Hello there, I know it so late, but after getting to work my Xbox series controller I have some opinions and improvements for the product.
- First, The packaging although it is austere it is great, appealing to the eye, well packaged, all elements are in the correct place, and no space wasting.
- The construction of the device is top of the class, the device finishing are beautiful, the size of the buttons are perfect and once installed on the controller they looks like was originally designed.
- In my case the external finishing is exactly the same of the controller so you never will note what is an add on.
- The overall weight of the device (including the battery) is ridiculous, you can't tell you add so many functions to the controller because is almost no weight added.
- The feature of override the R Stick with accelerometers is mind blowing.
Things can be improved:
- The user manual is a little bit confusing. I am not English native speaker but can understand written English very good. I think the text of the manual could be improved or make it a little more clear. Will describe more in deep later. Also you could include a QR for an online extended version of the user manual.
- The first time the battery level reported on Switch console is not correct, I did needed two charge - discharge cycles to start reporting OK.
- On X mode Windows do not report the battery level, at least on Windows 11.
- For me the "Eject" icon on the RetroFlag is enough to make friction in order to remove the RetroFlag from controller.
Improvements on the user manual I can recommend, Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the quest of trying to understand the features and manual, but the most of the end users will be confused on the actual redaction of manual.
- On the user manual does not indicate the way you can turn on the switch console from controller, I found by chance you can turn on the console easy:
- With controller off, RetroFlag switch on "." position and console turn off. The controller was previously paired to console.
- put the RetroFlag switch on "S" position
- The console Will turn on automatically
- or
- Console turn off, Controller turn off, RetroFlag already on "S" position but turned off by timeout or from console.
- Press any of the RetroFlag buttons, Wireless or Fn; or toggle the RetroFlag switch to "." and then back to "S" position.
- The settings for "Turbo" and "Auto" and how to disable it is a little bit messed on the manual, as far I did got from experience:
- To turn on "Turbo" mode on a button, you press and keep pressed the RetoFlag FN button and then also press the controller button you want to activate turbo mode, then release booth of them. Now when you press and keep pressed that controller button the button keeps repeating on the console.
- While a controller button is on "Turbo"mode you can activate "Auto" mode; press and keep pressed the RetroFlag FN button and then press a controller button which is on turbo mode, then release booth of them, now each time you press the controller button the state of the repeating button press on console.
- repeating the process on the same button you cancel the "Auto" mode.
- For cancel the all "Turbo" and "Auto" mode for all controller buttons you simply press twice (like double click) the RetroFlag FN button.
- On the Macro definition section is no too clear how to end the macro definition.
- Is clear you need to press and keep pressed the RetroFlag FN button and press either the MR or ML button, then release booth to start recording a macro, you press the combination of buttons you want to be assigned to MR or ML button, and then you press again the correspondent MR or ML button to stop recording and save the macro. also something important what is no on the manual is the macro recording keeps track of the duration for pressing a button and the time between the next button.
The KeyLinker App is a little bit odd at start but after you update it is a little better, for me, I did install from Play Store and just on the first use some minutes after the app update to a newer version by it self.
Will be nice if you can use a Computer program to upgrade the firmware (or recovery in case of a failed upgrade) directly by USB. and or and computer program similar to KeyLinker, I prefer my PC than my Phone for that type of things.
Definetively the battery and wireless LEDs indicators will be better pointing to the front of the controller.
Again @AKNES Thanks a lot for the opportunity of test this great product, I am very happy with it.
