Gibbens

I do not have PCM and the OEM head unit is worthless. Would prefer to have a little more storage for phone, wallet, ect.

I was thinking about buying the radio removal shelf and pair it with something like the Out of Sight Bluetooth unit?

Has anyone tried anything like this? Any other kind of solutions?

ExMB

That does not make any sense to me. What is the function/purpose of the bluetooth unit and its pairing with an empty shelf?

Gibbens

For me, it's to gain some storage while retaining my ability to stream music/talk on the phone.

ExMB

Stream to what? You think its just simply plug and play to any amp that is in the car without the control interface.

Gibbens

Stream through the out of sight unit to the OEM speakers. The unit from my understanding acts as the interface and sends out a Bluetooth signal. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

It it seems silly to me that I need to have the Porsche double din that occupies that large amount of space. If I could replace it with the radio delete cubby and a Bluetooth device to stream my music would be the best of both worlds. 👍🏻

jmartpr

What ExMB is trying to say is that you will need an amplifying device between the BT receiver and the speakers.....unless there's a BT receiver with built in amplifier out there.....

Gibbens

Ok, so the stock headunit houses the amplifier in this car? Did I read that correctly?

If that's the case, does anyone have an aftermarket solution? I figure there is room to fit one somewhere. Maybe floorboard behind the driver...

Alan C.

It won't give you any room but you can remove the base OEM head unit and replace it with an Alpine or Kenwood unit of your choice. I did that in my 10 GT3. The amp is under the passenger seat and you can purchase an adapter harness that makes the process fairly simple. The new head units have just about any connection you could want and they even sound better with the stock speakers. Also, it's easily reversed. Had I ordered my GT4 I would have gone base radio and swapped out the head unit.

You never know. There may be some form of a basic preamp/amp which can be controlled by BT allowing it to work the way you want and use your phone. Check with a car audio shop or even dig into Amazon.

Alan C.

Did a search on Amazon and there is a bunch of BT amp devices for cars. You might find something here.

Gibbens

Thanks for the link. That Kenwood one looks interesting. I'm going to pull out my headunit this weekend and see what the wiring looks like and level of difficulty I will encounter trying something like this.

Alan C.

Here's a shot of the amp removed from under the passenger seat. The smaller gauge wires, 20 gauge?, should match one of the plugs on the back of the head unit. I got the color codes for the speakers from a tech at my dealer. You might be able to unplug the amp in the floor and put a BT amp in it's place using the existing wiring. Obviously you'd want to check ii out before doing this.

80s

Please give me an update how this worked out.

Im receiving my GT3 any week now and want to do the same as TS here. Radio removal plus BT choice, that would really be the best thing for me.

I find the head unit just distracting.

80s

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