Porsche Cdr 31 Manual
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They had the car apart so I drove their Cayenne for an extra week until the part came in and they installed everything. They fired up the car and everything worked without any coding required. I bought my PCM on ebay from Europe and the vendor wanted my VIN to code it before shipping. The dealer tried to install it last fall, but stopped and said I needed an activation code for North America. I had them put the old unit back after sitting in the shop for two weeks. I contacted the ebay vendor and got the NA activation code, but installation was delayed as the car was in Florida for the winter by then.
In any event everything has been working well for the last week. I have sat radio and the USB in the glovebox is functional. I am not getting a nav display in the multi function window however. I noticed today that my cell phone through bluetooth has an issue in that the callers can't hear me. I read elsewhere in this thread that PCM uses a different mic setup from my previous head unit. This will have to be resolved in the future.Thanks for the update, you are correct about the microphone - its the same issue I had. You need to install the additional microphone that I detailed above.
Its not bad to do yourself or a decent auto electrician would save a lot of money over Porsche dealer as I think they change both microphones and some wiring loom, when all that is in fact needed is one mic and its cable direct to the PCM. My car is currently at the Porsche dealer having the code programmed in to activate the navigation but that has not been successful. Trying to get to the bottom of it now but its looking like the code I bought for $259 from an online seller was no good.
I have emailed your seller to see if he can help with it as you've had success with him. So the code I had was to enable the European map in the PCM. The code I needed was to enable the navigation option on the car. The seller i bought the code from came through late last night and gave me the code I needed for free. All successfully programmed at Porsche dealer and working as it should. One thing to note after talking with the technician who did the programming is that the navigation NEVER displays in the instrument cluster as it would if it was factory fitted, even if you buy the retrofit kit from Porsche and have it fitted at the dealer. Apparently there is no physical video connection between the PCM and the instrument cluster.
He did say that if the instrument cluster had a socket for video then there would be no reason why you couldn't just connect it to the PCM with the lead, but it could be the case that cars that dont have PCM from factory dont have the same instrument cluster as CDR's although this seems unlikely. This is getting very close to what I want, a concise map of how to get the PCM unit to function flawlessly in a non=PCM equipped car. Nothing has been mentioned about Sirius XM radio, and that is one of my desires, along with the USB port. If a PCM unit is purchased that has Sat radio, will it work if an antenna can be adapted? I know the factory antenna is in the roof under the 'wart' but I also know an antenna can be mounted on the cowl that will function perfectly, so assuming the PCM comes equipped with sat radio can an antenna be mounted there and hooked into the PCM unit? Thanks for all the help in getting this sorted out, if I can find a PCM like I want for under $1000 and get a dealer to do the required work I'm in. One thing to note after talking with the technician who did the programming is that the navigation NEVER displays in the instrument cluster as it would if it was factory fitted, even if you buy the retrofit kit from Porsche and have it fitted at the dealer.I may not understand exactly what you are saying here, but I have a factory refit and I get navigation prompts and graphics in the cluster.
When I am approaching a turn, the display switches from whatever was on it before to display directional arrows and data from the nav system. Is there something else that factory PCM systems have that I am not aware of? You get the turn by turn instructions but you do not get the actual map display like the photo.Wow! You are correct! This should be easy enough to check. If it is the case that cars with PCM from the factory have a different instrument cluster, then there should be separate part numbers in the Porsche database for them.
Does anybody have access and wouldn't mind checking? There should be US, ROW, PCM and non-PCM versions for each of the trim levels (base, S, GTS, GT4). 16 in total I think. If there are is no differentiation between PCM and non-PCM there would only be 8. Last edited by canux; at 07:24 PM.
You are correct! This should be easy enough to check. If it is the case that cars with PCM from the factory have a different instrument cluster, then there should be separate part numbers in the Porsche database for them. Does anybody have access and wouldn't mind checking? There should be US, ROW, PCM and non-PCM versions for each of the trim levels (base, S, GTS, GT4). 16 in total I think. If there are is no differentiation between PCM and non-PCM there would only be 8.I would be interested to know this as would my technician at Porsche as he wasnt sure.
According to the tech who set it up the option to display the map is there on the cluster but you have to deselect it when you do a retrofit because there is no feed for it and therefore it would come up as just a blank screen or display an error. I cant image it just needs a cable though as this would be included in the official retrofit kit if it was that simple. Im sure it can be overcome though, just like installing a PCM into a car with no SPP or Bose by adding an amp like I did, it may just not be economical with genuine Porsche parts. I hesitate to bring this up, but was wondering, so I'll charge ahead.
In browsing the various PCM units for sale on eBay, I also found some XM sat radio circuit boards (at least that's what it looked like) for around $130. That got me to thinking, if all I really wanted was sat radio, could I not get one of these units, either from Porsche or an independent seller, and have it installed? My base radio has a button for sat radio but since I didn't check that option nothing happens, but since it does have the button, wouldn't just adding the circuits for sat radio plus an antenna give me that capability?
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I plan to call a dealer in Atlanta that fixed my steering wheel problem after the local (smaller) dealer could not get it working correctly (changed from standard wheel to sport wheel on my 987 Cayman). Has anyone come up on this possibility? I know this is off topic but with all the research done by some of you I thought someone might have come across this. I just checked and it looks like you can add XM as an option to just about any radio configuration including the base radio. So I would say that if that is true, then you can probably also add it after the fact. Your dealer probably will need to code it, but I'm not certain about that. I have also heard that there is a 'wart' on the roof for XM-equipped cars.
Again, I've never seen a car with this, but I expect not a lot of people opt for it. Unless you are often driving in an area where the cell phone reception is very poor or nonexistent, I would use a bluetooth-AUX adapter in the glove box instead. I did this for a while before my PCM upgrade and it worked really well. I've been using the AUX connector with my phone for XM radio, most of Saturday on a trip and used up most of my data plan for the month so I had to add additional mb to it.
Plus its awkward to change channels on the phone while driving, and there were some connectivity issues when we went through some dead spaces in remote areas. Overall, its much cleaner and easier with XM in the radio itself, so that is they way I want to go if possible. I'm about to call the dealer in Atlanta to investigate this possibility. I just checked and it looks like you can add XM as an option to just about any radio configuration including the base radio. So I would say that if that is true, then you can probably also add it after the fact. Your dealer probably will need to code it, but I'm not certain about that. I have also heard that there is a 'wart' on the roof for XM-equipped cars.
Again, I've never seen a car with this, but I expect not a lot of people opt for it. Unless you are often driving in an area where the cell phone reception is very poor or nonexistent, I would use a bluetooth-AUX adapter in the glove box instead. I did this for a while before my PCM upgrade and it worked really well.Here in the US there are lots of Porsches with the 'wart' on the roof. My Cayenne has one, and I would guess better than 75% of Cayennes do, also Panameras and probably Macans. 911's and 981's not as much but I have seen a lot on them too. I called an Atlanta dealer today about installing the XM module, and they told me they use an indy radio shop for all their electronics work. I haven't called them yet, but I'm not optimistic about the results.
Besides needing the right parts (and a code if installing a PCM unit), I have to find a dealer that is willing and actually knows how to do this work. If anyone in the SE US can recommend one I will be very grateful. And I also would like to know of the eBay sellers that readily supply a working code. This is getting very frustrating. You are correct! This should be easy enough to check.
Porsche Cdr31 Manual
If it is the case that cars with PCM from the factory have a different instrument cluster, then there should be separate part numbers in the Porsche database for them. Does anybody have access and wouldn't mind checking? There should be US, ROW, PCM and non-PCM versions for each of the trim levels (base, S, GTS, GT4). 16 in total I think. If there are is no differentiation between PCM and non-PCM there would only be 8.I looked at the PET for the 981C and I could only find 4 part numbers for US instrument clusters. One for PDK with the 3.4L engine, MT with 3.4L engine, PDK, 2.7L engine and MT with 2.7L engine. There are other part numbers for the other colors.
I found a PCM 3.1 that shows it fits a 2015 Cayman but not my 2016 Cayman. Can anything have changed in that one year to make it incompatible with my car? I've asked the eBay seller but have yet to hear back.
Price is right, $1250, IF I can get the code to make it work. This whole thing is so dis-jointed and there are so many 'uh-ohs' involved, I'm fearful I'll end up with a bunch of parts that are worthless to me.
Porsche Cdr 31 Manual
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