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richardwise
Explorer
Nov 19, 2013

radio help

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.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    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
  • 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!

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