Obutto triple stand alignment

[Andy Bonar 94]

Just wondering if anyone has any useful tips on lining up the monitors on these triple stands...

Tried everything, but jsut cant seem to get it right.

Managed to get centre and left done, but then there is no movement in the right hand bracket to get it to be low enough.

If i raise the centre to match the right, there isnt enough adjustment to lift the left hand one then!

 

180 quid, and not very impressed at the moment

 

Andy

[Joe Berkett 70]

45 degree angle between side and centre monitor is what everyone talks about

[CFD-3-Captain 33]

They take a little patience. But what surprised me is the comment about not getting them low enough. I had the opposite happen, I couldn't get mine raised to where I needed. 

 

I'm afraid my adjustments wouldn't help you, but the biggest thing for me was getting the arms themselves almost so tight you can move them. You also want to lift on them (to prevent sag) when tightening them up. You can then simply adjust the vesa mounts to make your adjustments. Also, make sure your center monitor is ALL THE WAY back. Also, set it as low as you can that way you can raise the side monitors to it if need be. 

 

Again, patience is virtue. Mine still are not perfect as I need to lower my left monitor just a tad. Maybe mine were easier because I added them later? Like I said before...setting the center monitor first is most important I believe. 

[Andy Bonar 94]

Many thanks for the tips

 

Ive messed around with it again, and its pretty close to spot on finally!

 

I pushed the centre one all the way back as far as it would go, and started again.

Only strange thing I had to do was invert the right hand bracket so that the vertical adjustment bolt was pointing down (and in effect doing nothing) but this has given the extra movement i needed to lower it!

 

What a PITA 

 

Cheers

Andy

[CFD-3-Captain 33]

I would tend to agree some.....it can be a PITA....BUT its a great value and functions very well once you get it setup.

 

Glad you got it almost spot on. Like I said, mine is almost perfect and I know what I need to change, but I just don't want to loosen things up to fix it and POSSIBLY throw something else out of whack LOL. 

[TruePunisher 78]

I also got mine to "this works" and left it. I moved everything around once after my first "this works" moment and after about two hours of adjusting height and angle it decided that I will leave it rather then spend more time on it. My left monitor sags more then the right so I tried to shim it up but it is not perfect. It can't really be noticed with how my final set up is so it is not a real big deal.

 

There is room for improvement, but for the price I am happy with it.

[CaTaPulT 658]

PITA is a understatement. LOL

I have my center monitor coming out a little, it was the reason behind getting this stand, getting the monitors closer since the oZone stand doesn't have that option.

I followed the video directions as close as possible and that height adjustable bolt under the VESA mounts is what saved my butt to get the monitors aligned.

My biggest complaint about this stand is the 3 holes for height adjustment, I would have preferred slide in tubes with knobs to get the monitors at just the right height, now if I put it in the bottom hole, monitors are too low, if I put it in the next hole, they are too high, another hole half way in between would have been just right for my setup.

My right side articulating arm has no resistance, I've tightened that joint as tight as it will go, yet the right side monitor free floats way too easily at the main join (at the main stand), so I'm always afraid of accidentally nudging it and putting that monitor out of adjustment. Also, as mentioned in the assembly videos, I'm on carpet with a thick underlay, so if I put the monitors too far forward on the stand, the stand wants to tip forward and fall over.

For the price, it's a great stand, but it does have it's flaws.

If I build my own DIY rig, I will include bottom bracing options for the monitor stand so it does not tip forward depending on how I adjust the monitors.

Take care

 

Regards:  >>>> Jack <<<<

[BusterAult 6]

Yep, was a bit io a PITA but got it working with my 27"s at 45 degree angle... I had to apply pressure to the end of one arm to tweak the mountain pivot point a bit then re-tighten. Four hands work better than two, get some help. Once set, it is all good!

[alwaysinboost 3]

IMO the obutto triple monitor setup is a great starting point.  For me it was close out of the box, but it will take some tweaking and modifications to get it perfect, especially with 27" or larger screens.

 

Initally I thought I had everything setup correctly with only a little bit of tweaking. However, after living with it for a few days and driving different tracks (like those with large elevation changes in the turns) it was obvious that it wasn't perfect.

 

A good starting point (for me at least) was to get the center monitor as close to the steering wheel as I could.  To do that I purchased one of these:

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082806&p_id=8678&seq=1&format=2

 

Once close to the wheel, the next step was to make sure the center monitor was perfectly level & plumb in relation to where i was sitting.  Once that was done it was just a matter of getting the angle on the side monitors the same, making them level (related to the center monitor) and getting the overlap of the bezels on the monitors identical from side to side.  In order to do that I made some modifications to the VESA plates by drilling additional holes to allow me to mount my 27's further outward to increase the angle and provide a greater FOV.

 

With those modifications and a little time I was able to get a perfect 179* FOV.  The difference between from when I first set it up out of the box and thought it was OK and now are huge!  Anytime I turn my head and look through a corner at one of my side monitors I am so glad I took the little extra time and effort to set it up correctly.  It makes a very big difference when you spend hours sitting behind the wheel.

 

If you want it to be perfect then it really has to be a labor of love, you can't just throw it together in an hour and expect perfection.  Don't get me wrong, it might be OK to use and still look good, but the difference between just OK and perfect can be as little as a couple millimeters on one monitor.

[CaTaPulT 658]

IMO the obutto triple monitor setup is a great starting point.  For me it was close out of the box, but it will take some tweaking and modifications to get it perfect, especially with 27" or larger screens.

 

Initally I thought I had everything setup correctly with only a little bit of tweaking. However, after living with it for a few days and driving different tracks (like those with large elevation changes in the turns) it was obvious that it wasn't perfect.

 

A good starting point (for me at least) was to get the center monitor as close to the steering wheel as I could.  To do that I purchased one of these:

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=108&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082806&p_id=8678&seq=1&format=2

 

Once close to the wheel, the next step was to make sure the center monitor was perfectly level & plumb in relation to where i was sitting.  Once that was done it was just a matter of getting the angle on the side monitors the same, making them level (related to the center monitor) and getting the overlap of the bezels on the monitors identical from side to side.  In order to do that I made some modifications to the VESA plates by drilling additional holes to allow me to mount my 27's further outward to increase the angle and provide a greater FOV.

 

With those modifications and a little time I was able to get a perfect 179* FOV.  The difference between from when I first set it up out of the box and thought it was OK and now are huge!  Anytime I turn my head and look through a corner at one of my side monitors I am so glad I took the little extra time and effort to set it up correctly.  It makes a very big difference when you spend hours sitting behind the wheel.

 

If you want it to be perfect then it really has to be a labor of love, you can't just throw it together in an hour and expect perfection.  Don't get me wrong, it might be OK to use and still look good, but the difference between just OK and perfect can be as little as a couple millimeters on one monitor.

 

From your message, I take it you are talking about the triple monitor stand for the oZone cockpit?

The Pain in the butt one we were describing is the newer Obutto R3volution free standing triple monitor stand.

Agreed, the oZone's triple monitor stand is great and easy to adjust other than forward movement, it's why I bought the R3volution stand, and if I decide to make a DIY rig, I'll need a triple monitor stand for it.

Take care

 

Regards:  >>>> Jack <<<<