Sony Dualshock 3 - Speed and Timing Adjustments; Customizing Rapid Fire Speed

Adjusting Speed
One of the best things about the Arbiter 3 is every single mode that uses Rapid Fire or timings
can have its speed completely customized for future proof games.
As default the speed of rapid fire is what we call Speed Mode 9. The slowest speed is Speed
Mode 50, and fastest is Speed Mode 1.
To adjust the speed of all modes on the chip, activate the chip (
r+a
) then go into the User
Programming Mode (by entering the “User Programming” mode from the list above as you would
enter any other mode by holding
r
and tapping
2
however many times for the mode) and
you will notice when you release
r
the Player 3 LED will stay on after entering the mode
instead of flashing back the mode number to you. You are now ready to adjust the speed. You
will start in whatever speed you were currently in, so if you haven’t done this before it will be
Speed Mode 9.
To increase the speed, press and release
l
and Player 3 LED will flash once to indicate an
increase. You will now go to Speed Mode 8 (if you were in 9 to start with). You can test this
speed on the fly by holding
r
. To continue increasing the speed just press
l
again and
again until you get to where you want. If you go too far, or want to slow down the speed hold
X
and press
l
.
Once you are happy with your speed tap
2
with buttons pressed and it will flash back to you
the Speed Mode you are in. This speed is then hard saved into the chip and will be remembered
even when the battery is removed – you can now select any mode that uses Rapid Fire and see
the speed has totally changed.
NOTE: If you get a bit lost as to what speed your chip is now in you can reset it to Speed Mode 9
by going into User Programming Mode and holding
C
for 3 second. The Player 3 LED will flash a
few times then go off. The speed is now reset and you can go to any mode you like as before.