Don't have to tell you what we occupied ourselves with for most of the day. Kelly worked away inside the rig getting things put back into cabinets & closets. Got the big rear bed wrestled into shape with clean sheets & pillow cases. I busied myself with organizing, & stowing things away in bins & checking out the systems. Added water to the fresh water tank & cranked on the taps. TV aerial up & down, check. Climbed up on the roof & made a mental note it needs a good wash. Fiberglass roof by the way & on the flip side we are running on 6 nearly new quality Michelin tires.
LOADING UP WINNIE THE BAGO THIS MORNING
THIS LARGE STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED UNDER THE BEDROOM AREA
I’M CURIOUS AS TO WHY WINNEBAGO PLACED THE AMBER FRONT CLEARANCE LIGHTS ON THE CABS ROOF JUST AHEAD OF THE SATELLITE DOME INSTEAD OF FORWARD & LOWER DOWN ON THE CAP
No complaints about the sound quality of the Jensen radio but I'm afraid my frustrations came roaring back with that dam touch screen crap. Working with treble, bass, fader & sound balancing I sat there & practically wore my finger out trying to make simple adjustments. Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-poke-poke-poke-poke-peck-peck-peck-peck-press-press-press-hammer-hammer-hammer-kick-kick-kick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As I said Monday, I do like the graphics much better in this radio but why oh why oh why & where oh where is the common sense logic in this repeatedly irritating peckable touch screen technology anyway. If one could just press the key once & it would change, fine. But it takes me 4 or 5 or 6 pokes to get any key to change at any time. Of course Kelly can just look at the keys & make them change………………………….’Aaaarrrrgghhhhh’
I LIKE THE SIMPLE EASY TO SEE RADIO GRAPHICS BUT DAM THAT TOUCH SCREEN STUFF!!
I like the fact this Ford has an actual working tachometer & it is not digitalized. Easily readable needle tells me when I'm cruising at a comfortable & fuel efficient 2,000 rpms. No need to go through half a dozen computer screens for that information. At first I was a bit put off by the Ford's simplistic instrument panel until I realized last night when I turned the lights on this simpler approach was probably going to work better for my aging eyes in the long run.
A SIMPLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS MAY JUST WHAT I NEED
Really appreciate the easier entry Ford has for the driver. Seems to me like their cab is lower than the Chevy & instead of having to step up & climb into it I just sort of somehow step straight into the driver's seat. Really like the wide running board & it makes it much easier for me getting out with my sore hip. The door seems to open a bit wider as well. Very driver friendly entry. Thanks Ford:)) 
BIG SCENIC HEATED MIRRORS ARE ADJUSTABLE FROM INSIDE
EASY ACCESS & LOVE THAT BIG EASY TO USE RUNNING BOARD
THEY SURE CRAM A LOT OF ENGINE UNDER THE HOOD
I was under the impression our macerator pump actually mashed up the black tank grunge before discharging it. Thought that is what a macerator pump did. But no, in our rig it only macerates the gray water which seems kind of pointless to me. We can dump the black tank the normal way but to empty the gray tank we have to now press a switch & activate the pump to discharge the water. What!! Also, the compartment for the sewer hose is on the opposite side of the rig from where the dump pipe is. What again!! Both our Damon & Sunseeker had the gray & black valves & pipe enclosed in a bin keeping them free from road grime. The Winnie’s dump pipe is underneath the rig & not as easily accessible. Hmmmmm. Oh well, at least if we have a nasty black tank accident we won't end up with a pile of soup in a bin. It will just simply be all over the ground. Yep, been there, done that. 
NOT SURE IF THIS OUTSIDE PLUMBING THING IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT…THE GRAY WATER VALVE IS BACK BEHIND THE DUAL WHEELS NEXT TO THE GENERATOR
Like the bigger & much brighter interior lights & the 3 big windows in the bedroom. And we love the easy pull down MCD roller blinds instead of the day/night shades. Deep cabinets in the bedroom are welcome as well. The shower door is kinda weird because it is a squeegee door. Not sure how I am going to like that. It is a spring loaded material that is pulled out of the wall & locked into place. It then snaps back into place when released squeegamagating water off the plastic like curtain as it goes. May or may not be a good thing. Don't know until I get myself all wet in there.
INSIDE THAT ROUNDED & CURVED WALL IS THE BATHROOM
FIRST TIME WE’VE HAD PULL OUT PANTRY SHELVES…SHOWER CURTAIN SLIDES INTO THE WALL AT RIGHT
MCD BLIND DOWN & SLIDE OUT…BOTH DRIVER & PASSENGER SEATS CAN SWIVEL & FACE INWARDS
Couch seems comfy enough but that blow up mattress inside is going to be a tolerance tester if we ever have to use it. Pulling the couch out is a bit of a spine stretcher & getting air into that mattress bladder seemed about one snort short of hopeless. It has an air pump but seemed to take forever to get any kind of air into the blow up bladder. Even the technician guy demonstrating it Monday was obviously frustrated. Took all three of us to get what little air was in it out again & fold the couch back up. I think we are going to have to pour some thought into replacing that couch with a better couch system or a couple comfy recliners. As most RV’ers know, nothing is perfect & one has to make the necessary changes to get things as close to perfectly comfortable as possible.
SLIDE IS NOT OUT BUT WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM
NICE BACKSPLASH FOR THE STOVE & I LIKE THE BIGGER BRIGHTER LIGHTS…SMALL PODS ARE SPEAKERS FOR THE SURROUND SOUND
LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE TV DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE COUCH
We like the additional colorful graphics on this particular coach simply because they cover more of that basic bland white look. White is not one of my favorite colors & anytime I can take something white & change it’s color it makes me a creatively happy guy. Maybe that’s another one of the reasons I do not like winter. White, white, white:((
We did end up with one major frustration today though. Kelly patiently worked for hours trying to get our home entertainment center working. She’s no slouch at this stuff….but no go. Partially our fault in that we did not have the folks at FOREST CITY MOTORHOMES fire up the TV/DVD & surround sound system & walk us through that. Forest City Motorhomes removes the televisions from all their rigs because of security & re-installs them when units are sold. We are probably going to have to bite the bullet & drive the rig all the way back to London & have them get this entertainment center working properly. We both ended our day so frustrated with ourselves for not remembering to have them do that:((
KELLY POURS OVER THE JENSON TV & RCA DVD MANUALS…SEEMS IT IS THE DVD PLAYER THAT IS NOT WORKING
KELLY WORKED ON THIS PROBLEM FOR WELL OVER AN HOUR BUT, NO GO:((
TV IS ON A STURDY SWIVEL MOUNT & FOLDS BACK TO THE WALL WHERE IT CAN BE SECURELY ANCHORED
And a question for Ford……At the bottom of the front end grill right in the center of the bumper there is a 3 x 30 inch opening. When I look in there I can see the bottom of the radiator yet there is no protection for that radiator. No grill in that open space, no wire mesh, nothing. Any kind of road debris like a rock, a chunk of tire or ice can come right through that opening & into the radiator. Even a bird or animal. And by the looks of the way that big 10 cylinder engine is packed into that cab’s front end I would say that would be one major & hugely expensive operation to change that radiator out.
Noticed ONE TEXAN'S TRAVELS has joined our Blog Followers list. Looks like some nice photography over there & I think there may be something for all you Foody folks as well. Welcome aboard:))
GROANER’S CORNER:(( For his wife's birthday party, George ordered a cake with this inscription: "You are not getting older. You are just getting better."
Asked how he wanted the message arranged, he said, "Just put 'You are not getting older' at the top and 'You are just getting better' at the bottom."
It wasn't until the maid served the cake that he discovered, that the cake read:
"YOU ARE NOT GETTING OLDER AT THE TOP. YOU ARE JUST GETTING BETTER AT THE BOTTOM."
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- "If having a soul means being able to feel
love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals
are better off than a lot of humans."
(James Herriot)
- The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -William Arthur Ward
- The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...AL.
- It is not so much having nothing to do as it is not having the interest to do something....AL.
Not that it makes much difference, but I think what you are seeing is the air conditioner condenser radiator... But again it could have a bug screen or something over it...
ReplyDeleteHow about having your local RV dealer look at the DVD player, and if it needs repair get the London folks to pay for it..... A few phone calls might save some money...
Oh, something else, touch screens work from the static electricity in your finger, so you don't really have to press on the glass.. Just very lightly touch it.. I tend to push it like it was a button, but it is only sensing the presence of my hand... Sometimes it will work if you are only very near to the glass and don't touch it at all... So try lightly touching the screen and it may help a lot...
ReplyDeleteProbably why it seems to work for Kelly... Just an idea.... YMMV
I have a Jensen entertainment center in my Starcraft trailer. They're a challenge, to say the least. Still can't get DVDs to play stereo sound through the stereo speakers -- something the dealer didn't check, but not worth going back for at this point.
ReplyDeleteKelly might want to check the input adjustments on both the TV and the radio. What might seem logical to her doesn't necessarily translate. ;)
As for you and the touchscreen ... go slow. Give the poor thing to think about what you just touched and asked it to do. Sometimes repeated, quick taps get you nowhere. (Don't ask me how I know ...)
Enjoy!
Always takes time to make RV adjustments. None are perfect but it does seem some design ideas are strange/stupid.
ReplyDeleteWhen my hands are cold I have problems on touch screens and won't work at all with gloves on.
Have fun making it your own.
Al the Couch you sat on the night you and Kelly visited with us down the road, it's the same as your's. There is a drain valve at the foot that if not snugged shut will bleed of the air. It only takes a minute and a half to pump ours up and reversing the pump will suck the mattress flat in 45 seconds.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the touch screen try rubbing you hands together like you're trying to warm them up before touching the screen. That's what I have to do for my phone.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
Al, Joe made the same comment regarding that "hole" in the front of ours too... We also have a Jensen radio/CD player. I just haven't had time to even sit down and play with it to see how it works. We sure love the colors on yours though!!
ReplyDeleteThinking about those touch screens I know my Dad had an oven with touch controls and with his poor circulation it seemed that it didn't work that well unless he warmed his hand up. Just a thought. Our first motorhome was a Winnebago and it was a pretty well constructed outfit, but what really impressed me was the manuals. Unlike our present rig it actually seemed like the guy who had written the manuals had actually seen a motorhome before he set down to write them. Our present rig, I believe the manuals were written by a guy in Qatar who had never even seen a picture of the dang thing. Enjoy your new toy.
ReplyDeleteHave you looked into a Winnie Forum? Craig follows an alfa forum and has learned a great deal. When we have a question, we are comfortable asking. No problem seems to be unique. Someone else has had it before.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Winnie tour. Nice looking rig.
ReplyDeleteWith a few adjustments you will settle right in.
Try the dvd today, sometimes after sleeping on it things will come together.
Congrats on the new "rolling home!" I couldn't get the touch screen to work at Costco and the checker told me that it was heat sensitive. With Raynauds, I have a lot of problems with touch screens.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great looking rig! Thanks for the mention as well!
ReplyDeleteDid you find a radiator grill to protect what I think is the transmission oil cooler on your ASPECT. I had the same concerns on our 26QP Winn. Aspect. Several manufacturers sell snap on bug screens but I haven't found anything that hides behind the ford plastic grill. Enjoyable Blog. Thanks.
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