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

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Dec 22, 2021.

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  1. Dec 22, 2021 #11
    Frank Speak

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    Be a rebel and start singing when backing. Stick it to the man!
     
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  3. Dec 22, 2021 #12
    Midwest Trucker

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    Im in my truck and I’m siiiiiiiingging!

     
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  4. Dec 22, 2021 #13
    Lexuslane

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    The dodge pickups start honking the horn if you put it in reverse with the door open .
     
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  5. Dec 22, 2021 #14
    Rubber duck kw

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    I thought that was just my old pile that did that.
     
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  7. Dec 22, 2021 #15
    ncmickey

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    lol I had a new stereo installed in my 2020 Freightliner. The old one would lock up every day…..
    The new one works so much better… but it has the ‘mute reverse’
    This really pisses you off? How long does it take you to back up…. 2 minutes your in the dock and it’s playing again… wow… so inconvenient….
     
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  8. Dec 23, 2021 #16
    ad356

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    I guess you've never driven milk truck. We do ALLOT of backing and in tight places. Sometimes multiple pull ups are required to get it right. I might back up a dozen times in a day. A dock? We dont typically have those, I have 1 farm that has live loading that might be considered a dock. Everything else is a recieving bay or a farm. The stereo is really annoying if your trying to maneuver on a snowy or icy driveway.

    I turn the volume OFF. My point is, there way a better way to engineer this thing. If the driver mutes the stereo is should remain off until the driver unmutes it. Dont override the driver, that's what I find particularly annoying.

    A few of the trucks are t880 autoshift with infotainment centers. I'm not saying I'm one to do this, but two of the drivers got pissed off enough at the situation to smash those screens.
     
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  9. Dec 23, 2021 #17
    Pamela1990

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    Something from Whitney Houston , Elvis, Alan Jackson, what would you like to hear ;)
     
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  10. Dec 23, 2021 #18
    Long FLD

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    If that really happened and they’re still employed then your boss is an idiot. And the drivers aren’t too bright because now they don’t have access to those gauges. Though I suspect anyone that doesn’t have respect for other’s property likely don’t pay attention to any of the extra gauges.
     
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  11. Dec 23, 2021 #18
    Frank Speak

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    I’m more of a classical kind of pilgrim. I suppose we could meet in the middle with a jazz number from the Porgy and Bess opera (George Gershwin). I’m almost certain Ella Fitzgerald recorded a tune or two from it. Go ahead and gas it up with one of those.
     
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  12. Dec 24, 2021 #19
    Allow Me.

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    Wait a minute now.....you mean the truck beeps if you wander out of your lane, it beeps when you back up, the brakes apply if the truck senses something in front of you, they're testing "driverless" trucks, dispatch can watch you with a camera when driving, AND NOW, some moron invented a am/fm radio that shuts off when you back up ? But hey, that's trucking ! ! 2021 style
     
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  13. Dec 25, 2021 #20
    Lostmykey

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    My freightliner has the infotainment screen. If it wasn’t for Apple CarPlay, I would’ve suction cupped mounted my tablet on top of it.
     
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