Porsche Classic Radio/Navigation System

[MaxNg]

I've just seen an advert - in Porsche Post - for a radio and navigation system that can be fitted to classic Porsches. It has 3.5" screen, bluetooth handsfree kit, DVD/CD and is fitted by OPCs for about £800.

I have a 993 and am getting fed up with the power cable to my Garmin becoming disconnected from the cigarette lighter socket. The kit looks sufficiently "retro" - but presumably has 21st century performance?

Does anyone have experience of this kit?

[RaeB]

My other half is having this fitted into his 964 today. I'll let you know what he thinks when he gets the car back tomorrow.

Rachel

[davek_964]

RaeB said:

My other half is having this fitted into his 964 today. I'll let you know what he thinks when he gets the car back tomorrow.

Rachel

I'm interested in whether the sat nav will be any good. I thought that even on new cars, Porsche sat nav hadn't quite reached the dizzy heights of post code search? So I wonder if this does?

[x12yhp]

There has been talking on 911uk that it does not fit 964 and later without a bit of fiddling. It is supposedly something to do with the flip down front and may require the unit being set out a short distance from the dash...

[speedlimit]

Would like to see what it looks like instaled in a 3.2 - 993 dash.

[911perv]

I have had it in my 993 for about a month now

Im very pleased with it, sat nav is good, SD card, DVD & Bluetooth all for £500

There are pics on 911UK of it installed in a few 993's

It fits fine in the dash, just not a flush as a modern flip front unit

[speedlimit]

Thanks, found a couple on 911uk, don't know if I could live with it sticking out of the dash like that.

[x12yhp]

Is the flush mounting an issue just with this or flip down units in general?

[911perv]

This front is pretty thick, and the knobs arent thin either!

I think my Alpine that this replaced was half as thick so could sit only a few mm proud and still work, this has to sit further out to allow the front to flip down

[SonnyM]

I emailed the workshop in Germany for more details - here's the response i got with my questions:

I am looking to replace the complete BOSE system in my 2008 Boxster RS60 Spyder with a better quality radio. I have seen your Radio Navigation System online and was wondering if your system sounds better than the BOSE one. Could kindly tell me:

1. How many D/A converters the unit has?

the PCRN is an analog system,no D/A converters different resolutions (DVD,WMV etc.)are automatical compressed

2. Are they 24 bit and the brand - are they Burr Brown?

deliverer HW is building components for Pioneer,JVC,Philipps... newest processor-structure(ARM) based on WIN CE6.0 embedded system

3. Is there a maximum capacity / folder structure that the unit recognises from USB drives or SD cards?

maximum capacity is 4GB system automatically recognizes Music,Pictures,Video

4. Can the unit play Apple Lossless or MPEG-4 audio formats?

no apple-titles(no decoder because of apple-license) titles from iPhone,IPad or iPod over BT-Music-Streaming(A2DP-protocol,no MPEG4

5. Are updates to maps available from Porsche or Navteq?

sytem can be upgraded from Q3/2009 to Q3/2010 in about 3 month


mit freundlichen Grüßen


...Wonder what he would have said if I asked for a 40w Plasma rifle?!!

[911perv]

2008 Boxster? Why did you post in here?

[RaeB]

I'll post photos of it in the 964 over the weekend.

[SonnyM]

911perv said:

2008 Boxster? Why did you post in here?

LOL because OP asked about the same radio model I enquired about?

[MaxNg]

Since starting this post, I've gone off the idea of this Porsche satnav.

I'll probably buy a high-end Garmin or Navigon - great value at about half the price of the Porche offering and feature-rich, certainly compared with my present old Garmin.

Thanks to all who responded to my post.

[Sandy59]

Surely any new unit coming onto the market now must have DAB, isn't the analogue system going to be phased out in a few years time ?? I might have considered it for my 968, but not if it'll need replacing again in a few years, or could it maybe be upgradable to DAB ??

[gibbon]

Sandy59 said:

Surely any new unit coming onto the market now must have DAB, isn't the analogue system going to be phased out in a few years time ?? I might have considered it for my 968, but not if it'll need replacing again in a few years, or could it maybe be upgradable to DAB ??

I was under the impression DAB is pretty rubbish in a car due to constantly changing signal zones and the binary nature of a digital signal, correct me if im wrong though.

[oldpilot]

has anyone got one of these? If so, do you see what is recorded on the SD card on the front display?

[x12yhp]

I would be interested to hear how these actually perform! There has been a lot of talk of specs and fit but what about the real world performance? How does it compare to the likes of the Becker Grand Prix?

[911perv]

has anyone got one of these? If so, do you see what is recorded on the SD card on the front display?


Yes, yes

[Scelto]

Not directly relevant, but since the point was made...

davek_964 said:

I thought that even on new cars, Porsche sat nav hadn't quite reached the dizzy heights of post code search?

PCM3 can do postcode searches.

The biggest weaknesses of any built-in GPS are the stupidly expensive updates (captive audience) and inability to plan the sort of really interesting routes that you can on systems that can be plugged into a PC.