Guitar FAQ

1. What guitars do you support?

We support all guitars that can be hooked up to a USB port. This means your wired PlayStation(TM) 2 guitar, your wireless PlayStation(TM) 2 guitar, your wired Xbox(TM) 360 guitar, your wireless Xbox(TM) 360 guitar, your wireless PlayStation(TM) 3 guitar, your Rock Band(R) 2 guitar for the Wii and we're working on Guitar Hero guitars for the Wii.

2. What platforms do you support?

We support your guitar under Windows, Mac and Linux with Firefox. We also support Windows with Internet Explorer.

3. How do I use my Guitar Hero (R) or Rock Band (R) guitar?

1. Use Firefox 3.0 or above, Chrome 10 or above, or Internet Explorer 8 or above.
   
2. Plug in your guitar, according to the guitar specific instructions below
   
3. Then you'll need to install our plugin: http://www.irok2.com/plugin
   
4. Click on the Install Now button
   
5. Restart Firefox or Internet Explorer (Chrome should work right away), and you're ready!

4. How do I use my wired PlayStation(TM) 2 guitar?

The PlayStation(TM) 2 guitar requires a USB dongle. There's a few of them available for purchase. Here's an example: pic here. You just plug the dongle in, and plug your guitar into the dongle. You do need to be a little careful, as not all adapters will support the whammy. We've personally had good results with the TAC(R) adapter, which has explicit support for guitar controllers, including the whammy.

5. How do I use my wireless PlayStation(TM) 2 guitar?

As with a wired guitar, you'll need a USB dongle. Just like this one: pic here. As with the wired PS2(TM) guitars, you should get one that supports guitar controllers, since others may not support the whammy bar. We've used the TAC(R) adapter, which does support the whammy bar. You plug the dongle into your computer and plug the wireless dongle that came with your guitar into the USB dongle. Turn on your guitar and sync it, and you can start rocking!

6. How do I use my Xbox 360 wireless guitar?

The Xbox 360 wireless guitar requires the Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows (R). It looks like this: pic here

1. Plug it in and install the driver
2. Press the white button on the Receiver: *pic here*
3. Press the sync button on the guitar: *pic here*
4. The guitar should now be hooked up: *pic here:Windows Xbox status program*

7. How do I use my wireless PlayStation 3 (R) guitar?

Your guitar should have come with a USB controller. Take that dongle and plug it into a free USB port on your computer. Sync the guitar with the dongle according to the instructions that came with your guitar, and you should be ready.

8. How do I use my wireless Wii guitar from Rock Band 2 (R)?

Your guitar should have come with a USB controller. Take that dongle and plug it into a free USB port on your computer. Sync the guitar with the dongle according to the instructions that came with your guitar, and you should be ready.

9. How do I use my wireless Wii guitar from Guitar Hero (R)?

We're working on updating our plugin to support these guitars, and will update this FAQ when we have finished this.

10. My guitar isn't listed!

If it's a USB guitar, or has a USB dongle, it'll probably work.

1. Plug it in, restart Firefox, and start a game.
2. Then press spacebar to pause the game. You should see this: *pic here*.
3. Press the "Configure Guitar" button, which takes you to a screen that looks like this: *pic here*
4. Select the guitar you want to configure *pic here*
5. In the Action column, you'll see the various actions you can perform with your guitar. Press the first button for green: *pic here*
6. Then hit the green button on your guitar. The button changes to show what you pressed: *pic here*
7. Do that for each of the colored buttons. *pic here*
8. Similarly, for the Strum action, you'll select the button *pic here*
9. And strum down on your guitar *pic here*
10. If you want to be able to strum up, select the alternate strum button: *pic here*
11. And strum up *pic here*
12. Pausing should use the "Start", or "+" button on your guitar. You can also use the "Select" or "-" button, too.
13. For the whammy, you'll want to select the Whammy button: *pic here*
14. Then move your whammy all the way down: *pic here*
15. And you should see something like this: *pic here*
16. Now hit "Done". This will save your custom guitar configuration on your computer, so you won't have to enter it again.

12. How do I delete my custom guitar configuration?

1. While playing the game, go to the Pause menu by pressing spacebar: pic here
   
2. Press "Configure Guitar": pic here
   
3. Select your guitar from the drop down menu: pic here
   
4. Now press "Delete": pic here
   
5. Press "Cancel"

13. My guitar stopped working!

You can fix this! Try each of the following

1. Ensure that your guitar is turned on
2. Ensure that your guitar has fresh batteries
3. Close the game and reload the page
4. Unplug your USB dongle or guitar, close Firefox, then insert your USB dongle or guitar and restart Firefox
5. If your guitar is wireless, resync it after plugging in the dongle

14. The buttons on my guitar are mixed up!

This could be one of two things. Either we've mixed up your guitar configuration, or somebody has created a custom guitar configuration for you. You can either configure your guitar or delete your custom configuration. If we have mixed up your guitar configuration, please let us know!

15. I'm running Linux, and it doesn't work!

You may need to install the SDL libraries: http://www.libsdl.org. In Ubuntu and Debian, you can install libsdl1.2debian. In RedHat and Fedora, try SDL.

16. I'm running Linux and my Wiimote won't connect!

We don't currently support Wiimote guitars, but if we did, you could try:

% sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

Then restart Firefox