Cut-price, full postcode nav update available for PCM-3

[sportsandclassic]

Can anyone confirm once you have entered postcode can you select the house number as I have been told not ?

Mike

[itsybitsy]

I am sure I can put full postcode and house number in my sat nav already?as I don't use the sat nav much i will have to check later what version i have,if its a newer version then it would solve the mystery to my car and some 997.2 cars being 2012 model years?

[itsybitsy]

just checked and my spyder has version v 2.20 what ever that means

[DKC]

Can anyone confirm what the software version is AFTER this update?

My 997.2 turbo has v2.20 as well

Edited by DKC on Sunday 15th December 18:54

[mrdemon]

itsybitsy said:

just checked and my spyder has version v 2.20 what ever that means

Means you still have a st system lol

Mine is on v2.2 also :-(

[itsybitsy]

mrdemon said:

Means you still have a st system lol

Mine is on v2.2 also :-(

yes your cayman R which is a 2012 model year!
it might be sh*t but it doesn't matter to me as I don't use it but pcm allows me other functions and if I wanted sat nav I would use a tablet/smart phone which upgrades automatically

[mrdemon]

You not going to upgrade then ?
I feel at this price to make a 2.5k system work it does seem worth forking out for.

I don't use mine very often , ie. 2 or 3 times a year but it would be nice to have it working over using a phone.

[David W.]

Technomad said:

Ordered I today from OPC Glasgow - service dept had never heard of it so they're going to check with parts & call me back. Sigh...

Post referendum Glasgow OPC may remove maps for rest of the world.

[AustinYeahbaby]

2 questions,

What version does the upgrade take the pcm to?

Does it add other features available on the new pcm e.g. Album art ?

[PeterB14]

Not sure but I have mine booked in for January.
Newcastle say it will only take an hour and not many are bothering.
Wait and see.

[crystalmethod]

Thanks for alerting me to this. Getting it done later this week at OPC East London.

[SimonOcean]

Can't help think that Porsche should have done it right first time. BMW still a long way ahead of Porsche on this. Of course, the oily bits on the Porsche are are superior to BMs, but it is kinda irritating that a brand so on target in most areas can miss for so long on infotainment technology. The bizarre nav update procedure on older systems shows how heath robinson things have been.

But gradually getting there. The system on the 918 looked very nice, so hopefully that will be trickling down the range soon.

[bobclive]

I have an £80 Garmin, fully updated to 2013 europe with speed alerts and full post code function, had it for years, Porsche must have known the 3.0 would accept 7 digits in 2009, talk about screwing every penny out of their customers, shame.

[Technomad]

Can anyone provide a part no. for this? Local OPC has never heard of the offer…

[mrdemon]

Your local OPC must be stupid then, it's direct from Porsche with a nice A5 flier.
They must have received all the info and media.

OPC just don't like doing it as it makes no money and takes up a bay for 4 hours.

[f1ashgordon]

Blimey, I know porsche have taken the p**s previously but surely at £140 (OPC Cardiff) you can't moan!

Mine's a 997.2 and the version is now 2.24.

[TB993tt]

mrdemon said:

Your local

OPC just don't like doing it as it makes no money and takes up a bay for 4 hours.

Mine took full day, 10 til 6. I didn't realise but every time you put your pork in to OPC they give it a PCM update so OPC serviced cars will be fairly up to date, mine hasn't been near the OPC since new so it needed a lot of updates from beginning of 2009 before they could load up the good stuff. Funny thing is all those updates over the years must do fk all since mine has not glitched at all over the last 5 years, must be like some of those iphone updates which never seem to do owt.

[mrdemon]

they don't update the nav on a service.

they have to buy a license code for porsche nav update.
no one has full post code search unless you paid £500 before or have a very very new car as even the 991 did not have it.

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/satnav/pors...


it's a loss leader at £150 for Porsche, hence the OPC not liking it, but imo worth doing now as it will go back up to silly money again.

[Carl_Docklands]

mrdemon said:

they don't update the nav on a service.

they have to buy a license code for porsche nav update.
no one has full post code search unless you paid £500 before or have a very very new car as even the 991 did not have it.

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/satnav/pors...


it's a loss leader at £150 for Porsche, hence the OPC not liking it, but imo worth doing now as it will go back up to silly money again.

They will on a Gen2 Turbo to take it to v2.23 as I was told there is a recall. I had mine done at Tonbridge FOC when it went in to have it's brake pads cleaned.

[TB993tt]

mrdemon said:

they don't update the nav on a service.

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I was told they do although it is not a noticeable update (doesn't change any functions) but it is a software glitch update which apparently Porsche sends to OPCs from time to time. It makes sense that the PCM 3 in a 2011 997.2 is going to have some updated software/firmware gubbins compared to an early 2009 997.

Maybe they are talking bks and it is only when the new postcode update is being purchased that they have to update older cars as they need later PCM 3 versions in place to be able to sync and load the postcode one - actually you are right this sounds more like it.