ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS" in the "CONTROL PANEL".
7. Click "INSTALL".
8. Follow instruction on the screen.
NOTE:
DIRECTX 5.0 or above is required to properly test the gamepad
with the supplied software driver.
Calibrating the RadioShack Game Controller
under Windows 95/98 with dedicated device driver "RadioShack Game Controller" (for 8-button mode)
1. Plug the Game Controller to your game port.
2. Click "START" at the lower left corner.
3. Click "CONTROL PANEL" from "SETTINGS".
4. Double click "Game Controllers".
5. Remove all existing Controller driver(s).
6. Click "ADD".
7. Choose "RadioShack 8-button Game Controller" and click "OK".
Controller status shown on screen should be "OK".
8. Click "PROPERTIES".
9. Click "CALIBRATE" and follow instruction.
10.Click "APPLY" and then "OK".
11.Click "OK" to quit.
REMARKS
1. Only one of the direction control (digital/analog) can be used at one time.
Make sure you are calibrating the correct one.
2. The "R1/R2" and "T1/T2" turbo switch must not be turned to "OFF" before calibration.
3. The "T1/T2 & THROTTLE" selector switch should be turned to T1/T2 before calibration.
4. Analog throttle cannot be used while using the "RadioShack 8-button Game Controller" driver.
Calibrating the RadioShack Game Controller
under Windows 95/98 with dedicated device driver "RadioShack 6-button with Throttle Game Controller" (for analog throttle mode)
1. Plug the Game Controller to your game port.
2. Click "START" at the lower left corner.
3. Click "CONTROL PANEL" from "SETTINGS".
4. Double click "Game Controllers".
5. Remove all existing Controller(s) driver selected.
6. Click "ADD".
7. Choose "RadioShack 6-button with Throttle Game Controller" and click "OK".
Controller status shown on screen should be "OK".
8. Click "PROPERTIES".
9. Click "CALIBRATE" and follow instruction.
10.Click "APPLY" and then "OK".
11.Click "OK" to quit.
REMARKS
1. Only one of the direction control (digital/analog) can be used at one time.
Make sure you are calibrating the correct one.
2. The "R1/R2" and "T1/T2" turbo switch must not be turned to "OFF' before calibration.
3. The "T1/T2 & THROTTLE" selector switch should be turned to "THROTTLE" before calibration.
4. T1 & T2 cannot be used while using the "RadioShack 6-button with Throttle Game Controller" driver.
Buttons Mapping
1. Make sure that the driver is installed and Game Controller is calibrated and added as mentioned above.
2. Click "START" at the lower left corner.
3. Click "CONTROL PANEL" from "SETTINGS".
4. Double click "Game Controllers".
5. If 8-button mode is used (T1/T2 is ON), select "RadioShack 8-button Game Controller".
If 6-button mode is used (Throttle is ON), select "RadioShack 6-button with Throttle Game Controller".
Then, press "Properties" button.
6. Select "Map".
7. Map the buttons as desired and click "Apply" button and then "OK" button.
II. Uninstallation
Follow the steps below to uninstall the RadioShack driver:
1. Go to control panel ->Game Controller, remove the "RadioShack
Game Controller".
2. Click the "Start" button at the task bar. Select "Programs" ->
"RadioShack Game Controller" -> "Uninstall RadioShack Game Controller".
III. Dual Game Port
In DOS analog mode a standard dual game port can support maximum
4 buttons and 4 axes such as:
1. Two 2-button joypads/joysticks for a two player gaming.
2. Single joystick with 4 buttons, analog throttle and rudder.
3. Single joypad/joystick with up to 6(or 8) buttons. In this
case the 5th and 6th buttons use up the 3rd axis (7th and
8th buttons use up the 4th axis) of the dual game port.
The RadioShack Game Controller belongs to the above 3rd kind of
configuration. The 5th and 6th buttons use up the 3rd axis (7th and
8th buttons use up the 4th axis) of the dual game port. Please refer
to the user manual for calibration routine under Window 95/98 joystick
control panel. The RadioShack Game Controller use a standard
15-pin gameport connector. It works in analog mode if the RadioShack
Game Controller driver is not being installed.
IV. Windows 95/98 Games
Unlike DOS, Windows 95/98 controls all the system interface. However,
the generic driver comes with Windows 95/98 supports only 4 buttons.
So, for most of the Windows 95/98 Games such as FIFA 98 will not natively
support the use of the buttons on 3rd and 4th axes and hence you need to install
a customer device driver in order to have more than 4 buttons functioning.
In order to serve customer better gaming experience, we provide this
device driver. With the help of the device driver, you will have
extra buttons supported under Windows 95/98 properly.
IV. Error Handling
1. There is no Game Controllers icon at the Control Panel.
At Control Panel -> System, select the page "Device Manager".
Expand the "Sound, video and game controllers". Check to see
if there is any "Gameport Joystick" entry. A joystick port
is a must for a joystick to operate.
2. There is no "Sound, video and game controllers" entry at the
"Device Manager" page.
Check firstly that the sound card has been installed proper-
ly. For some motherboard with build-in sound device, user
has to enable it through jumper or BIOS setting.
Check secondly if drivers for the sound card has been in-
stalled. If such drivers have not been installed, a message
"Unknown device" will appear.
There is also possibility of resource conflict. In most of
the cases, I/O range for joystick port is 0200-0207. You can
check this out by select "Computer" and then select "I/O" to
list all the I/O resource usage.
When there is I/O conflicting with the joystick port, you can
select the conflicting device within the device manager and
then select its "Resources" tag page. Please refer to the
corresponding device manual to select a new I/O range for
your device.
3. For those who are not using Plug and Play sound cards, try
the following to install your sound cards.
a. At Control Panel -> Add New Hardware, let the system to
search if there is any new device to be installed.
Remember to check for any resource conflict as some non-
plug-and-Play device may cause conflict unnoticed by the
system.
4. The system keeps saying that joystick is not found.
Make sure that you have the most updated joystick port
driver. You may try by removing the joystick port at
Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager. Reboot the sys-
tem. If your joystick port is plug-and-play, it will prompt
you to install or just install automatically. If your
joystick port is non-plug-and -play, you will have to install
it manually. Finally, make sure that you have installed the
DirectX 5 driver properly. At the time this readme is written,
DirectX 5 is required.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.