Kenworth W900 Dashboard Cruise Control Indicator Missing?

[carllyngholm]

Just bought my second truck, (the W900) and don't see any kind of Indicator on the dashboard that lets you know when you have Cruise Control enabled. Does it just not exist on this model, or it just so subtle that I'm missing it somehow? Thanks.

[Capt Fuzzy]

I drove a W900 for a good bit, it doesn't have a cruise control indicator like most of the other truck models have...

[room217au]

The dasboard computer has a section which displays current speed and cruise control speed.
When you tap the CC "set" key, the Cruise control speed shows the speed you set.
While I haven't really looked anywhere else for an "indicator of CC", Im always looking at the set speed, because that is what's important.
Perhaps they've incorporated the indicator and the setting in one display?
Maybe the actual W900 doesn't have one either?

[Fury6]

Originally posted by carllyngholm:

Just bought my second truck, (the W900) and don't see any kind of Indicator on the dashboard that lets you know when you have Cruise Control enabled. Does it just not exist on this model, or it just so subtle that I'm missing it somehow? Thanks.

You need to switch the dashboard display mode over to the speed readouts. The default key for the dashboard display mode switch is 'I'.

[Hylton Trucking]

Originally posted by room217au:

The dasboard computer has a section which displays current speed and cruise control speed.
When you tap the CC "set" key, the Cruise control speed shows the speed you set.
While I haven't really looked anywhere else for an "indicator of CC", Im always looking at the set speed, because that is what's important.
Perhaps they've incorporated the indicator and the setting in one display?
Maybe the actual W900 doesn't have one either?

Yup. This is how you tell CC is on. When it is on it shows what you have it set for. The SCS 389 doesn't have a Jake indicator which annoys the hell out of me. That is easy to forget when you've been easing around in town and don't need it, then hit the interstate and.......

[room217au]

Originally posted by hyltontrucking:

The SCS 389 doesn't have a Jake indicator which annoys the hell out of me.

and yet, I think all of them have a retarder indicator? Here's what I did.
I've always used the retarder for slowing trucks because it is instant. There is a delay between Jacob activation and effect. I'm not criticizing that.
But the retarder sound is wimpy compared to the cracklin' deafening asault of, say a Cummins Jake.
I operate the retarder from the mouse-wheel, which works great for me, but the engine brake will not bind to the mouse-wheel.
So I replaced the retarder.ogg sound with a wicked Cummins engine brake sound, turned it up a tad and saved it as retarder.ogg
So the retarder still works as normal, it just sounds like a tank division is comin' down the road.