EBACE: Nice stuff! Lufthansa Technik shows new features

For passengers who like to use an integrated control solution, Lufthansa Technik has upgraded the nice-system with an improved
wireless system controller. Responding to customer demand, this handheld touchscreen device now features a coloured graphical user interface. The new wireless system controller, while not in use, can now be mounted in four different cradles that safely keep the device in place and also recharge it. From fixed versions to solutions that retract into the aircraft's furniture, the new cradles offer passengers full flexibility. On tables or walls, on drawers or wardrobes as well as on pop-up side-ledges or credenzas, specific cradle solutions with magnetic latches allow the device to be mounted in nearly all kinds of areas.

There is progress too for assengers who prefer using their own personalized control device instead of the wireless and wired nice controllers.  All typical IFE and CMS functions of the cabin interior can now be controlled from aniPod or iPhone, for example lighting levels and audio or video programs. The required software will be available for download and enables the passenger's mobile device with most features of the wireless system controller.

For passengers in favour of traditional cabin control devices, Lufthansa Technik alternatively offers customised capacitive switches
for its nice-system. Their touch-sensitive surface features a clean look that allows them to be easily integrated in all kinds of cabin
furniture. Colour keys provide passengers with a clear feedback about activated or deactivated cabin systems, and mini LCD displays show additional information, for example music and video volume levels, which provide the capacitive switches with the same functionality as the wireless control solution.

Also at display was Lufthansa Technik's HD 3-D moving map system niceview- now fully integrated into the nice system. The
improved nice control devices inclusive the iPod and iPhone cannow be used to remotely switch between the different views or map styles in order to provide passengers with all the information they desire at nothing more than a fingertip. Running in HD-quality,
niceview offers numerous 3-D and 2-D views utilising worldwide satellite imagery.