iPilot remote issue

[Gator]

Anybody else find that the latest style iPilot remote is difficult to read in sunlight? I actually returned mine when I bought a new Terrova, thinking that it was defective, but the new remote is exactly the same. The screen resolution is crap and the contrast - which is adjustable - looks horrible even at max. Here's pictures to illustrate what I mean. The first is from the web and looks like every advertisement for iPilot and the second is my actual remote. Ignore the motor not found, I simply hadn't paired it yet. Did I get two bad units, or is this Minn Kota touching up their advertising pictures unrealistically?

 

[lost a lure]

Just like all the fishfinders and tv's look good in the store on demo mode!

[mr 580]

I haven’t had an issue reading my remote- I wear it around my neck so it is close anyway.  I haven’t adjusted contrast from factory setting.

[Sk8man]

Keith the ad image was probably optimized in something like Photoshop or Lightroom where there is nearly total control of lighting and contrast etc. outside that of the device itself. It is done with most advertising images  and unfortunately the "live" object is not really comparable in most cases with the photographed and optimized image of the object itself.

 

When I had that problem with one of my depth finders in the past I made an opaque shade from plastic fastened it on with velcro around the display  and it helped  quite a bit

Edited September 8, 2019 by Sk8man

[Netbender]

Not just the new ones! Mine is the same and has been for years, hard to see. Nice product other then that.


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[Gator]

Yeah, the old ones aren't the greatest, but I never had the problems seeing the screen that I do on the new one. I have no clue why...it seems like a major misstep for what is otherwise a flawless product. The screen on my Commodore 64 looked better lol. And the real ??? is that the screen in their advertisement is easily achievable (and without Photoshop ).