Chinese Double Din Fitted

[John Thomson]

Hi,

after reading the thread that was started by jb92563 when he fitted a Chinese double din head unit,I decided you go down the same route.

I used the Connects 2 cage and facia.
The head unit is bigger than the facia plate which meant I had to increase the opening by 6mm but it fits neat and the head unit works well.

john

[mikesz]

That's great! Can you give specifics as to what parts you had to buy to install. Where did you get the head unit? I have been thinking about doing the same thing but was concerned about head unit performance. Did you install yourself? did you update speakers too? I was going to update the speakers first then the head unit. A little at a time $$$$

[Dosverde]

Looks good. Been thinking about doing the same. Whats the glare like on the screen with the top down? Is it still viewable?

[particlewave]

Yes, details please
I've been wanting to do this mod for a while.

[John Thomson]

I bought the head unit on Ebay for £140.00 and the Connects 2 fitting kit for £35.00.

I had top move the air con controls down which was easy ( Original facia trim from design911.co.uk for £4.95) I installed the gps antenna myself under the alarm cover in the centre of the dash.....fits perfectly so must be a standard size.

I friend who has a car hi fi company fitted the cage ( secured with screws) and head unit for £30..........my car had a bog standard stereo with no Bose , Most or amps so it it was simply a case of pluging in the unit with no modification except earthing the handbrake lead so the DVDs can be played on the move!

No speakers were changed.

The unit works well, radio is good, the Igo8 sat nav is really quite good and you can have it on screen when music is playing.....
Bright sunlight shining directly on it does affect it but no more than any screen I have seen.

The Connects 2 facia bezel was too small to fit the head unit so I had to increase the height of the opening by 6mm ( I am a signmaker so did this on my laser cutter)

I am not a Hi Fi buff so no doubt there are plenty of people who could pick fault with it ..............I am not one for spending large amounts on car Hi Fi, for the cost I am really happy with it.

John

[Mister Mike]

Very nice! My '02 Boxster S still has the in-dash cassette deck and trunk changer, with no Aux-in for my smartphone, which is my primary music source these days. I considered a new stereo to add bluetooth, but I went with a much lazier and inelegant approach:

[Pdwight]

To availability ......eBay perhaps ?

[John Thomson]

Yes......I bought both the unit and fitting kit on EBay.

John

[Pdwight]

Some Of the ones I looked at only had a disk with Google Maps and not real li9ve Nav.

[John Thomson]

Mine came with Igo 8.......I am currently touring in Europe and the Sat Nav is very good compared to Tomtom which I have used before.

John

[mikesz]

How difficult was it to wire up? Did you get an adapter kit to wire it up? also what year is your car?

[Pdwight]

This would be the easiest thing to do compared to physically fitting one in the car. IM sure you would use an adapter plug (avaliable at Crutchfield or almost anywhere) so the OEM wiring would no be touched....should be almost plug and play as far as wiring up goes.

[Nine8Six]

Why there are no harness for this deck set-up after 15 years?

Dwight, is that not your fault?

Aren't those connectors not all the same on these aftermarket decks? One would just need to find the conn type that Porsche is using and trick a harness for the decks. Just guessing here...

[Nine8Six]

This Multimedia panel looks rather good John

[Pdwight]

SImple answer, but the adapter plug from Crutchfield or someone like

Porsche Boxster Aftermarket Radio Installation Wiring Harness Antenna Adapter | eBay

or

2001 Porsche Boxster Stereo Installation at ****************************************

And wire the adapter to the plug that came with the Double DIN unit...couldn't be easier. If anyone wants one done , soldered and heat shrink send me your plugs and I will do it for a song....I'm still out of work

Dwight

[Nine8Six]

Why can't you pull off sthg like below example. A universal adapter for PORSCHE 986/996 for let's say Pioneer, Alpine, ect, whatever brand is HOT atm.

Just go to the aftermarket radio shop and snap pics of the manufacturer's connector and put 3~4 different type of adapeters together for the crowd (Plug&Play man). Can't believe there is a hundred diff adapters for each deck manufacturer?



(thread hijack lol)

[mikesz]

just found this on ebay

Aftermarket Car Stereo Radio Wiring Harness Porsche 1787 Wire Adapter Plug | eBay

[Nine8Six]

"Matching EIA Color Codes". Hmmm nice find. So it looks like there is a standard conn type/colour code for the aftermarket decks. Didn't know, was just asking.

Still, I'd prefer buying Dwight's harness instead. Ohmed, quality copper (USA!), shielded wraps, solid welds.... I'd pay for this

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

...wire the adapter to the plug that came with the Double DIN unit...couldn't be easier.

Dwight

You are having a laugh mate. took me a full day to hook up my deck into that boxster. Not including having to lookup PINOUTs for the car, dbl-making sure each colors, match to aftermarket, welds (god I xux at that), wrapping, tape... hrrrrrr

[Pdwight]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

"Matching EIA Color Codes". Hmmm nice find. So it looks like there is a standard conn type/colour code for the aftermarket decks. Didn't know, was just asking.

Still, I'd prefer buying Dwight's harness instead. Ohmed, quality copper (USA!), shielded wraps, solid welds.... I'd pay for this

Many Thanks for the kind words

Dwight