Porsche PCM Systems - Versions And Software

[DKC]

you mean OPC? Official Porsche Centre

[TheCadd]

DKC said:

you mean OPC? Official Porsche Centre

Sounds right, Thanks guys. Guess it's a book car in job. Had hoped it would be a dvd/usb stick somebody would sell. As i'm guessing that's how the update is applied.

[stevod]

TheCadd said:

Sounds right, Thanks guys. Guess it's a book car in job. Had hoped it would be a dvd/usb stick somebody would sell. As i'm guessing that's how the update is applied.

No, it takes around four hours hooked up to their computer system apparently (!), so book in for the day.

S

[TheCadd]

stevod said:

No, it takes around four hours hooked up to their computer system apparently (!), so book in for the day.

S

4 hours, ouch.

Thanks for all the helps folks, appreciated.

[Gavin-39ahd]

Hi all, iv been reading though this and am in a similar position
I have a 2006 Cayman with the PCM 2.1 and very out of date map disc, is there anyone close to wiltshire that has the correct software discs and the map disc that i could travel to and in exchange for some beer tokens make me some BACK UP copys.....

[petefaldo]

Go to this site:
http://www.satnavupgrades.co.uk
It's essentially a BMW site but if you email him your car & system details he'll send you 2014 map discs for £25, worked a great on my pcm 2.1 system

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Hi guys,

thanks for all the information shared here. I found this thread searching the web for some PCM information.

I have a 2007 911 Turbo, I found this web site www.climarepair.com which sells the 2015 DVD maps for the PCM 2.1:

http://www.climarepair.com/navigation-maps/

Would I be ok with that or do I need to update my PCM with an extra disc?

Cheers!


Edit: Got it and works fine

Edited by Ferdinand_Jr on Tuesday 6th September 23:01

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Ferdinand_Jr said:

Hi guys,

thanks for all the information shared here. I found this thread searching the web for some PCM information.

I have a 2007 911 Turbo, I found this web site www.climarepair.com which sells the 2015 DVD maps for the PCM 2.1:

http://www.climarepair.com/2015-2016-navigation-dv...

Would I be ok with that or do I need to update my PCM with an extra disc?

Cheers!

No clue?

[Richard Hamilton]

On a MY2007 car you won't have to do any updates. The 2015 map disk will be plug & play.

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Richard Hamilton said:

On a MY2007 car you won't have to do any updates. The 2015 map disk will be plug & play.

Thank you very much Richard

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Hi again, I have a problem.

I bought the DVD map for my 2007 Turbo on that website (climarepair) and everything works fine.

Then I also bought the "PCM firmware upgrade kit" (http://www.climarepair.com/pcm-2-1-firmware-update/) in order to upgrade my 2005 Carrera S PCM firmware and be able to run 2015 maps on it. I upgraded the PCM with the 2 CDs provided, and now when I press Main+Trip this is what it shows:

NAVIGATION SYSTEM:
Theory: /
Real: 00174156 / 2704

PCM:
Theory: 05024AD1 /0205
Real: 05024AD1 /0205

SYSTEM SOFTWARE:
Theory: 04364AD1 / 3604
Real: 04364AD1 / 3604

Then if I insert the new DVD map, system says "Navigation: DVD not recognized"


Maybe the firmware upgrade crashed at some point? Should I just try to reload the firmware upgrade CDs or ask for a new copy of them both?

Thanks!

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Ferdinand_Jr said:

Hi again, I have a problem.

I bought the DVD map for my 2007 Turbo on that website (climarepair) and everything works fine.

Then I also bought the "PCM firmware upgrade kit" (http://www.climarepair.com/pcm-2-1-firmware-update/) in order to upgrade my 2005 Carrera S PCM firmware and be able to run 2015 maps on it. I upgraded the PCM with the 2 CDs provided, and now when I press Main+Trip this is what it shows:

NAVIGATION SYSTEM:
Theory: /
Real: 00174156 / 2704

PCM:
Theory: 05024AD1 /0205
Real: 05024AD1 /0205

SYSTEM SOFTWARE:
Theory: 04364AD1 / 3604
Real: 04364AD1 / 3604

Then if I insert the new DVD map, system says "Navigation: DVD not recognized"


Maybe the firmware upgrade crashed at some point? Should I just try to reload the firmware upgrade CDs or ask for a new copy of them both?

Thanks!

Can someone help me with this issue?

[Ferdinand_Jr]

Coming back to this thread just to inform that I just had to re-insert the DVD and then everything worked fine So my experience with climarepair.com was good!

Cheers

[billybag51]

hi all, i have a 2005 boxster 987 with the following sat nav ( see pics ) can anyone tell me where i can find update discs for my system and which ones i need ? Thanks guys n galls.

[Adam B]

billybag51 said:

hi all, i have a 2005 boxster 987 with the following sat nav ( see pics ) can anyone tell me where i can find update discs for my system and which ones i need ? Thanks guys n galls.

speak to this guy and he can confirm

http://www.satnavupgrades.co.uk

think I paid £25 for my 2008 turbo

[billybag51]

thanks adam, i purchased the discs from that source and although my system has updated the maps to a more current version, i am still unable to enter postcodes (or part) The guys thinks i should be able to but I'm having no luck.
Anyone any ideas if i should be able to or not ?

[SFO]

billybag51 said:

thanks adam, i purchased the discs from that source and although my system has updated the maps to a more current version, i am still unable to enter postcodes (or part) The guys thinks i should be able to but I'm having no luck.
Anyone any ideas if i should be able to or not ?

your satnav does not support postcodes ..

only PCM 3.0 and above can be updated for, or have, postcode entry - these were fitted from 987.2 and 997.2 onwards

[billybag51]

thanks SFO. So there is no quick fix to updating to this version, i guess the software in my unit can only be upgraded to a certain level ?
shy of forking out £1500 for a complete new alpine/pioneer/kenwood system in stuck with manual road entry ?

[Richard Hamilton]

billybag51 said:

thanks adam, i purchased the discs from that source and although my system has updated the maps to a more current version, i am still unable to enter postcodes (or part) The guys thinks i should be able to but I'm having no luck.
Anyone any ideas if i should be able to or not ?

Have you tried entering the first few digits of the postcode in the TOWN field when entering a destination?

[Adam B]

Richard Hamilton said:

Have you tried entering the first few digits of the postcode in the TOWN field when entering a destination?

This!

PCM2.1 supports part postcodes (not the last two letters)
PCM3.0 supports full postcode entry