I just got a 2014 Sunseeker 3010ds on an E450 chassis. It has the Ford touch screen radio/nav/who knows what else system in the dash. Does anyone know how to turn the radio off? Last night, after about an hour of getting it home, I found the radio was still playing. I finally shut off the house battery switch and that shut it down. I'm guessing it is wired into the house system so it can be used as an entertainment system when parked. But what's to keep it from running the battery down when not being used? I miss the on/off knob.

Check out youtube If you have an issue some one else has I did a quick search and looks like ford has got some complaints about that radio. Nothing simple anymore we have a fancy one in our suburban but the phones are easier to use so it doesnt get use but for music. Ha!

Surely the truck came with a owners manual...Everything in my FORD truck shuts own after a short time delay when I pull my ignition key... Roy Ken

I have the same cab and chassis under a 2014 Itasca. My radio is a Pioneer unit, with a back up camera wired into it, with the same how do you shut it off issue. I found that in my case if you open the door it will shut off the radio (and the back up camera) when the key is removed from the ignition. You can also shut it off by using the touch screen and pushing the off icon for the radio, although sometimes other functions start up when you do that. Mine is wired into the cab ignition and not the house battery. My Coachmen with a regular stereo is wired into the house battery.My biggest gripe with the Pioneer radio is there doesn't seem to be any scan feature - there's seek, but no scan.

I have a Pioneer in my 2014 Thor Chateau. To get the radio out of DEMO mode you press and hold the mute button. To turn the screen off you press the menu button then press the screen where the OFF icon is displayed. Every time you disconnect the coach batteries and reconnect them, you need to go through this procedure. Also, as mentioned above, go to YOUTUBE or Pioneer's website.

Finally found the manual, it is a magnadyne unit. The NAV (navigation, GPS) button is the off/on switch also. It has to be held down for 3 seconds to power off. Just pushing it flips unit to GPS.

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RvBill3
Explorer
Nov 23, 2013
Sunseekers come with a Magnadyne radio. Forest River has designed a circuit so that the radio gets power from either the chassis or the coach battery (but the two are isolated from each other). As you have already discovered, holding the power switch for 4 seconds turns the unit off. The radio has many features and has a steep learning curve on some of them, but is really quite good once you get it figured out. There are several helpful threads at forestriverforums.com
Mich_F
Explorer
Nov 23, 2013
mumkin wrote:

I think these "radios" have become a bit too... fancy...

My "radio" has all kinds of "stuff" you can do with it, but as far as I can tell it doesn't have a simple scan button.
JNorton
Explorer
Nov 23, 2013
Has anybody found an aftermarket radio with a tuning knob? The 2013 VW Golf still has one. I agree these things have way too steep a learning curve to just listen to the radio. Bluetooth is fine as is satellite but I like to listen to local sports programs too.
Kit_Carson
Explorer
Nov 23, 2013
My 2008 Winnebago has a switch on the left side of steering wheel down on dash that reads "house/engine". A 2 way rocker switch lets you use choose your power source. I had the same problem when I first bought the MH new. I could not figure how to turn the radio off. I called Winnebago and they led me straight. Man, life used to be simple......
richardwise
Explorer
Nov 23, 2013
I yearn for the good old simple days, a radio with on/off, volume, and tuning knobs, a laptop with windows 7, affordable V8 rear wheel muscle car. Sorry, just fantasizing.

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