The User Guide also contains a Quick Start Guide and a Troubleshooting section. Clicking the Customer Service section provides the website and phone numbers for the selected regions. Log into your Xbox One to access the Microsoft Store, select Apps, and search for the Afterglow Configuration App to download for free!

If I’m being honest, for years I’ve avoided third party controllers for my gaming consoles. While the prices may have been cheaper than the official controllers from Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo, a lot of them were cheaply made, stopped working right after the 60 or 90 day warranty, or just had gimmicks that really didn’t work like a “rapid fire” switch or “turbo” button.

But times are changing. Third party companies are making better quality controllers with features that should be on first party controllers. Some of MadCatz recent controllers have been pretty good, especially their Street Fighter-themed gamepads, and Razer’s high-end Wildcat controller is just as good, if not better, that Xbox One’s Elite controller. Now comes (which also works for PC). While the cool thing about Afterglow controllers from PDP has always been the lights, the unique thing about the Prismatic controller is its corresponding app on Xbox Live. The Afterglow Configuration App allows the user to customize the lights, the rumbles, vibration, and button assignments.

And yes, it is a wired controller and apparently there aren’t any plans to make any wireless controllers from third party manufacturers for Xbox One because the technology is intellectual property. Garmin Norway Topo Property there. When I first plugged in the controller it had the Xbox green color which is the controller’s default look. I downloaded the Afterglow Configuration App, which is free, on Xbox Live. It’s a small file so it doesn’t take up too much space on your hard drive and downloads pretty quickly. Along with the default profile, there are also a number or pre-made profiles that you can assign on your controller. The fighting profile, for example, turns off all of the rumble and vibration of the controller, has a steady white light and doesn’t make use of the multi-function wheels on the back of the controller. You can click the multi-function wheels plus move them up and down.

This naturally adds an additional six buttons to the controller where you can assign one of the front facing buttons, triggers, bumpers, D-pad. Or Menu and View buttons.

The RPG profile on the app, for example, has the controller on 100 percent rumble and vibrations, with the front facing buttons also assigned on the multi-function wheels. The shooter profile is similar but with the rumble and vibration set at 50 percent, and there’s also a Sports profile that has its own unique settings.

I opted for creating my own profile with the rumble and vibration at 100 percent, the light at 100 percent brightness (because I like bright things), and the light color to cycle through all of the colors, which gives the transparent controller a cool lava lamp look. One of the frustrating things about the original Xbox One controller is the need for an adapter to use a gaming headset. Torrent Sound Packs For Lmms. With the Afterglow controller, we don’t have that issue. You can plug in most Xbox One compatible headsets into the controller and control the game and chat volume using the D-Pad while holding down the triangle button next to the right analog stick.

You can also press the button twice quickly to mute or unmute the mic. When using the controller for the PC, you might want to stick with using your computer’s audio system. Unfortunately, there aren’t any special audio settings or audio profiles in the Afterglow Configuration App. Playing with the controller is as smooth and responsive as any official Xbox controller. The controller lighter (thanks to no battery), brighter, and probably the best third-party controller in its price range. If you’re a gamer who jumps on both the Xbox One and the PC, this is a perfect fit.