Dension Gateway 500 Ipod Installation

[ukchris]

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]

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]

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]

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?

[ukchris]

Originally Posted by laphil

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?

Funnily enough I've been discussing this today with another Dension user, apparently it's a known bug, they suggest going back to V1.0 of the firmware or waiting "a couple of weeks" for V2.0 ( you probably have 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4).

[ukchris]

Originally Posted by laphil

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.

IIRC on the CDR23 you press another button to get the other functions on the "soft" buttons, control from the head unit still sucks though, stick with ipod control!

[tobesetc]

I've got a Dension GW500 in a 2003 Boxster S with Bose Upgrade (ie a fibre-optic MOST system) and a CDR23+Amp but no PCM.

I had been having the same issue as previous posts, with the iPod going into either Random Shuffle or Track Repeat mode everytime it's connected.

I've just updated the D-GW500 Firmware to 2.05 MOST and this seems to have resolved the problem.

Note - The upgrade did initially crash the iPod but after I reset it twice (press Menu & Select simultaneously for about 6 seconds) it has started to work. Fingers crossed.

Two questions:
1) Does anyone know if the Blue Tooth adaptor from Dension will allow proper Hands Free calling without a PCM?
2) Can it also work with a TomTom to give the voice control through the sound system? (The web site indicates it can).

Thanks!

[ukchris]

The upgrade to fix th shuffle problem is great new, thank you, do you happen to have the download link handy?

Chris