![]() ![]() The user experience on this device was really well thought out, with the main menu giving you access to all of your sonar, charts, combinations views, ActiveCaptain, and a main menu customization option. Those who do like touchscreens will be rewarded with much faster navigation through the menus - one touch and you’re where you need to be. People who don’t like touchscreens for other reasons can still navigate with the keypad. ![]() Here’s the joy of the combo interface - if the touchscreen gets wet (which it inevitably does), you can still navigate with the keypad. We love this, and we’re hoping it becomes somewhat of a standard - whether or not you agree with us depends largely on how much you like touchscreens. Yes, the Ultra 126, like its predecessors, has a combination touchscreen/keypad interface. Now let’s talk about the interface, starting with the elephant in the room: the touchscreen. These combination views are customizable, which we’ll talk about next, and you can split the screen horizontally, vertically, in windows, and in a number of other ways. Combination views are basically split screens, and they’re one of the must-have features for a device this size - by displaying your sonar, your SideVü, your overhead map and your contour map at the same time, you’ll have an incredible sense of what exactly is going on in the water. A feature we absolutely love that you can find on most modern chartplotters can be found on the Ultra 126 - we’re talking about combination views. One of the biggest advantages to getting a screen this size is that a lot of information can be displayed simultaneously, with enough separation between the information that it’s all easily read. The display has also been crafted to reduce glare, so you can use it in the sun with very few problems - in other words, you can go fishing with this device whenever you want. The screen is backlit, which makes it usable in all kinds of conditions - you can go night fishing, fishing when it’s cloudy, when it’s raining, when it’s foggy, whenever! Obviously you want to be careful in these conditions for a whole host of reasons, but you can trust that your Ultra will be able to keep up even if you decide to hit the water during a storm at midnight (we don’t recommend doing that). ![]() You can adjust settings like contrast, sharpness, zoom, and brightness on the fly, so it’s easy to customize the display to suit your needs as conditions change. The screen itself is 1280 x 800 pixels, which is a very good resolution, similar to 720p - everything displays cleanly, with excellent target separation and enough space and clarity to easily read all the information on screen. Folks who can fit it into their setup will be really pleased, though - a display that big makes it easy for everyone in the boat to see exactly what’s happening on the fish finder from a wide variety of different viewing angles. You’re getting 12” diagonally - that’s a one foot display, which means your Ultra isn’t going to fit into every setup. ![]()
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