aftermarket audio in 996 w/CD?

Okay, I pick up my '99 Carrera coupe in a couple of days. It's got the
optional CD player, with the CD's loading in the trays below the receiver
controls, in front of the shifter.

I see plenty of aftermarket receivers which will fit without modification
to the slot the OEM receiver takes up. I doubt very much that the OEM CD
loader/trays are compatible with any but the OEM receiver.

Does anyone have any experience with this unit? Is it easily removed, and
can the standard piece that fits there (with the standard audio) be
obtained? Or am I wrong and will the CD changer work with aftermarket
equipment?

The trays below the standard CD are simply for storage. You have to
manually open the tray, remove any CD that's already in the player, and
insert the new CD, while storing the ejected one in the now open tray. If
the car has a factory CD player, it's mounted in the trunk. If your car
does not have the factory CD changer, it is possible to find them in the
aftermarket, but I understand that running the cable from the in-car
player/receiver to the changer in the trunk is really tough. You'll need
the changer, mounting bracket and hardware, plus the connecting cable.

There are a number of aftermarket, replacement in-car CD/receivers, and
maybe one of these with a built-in 6 CD changer will fit...but I'm not sure
of this.

Hope this info helps.

"KK" <_kk_ (AT) furburger (DOT) net> wrote

Okay, I pick up my '99 Carrera coupe in a couple of days. It's got the
optional CD player, with the CD's loading in the trays below the receiver
controls, in front of the shifter.

I see plenty of aftermarket receivers which will fit without modification
to the slot the OEM receiver takes up. I doubt very much that the OEM CD
loader/trays are compatible with any but the OEM receiver.

Does anyone have any experience with this unit? Is it easily removed, and
can the standard piece that fits there (with the standard audio) be
obtained? Or am I wrong and will the CD changer work with aftermarket
equipment?

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:36:32 +0000, Guru wrote:

Hope this info helps.

Very much. I suppose I should have waited to post until taken
possession of the car and discovered that those were for storage and not a
CD changer.

Just excited, I guess.


Thanks.

KK wrote:

Okay, I pick up my '99 Carrera coupe in a couple of days. It's got the
optional CD player, with the CD's loading in the trays below the receiver
controls, in front of the shifter.

I see plenty of aftermarket receivers which will fit without modification
to the slot the OEM receiver takes up. I doubt very much that the OEM CD
loader/trays are compatible with any but the OEM receiver.

Does anyone have any experience with this unit? Is it easily removed, and
can the standard piece that fits there (with the standard audio) be
obtained? Or am I wrong and will the CD changer work with aftermarket
equipment?



KK, I pretty much have the same Radio/CD player combination that you

describe. Mine is a '03 911 Carrera Cabriolet. The trays are there to
conveniently store the CDs before playing them. They do not play
automatically from the trays. Am I missing something here? By the way,
the OEM Porsche audio system is OK but not outstanding. Enjoy your 911
as much as I enjoy mine!

HHC

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:57:46 -0700, Hernando Correa wrote:

KK, I pretty much have the same Radio/CD player combination that you
describe. Mine is a '03 911 Carrera Cabriolet. The trays are there to
conveniently store the CDs before playing them.

Yup, I'm an idiot. I haven't taken posession of it yet and I'm like a
little kid already.

By the way,
the OEM Porsche audio system is OK but not outstanding.

I was looking at in-dash receivers with bluetooth for phone and CD
changer/Phatnoise capability. Does Porsche run the cable to the front
compartment in cars w/o factory CD changers?

Enjoy your 911
as much as I enjoy mine!

Thanks!

"Does Porsche run the cable to the front
compartment in cars w/o factory CD changers?"

NO...at least that's the story for pre-997 models. I don't know about them.



"KK" <_KK_ (AT) furburger (DOT) net> wrote

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:57:46 -0700, Hernando Correa wrote:


KK, I pretty much have the same Radio/CD player combination that you
describe. Mine is a '03 911 Carrera Cabriolet. The trays are there to
conveniently store the CDs before playing them.

Yup, I'm an idiot. I haven't taken posession of it yet and I'm like a
little kid already.

By the way,
the OEM Porsche audio system is OK but not outstanding.


I was looking at in-dash receivers with bluetooth for phone and CD
changer/Phatnoise capability. Does Porsche run the cable to the front
compartment in cars w/o factory CD changers?

Enjoy your 911
as much as I enjoy mine!

Thanks!