911lnv87

Hi All, I was wondering if you knew which of the current stereo unit that you can find in the current Porsche and which are simple deck would fit in our 944 cars.

Thank you

Arominus

cdr-220? personally i went with a pioneer, it doesn't look out of place once i turn the backlight orange and i got bluetooth funtionality. It really makes things easier and i don't have an aux in cable running around the cabin.

Randy V

911lnv87

i do to have a pioneer with a USB cable on the back to come the glove box in the middle for my Ipod, but I was thinking that a Porsche one would look nice....

I have saw the new one Porsche came out with but it is way to expensive.

So I was wondering if any of you had any experience.

thank you

Randy V

So if you have a modern Pioneer deck what are you looking for different?

Not understanding you. I'm guessing English is a second language for you perhaps.

911lnv87

I am looking for a Porsche unit, as I feel it would look nicer than the pioneer I currently have, and yes English is a second language for me.

Matt O.

Youtube Porsche Classic Navigation -- pretty cool.

mytrplseven

In the last 944 I sold, it had a Blaupunkt San Francisco 300 with a plug in the back for connecting a cable for the ipod, but also mpt and ipod jacks in the front. I bought the separate cable from Crutchfield, I think, that plugged in the back and ran the cable into the glove box. The arrangement allowed me to charge the ipod as well.

fiily

Bought a brand new Kenwood KMM-BT308U Receiver for my 944T for $59.99 shipped, 1 year warranty:

This replaced my 18 year old blaupunkt cd player that no longer worked. I really like the fact that this doesn't have a cd player inside of it, and it works perfect for streaming Pandora, or any Bluetooth music I have on my smartphone.

The unit is a multimedia receiver, meaning NO cd player, and since I will never use cd's again, the receiver is only half as deep as normal 1 din cd players.

This in turn provides ample space to install the receiver and all of the factory wires in the back of the stereo without issue.

So now I have bluetooth streaming music, and hands-free phone usage in my 27 year old car, which makes it that much more enjoyable while driving now.

Voith

Any Becker wil look at home in Porsche. I have monza and it looks like it came with it. + it has a top notch double fm tuner that automatically finds and lists available radio stations. No annoying freq. scans.

SamGrant951

CDR-220 with the screen "updated" so you can read the display in a 944, has AUX and looks stock which is about all I care about...

911lnv87

Hi Sam,

Waht do you mean by the screen updated? As per your mention of the aux do you mean you can connect an iPod to it from the back?

thank you

SamGrant951

well I bought it from here:http://www.swstereo.com/stdetail.php?prodID=16

They make a change to the LCD as putting a stock CDR220 in a 944 will be almost unreadable due to the angle difference between the 2 cars.

Aux input is just the 3.5mm headphone jack input (from the back of the stereo yes)

911lnv87

Thank you Sam for your feedback, i really appreciate as it is what i was looking for.

FRporscheman

I have a Blaupunkt 320 San Francisco in my old Mercedes, and it fits in perfectly. I think it would look alright in the Porsche, but the CDR-220 or that Becker Monza above would look better.

Pretty much any single-DIN head unit will fit in the 944, so just go with whatever you like. Many head units these days have customizable lighting/colors. And I'd say pay the extra $20 to get the version with bluetooth (if possible).