Alpine iLX-700

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Hi All,

I've had it fitted to my car this afternoon, 987 Gen1, non-Bose, no other amp.

The steering wheel controls aren't working. They've tried an 'in car tech' adapter, and have now ordered a different one to try, possibly Connects2.

Has anyone previously had this head-unit fitted, and did you have any issues?

Cheers.

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Yeah, they got it working. Can't remember what part they used in the end, but they definitely needed to replace the original one supplied with something different. My car is non-Bose, so you'd likely need something different again.

I've never tried looking for a software update. The CarPlay updates seem to do just fine, so far. Definitely an upgrade on the old PCM2.1 that was in there.

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Yep, all the updates are on the phone. I've no real idea what features the head-unit actually has apart from CarPlay. It's was my only requirement.

I've kept the old unit, too. I'll probably just give it away with the car rather than swap out. No plans to part with the car any time soon, and I imagine there will be little value in either the PCM or the Alpine by the time I did potentially part with it.

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kingston12 said:

The PCM was fetching silly money on eBay, when I swapped mine out in 2015, over £600!

I haven’t looked recently, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were still worth a bit in quite a few years time when 987/997 become rarer and new owners are trying to return good examples to stock. I think I’ll stick with what I’ve got!

I still have the head-unit from my old S2000 somewhere. Wonder if those are going up in price yet? Probably not so much of an issue as the HU in that was hidden by a flap anyway.