997 retro fit sat nav help

[dickyf]

has anyone fitted sat nav retrospectively on a 997.i understand it can be done but i would appreciate any advice, i am unsure of the hardware/software required
thanks

[nickd01]

I think the Porsche Sat Nav is £1.5k+ to retro fit (It is for a 996, not sure about the 997)

General concensus seems to be get an after-market system either built in or stuck to the window a-la TomTom

[dickyf]

thanks. if anyone is interested it £2k incl at porsche

[Pat Cash]

Have you got a CD changer in the car already?
I'm assuming that its UK spec, so it has a PCM?

Oh and have you got a 2 or 4 wd 997?

Edited by Pat Cash on Monday 6th August 16:17

[w1how]

I bought a retrofit kit from a Porsche specialist brand new for £440 and was quoted around 5hrs labour to fit at an OPC,so total cost under a grand however I sold the car(including the kit)before I had chance to have it fitted.I personally would not have bothered as the Porsche nav isnt that good but when I advertised the car the lack of sat nav put most people off.

[Pat Cash]

w1how said:

I personally would not have bothered as the Porsche nav isnt that good but when I advertised the car the lack of sat nav put most people off.

I guess it depends on what you're comparing it to - was in a V8 Vantage for a while.... Porsche's is a million times better that the AM offering... IMHO and the PCM system is so much easier to use as a whole.

[Thorny]

FWIW i think the 987/997/Cayenne Porsche Nav is excellent and have had a few different ones inc BMW, VW and Land Rover...

[dickyf]

car is a 997s cab (2WD) and has the cd changer scree and phone but not the sat nav option. i assume its the dvd reader hardware, aerial and cabling that comes in the kit

[Pat Cash]

dickyf said:

car is a 997s cab (2WD) and has the cd changer scree and phone but not the sat nav option. i assume its the dvd reader hardware, aerial and cabling that comes in the kit

Those bits and a couple of others - some optical cable to link it into the rest of the network and power cabling etc. It also needs the coding changing in the PCM, therefore Porsche diagnostic kit is required.

Have you got Bose?

Where are you based?

Edited by Pat Cash on Tuesday 7th August 16:51