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Any ideas, can I buy a new or used Porsche CD change and get it fitted by a good independent Porsche Specialist?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Ok guys another question, well you have resolved all my other 996 question almost immediately. I have a 1998 (MY1997) 996 with a PCM1 system telephone etc. There is no 6 CD changer. I would like to add one. I asked my local car electronical place and they said I would have to fit a unit with a separate display in the car and tune it into a radio station basically because they couldn't backfit- Clearly I don't want to do this. They said a genuiue Porsche 6 CD changer would work but was "excessively expensive" and they weren't sure how to wire it into the PCM1. They were great with my 924S but seem uncomfortable with a 996. I won't be using them but at least they were honest. I don't fancy an OPC with their labour rates. Any ideas, can I buy a new or used Porsche CD change and get it fitted by a good independent Porsche Specialist? If so how much will be looking at? Thanks in advance for any help regards John Stratford Arena Red 996 Black 924S

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If you have M689 (CD-Changer Preparation) option, you will have the cable and bracket already installed. It is quite common on UK spec cars. You could try www.design911.co.uk as they often have used CD changers, or try www.porsch-apart.co.uk . Where are you located? Maybe we can give some recommendations for an indy.

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Richard Thanks for the advice. I don't appear to have M689 or a bracket. I am planning a porsche sports exhaust (PSE) at PCT so will ask them to look at it and may try to get a secondhand unit. Maybe when I get a PSE I won't need a CD player! regards John Stratford 996 924S

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