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A+T HFD5 and colour displays when B&G H5000 panels end of life

When B&G ended production of the widely installed H5000 5-inch graphic display, yards and independent integrators needed a colour panel that respects existing cutouts, databuses, and calibration work — not a wholesale rip-and-replace. A+T Instruments answered with the HFD5 and a broader full-colour family GMTS is now listing for dealers in the Pacific.

The display family (high level)

  • HFD5 — 5″ colour successor positioned for H5000-style upgrades where A+T has validated the swap.
  • BFD — larger full-colour fields for helm and crew positions; often chosen after side-by-side trials against other MFDs on refit projects.
  • Mini, PHD, 3020, QBD7, MFD — smaller or dedicated panels for mast, companionway, and processor-driven Ethernet layouts.
  • Analogue and digital wind — 500-series vertical and horizontal sensors plus spares aligned with legacy B&G 213-type installs.

Processors and backbone

Displays are only half the story. A+T ATP1 / ATP2 / ATP2X processors consolidate instrument traffic; many refits move off ageing H5000 CPUs first, then refresh displays in phases — the pattern David Minors describes on recent NZ yachts running QBD7 and ATP1 together.

A+T’s Ethernet ring around the yacht remains the high-performance option for new builds and major refits; NMEA 2000 CAN remains the pragmatic bridge on mixed fleets. GMTS scopes whichever backbone matches the yard schedule — we do not paste Peplink WAN copy onto instrument PDPs.

Trade pricing and support

Approved dealers see one NZD price, converted from the UK list. There is no extra hardware discount. Browse A+T on the shop or talk to GMTS for a bill of materials on a refit.

Factory support stays with A+T (including component-level repair heritage from Tinley Electronics). GMTS handles regional stocking questions, project BOMs, and integration with onboard networks, Starlink, and monitoring stacks we already deploy.

Related: QBD7, seven-inch full-colour display. ATP processors after H5000.

A+T QBD7: seven-inch full-colour display for performance yachts

A+T Instruments builds high-performance sailing instrumentation in Lymington, UK — the same engineering culture behind many superyacht and grand-prix instrument refits. GMTS is bringing the A+T range onto gmts.io for dealers who want factory-supported displays, wind sensors, and ATP processors alongside the Peplink and NMEA kit we already supply.

The QBD7 is the headline full-colour display: a 7″ panel at 1,500 nits, readable in bright sun, mountable in landscape or portrait, with or without front buttons (locked pages for race mode). Each unit is immersion-tested and baked at 70 °C — the same rugged standard A+T applies across the range.

Why integrators care

  • Flexible pages — up to six configurable pages with graphs, bars, and analogue-style fields plus conditional colour (for example overload alerts).
  • Connectivity — CANbus (NMEA 2000 compatible) for B&G Hercules, H5000, WTP, Garmin, and Sailmon; Ethernet when the yacht runs an A+T ATP processor network.
  • Upgrade paths — replacement for discontinued Sailmon 7″ displays; B&G 30/30 upgrades with adaptor plate; standalone mast displays in portrait on smaller yachts.
  • Support — direct A+T technical line (UK) plus GMTS project scoping for NZ and Pacific installs.

Hugh Agnew at A+T describes the QBD7 as built for “clarity, flexibility, and toughness — everything professional sailors demand.” NZ integrator David Minors (DM Marine Electronics) notes it complements the existing A+T line — including recent ATP1 CPU upgrades replacing legacy H5000 brains.

See it in action

More detail from A+T and the trade press:

Shop SKUs ATQBD7C (CAN) and ATQBD75 (Ethernet) are on the A+T shop. Dealer login shows UK list RRP in GBP; guests can request a quote for display counts, cutouts, and processor architecture.

Related: A+T HFD5 and the colour display line after H5000.