Cerbo GX Touch Screen

[Glennman]

Hey guys! I'm having a hard time deciding if the touch screen monitor needs to be installed near the driver's area so that I can keep up on the system while driving or not (?). I know it's a matter or preference, but is there any reason to install it in the dash area? Thanks everyone!

[buswarrior]

Where should your attention be, while driving?

May i suggest, not on the §%~±¿ utilities?

You know you're going to be doing all manner of mental considering, and trying to catch what is flashing on there, etc etc...

We're supposed to be smarter than that, we busnuts.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[rob.martinson]

I built a small panel in the kitchen area where the rest of our "house" controls are (water heater, pump, HVAC, etc) to mount the Cerbo. If you wired to network you can access it remotely (I do with an iPad) from up front if you really need to but I've found after the initial novelty wore off, I rarely look.

[dtcerrato]

Multi tasking at the wheel has become busier through the years with all the fandangled electronic gadgets anymore so we did a drivers console upgrade (down grade) and got rid of all the citizen band equipment and simplified dash monitoring systems.

[windtrader]

Many of the new vehicles are operated via touchscreens. The latest one that even got me was the physical shifter has gone missing and done via a touch on the screen. I still hold for the most part, we here will see at least the first prototype Level 5 self drive vehicle. Level 3 is here and Level 4 is just around the corner. It's goning to be very weird gettinng into a vehcile with no driver and no steering wheel or dash. LOL

[Iceni John]

It seems the current obsession with touchscreens in cars has run its course:  there's increasing consumer backlash against car makers' not providing physical controls (push-buttons, knobs, sliders, etc.) for basic functions such as climate control or radio, and some car companies (VW is one) will be reintroducing traditional controls soon.   Anything that takes one's eyes off the road, even if for only one or two seconds, simply is very poor design, and I refuse to drive any vehicle that's equipped that way.   All those touchscreens etc were only adopted because they look high-tech and flashy, i.e. they help to sell new cars on the showroom floor, not because they make driving safer or less-stressful.

All my house-systems' panels and controls are completely out of sight when I drive:  while the bus is moving it's just a vehicle, not a house-car or motorhome or whatever;  only when it's parked do I need to concern myself about any of the house systems.

John

[Glennman]

It seems the current obsession with touchscreens in cars has run its course:  there's increasing consumer backlash against car makers' not providing physical controls (push-buttons, knobs, sliders, etc.) for basic functions such as climate control or radio, and some car companies (VW is one) will be reintroducing traditional controls soon.   Anything that takes one's eyes off the road, even if for only one or two seconds, simply is very poor design, and I refuse to drive any vehicle that's equipped that way.   All those touchscreens etc were only adopted because they look high-tech and flashy, i.e. they help to sell new cars on the showroom floor, not because they make driving safer or less-stressful.

I bought a Ram pickup new in 2020 and opted for the Tradesman model with limited electronics including the lack of a touchscreen. I love the knobs for heat/air, radio, etc.

[windtrader]

I don't like 100% touch controls but do these newest systems have voice control. So, you want to set heat to 75, you just say," hey computercar, set the heat to 75."

[dtcerrato]

Hey computercar increase speed to 120 and activate radar protection!

[Jim Blackwood]

Hey computercar, teleport us to the gulf coast.

[dtcerrato]

Heck we're already there! How about Alaska in the summer?