Anyone using SmartCraft 1000 or 5000?
12-21-2005 | 12:43 PM
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From: E Dock
Re: Anyone using SmartCraft 1000 or 5000?
Originally Posted by salesmanship
Look Ma, no gauges....Well Almost.
Smartcraft 5000 Race edition interfaced to Twin GPS units.
Smartcraft 5000 Race edition interfaced to Twin GPS units.
12-21-2005 | 04:36 PM
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Re: Anyone using SmartCraft 1000 or 5000?
Yes my 353 with 600's has SC,no choice with 600's. Personally I hate it. My boat,and every boat we have sold with SC has had some weird issues,some are easy to fix,some are a real b***h. Just not worth it to me. Good old Livorsi gauges are problem free. Why do I need the monitor to show the props moving up when I trim,I've got mechanical trim indicators?.Why do I need it to tell me I put one engine in gear at too high a speed,I know that. SC wants to tell me all kinds of things that I don't really want to know. I really don't like to sell a boat with SC, i guess I'm of the old school idea,"If it ain't broke,don't fix it" theme.I I understand that today's buyer wants all the info he can get at his fingertips. I appreciate that,but our technicians have more important things to worry about than the SC monitor throwing a code when nothing is really wrong. Call me old fashioned, and I know I am in the minority here,just my 2 cents.
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12-21-2005 | 05:26 PM
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Re: Anyone using SmartCraft 1000 or 5000?
On my 525 I ran just the round 1000 monitor and went with traditional guages and indicators. Just my preferance....even after a full Merc demo of the 5000 Raceview features...
12-21-2005 | 05:31 PM
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Re: Anyone using SmartCraft 1000 or 5000?
Originally Posted by salesmanship
I have a full gauge display on the screens of the gps's. Looks just like the analog. You can toggle between the two screens for nav, gauges, video, etc. If using just the smartcraft display I would still keep the full gauge set up.
