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    iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    Some good news!

    Just spoke to my service manager at my dealership (Manhattan Motorcars) - apparently an iPod hook up is coming from Porsche scheduled to be in dealers next month. It is going in the same place as where the CD Changer would have gone (I was inquiring about the changer installation which I was told would be near $3,000). It is a hardwire connection through the MOST bus and NOT FM modulated. You have the choice of mounting the iPod anywhere though I will probably have it placed in the center console. The part itself is $200-300 estimated, the labor will be about an hour and a half so we're looking at $500 or so for a complete install at my dealership (may be different with yours).

    About time Porsche!


    Re: iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    Hope you aren't playing any mind games!!!
    If not then I am looking forward to adding this capability to my May '06 delivery 987S.

    Thanks for the heads up!

    Re: iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    I'm not sure if the release date is universal? My info is for US markets, so don't come looking to kill me if it comes out later over there...

    Re: iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    There is also the Monster iCruze now available which claims to interface with M-Bus systems - anyone know if this will talk to our pork or not ?

    Re: iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    AJ - That's Fabulous news! (If you're not pulling my plonker! )
    Anyone else add a 2nd confirmation of this info? It really sounds too good to be true... But I sure hope you're right!

    Update

    As I stated on the 997 Board:

    Chances are a PCM unit will be required to take advantage of the new iPod adapter. More news as I get it...

    Re: iPod Connector Porsche OEM Available APRIL 2006

    Quote:
    percymon said:
    There is also the Monster iCruze now available which claims to interface with M-Bus systems - anyone know if this will talk to our pork or not ?



    Probably not - if you check the Monster site, you'll see that Porsche is not available.

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    ajcastaneda said:
    As I stated on the 997 Board:


    Sorry, I just got in. Hadn't checked the 997 board yet. PCM only? What a swizz!

    Re: Update

    wow, 3 years too late eh?

    Re: Update

    And Pounds450 too much!

    I'll just continue to burn Cd's at much better quality anyway!

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    Quote:
    Steve R said:
    I'll just continue to burn Cd's at much better quality anyway!



    Not necessarily. I've encoded all of my music with Apple Lossless encoding. No difference than a CD - half the size. Just get a 60GB iPod to hold about 200 CDs.

    Re: Update

    Actually AAC in 320KHz is pretty high quality, Apple Lossless is good but files are huge.

    Hope Non PCM equipped Box can also have the iPod connector option...

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    rickhuizinga said:
    Quote:
    Steve R said:
    I'll just continue to burn Cd's at much better quality anyway!



    Not necessarily. I've encoded all of my music with Apple Lossless encoding. No difference than a CD - half the size. Just get a 60GB iPod to hold about 200 CDs.



    I wish I had done that to start with! Don't fancy recoding the 5000 tracks now!

    I like old-tech anyway.

    Re: Update

    Boys... girls... seems like the waiting may be over... at least from the non OEM world

    There's a Dension ice>Link plus iPod adapter available from Tweeter! Haven't seen it but I'm seriously looking into it.

    http://www.tweeter.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2161044

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    Yan said:
    Boys... girls... seems like the waiting may be over... at least from the non OEM world

    There's a Dension ice>Link plus iPod adapter available from Tweeter! Haven't seen it but I'm seriously looking into it.

    http://www.tweeter.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2161044



    I don't think that will work with 987/997 models....and it definitely isn't as streamlined as the planned OEM version coming out....I'm working on details, so sit tight.

    Re: Update

    Yep, sorry but that will absolutely not work with a 987.

    Re: Update

    that version doesnt even work on any 996 MY2003-2005

    only works before they implemented the "MOST" fiber optic bus.

    dension's solution for MOST equipped porsches has been coming out "within the next 2 months" for the last 2 years. in truth, they probably don't even have the working prototype they claim.

    Re: Update

    I agree Moogle. Dension have been stringing everyone along with empty claims of MOST iPod connectivity "anytime now" for so long now that, although we all wish that what they claim is true (because we're all still desperate to use our iPods in our cars), past experience means that we simply know better than to believe them unless we see something definite.

    If you ask me it's just really unprofessional for a company to make claims which turn out to be false. It quickly erodes customer goodwill and any trust that customers may have in their brand. Naturally their brand suffers in people's perception. It's short-sighted and amateurish behaviour unworthy of a corporate.

    Re: Update

    Just traded up to a 60GB Video iPod - my Griffin FM link doesn't work!!@! CD's for me for a while

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    Moogle said:
    that version doesnt even work on any 996 MY2003-2005

    only works before they implemented the "MOST" fiber optic bus.

    dension's solution for MOST equipped porsches has been coming out "within the next 2 months" for the last 2 years. in truth, they probably don't even have the working prototype they claim.



    Look at this link:

    ***DENSION***

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    BLIMEY!!! Are my eyes deceiving me??? Is the wait almost over?

    Re: Update

    WOW!! This is promising! Proper MOST iPod integration into a Porsche??

    I can't wait to hear more details!!!

    Re: Update

    Anxious to see some screen shots of the interface. Wouldn't it be cool if the album art was also displayed? Also curious if this will be strictly a third party solution or if Porsche is also blazing their own trail?

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    akbox2go said:
    Anxious to see some screen shots of the interface. Wouldn't it be cool if the album art was also displayed? Also curious if this will be strictly a third party solution or if Porsche is also blazing their own trail?



    Before we start dreaming of possibilities, let's get the adapter here first.

    Re: Update

    Looks like it'll be a lot of money though. Not sure if I want to subsidize the over-extended development that went into this product.

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    eslai said:
    Looks like it'll be a lot of money though. Not sure if I want to subsidize the over-extended development that went into this product.




    Re: Update

    Don't you almost feel like they should be paying us to take this system since they've strung us along for ages?

    Re: Update

    Check out this on the Becker board. http://www.beckerautosound.com/beckerboard/viewtopic.php?t=8

    Re: Update

    The same old promise of "in a couple of months"

    Re: Update

    Quote:
    eslai said:
    Don't you almost feel like they should be paying us to take this system since they've strung us along for ages?



    I'm open for offers.

     
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