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Opinions please!
Eqcons:
Having become increasingly dissatisfied with the built-in GPS on my CUSE2, and knowing the fondness many of you have for devices like the Garmin Zumo, I'm considering, with an acquaintance who is an electronics engineer, going into production of a device that will allow a GPS/Radar detector with an audio output to connect into the HD Audio system ('06-on type). It will mute the audio you are listening to, give you the message in your headset/through your fairing speakers, and return the audio to normal thereafter. In that respect it will be far and away superior to the AUX socket! It will be a proper, discrete device, mounted out of sight, and all you'll see will be a (probably fairing mounted) jack into which you'd plug the audio-out of your GPS or Radar detector. You will still be able to listen to your radio/CD/XM/MP3 player unlike just playing MP3s of the card in the Zumo (or whatever) through the AUX input.
Can I ask:
1) how interested would you be in such a device (ignoring cost for the moment), and
2) (now not ignoring cost!) what sort of figure you'd expect to pay for it?
Thanks for your input, everyone!
Jim
REGGAB:
--- Quote from: Eqcons on July 04, 2007, 02:49:25 PM ---Having become increasingly dissatisfied with the built-in GPS on my CUSE2, and knowing the fondness many of you have for devices like the Garmin Zumo, I'm considering, with an acquaintance who is an electronics engineer, going into production of a device that will allow a GPS/Radar detector with an audio output to connect into the HD Audio system ('06-on type). It will mute the audio you are listening to, give you the message in your headset/through your fairing speakers, and return the audio to normal thereafter. In that respect it will be far and away superior to the AUX socket! It will be a proper, discrete device, mounted out of sight, and all you'll see will be a (probably fairing mounted) jack into which you'd plug the audio-out of your GPS or Radar detector. You will still be able to listen to your radio/CD/XM/MP3 player unlike just playing MP3s of the card in the Zumo (or whatever) through the AUX input.
Can I ask:
1) how interested would you be in such a device (ignoring cost for the moment), and
2) (now not ignoring cost!) what sort of figure you'd expect to pay for it?
Thanks for your input, everyone!
Jim
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Jim, I saw this earlier yesterday, but didn't respond, because I have no use for any of the devices for which a capability like the one you describe would be used..........at this point in my life. Then I saw your post in the FLHTCUSE section, and figured I'd at least add some data that hopefully you can meld into information. So, to answer your first question, at this point in my life, I'm not interested. As for #2.......surely that must be rhetorical. It's difficult to gage what you need to recover R&D, System Design and Development, Low Rate Initial Production and an ultimate full tool-up to mass production.............so, considering that all of that is not being considered, then there is no more rhetoric. For a simple circuit board, harness and jack, no more than $20.00.
Hope this helps.
Eqcons:
--- Quote from: REGGAB on July 05, 2007, 07:38:52 AM ---Jim, I saw this earlier yesterday, but didn't respond, because I have no use for any of the devices for which a capability like the one you describe would be used..........at this point in my life. Then I saw your post in the FLHTCUSE section, and figured I'd at least add some data that hopefully you can meld into information. So, to answer your first question, at this point in my life, I'm not interested. As for #2.......surely that must be rhetorical. It's difficult to gage what you need to recover R&D, System Design and Development, Low Rate Initial Production and an ultimate full tool-up to mass production.............so, considering that all of that is not being considered, then there is no more rhetoric. For a simple circuit board, harness and jack, no more than $20.00.
Hope this helps.
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Yes, thanks Reggab. It'll be a bit more sophisticated than that though, and we're just trying to gauge how spohisticated it should be.
Jim
REGGAB:
--- Quote from: Eqcons on July 05, 2007, 07:45:58 AM ---Yes, thanks Reggab. It'll be a bit more sophisticated than that though, and we're just trying to gauge how spohisticated it should be.
Jim
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It is a bit difficult to gage what one feels something is worth, without knowing all the logistics processes involved in the effort. I gleaned the data I could fron your initial post, formed it into the best information I could, and arrived at what I thought would be a fair price......without considering your need to recover all the costs of development. I think you're on the right track tho'...........and I'd also expect to see a price considerably higher than the one I listed.............but with the data you provided, and the information I formed from that data, my case analysis yields a pretty low figure.....but there are many holes yet to be filled.
I wish you much success with your endeavor.
Henry
Eqcons:
--- Quote from: REGGAB on July 05, 2007, 08:00:07 AM ---It is a bit difficult to gage what one feels something is worth, without knowing all the logistics processes involved in the effort. I gleaned the data I could fron your initial post, formed it into the best information I could, and arrived at what I thought would be a fair price......without considering your need to recover all the costs of development. I think you're on the right track tho'...........and I'd also expect to see a price considerably higher than the one I listed.............but with the data you provided, and the information I formed from that data, my case analysis yields a pretty low figure.....but there are many holes yet to be filled.
I wish you much success with your endeavor.
Henry
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Thanks Henry. :drink:
Jim
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