David in LA

I also have my remote display in my ash tray (pending a better location). FYI, you do not need to remove the plastic liner...what you will have to do though is cut off a portion of the white plastic piece that filters the light at the top of the liner so that the cable can be fed through. If you leave the plastic liner in, then the remote display is a friction fit. This is what I chose to do.

Also, if you are patient enough you do not need to disasseble your ashtray or dash to feed the wire...you do need to get your hand back there or you can feed a flexible wire through the ash tray, find the end, and pull the RJ11 cable through. Also to make things easier...I bought extra long RJ11 cable from Radio Shack as well as a crimping tool so that I could make my cable any length.

Another alternate mounting location for those who have an aftermarket stereo with a digital clock is to mount the remote in one of those plastic covers that replace the clock...this won't be as discreet though.

I'm also still waiting for a suitable "pouch" to mount the main unit...hopefully when Tech Law can take a break from being a new father...(btw - congratulations! )

Novice

Mike,
The manual (Page 22) reads: Some windshields have a dark tint band across the top. Avoid mounting behind that band.

Carrera Mike

Gerry,

Page 15 of the manual also says "mirrored sun screens". I used the wrong term thats what I meant by reflective It continues to say "...so do solar barrier windshields of the type used on GM Venture-Montana-Silhoutte-Trans Sport minivans and some luxury sedans(look for Reddish or Copper tint.)"

Radio signals, like radar will greatly be degraded by anything that has metalic in it. That's why we don't paint our aircraft radomes with paint that contains metalic pigments(in the old days, Lead). But regular paint, signal will pass through just fine. Just like those marine antenas protected by fiberlglass shell then painted white. The green tint or blue tint should be ok for radar, IMHO. BUT Laser is totally diff story.. that could be reduced by any tint.

STLPCA

There is no difference between laser signal filtering from the tinted & untinted areas of our Porsche windshields. See V1 FAQ re: windshield tinting & laser detection.

Carrera Mike

Dan, good to know that the 98 Turbo is not affected. I hope I have the same tint band on my 97-C2.

From the V1 link you provided:

-"Avoid putting your detector behind the tint band at the top, unless you're sure it has no effect. We found major losses due to the tint on some cars, and no additional losses on others."

-"You might add a tint strip across the top of your windshield to cut glare. If so, a laser detector will suffer a serious loss of performance when placed behind the tint."

-" That means that darker windshields hurt laser-detector performance on gray days and at night."

I know that radio waves can be degraded or detuned by anything that has metal. Laser, which is light can be reduced or degraded by darkened glass. Just like sun glasses.

williet1342

Thanks to Boris and all the others who responded to this thread. Subs are in and the 993 in ROCKING. I'm too old to "thump" and all that but it does sound great.

Thanks for the input.

Rennlist works.

dale_loch

To all V1 users,
Consider this stealthy install in addition to the nifty ashtray one!
http://www.p-car.com/diy/v1/remote/
The ashtray is certainly stealthy but I need all of the available storage I can get!

Tech-Law

The ashtray mount looks really nice but IMHO the visual display is too far out of your line of sight. I think the visul display needs to be directly in front of you - especially for those of us who can't seem to advance beyond the age of 17 and like the music "to go to 11".

If you have the in-dash Porsche computer (as I do) then the speedo mount also doesn't work. I hang mine a few inches above the center of the dash and it works great - except for the false laser from LED taillights!

I'm still waiting for a burst of inspiration (and motivation) to design a better mount. The car goes into the audio shop next week for a new amp and subwoofer enclosure so I'll see if the AKA guys can come up with something.

141 Starlifter

There is a company that does the remote display in the rereview mirror. and they add a volume/mute switch to the bottom of the mirror. If you do a Google search for valentine installation it is in a BMW section.

141 Starlifter

This is a web site for the mirror display. It is for a BMW but they do the same thing for Porsche. http://www.m3motorwerks.com/products...php/II=70/PA=8

STLPCA

There have been several threads here during the past years about this expensive option available from a few sources. As discussed in those threads, other than a slick install, what's the point? For $300-$400 you get a semi-concealed remote, but still need to locate the V1 unit itself somewhere. It's easily visible to following drivers (esp at night) & is further outside your peripheral vision than a tach area mount. Seems to be all about form over function. [Catty reference to Bimmers deleted].

nman413

Is there a reason other than it being visible to a cop that the remote display is being used? I kinda figure it being such a small car and all. AFAIK, it's legal to have one in California.

David in LA

Tailgaters


I'm thinking about this for my audi...I emailed him previously about whether he could do something similar for my 993 (currently remote is in ashtray but have been thinking of doing a tach mount) but never got a reply. www.toyguydesign.com

STLPCA

My V1 is mounted above the rear view mirror, close to the headliner. It is well outside my field of vision. My remote is as easily seen by me as my tach, but is blocked from the view of other drivers.

Rob 97 993c2

What if you have a tach with the computer display as the Turbo does - can you still mount the remote display on the steering column? Will it obscure the computer display?