anyone else hate the way the radio operates in a newer KW

A car stereo installation place or CB shop technician might know what wire to snip which might quell your annoyance.

 

They did exactly what they thought big companies wanted. Whether swift/werner/etc wants it or not, they won't backpedal on that, just tout how "safe" this bs is

 

Interesting. I wonder if it was spec’d to be like that? I’ll have to try it in mine.

 

The stereo in a tractor is the same as one in a car. No one is likely to notice that you switched out the stereo in your company tractor. Just store the original stereo somewhere and enjoy what hopefully isn't the sound of suck on your new stereo.

A car stereo installation shop can give you the tools necessary to remove your current stereo. Usually that tool is just a pair of U-shaped thin metal rods with threads at the tips.

You'll kick yourself for not having learned this stuff sooner.

 

Yep used that all the time.

 

You found me again.

 

I agree with you. I started driving tanker in 2017. I had a 2018 Freightliner with the DEA 500 stereo. It did the same thing. I noticed that with the DEA 700 stereo it will lose the BT connection to your phone after a few days of continuous operation. To prevent this it makes sure to turn the truck off and remove the key once every 24 hours. As I was OTR, I usually left the truck stereo on 24 hrs a day, either listening to AM/FM, Satellite, or BT (phone) even if my phone was playing nothing. After a few days of the stereo being on and connected to my phone, the stereo would either drop BT connection to g to maphone, drop BT connection to my headset, both headset and phone, or connect to headset or phone but with different settings.

I really hated the auto-mute when reversing. Like you say, if you were smart enough to mute before you started backing it may un-mute when you started. It would certainly un-mute during a pull-up or as soon as you parked it. Why am I having to manage a safety feature AND the truck? All you can do is turn the volume to 0 or radio off, not muted.

 

I do my best backing with some SOAD playing at mach 5.