My LINC 2.0 screen goes blank on my 2016 SN200OB

[Johnbrannan]

I only have about 5 hours on it, but three times the screen has gone blank, once rendering the engine difficult to re-boot and power up. While the screen is blank, the engine ran, then came on half way down the course, under no speed control. Anyone have this issues on 2016's

[Jody_Seal]

It needs to go to the dealer for repair or replacement.

[acmx]

Had a new 200 do that to me while driving a tournament last year. The screen blanked when entering course but felt like ZO was still in control, had to turn master switch under dash off to get screen back, was all good then and showed times for the pass it blanked out on.

[ForrestGump]

Had one that did that a few years ago. Dealer replaced under warranty and all fine.

[Kelvin]

I knew there was a reason my 200 has the old style dash!

[Chef23]

That is what makes me a little nervous about those screens.

[mmosley899]

The Whitestone boat blank screen turned out to be a problem with the power distribution module.

[Johnbrannan]

Update: So with the help of CC, the LINC screen was replaced under warranty by my dealer. But, the boat ran six passes, then died again. It shut down during a slow deceleration to pick up the skier, and never started again, so it's back to the dealer for more investigations. Bummer.

[Hockdog]

Analog gauges, no issues.

[jetpilotg4]

Time for a new boat

[Johnbrannan]

So my dealer did some more investigations, and found two loose connections, and were able to reproduce an arc in the shop, and there was a blown fuse at the battery switch. It has been running fine since, although we are reluctant to be alone on the lake still........

[303Skier]

Seen it happen in a few 15's too. Just required a power toggle.

[J3]

Not sure gauges are any better. I had a ZO head unit and a gauge cluster fail in my 13.

[The_MS]

I dont understand the need for one in a tug boat.

[Johnbrannan]

What is a power toggle?

[dvskier]

Power toggle = power off/on.

[Johnbrannan]

Hmmmm OK. Thanks

[Johnbrannan]

So I went to ski today, and the LINC booted up, all of the gauges including the voltmeter (12 volts) and the gas gauge and thermometer, etc worked, the power went to the fuel pump, then absolutely nothing went to the starter, nothing. I did a couple of shut downs, and power on/offs, and still nothing. So it's back to the dealer.

 

Nautique engineers, what do you think?

 

JB

[Mark Petrie]

Check the starter relay. It is on the top of the engine in a small plastic box. Mine did the same, push in the starter relay and mine worked thereafter.

[skiinxs]

Did you try wiggling the throttle handle a little? Sometimes the nuetral safety switch could need a little adjustment.

[thager]

I had something similar with my 196 earlier this spring. Connections to the starter were wet. Put hair drier on it for 2-3 minutes and boat started right up. Weird but it solved the problem.

[jpwhit]

Besides wiggling the throttle in case the neutral switch was open, you should also always check the safety kill switch lanyard. Both will result in the exact behavior you've described.

[Johnbrannan]

Thanks for these tips, I did check the kill switch, and it is fine.

[Johnbrannan]

So it looks like it was the throttle that was not in full neutral when I pressed start, we'll see how it goes, thanks for all of the advice.

[ozski]

Having some issues with a blank screen on our 2017 200. Can take several minutes to 30 minutes to get the screen to boot. Only after the boat has been sitting and once it works its good for the day.

[dave2ball]

@ozski when you turn on the main powers switch do you wait 10 to 15 seconds befor hitting the start button? By waiting this may solve your problem. It did mine.

[Not_The_Pug]

@ozski You need to wait until the screen says "booting" in the upper left hand corner of the screen before starting the boat. Hit start once, then start again after the 10 to 15 seconds like @dave2ball said.

[Johnbrannan]

Mine hasn’t crashed hard like it did last year, but every once in a while, it does not boot up properly. In those cases, I have it do a true boot down and then another boot up. I wonder if it because some people just turn off the battery switch after usage, without doing a proper boot down........

[ozski]

I agree, the shut down should be done correctly. If you just turn the engine off but fail to power down then turn off the battery switch it seems to trigger problems the next time you use it.

[BraceMaker]

Boats should be robust and not need coddled to perform properly. No one would put up with this on an offshore boat.

[skierjp]

You wouldn't power down your computer without closing apps first.

[BraceMaker]

@skierjp literally all the time. This isn't 1993 no one ejects their usb and everyone shuts laptop screens and stuffs them in the bag. You should just turn off the key and leave it.

 

 

[WoodySkier]

So people are just flipping the battery switch without shutting the boat down? That’s like just unplugging your computer when you’re done using it and wondering why it doesn’t boot up right next time. I never have a problem with mine, just punch in code and hit stop twice and it shuts down every time correctly. Starts up correctly every time too. Only reason to flip battery switch off is if you’re not going to be using it for a while.