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Rear view cam and Apple car play retrofit 981s PCM 3.1

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Johny99

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Hello everyone

I hope you’re all well.

I have a 2013 981s with PCM 3.1 with aux input and bluetooth.

I was originally only looking for a reversing camera, but then I spoke to an installer who recommended the Apple CarPlay retrofit at the same time, as the Apple CarPlay kit allows for a reversing camera input.

From what I understand both of these options work via an add on units/device.

I wanted some advice on the best system in terms of reliability and that oem look for the camera when it comes on i.e the reversing lines etc.


I’ve had a look at various posts and then also came across the PCCM+ system available from Porsche, but can’t find much info on this or whether it’s worth it.

I made contact with an installer who was recommended on one of the posts here, I’ve asked which system/make of the retrofit equipment they’re quoting for - awaiting a response. Then I realised I need advice from people who own/have experience with these cars and also have no financial interest in which ever system I go for.

What I want to avoid is having a system installed and then coming across a more desirable system or additions I could have had done at the same time later on.

If anyone has any experience or advice on this it would be very much appreciated.

Thank you


 
Hi,

I have a 2015 Cayman 981 with PCM 3.1. I did some research when I purchased the car a couple of years ago and ended up selecting TTW Installations in Nottingham to have Apple CarPlay and the reversing camera fitted. I took the car to them and they did the complete install in about 2.5 to 3 hours. The installation is completely invisible and all the existing PCM functions work correctly. CarPlay is wireless and automatically connects every time I get in the car. I've had no issues since fitting and am exceedingly happy with the end result. I confirm that I have no links to the company - I'm just a very happy customer - and I would certainly recommend them.

Here's a link - they have actually included pictures of the installation in my car on this page (the blue Cayman) - I think mine may have been the first 981 they'd done.

https://ttw-installations.co.uk/apple-carplay-upgrades/

Cheers,

Tim

 
Thanks everyone

Do you know which brand of system you had installed? I’ve read about mr12volt, joyetech etc, I’ve read a few things about connectivity issues and little gremlins with some systems so just trying to weight it up before committing.

 
I don't know the brand of the system fitted to my car - there may be something on the website?

Tim

 
My system is a IDCore IDC-PCM31C. I've had no gremlins, its wireless and can listen to the radio when using the CarPlay interface.

 
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