GAMEPHONE CONTROLLER User’s Manual BB5023
Thank you for buying the Bigben Interactive controller for smart phones and tablets. This product has been designed to improve your game experience. Please keep this instruction manual for future reference. If you require any assistance or help please contact the Helpline.
FITTING THE PHONE HOLDER Your Gamephone is supplied with a removable phone holder to conveniently hold your phone during play. To attach or remove it from the controller, follow these steps. 01. Slide the holder into the slot in the top of the controller. When it is fully inserted, it will click into place. 02. Slide the lock switch left on the rear of the controller to lock the holder in place. 03. Loosen the knob on the rear to the holder so you can place your phone in landscape or portrait orientation.
02. Set the mode switch on the front edge of the Gamephone controller to position 1. 03. Switch the controller on by pressing and holding the ‘Home’ button for 5 seconds. LED 1, 2 and Power will all light up to indicate that it is on and in the IOS icade mode. The power LED will flash slowly. 04. Now press and hold the Home button again and quickly press and release the start button. The power LED will now start to flash rapidly to indicate that it is in search mode.
05. Check the Bluetooth® list on your device and you will see the name Bigben Gamephone –M listed. It will say that it is not paired. 06. Select the Gamephone from the list and it will now pair with your device. 07. The Power LED will now stop flashing and your controller is ready for use. Please check our compatibility list to ensure you are selecting a compatible game. Note that the key mapping is preset and may not be editable.
USING THE CONTROLLER ON AN ANDROID* SMART PHONE. MODE 2. Installing the Android driver *Compatible with Android 3.2 and above. 01. Android mode requires an additional driver program to increase the compatibility with more games. Before switching on the controller you will need to download and install the driver program. 02. Using your PC, go to www.bigben.eu /support and select the Multi support section. 03. Then select the Gamephone from the product selection to download the driver file.
06. Select the internal storage and find the Gamephone driver. 07. Select the driver and it will ask you if you want to install. Select OK or Yes. The driver will now install on your system.
Setting up the Android driver. Once the driver is installed you now need to set it upon your device so it can communicate with the controller. Please ensure that you follow these steps exactly in sequence or it may not function correctly. 01. Firstly, go to the settings page and select the language and input option. 02. Find the Gamephone Driver in the list and select it. A tick will appear next to it to confirm it has been selected.
03. Go to the apps page on your Android device and select the Gamephone driver icon. 04. Set the mode switch on the Gamephone to position 2. 05. Switch the controller on by pressing and holding the ‘Home’ button for 5 seconds. LED 2 and power will light up to indicate that it is on and in the Android mode. The power LED will flash slowly.
06. Now press and hold the Home button again and quickly press and release the start button. The power LED will now start to flash rapidly to indicate that it is in search mode. 07. Choose the ‘Select device’ option and then select the Scan option.
08. After a few seconds your device should find the Bigben Gamephone-M. Select this. 09. Then choose the ‘Select IME’ option and select the Gamephone-M Driver.
10. Chose the ‘Connect to’ option. It will ask if you want to pair with the Gamephone. Select Pair.
11. The controller will now be paired with your phone \ tablet. Key mapping configuration 01. To increase compatibility, the driver has been designed with a set of key mappings. The default setting will work with the majority of games. If you find that some of the controls are not working on some games, choose the Configure key mapping option within the Gamephone driver. 02. You will see that the top option is . Choose this to open up the other profiles.
03. Select any of the profiles to change the mapping for your game. Please check the games compatibility listing on our website to see what profile works with your selected game. 04. You can also rename the profile to this game name if you wish, to make it easy for your selection. Simply select the ‘Rename profile’ option and then type in the name you wish to use.
Once this is done, your controller is ready for use. For all future connection set ups, simply follow these steps. 01. Set the mode switch on the Gamephone to position 2. 02. Switch the controller on by pressing and holding the ‘Home’ button for 5 seconds. LED 2 and power will light up to indicate that it is on and in the Android mode. The power LED will flash slowly. 03. Now press and hold the Home button again and quickly press and release the start button.
02. Press the 2 buttons you wish to swap between. i.e. Button L and Button R. The LED will now stop flashing. 03. Your 2 buttons have now swapped functions. Button L will work as button R and vice versa. To swap back, simply repeat the above operation.
Press L button 04. To reset all key swapping, press and hold the home button and then press and release the L button. The mode button will flash briefly and then remain lit to indicate that all button swapping has been reset. Note: Key swapping only works in IOS and Android modes (switch positions 1 and 2) Using the controller in keyboard mode 01. Set the mode switch on the Gamephone to position 3 02. Switch the controller on by pressing and holding the ‘Home’ button for 5 seconds.
Using the controller in HID mode The Gamephone controller can be used on an Android device or Windows in HID mode. For Android devices follow these instructions. 01. Set the mode switch on the Gamephone to position 4 02. Switch the controller on by pressing and holding the ‘Home’ button for 5 seconds. Just the power will light up to indicate that it is on and in the HID mode. The power LED will flash slowly. 03. Now press and hold the Home button again and quickly press and release the start button.
07. Select the ‘Devices and Printers’ option. 08. Select the ‘Add a Bluetooth® device’ option. 09. The Bigben Gamephone M will now be found. Select it and then click the ‘Next’ box.
10. Windows will now install the Device. This may take a few seconds and the LEDs on the controller will go off. 11. When the driver is installed, Windows will notify you and the power LED will light again. 12. Your controller is now ready for use. To test it is working, return to the Control Panel and select ‘Devices and Printers’ option. 13. You will now see an icon that shows the Bigben Gamephone-M. Right click on the icon and select the Game controller settings from the menu.
14. Select the ‘Properties’ box and then select the ‘Test’ option. You can can now check that the buttons and control sticks work OK. Game compatibility will be dependant in the game. TROUBLESHOOTING If for any reason, your controller stops working, please try to reset it. There is a small reset switch located in a hole on the rear of the controller. Please use a thin object in this hole to activate the reset. Controller is not powering on. • Ensure that the battery is fully charged.
The controller will not connect to my Android device. • Ensure the controller is set to Android mode. The switch should be in position 2. Positions 3 and 4 may also work, depending on the game. • Make sure that you have installed the driver file and the app is installed. • Ensure that you have switched Bluetooth® on in the settings on your Android device. • Make sure you have selected the Gamephone-M from the Bluetooth® devices list.
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