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Fitted a PCM 2.0 into my 996 that I got from ebay and it was plug and play, the guy I later sold that to had the same experience.
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Fitted a PCM 2.0 into my 996 that I got from ebay and it was plug and play, the guy I later sold that to had the same experience.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hi chaps, i am passing on my PCM2 unit to a fellow porsche owner, and I read that the units are coded to the car's ECU rather than VIN - can anyone confirm? local OPC tech wasn't sure, but he said if it's an early ish PCM2 it might not need it. Does anyone have an experience on what needs to be done?

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Fitted a PCM 2.0 into my 996 that I got from ebay and it was plug and play, the guy I later sold that to had the same experience. So believe there's no coding on these radio's.

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thanks, let's hope so! It could be the newer ones that need coding. As I mentioned, local OPC wasn't sure.

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Mine was from a 2004 which was the last year of the PCM 2.0. I know you can code options on your car to get all the features like navigation directions and audio information on your instrument cluster which may be where the confusion is. Additionally PCM 2.1's defiantly needed coding to the car or they can brick your amp but thats a 997/987 problem as PCM 2.1's were never supplied for 996's.

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