Roadmaster Rear Deck Scrolling Digital Message System

by Roadmaster

Product Features

• Digital Message System
• Remote Control Included
• Easy Installation; Easy to Use
• 12 Volt Operated
• Personalize your Messages

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000NDESXE
• Item model number: RRDS100
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,710 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From Roadmaster, this Scrolling Digital Message System mounts to the rear of your car and allows you to send personal messages from your driver's seat. 12 Volt DC operated. Comes with a remote control for easy programming. Advertise your business services with style!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice little reader board for the road or at the office, February 9, 2008

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S. Depaola (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roadmaster Rear Deck Scrolling Digital Message System (Misc.)

The Roadmaster Scrolling Message Board works as advertised and for a couple of months now has held up fine, except that the unit sometimes doesn't want to start my preprogrammed sequence of phrases in freezing NY weather. There are 11 storage locations for your custom messages and thankfully these can be arranged in a sequence in any order, but be warned, the device takes a long time to program in words/phrases. The IR remote control is finicky in that you have to aim it directly at the sensor on the back (using a mirror to see the display) and a couple of the buttons already need hard presses to register a character. You can edit programmed phrases but you pretty much have to erase all words from the beginning and start over. The preprogrammed sequence of phrases is started by pressing PLAY twice. The display looks vivid at night, good at dusk/dawn but barely acceptable during daylight, and if you have a tinted rear window forget about using it during daylight hours. Overall though I am pleased with this unit - sure beats trying to find bumper stickers that say what I want to say.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea, Poor Quality, June 4, 2008

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B. McCarthy "Engineer, CERT, Amateur Radio Op... (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roadmaster Rear Deck Scrolling Digital Message System (Misc.)

I've had two of these. I bought the first one and it didn't work. The place I bought it from said I had to go back to the company, so I did. It took several phone calls to managers before they agreed to pay the shipping, which they thought I should pay. Finally they did send the new one out and it arrived working. I used it for a day and it stopped working again. I opened it up to try and fix it myself, but I couldn't find a problem with my multimeter. I think there is a problem with the circuitry shorting out, but much of it is too small to get my multimeter in there so I can't go far with that. I tried calling again and left my number for a supervisor several times when they kept telling me that they couldn't take it back twice. I never got a call back. I had a supervisor's direct e-mail address from the last time, but she didn't respond to several messages. Finally I declined the charge on my credit card. I've seen these working, so perhaps I had bad luck, but if yours doesn't work make sure Amazon will take it back because the company thinks these are sold "as is" regardless of what the warranty says.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Digital Message that breaks, October 26, 2010

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carla - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Roadmaster Rear Deck Scrolling Digital Message System (Misc.)

I bought this back in May of 2010 & I have been using it to display names of dances while DJing but now it decided to stop working. I changed the battery on the remote thinking that was the problem, but NO it is still broken and the message is stuck on only one dance instead of the 10 that I had programmed. I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone since it is supposed to be for cars that move around all the time and I had this thing on top of the counter and it still broke. Not worth the cheap price that's for sure! I guess you get for what you pay!