Installation guide of the PCCM Plus
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The location for the factory PCM 1&2 antenna was right under the middle of the front windshield where the flashing security light is located on the dash. There is a black plastic cover that pops off, and a space for the antenna. I am not sure that the PCCM + gps antenna is the same form factor as the original factory PCM antenna.
#47
I will be getting the new radio soon and have some questions. My car is a 1999 with the factory hifi option. In this case the hifi panel will have to be discarded to install the a/c panel there. Will this be a plug and play installation or are there any tips I should know about.
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#48
Track Day
Thank you for this installation guide which I used to help me install my new PCCM+ in my 2000 996 replacing the old PCM system. But I am not totally successful yet. Everything is working except the sound. My old PCM did not use the brown ISO cable for the speakers so I assume my AMP is connected via the yellow blue connector cables. I did enable the CAN for AMP on and I did power off and on, but still no sound from the radio or from car play or the voice for nav. Anyone, help! thanks.
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Thank you for this installation guide which I used to help me install my new PCCM+ in my 2000 996 replacing the old PCM system. But I am not totally successful yet. Everything is working except the sound. My old PCM did not use the brown ISO cable for the speakers so I assume my AMP is connected via the yellow blue connector cables. I did enable the CAN for AMP on and I did power off and on, but still no sound from the radio or from car play or the voice for nav. Anyone, help! thanks.
#50
Installed the PCCM Plus in my 2000 Boxster S with little to no problems. Sounds and features are a definite upgrade and shows how bad the door speakers are. I had previously upgraded the other speakers. However, after the first drive - got this message on the screen when I try to go to Settings to finish the set up and the car is NOT moving - "Traffic Safety - For safety reasons, some functions are only available when the vehicle is stationary". The unit thinks the car is moving and its not! I can't access Settings! Any idea how to resolve?
#51
Race Car
Try depinning pin#1 of the black 8-pin ISO plug. This is a speedometer feed from the instrument cluster, used to auto-adjust the volume as the car drives faster. It's shown as a grey/pink wire on my wiring diagrams.
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#52
From what I can tell, my plug does not have that pin to begin with. Only 6 (rather than 7, as your wiring diagram seems to show) of the pins are filled.
That said, I de-pinned the grey/pink wire from the amplifier plug connector, but that didn't do anything (including after resetting the battery once more, etc.).
Any other ideas? Thanks!
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Pictures below to show the 8-Pin ISO plug, without any grey/pink wire:
That said, I de-pinned the grey/pink wire from the amplifier plug connector, but that didn't do anything (including after resetting the battery once more, etc.).
Any other ideas? Thanks!
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Pictures below to show the 8-Pin ISO plug, without any grey/pink wire:
#53
Drifting
From what I can tell, my plug does not have that pin to begin with. Only 6 (rather than 7, as your wiring diagram seems to show) of the pins are filled.
That said, I de-pinned the grey/pink wire from the amplifier plug connector, but that didn't do anything (including after resetting the battery once more, etc.).
Any other ideas? Thanks!
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Pictures below to show the 8-Pin ISO plug, without any grey/pink wire:
That said, I de-pinned the grey/pink wire from the amplifier plug connector, but that didn't do anything (including after resetting the battery once more, etc.).
Any other ideas? Thanks!
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Pictures below to show the 8-Pin ISO plug, without any grey/pink wire:
#55
Drifting
#56
Correct. I already wired the ground line into the amplifier. I did plug in the GPS antenna as well (although I'm not exactly planning on using the Porsche GPS as opposed to Google Maps). But unless I missed something while wiring those, it didn't seem to fix the issue.
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Correct. I already wired the ground line into the amplifier. I did plug in the GPS antenna as well (although I'm not exactly planning on using the Porsche GPS as opposed to Google Maps). But unless I missed something while wiring those, it didn't seem to fix the issue.
Here's the deal, unless we find out otherwise, you may need to plan to wire the speaker level output via the supplied connector B (brown connector) of the PCCM+ to the analog output that feeds your amplifier.
#58
Thanks -- No clue what I did, but it somehow resolved itself. I didn't change anything, but when I went back, I got into settings and made the change. Stereo and carplay work perfectly now...
Of course, I think I killed my batter while doing it, since now the car won't turn over, and just clicks while the lights flash. Time to go jump it, and possible replace the battery too, I guess....
Of course, I think I killed my batter while doing it, since now the car won't turn over, and just clicks while the lights flash. Time to go jump it, and possible replace the battery too, I guess....
#59
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#60
Thanks -- No clue what I did, but it somehow resolved itself. I didn't change anything, but when I went back, I got into settings and made the change. Stereo and carplay work perfectly now...
Of course, I think I killed my battery while doing it, since now the car won't turn over, and just clicks while the lights flash. Time to go jump it, and possible replace the battery too, I guess....
Of course, I think I killed my battery while doing it, since now the car won't turn over, and just clicks while the lights flash. Time to go jump it, and possible replace the battery too, I guess....
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