Radio Removal Shelf & Keeping Bluetooth. Solutions?
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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?
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?
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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?
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?
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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. 👍🏻
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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.....
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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...
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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.
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.
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Did a search on Amazon and there is a bunch of BT amp devices for cars. You might find something here.
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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.
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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.
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arod2051 (06-04-2022)
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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.
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.
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idonthaveamind (05-03-2022)
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Has anyone on here succeded in retrofitting radio delete and bluetooth afterwards??
very thankful for update on this thread.
also if there is some genius eho knows if possible how to show the rearviewcam in the display on the dash would be great!
very thankful for update on this thread.
also if there is some genius eho knows if possible how to show the rearviewcam in the display on the dash would be great!
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Do you have bose or the base radio? For 991.2, Bose has an amp, the base radio has the amp in the headunit as I understand it.
I have not done it (I have grown attached to CarPlay and Waze so the shelf remains in its box), but was planning on going to the shelf (but not Bluetooth).
I have not done it (I have grown attached to CarPlay and Waze so the shelf remains in its box), but was planning on going to the shelf (but not Bluetooth).