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Old 02-24-2015 | 02:45 PM
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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by 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.
Youtube Porsche Classic Navigation -- pretty cool.
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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.
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Default Kenwood $59.99 from bestbuy shipped

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.
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                    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.









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                    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...

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                    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?

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


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