Dension Gateway 500 Ipod Installation - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

laphil · 05-19-2007, 05:37 PM

FINALLY I got this thing to work.... FINALLY!

I got the unit as well; bought it from Eric at Bumperplugs. Props to him as he's been working with Dension and really pushing to get these units out there to us non-pcm people. I took the word of advice above and went to see Jamey at Rawlings as well (in Monrovia, CA -- they also have a west side location.)

While the install seems straight forward, there's no substitute for doing it right the first time. You can go through prior posts I've put out on the subject, as this was a second attempt at installing the unit (this one was the newer unit -- the upgrade helped.)

Not only was Jamey's group professional and detailed, Jamey followed me down to the Porsche dealership to program the CD-Changer correctly. That made a huge difference. I can't recommend these guys enough, and I'm digging the iPod.

FYI, my 987 is MY05, non-nav CDR24, Bose amp. The Gateway 500 is downstream from the head unit and before the Bose amp. DIPS 1-3 were off (or down) and DIP 4 was on (or up). The PIWIS seemed to detect the unit on the MOST bus; it simply had to be properly provisioned.

Also, on an aside, if you have to wait around for the install, he and his other installer Chris are a freakin' sitcom -- hillarious.

ukchris · 05-20-2007, 08:30 PM

The Dension works well but as has been said it's expensive. I installed mine myself, it isn't that difficult, all you're really doing is unlatching a couple of fiber connectors to jump it in to the loop. While there's probably no substitute for having a pro do it you can do it yourself in an hour or two. I did a bit of a write-up on my install here http://www.radarrack.com/boxster.html happy to answer questions if anyone has any. If you have PCM the interface from the head unit is good enough that you can install it in the front trunk and put the ipod in there, if you have a CDR23 (and I'd guess the CDR24 is the same) the control interface is poor so you'd want the ipod in the car with you so you can use it to access music.

Chris.

Andrew Fawcett · 05-21-2007, 10:00 AM

As the title says I'm in the process of order a new Boxster S, and I've got my heart set on integrating the Denision Gateway 500 into it when it arrives. The big question I've right now is do I really have to order the CD Interchanger to ensure I can fit this device when it arrives? Looking at some of the posts on this thread it would suggest not, rather I just need to convince my dealership to enable the CD Interchanger facility on the PCM for me.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated as I'm in the final phase of freezing my spec. with the dealership, and amazingly fitting the CD Interchanger when it arrives is almost double the price!

Thanks all!

ukchris · 05-21-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Fawcett

As the title says I'm in the process of order a new Boxster S, and I've got my heart set on integrating the Denision Gateway 500 into it when it arrives. The big question I've right now is do I really have to order the CD Interchanger to ensure I can fit this device when it arrives? Looking at some of the posts on this thread it would suggest not, rather I just need to convince my dealership to enable the CD Interchanger facility on the PCM for me.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated as I'm in the final phase of freezing my spec. with the dealership, and amazingly fitting the CD Interchanger when it arrives is almost double the price!

Thanks all!

My understanding is such that you should not order the changer as you wouldn't be able to use it with the Dension in place, you would need a friendly dealer with a PIWIS tester to set the options for you. You might want to consider PCM as the ipod control is superior...

Andrew Fawcett · 05-21-2007, 10:43 AM

Thanks, I am order with the PCM, I'm not good at DIY, so hopefully I can find someone in the UK that will install it and mount in glove box.

ukchris · 05-21-2007, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Fawcett

Thanks, I am order with the PCM, I'm not good at DIY, so hopefully I can find someone in the UK that will install it and mount in glove box.

If you have PCM I'd put it in the trunk, easier install and you don't need to be able to see the ipod / USB drive as you can control it from the PCM.

laphil · 05-22-2007, 11:38 AM

Ok, I'll call it a minor annoyance. As it stands, I'm happy to have a proper sounding iPod in my 987...

BUT, anyone else with a CDR24 notice that when you connect your iPod and the head unit takes over the iPod, the iPod goes into repeat mode (one song) and random shuffle? This happens even if the GW500 is set for control from the iPod. Seems to be happening pretty consistently.

Now I've read the doc's and apparently you can control some of that behavior from CD controls (using cd 6) -- unfortunately on a CDR24 the CD FF/RW controls don't show up, just disc selection and skipping songs from the dial.

Is this just happening to me?