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dirtydonki

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  1. Already replaced the switch once and couldn't believe the very next year the same problem. So I decided to go for the upgrade but left it to the garage (not Porsche) from where I bought the car. £135 all in. :thumbup: For that price screw DIY! :oops: Added benefit if something goes array or it fails again in an unreasonable time it's their problem and not mine. :cheers: :)
  2. This was beginning to look promising and then it ended so abruptly. :( I have a similar problem, 996 cabrio 2003, but additionally my dash keeps telling me: "selector lever not engaged" Car would still start ok but has gotten gradually less and less willing until today starting it is almost like winning the lottery. Called a friend who used to work on these for Porsche who advised that is could be down to the selector cable needing adjusting but he would need to have it in to know for sure. When it does start it indicates the gears on the dash correctly. No flashes and no safe run mode. Drives as you would expect. Just become more and more difficult to get started. At first I thought it might be the ignition switch again but had a new one installed last year and only done 4000 miles since. Symptoms were similar back then but I was not then, getting the dash error. My hopes of doing a DIY on this are fading fast and I'm broke.
  3. Mine creaks too but only in warm weather which is rare in Britain. :)
  4. Thanks for the rapid reply. PCM2 unit works fine. If I stick a piece of wire into the antenna socket of the radio, viola! It works! But as soon as I try either one of the diversity antenna connectors it fails. :( If I use the adapter provided and stick my make shift antenna (piece of stripped wire)in it also works. It is defo as if there is not enough signal boost. So I wonder if the old PCM2 unit had an antenna pre-amp built in. I know a lot of BMW's have antenna boosters. Hence the reason for my suspicion. UPDATENo 12V to the antenna booster! Even though the head unit is wired correctly and its little blue wire is supposed to supply 12V there was none. So I wired the antenna amp wire to the switched 12V supply and all is AOK. It looks fantasitico! :):):)
  5. Hi All Sad to say I have hit a snag just as I was about to cross the finish line. Everything is in and working great except the Radio. When I connected the antenna using the adapter from the kit I got no signal. So I went out to try another from my local Car Mart and the result was the same. I am not even able to receive strong channels. Next was to try a normal stick up antenna propped up on the back seat and Eureka! So at least I know the Radio works. Just seems that the antenna signal from the diversity antenna is not getting through somehow??? I have a 2003 996 C2 Cabrio with a diversity antenna and am now wondering if I need to connect both plugs as opposed to just the one or worse still need a 12 booster? If anyone can clarify I would be much obliged or if someone could point me in the right direction as I would hate to fail now having come this far. Many thanks in advance.
  6. Thanks to everyone here and in other places for the information you have so kindly shared. With it I too was able to complete the migration from my grotty old PCM2 to a super after market unit. The following is based on my migration on my 996 C2 Cabrio 2003 with PCM2.1 MOST. I am not going to be a parrot and repeat what is already here but I just feel it is worth clarifying one thing that confused me for quite while simply because no one has yet confirmed the following information in regard to MOST installations: You do not need an additional AMP. You can just bypass the existing Porsche supplied MOST amp and just wire directly to the speakers. Getting at the speaker wires is the trick here however. So yes, it is easier if one does replace the AMP but I just wanted to make it clear that you do not have to. Also, the speaker system runs on copper and not fibre as some seem to have thought. Maybe just on mine? I will be stuffing my Becker BE 6600 and CDC4 on fleebay to try to offset the cost of my migration. Oh yes the PCM2 also as spares or repair coz it's not been feeling very well for a long time. :)
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