Aftermarket sat nav headunit for 996

[Stubbsy]

Has anyone got one?
If so what make/recommendations?
Done a bit of brief research but just wondering what peoples advice is what to look for etc....

[Nobbles]

Slightly helpful advice, Russ at JZM has a possibly 7" screen mounted in the gearshift console, it looked fairly integrated. More vague information is that I saw an advertisement which had a folding screen that folds out of a normal radio slot. The system had navigation, integrated parrot system, i pod controller, i phone integration etc.... I think is was around 700 pounds. But unfortunately I cannot remember the brand or where I saw the advert. Sorry, I would be no good as a witness in court.

[Tino]

I had a Pioneer 900BT which was pretty good, decent features, european nav, Bluetooth etc.
I've now got an alpine s900r. Teh sound quality is better but the pioneed had more features. Would recommend either

[hendy]

I have a Becker Cascade, similar to this. I am not sure if you can still buy them new, but they may come up on ebay. It's a basic sat nav display, but it still works well and has European maps and integrated bluetooth functionality. Also, the most important thing to me was trying to keep the OE look.

[bqf]

Get the offical Porsche Classic Sat Nav single DIN unit - about £600 fitted. Looks excellent - and works well even if there is a small screen...

[bqf]

Get the offical Porsche Classic Sat Nav single DIN unit - about £600 fitted. Looks excellent - and works well even if there is a small screen...

[Tino]

bqf said:

Get the offical Porsche Classic Sat Nav single DIN unit - about £600 fitted. Looks excellent - and works well even if there is a small screen...

I've fitted a couple to 993's, and it feels like a cheap chinese unit.

[YTE]

I have an Apline double din unit installed in the original centre console beneath the A/C control panel. It looks like part of the original equipment. As well as disc driven satnav it also provides digital TV, DVD player radio etc and an ipod connection. All touch screen or remote control driven. It wasnt cheap but it looks and sounds good without looking too much like an add on.

[6C4GTS]

YTE said:

I have an Apline double din unit installed in the original centre console beneath the A/C control panel. It looks like part of the original equipment. As well as disc driven satnav it also provides digital TV, DVD player radio etc and an ipod connection. All touch screen or remote control driven. It wasnt cheap but it looks and sounds good without looking too much like an add on.

Don't you find that too low?
But I see you have a phone in the footwell so maybe you get used to looking down!!

[RudeDog]

Tomtom is your best bet.

[6C4GTS]

hendy said:

I have a Becker Cascade, similar to this. I am not sure if you can still buy them new, but they may come up on ebay. It's a basic sat nav display, but it still works well and has European maps and integrated bluetooth functionality. Also, the most important thing to me was trying to keep the OE look.

Does the Cascade plug and play into MOST?

Here's one on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Becker-Cascade-Pro-7941-...

Still pricey!

[jonamv8]

I just installed a Sony XNV L66BT - TomTom Intergated Nav with Live Mapsm DVD/CD/MP3/USB/Bluetooth Phone, Bluetooth Audio, iPhone/iPod connection etc etc. Very good unit, £600.





If you want to keep it OEM looking I have the PCM DVD driven Sat Nav unit in perfect working order, open to sensible offers on that

[Vixpy1]

RudeDog said:

Tomtom is your best bet.

+1

[YTE]

Its fine in use the only down side in fitting it in this position is that to open the unit and access the DVD you need the selector to be in the N position to get sufficent clearance for the screen to open. I dont tend to look at the map too much just listen to the directions. I did try it place of the A/C module and disc holder but didnt like the screen disply in the upright position. Its not a telephone in the footwell its the IR remote contol unit that comes with the Alpine head unit, I dont use it but rather than leave it in the box I stuck the bracket to the side panel. I have added a further picture to show the bits that drive the audio system.

[Stubbsy]

Thanks for the feedback people some good advice to consider!
Ideally looking for one with the fold out screen or pcm not to fussed what make just needs to have capability to hook my iPhone up.
Does the PCM have any outputs to connect other devices?
Also re the PCM if I did go down this route looks like it goes where my a/c controls are currently does this cause any issues or fairly straight forward to get around?
I am keeping an eye on it on eBay and other sites as not fussed if it as used providing its of course in good nick.

[911Fiddler]

You will need to buy the bezel to allow the air con unit to move down to the bottom. All other fittings are there so it's an easy move, then you have a nice big slot for double din radio unit. I have the bezel part number I think.

[anonymous-user]

hendy said:

I have a Becker Cascade, similar to this. I am not sure if you can still buy them new, but they may come up on ebay. It's a basic sat nav display, but it still works well and has European maps and integrated bluetooth functionality. Also, the most important thing to me was trying to keep the OE look.

That looks quite neat. Looks OE and very discreet.

[anonymous-user]

YTE said:

I have an Apline double din unit installed in the original centre console beneath the A/C control panel. It looks like part of the original equipment. As well as disc driven satnav it also provides digital TV, DVD player radio etc and an ipod connection. All touch screen or remote control driven. It wasnt cheap but it looks and sounds good without looking too much like an add on.

This looks awful to my eyes, sorry! Way too conspicuous.

[Snicks]

Ive installed a pioneer unit where the original sat nav was (i removed it because it was awful!)

http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/products/25/109/281/AVH-P...

its quite plain and you can customise the back light and buttons to match the standard dash lights - looks quite smart in my opinion!

I used the fitting kit below, which was really high quality and looks quite standard as well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220701241299?ssPageName=...

I plan to find a way to remove the pioneer logo to make it look that much more standard, but haven't got round to it yet.

[hendy]

6C4GTS said:

Does the Cascade plug and play into MOST?

Here's one on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Becker-Cascade-Pro-7941-...

Still pricey!

I don't think it did. I had it professionally installed, so not entirely sure.