1. Not something I'd worry about. Any more than I worry about my phone, camera, laptop, headphones, or car when the battery drains out.
2. Once everything is soldered, I'd just use reasonable practice to wrap the connections like you would for anything else. Solder shrink tubing is the neatest and all you'd need. I'd worry more about waterproofing a relay setup.

 

Reasonably handy.

I’d like to install the pccm+ on my 06 997 cab with. Bose. It currently has an old Bluetooth unit installed, there is a mic on the drivers side A pillar.

I don’t want to mess with the rear camera.

0-10, how technical with this be for me?

Versus how much why an Indy charge me for install?

Thanks!

 

There's no telling how difficult because its not a standard PCM or CDR upgrade.. you have an aftermarket Bluetooth unit and nobody here can predict what you will find in the wiring

 

I had a Mr12V that I had installed so I know how to uninstall it. If it’s something as simple as that then removing the old unit is a piece of cake. Putting the PCCM+ in after is straightforward even with Bose.

 

Thanks! Where can I buy a pccm+ and how much should I pay in US?

 

i meant for iso connector B , 8-pin

the 20-pin connector has changed over the years

 

love it !

 

Of course you can use get speaker level connector B do drive line in inputs on an amp, probably with attenuation. boxrCA’s diagram was referencing connector C, 1 to 6, just so anyone else reading this doesn’t get confused. But I can vouch that line out pins at the MOST port is a true L&R line level out. That’s how my amps are driven now

 

To confirm @nikandriko, you'd have a wire from the reverse light wire going to pin 6 correct? If so, this scenario didn't work based on some testing I just did. Camera didn't get power. Certainly possible I had something off but don't think so. Assume you didn't test this yet right, just throwing out some ideas?

 

That’s right, my diagram above is theoretical/untested and it does still require a cable from the rear lights to go to pin6 to trigger the PCCM+ and produce the triggered ground on pin8 (that later part has been thoroughly tested and is observed today in my setup as well).

 

where are you located?

 

Where are you located? My local Porsche dealer gave me a PCA discount of 10%

 

I would say it’s a 2/10 difficulty with a few assumptions/discounts:

1. Not doing the backup camera
2. Not doing the external microphone
3. Installing the GPS antenna in an easy location, i.e. underneath the dash

Assuming the above, it should be 1-2 hours.

Obviously any DIY can go south for a number of reasons as others have mentioned.

Maybe the hardest part is by aligning those ***** with an allen key.

 

northeast Ohio

 

I wouldn't skip the external mike and it is not difficult or that much more time to do--you can install it as intended by sticking it to the top of the steering column or like many (myself included) putting it inside the steering column cover where the OEM mike resides if you had one, securing it with some double sided tape. When the PCM unit is out running the mike wire is simple--just need something long enough to run it. I didn't have a long zip tie and since a pack of them cost more than $8 at Lowes or Home Depot, I bought a fiberglass set of wire fish rods from Harbor Freight for $8. Taped the mike wire to the end of one section of the wire fish rod kit, and fished it over from the steering column to the radio in about 10 seconds. If I had a coat hanger I wanted to wreck, that would have worked too, but I didn't have any spare hangers laying around my place.

As for those pesky Allen keys that hold the PCM in--FYI, on the driver's side upper left, do yourself a favor and release the other 3 that you can easily get to with an allen wrench and on the fourth just push in on the side where the spring loaded clip is and with that finger on the spring loaded clip, push out while holding the clip in and it comes right out. Wish I had known that trick early on (found it by searching on line; not sure if the install FAQ was updated for that). Lastly, I'm in the camp that put the GPS antenna on the shelf rather than pull off the A pillar trim to put it there or under the windshield cowl.

The hard parts were figured out by all those in this thread above, so it's pretty easy. It is always easier to pay someone to do it for you but this one is not hard by any means. When I did mine, it took longer to get the old unit out for various reasons including that dang Allen key thing, than putting the car back together. There's no way I would pay a dealer what I've read they charge to do this, that I can tell you.