Opti Idle
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Opti Idle
Has anyone figured out how to get around having your DVD player/TV from shutting off each time the opti-idle starts up?
I was thinking about buying a surge protector-battery backup like the ones used in the home when the power fails. I thought if I could hook the surge protector up to my inverter and run my tv, DVD and xbox through it the problem might be solved. I'm not sure if a 350 watt inverter could power a unit like that. Any suggestions would be really appreciated. It's a pain to restart the DVD and then find where you left off when the opti-idle kicks in....sheese! Pat Driving for CCC
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The only two ways I know of both involve modifications to the truck, either of which will get you fired if you are a company driver.
If you own the truck, take it into a detroit shop and have them reprogram it.
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Yeah if the temps outside allow it, don't run the truck. I started watching dvds on my laptop also about the last month or so because of this problem and having to always restart it and find where I was at in the movie.... And actually with my laptop the movies look so much better. Only other way is to disable the opti-idle. Which not sure what kind of truck you have, but on mine it can be done just by pulling a fuse.
I have only done that during the really cold weather up in the north. To keep my truck from shutting off for any time period.... But got authorization from my company before I did it. Because most of these big companies know when you do stuff like that from your idle % So BOL to ya.
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I'd reckon just use a laptop if you got one. Fortunately, I don't have OptiIdle in my current truck. I don't even have a DVD player in the TV so I watch movies on the laptop. Spend a few hundred bucks and get ya one.
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dont use the opti while watching movies then...
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Originally Posted by Bumper
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dont use the opti while watching movies then...
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its not connected to the batteries, I used a small inverter annd plugged into the cig hole and it trips witth the starting of the truck,I got a big inverter connected to the batteries and it never trips the tv works just fine all night and never drains the battteries, I fall asleep with it on ... you need a good inverter and connect it directly to the batteries or this will always be a problem no matter what brand you buy its because of the cig plug...
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