Red Octane Afterburner

mikieson · Trick Member Joined: 14 Nov 2003

Guys just send me 300.00 and I will build you a pad that you wont have any problems with. Beats the heck out of what you are having to put up with from all these other companies

drummerdude781 · Basic Member Joined: 20 Mar 2005

The Long Arrow · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Location: 6th Mix

Had my Afterburner 14 days and now the "O" button just died....and it automatically goes into the modifier menu for each song.....

Contacting RO now.......

Norkusa · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:29 am Post subject:

I just got my Afterburner about an hour ago and sure enough, I'm getting disconnects on my Xbox. It only disconnects for a split second but it still happens. Oh yeah, and there was also a huge, gaping hole in one of the corners of the box and part of the pad was exposed. Thankfully, it wasn't damaged (at least cosmetically).

I don't know why I bought this pad. I kept trying to convince myself that the problems people were having with it weren't that common and that they wouldn't happen to me.

Shoulda bought a Cobalt Flux.

alexmon27 · Basic Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: PA

F**K YOU RED OCTANCE! YOU SENT ME AN AB WITH DISCONNECT ERRORS ON THE XBOX AND PC! ARG. 60 days warentee, you're ripping yourselves off. You should make it a one day warentee...

I'm mad. How will I not be mad? SEND ME A CBOX THAT WORKS. You already have a huge bad rep in PA, gimme something that works so I can spread good news

SilverViper04 · Basic Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Indiana

just got my pad today...... doesn't even responde to the xbox. Nothing. I hit the controller and nothing, not a flinch, nothing happens. if i pay over $200 for something then i expect it to freakn work!

Norkusa · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

What's wrong with Red Octane? Really. If they had *ANY* kind of quality control there, they'd realize that these c-boxes are crap and would get them fixed ASAP. Yet they leave them they way they are and ship them out anyway. It's as if they don't even care about the situation and are hoping we don't notice anything.

These things were made in China. I'm guessing that they ordered a huge shipment of c-boxes from there and most of them arrived broken. Now they are stuck with a warehouse full of non-working c-boxes that they can't ship back. Instead of loosing money to replace them, I bet they are just shipping them out anyway saying that the problem has been resolved.

Why else would this be happening?

mikieson · Trick Member Joined: 14 Nov 2003

Really the only thing you people can do is make your own control box. Im soooooooo glad that I make my own pads. I almost bought an AB or CF at one time cause I didnt really feel like making another pad...Glad I made instead...
Im sure you guys can make your own boxes and im sure you can make them better than RO ever will...Good luck and KEEP DANCING

Norkusa · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject:

Sinistar · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

mikieson · Trick Member Joined: 14 Nov 2003

JadeAnubis · Basic Member Joined: 18 Jul 2005

SilverViper04 · Basic Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Indiana

i bought a ps2 to xbox adaptor today because i hear that those work. I guess redoctane messed up the xbox/pc wires somehow? How could a company mess up something like this, and CONTINUE to ship defective products after knowing that they do not work. They said that the fixed the issue. Overall, I'm not happy and almost wish that i would've just shelled out the xtra cash to buy a cf and an adaptor. Now i have to sit around and wait until my adaptor comes in to even atemtp to use my pad. I was really eagerly awaiting this too. I actually setup the pad and plugged in two controllers(1 on heavy, 1 on begginer so i wouldn't autofail) and shadowed the heavy on my AB. I could've done that without spending the xtra cash on a big metal slab. I really hope this adaptor works.....

coasterfreak11 · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:21 am Post subject:

I haven't read all 20 pages of this, nor have I read every topic in this forum.

I was just wondering if I were to purshace the RO AB, can I play without shoes? I know that the arrows are sunken in a little bit, so I was unsure if that is safe. Thanks.

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

Spike357 · Trick Member Joined: 25 Apr 2005

sequencial · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, MI

For all of you who want to run ur AB on PC but has disconnect problems, try plugging it into a powered usb hub. my disconnects seem to have stoped. post if anyone can verify this!

edit - it cut out twice out of about 50 10 footers from the KBMP set. pretty good seeing as it cut out for most of the song every time before the hub. not really sure if it helps though... lol

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Daabomb101 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2005

got my afterburner yesterday...everything works...mostly. i plugged it into my mac and it worked but occasionally it would freak out and stop working if i jumped too hard or something....but all i have to do when that happens is exit stepmania and go back in...not a big deal and it hasn't been disconnecting for a while now. ummm hmm the only thing i don't like about the pad...is that it's really hard to slide. i can slide on the arcade verison...anyway whatever. it's really nice. other than that, arcade is still the best cuz you can hang out with ppl there and show off and um...i like the clicking feel you get from the arcade panels...plus the lighting-up-ness...yep. shiny things are good. but ummm maybe i need better shoes for ddr...cuz mine have uber huge grip thingies...i should get some flat-soled ones...yeah...maybe

jimbojimmy · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: St. Charles

srry if this has already been answered and asked but how do u attach 2 pads together?