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hi everyone jeff cote here with

boatingtechtalk.com

uh we've got another product uh unboxing

uh you know how i don't know about you

but sometimes when i'm on the internet

it's hard for me to tell what size i'm

buying

this is a huge box um

this is a simrad nss 12

evo 3s with a halo 20

plus radar bundle so you actually when

you buy this

box you're actually getting two things

you're getting the radar

and you're getting the display obviously

you're also getting the cable between

the radar

and the display so this is a bundle they

come

in really nine inch 12 inch 16 inch

which is really cool now the 16 inch

display does not come with a bundle so

you can only get the bundle

on the 9 and the 12. so it's worth

noting they do make a 16 version and you

have to buy the radar

and the display separately

the cool thing about this and we'll open

it up is that it also gives you the

ability of

actually interfacing with the unit both

via touch and buttons so that's worth

considering

built-in gps into the display which is

going to be nice

it's obviously got sonar support and

also

wireless connectivity all right before

we get

too ahead of ourselves i want to make a

little bit of space because

i want to start talking about more of

the features when we actually have the

product in our hand

again this is the first time i opening

this radar

and display combo so we're going to be

doing this together

all right so i'm going to get out of the

shot and

we're going to be moving this box right

here this is big

so we're going to try to do this as best

as we can

okay all right

here we go what's inside

this box okay well good news is

lots of packaging so we're going to grab

some of the packaging you can see that

it makes sense

the screen is on top because the screen

is smaller than the radar so

when you're going to be opening this

bundle you're actually going to have the

screen on top

i'm going to move this off from the

table and i'm going to bring into the

shot

just the screen itself

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this is heavy by the way you're buying a

lot of stuff

all right okay

let's start with the screen

simrad is a company

that is owned by a bigger company called

navico and navico

does a bunch of great product lines

they've got simrad

b g and lawrence and so right now we're

looking at the simrad

ns s evo

3s display

so even before i open the box which is

kind of neat i do like it when they give

this

a little bit you can actually see

different sort of

information from the box right so if

you're at a store and you're not sure

what you're getting

they're actually making use of the

packaging uh

in a way for you to actually see a

little bit better understand what you're

getting

which i kind of like it's got obviously

a one kilowatt

uh built-in channel chirp a wireless is

built in as well

they talk about that it's radar

compatible of course two-year warranty

12-inch display it's

pretty awesome and all right let's open

this up

by the way clothes are awesome

honestly there you go

all right so what we've got here

you can see right away it's

documentation which is not a bad idea

because if you're gonna

do anything on your boat educate first

so you've got all these different sort

of uh information and they're trying to

get your intention before you get too

caught away and start trying to install

it they even give you a little sticker

they're giving you a little addendum

this is neat

and worth remembering um

look at this a cut out template

so if you're going to actually try to

mount this on a dash

you're going to want to actually cut

this out

and print one-to-one meaning that this

is actually really

actually what they cut out so you can

actually start cutting that out with a

pair of scissors

mounting it drilling the holes and do

everything so that everything is gonna

just be perfect i remember i tell this

all the time to my texts

uh on a boat you measure i don't

countless times and then drill once

uh it's there's nothing more

heartbreaking than actually making a

hole that's too big

it's hard to fix i've been there done it

it's not good

so you want to do it as much as possible

get ahead of the curve

and have it go well all right next thing

what we're going to do is we're going to

look at this box

again you've got these little sort of

things that go at the top edge of the

screen it sort of makes it

look more polished these are going to

actually clip in okay

these are going to clip in

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interestingly simrad chooses to actually

include their instructions some

manufacturers don't do that anymore like

garmin actually doesn't

it's on the display or you can download

from youtube

not youtube on their i mean on their

website

this is actually a full manual which is

handy because sometimes you don't have

internet when are we

on our boats right some places have no

internet so if you want to read the

manual

this is a good way to do that the other

thing too

is again we have these gaskets i talk

about the importance of a gasket the

gasket goes in between the display

and when you're flush mounting that

display so that neither

dust nor water can actually you're

trying to prevent all those sort of

outside elements to go behind the screen

okay

all right next we're going to do is

we're going to take off this tray and i

like documentation first it's pretty

it's a good way to remind us of what we

need to do so i'm going to take this off

and now what we're going to do is we're

going to have a look at

this screen right here so this is

actually the screen itself

and i'm going very gently but it is

heavy by the way because

it's a computer it's a computer it's not

just a screen it's not just a display

all right look at this looks good

looks really good looks really good and

then look at the back

oh my god

that doesn't scare you look at all those

ports that is called connectivity right

there

how many parts is that that's just crazy

it's

unbelievable um so i'm gonna just

turn it like this so that you can see it

from above this way

so you can actually see all the

different ports

you can have a sauna part here another

sort of part

on this side power enemy a2000

video hdmi ethernet and ethernet

so this is for networking uh output to

tv

also video enemy 2000 is pretty common

protocol now

powering the display and then two

transducer ports the other thing too

that's worth noting is

actually the gps they're putting the

label at the top

making it easy so if you're going to

actually be mounting that into a dash

you need to make sure it's not an

aluminum dash otherwise the gps signal

won't be able to go through that's

really important

and then i also like the fact that the

screen

is installed really well

onto this display here i'm always

nervous

always nervous about taking these off

um i'm gonna do that slowly and i'm

gonna put it off to the side

and then we're gonna do that next and

you can see the tabs are pretty handy

i'm taking the tabs out

and what we're gonna find inside is

actually a trunnion bracket

our u-bracket take the box away slowly

and you can actually see that there's a

trunnion

now this is more than just let's have a

look what's inside

here there you go

we'll do this it's like a puzzle you

know slowly but surely we're going to

get inside

there you go

look at that smart i like it

so what are all these gizmos

these are the uh the little bolts

that you actually the turning knobs that

you put on either side

of the display right that's that uh this

is the power adapter right here

that goes into one of their ports um

and you've got a fuse holder uh mounting

screws for the trunnion bracket

and of course as well i'm gonna try to

do this

as nicely as i can

you're even gonna have this pretty

heavy-duty trunnion bracket

remember this is a computer so you're

holding a computer in a marine

environment

you know you're expecting sometimes to

be knocked around

you know the ocean and the seas are not

always calm so this is a pretty

beefy uh trending bracket i really like

that

all right and there's nothing else on

that box

okay so notice actually even this little

back

right for going in the back of this

screen that's also kind of neat as well

smart

actually i really like that that's

another really good idea

okay good so we've got the display we've

talked about the ports

um now what i did say

at the beginning and i'm going to take

the radar out of the

box as well because i want to show you

the radar that comes

with this simrad

it's another big box that's normal

you know you're spending a lot of money

here we go

what is this this is the simrad halo

20 plus radar

this is what's called a ray dome means

the opener

the array that's within the radar is

actually

enclosed

and this is what you're gonna get inside

this is a pulse

compression radar uh navico

basically invented broadband radar

all the other players over time have

been adapting

and coming up with that here's the radar

cable that comes with it

right here you can see it's got a really

nice

maronize plug you've got the manual

and even the warranty information is

here on the side so that's all good

all right let me take that other

cardboard box

again a really well packed radar you

know i have to say

you know we're spending a lot of money

all of us to actually be

buying this so

there you go

this is going to be the radar that's

going to be installed you know on some

of us it's going to be installed on the

mask for a sailboat

on the radar pole at the back for

another sailboat

or it might be installed on a radar arch

if you're a powerboat or right onto

your cabin top right there's different

places where these radars go

and this is again you can buy this radar

from

simrad and or as well

lawrence and as well through

b and g nice looking radar

very clean lines looks sort of well

polished i like the look of the

fiberglass and again notice

the lack of connections right just one

connection

how nice is that you don't even have to

open the box it's underneath

so you should never have water

underneath

the radar which is kind of cool i think

that's really well done you got a nice

sort of

uh the mounting feet right here which is

cool and then notice that's the little

connection port i was talking about

that's how you would actually run the

cable

so that's pretty neat it's actually not

as

heavy as the old ones they actually the

old ones used to be a lot harder i

remember

going up the ladder or even up a boson's

chair up a mass

and it was a real challenge to actually

put those in they're actually getting

lighter which is good

and it actually means that especially if

you're having a sailboat the higher they

are

the lighter they are is better obviously

for

the motion of the boat right you don't

want to have this heavy weight

at the top of the mast or not saw but

halfway up the mast

making your boat go sideways so this

is the halo 20 plus

and the nss and we have here the 12

inch screen with the screen protector on

top

so pretty cool little bundle simran

makes great product line and again

this is hybrid right they allow you to

do both

um i want to show this so

what i like of what you can actually

interface the whole

device either through touch or actually

right here on the side

really smart some people don't want

touch some people don't want buttons

they want both

this simrad actually gives you both

anyways further questions put them down

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