June 2007: Custom Dallas Limo for Ericsson

Dallas Limo: A Tailored Limo Build for Ericsson

At Dfwtransit, our Dallas limo company treats unusual requests with real seriousness. This June 2007 story shows how far our team will go to craft a tailored limo experience for a corporate client.

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Jonathan from Ericsson phoned our office with a challenge. Ericsson wanted to showcase its new cellular tower equipment across the Dallas Metroplex, traveling from tower to tower while presenting technical data on a large screen inside the vehicle. In effect, we had to recreate a conference room — complete with perimeter seating and a big projection display — inside one of our limousines.

Standard limousines carry only small flat screens suited to music videos and movies, and mini-buses lack perimeter seating. A limo bus looked promising, but getting video onto multiple TVs inside the bus would take significant modification. We did have a 30-inch, state-of-the-art flat screen in one of our buses, yet all of its inputs sat behind a two-inch-thick wall with no easy access short of dismantling the bus.

Our operations manager spent the rest of that day consulting local technology experts, figuring out how to convert the digital signal from the presenter's laptop into the analog TV input on the front panel. After several store visits, we gathered about five different converters, miles of assorted cables, and two industrial-strength power inverters to keep laptops charged on board.

Assembling the Solution

The next morning, our operations manager, staff mechanic, and a limo bus chauffeur worked to assemble a device that would deliver a quality signal to both TVs while powering itself and the connected laptop. With only 24 hours until the scheduled trip, we tested device after device and combination after combination until we finally got a signal. Unfortunately, the signal had been converted so many times that text on the screen was hard to read clearly.

We decided to build a permanent solution instead, running digital cable from the back of the TV through the rear wall of the bus. After consulting the bus manufacturer and spending a few hours drilling and patching, we had the cable neatly tucked behind the seats. Power inverters were installed, the chauffeur was trained to connect a laptop to the TV, and the bus headed to the car wash with 10 hours left before the trip.

A 12-Hour Cell Tower Tour

The next morning, our operations manager met the client at their headquarters to confirm everything was connected properly, and off they went on a 12-hour tour of cell towers. Spring thunderstorms rolled through the city after lunch; the client's equipment performed flawlessly in the pouring rain, and our own setup held up just as well. The client and their customers were extremely impressed and plan to schedule several more sales presentations like this one.

For patrons interested in a Dallas limo, we treat every customer request with real care and work hard to meet and exceed expectations. This is just one example of how we go beyond the expected and consistently deliver flawless service.

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