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I’ve seen a lot of different options for achieving this, some seem to use a Dension box to make use of the existing screen, and others seem to opt for buying a circa £300 facia with Bose fibre optic adapter kit, and then another £250 or so on an aftermarket double din head unit.
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I’ve seen a lot of different options for achieving this, some seem to use a Dension box to make use of the existing screen, and others seem to opt for buying a circa £300 facia with Bose fibre optic adapter kit, and then another £250 or so on an aftermarket double din head unit.
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I’ve seen a lot of different options for achieving this, some seem to use a Dension box to make use of the existing screen, and others seem to opt for buying a circa £300 facia with Bose fibre optic adapter kit, and then another £250 or so on an aftermarket double din head unit.
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I’ve seen a lot of different options for achieving this, some seem to use a Dension box to make use of the existing screen, and others seem to opt for buying a circa £300 facia with Bose fibre optic adapter kit, and then another £250 or so on an aftermarket double din head unit.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hello all, Been on PH a while, but I’ve just bought my first Porsche, a 2007 987 Cayman 2.7 with a Carnewal Exhaust. Forgive me if this has been covered before, but googling and going 10 pages back on this forum didn’t bring up an answer! My car is running what I believe to be PCM2.1, with the Bose system. (You can see where this is going) I want to gain the functionality to connect my phone via Bluetooth for calls and streaming music as a minimum. AppleCarPlay would be an added bonus, cost dependant. I’ve seen a lot of different options for achieving this, some seem to use a Dension box to make use of the existing screen, and others seem to opt for buying a circa £300 facia with Bose fibre optic adapter kit, and then another £250 or so on an aftermarket double din head unit. What’s peoples opinions and does anyone know a Dension savvy chap who could install Nr Sussex? Thanks in advance!

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I bought a £120 Bluetooth unit from Amazon also on EBay that goes into the most system and behaves like the cd multichanger. Integrates with PCM but no CarPlay. Worked a treat. This looks like the thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bluetooth-A2DP-USB-adap...

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or this as a poverty spec hack - works well. https://www.amazon.co.uk/FirstE-Bluetooth-Transmit...

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