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Author:  The Kid [ Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:19 pm ]
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Check out the pictures of the new touch screen dash on our FB Page!1 http://www.facebook.com/twincitymarineinc !! Very Cool!!!
Author:  ric [ Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:08 pm ]
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I think this is the coolest thing to hit the marine world, honestly. Boats are always a few generations back of technology then cars it's nice to see them finally catching up.


That being said....I bet the same was made about the vdo "auto" dash from the 90s. I'm going to make this prediction now so in 10 years people can go back and read. I know it's a negative blah blah thing but I just wanna be the first:

Thread title: Touch screen dash issues.... AGAIN! Help!
Thread body: Hey guys, does anyone know how to fix the blinky dash? AKA: the back light keeps going out? It's really annoying, I'm thinking about installing normal gauges has anyone done this yet?

:lol:
Author:  BartsPlace [ Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:23 pm ]
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^^^ :lol: ^^^
Author:  The Kid [ Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:53 am ]
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The obvious joy of a touch screen is cool but its functions are going to be AWESOME!! The tow mode screen has to be the coolest one of them all. You can add personal profiles so that you can set RPM and trim angle to get the wake and speed you like. No matter who is driving when they touch your name the boat will set to your speed no matter how much they move the throttle forward the boat will only stay at ytour settings. All GPS maps are built in. Future advances/updates will include notifications to your email/phone about battery voltage, if your boat is moving (theft protection), and some other things that were mentions but I forgot.
Author:  Cap'n Morgan [ Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:13 am ]
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Similar, but improved to the Maliview display that Malibu boats introduced in 2009. Looks nice !
Author:  TX H210SS [ Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:50 am ]
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I agree the potential is there for many nice features to be added....assuming they work....just that water and touchy feely electronics exposed to direct sunlight seems like a bad mix...and...well im motoring along and can't stand having to stop so i can touch the screen to see the correct display....my finger keeps hitting the wrong area as we bounce thru the waves.
Author:  powellcrazy [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:58 pm ]
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TX H210SS wrote:
I agree the potential is there for many nice features to be added....assuming they work....just that water and touchy feely electronics exposed to direct sunlight seems like a bad mix...and...well im motoring along and can't stand having to stop so i can touch the screen to see the correct display....my finger keeps hitting the wrong area as we bounce thru the waves.



+1

I just switched from a BlackBerry to a Iphone couple months ago, full touch screens are almost useless outside and/or with dirty hands.

It sounds like something cool, but I think for non-enclosed helm, analog gages are the way to go. Looking at photo of 2013 FW dash, that is horrendous! I would never purchase, I do not like where FW is going with there new boat styling. But thats just me.
Author:  ric [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:12 pm ]
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The trend we're really seeing in 2013 is not these little things like LCD dash, but the main things like.. more in house designs. An 80s/90s boat is pretty much a hull with the interior mail ordered. Now companies like Four Winns are making everything on their own. More automotive like. We're stepping away from the parts bin boats and into real in house designs. That's a big change considering the last 30 years of boats were pretty much all the same and hard for some people to get used to. IF you still like the look of a mail order boat, you can still buy a Bayliner :)
Author:  Winter Sux [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:15 pm ]
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Hmmm,,,VDO guages are starting to become real issues. Now this new touch screen and probably all of the components are made in some country we couldn't even find on a globe.

I think I might go back to college and get my instrumentation licence, tee hee

John :mrgreen:
Author:  RotaryRacer [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:34 pm ]
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ric wrote:
The trend we're really seeing in 2013 is not these little things like LCD dash, but the main things like.. more in house designs. An 80s/90s boat is pretty much a hull with the interior mail ordered. Now companies like Four Winns are making everything on their own. More automotive like. We're stepping away from the parts bin boats and into real in house designs. That's a big change considering the last 30 years of boats were pretty much all the same and hard for some people to get used to. IF you still like the look of a mail order boat, you can still buy a Bayliner :)


Your basic understanding of the boat business is pretty limited isn't it?

I'd like for you to name one manufacturer of fiberglass runabouts that is/was "mail order"...and NO Bayliner is not what you call a parts bin boat. All boat builders use suppliers for things like gauges and general fittings. Some spend the money to have special things tooled with their logo or a special design. Bayliner buys the bottom rung gauges, cleats and through hull fittings and puts them onto a hull of their own design and manufacture.

In house design and manufacturing of all components is NOT the end all, be all. In house design and using select manufacturers to make the more specialized items, is the way of the world, whether it be boats, cars, houses or for that matter electronics. Vertical integration went the way of the dodo in the 70s-80s in the auto industry.
Author:  TX H210SS [ Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:36 pm ]
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And a Bayliner with upgraded cleats and bolt ons is called a Sea Ray....made side by side by the same company using the same fiberglass, motors and drives......I too was forced by work to swap from the blackberry to a touch screen....sun kills the screen view and touch screen bites...been using them for close to 6 months now and estimate that 3 out a 4 hate the touch screens.
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