Whatever bult in microphone these stereos have is terrible, its unusable to have for decent hands free calling. There is a jack in front of the stereo, can anyone tell me if that's a microphone jack and if it is, is it a 3.5MM to 2.5mm jack. They sell both sizes. If I could use an external microphone I think this would work much better. My previous truck had a DEA500 radio and had decent hands free calling. It also had a visible microphone mounted to the corner of the windshield, I cant even tell you where they moved it to... I wished they just left the stereo unchanged. The older style was bettet
External microphone kenworth dea700 radio
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Mar 13, 2022.
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Can I ask why dont you just buy a Blue Parrot?
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They are useless in every truck I have tried them in. Old and new Cascadia, Mack 613 and Peterbilt 379. And KW 800.
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The DEA700 sucks for several reasons. I never knew anyone that expected to use the truck's built-in mic and speaker to make phone calls. Everyone I know used some sort of bluetooth headset or earpiece for BT phone calls. BTW, the DEA700 will eventually forget it was paired to your phone or headset about once every week or two. The DEA700 will not pair to a new device while truck is in motion. To keep the DEA700 behaving well you need to leave the truck key turned off, not accessory, but off like the key is in your pocket off, every day for a minute. If you don't the DEA700 will eventually forget that your BT headset was only supposed to be used on calls and your phone was only supposed to provide audio. It may reverse those settings, or just not pair. -
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I have a DEA500 in the Cornbinder I'm driving and the Bluetooth is just ok. The mic is on the "A" pillar and I have to remember to talk in that direction or the other end can't hear me.
But the worst thing is that somehow, it keep turning the ringer volume all the way down so if I don't happen to be glancing at the phone I keep missing calls. Also, don't notice when I get out so I keep missing calls until I get home and the wife asks me why I don't answer her calls..
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