By bracket do you mean the plastic bezel trim piece that surrounds the head unit? If so, it came from a great guy and great eBay seller named Loi at Euromotorsports (eBay name). You can buy directly from him though, you dont need to go through eBay.

I too purchased this bezel from him. Great product, great guy and amazing customer service. Contact me if you'd like more info.

Steve

 

Thank you,
Danny

 

Steve,

Can you please give me his contact information?

Thanks

 

His name is Loi and his email address is: EuroMotorspeed@gmail.com

and on ebay at: http://myworld.ebay.com/euromotorspeed/

 

How's the "boot up" on your system? I have a 997.2 w PCM3.0, Nav, BT etc. and I really like it. In my other car I have a Pioneer AVIC and its nice but takes 1-2 minutes to boot up. Plus sometimes it gets "stuck" for 30 seconds when I hang up a call. Nice unit otherwise. But PCM is instantly on and I havent had any issues in 7 months. The touch screen in PCM 3 is awesome and I wouldnt replace it.

 

The older Avic's boot up was a bit slower ( I have the Z3 in my SUV). The new 110BT is much faster and has never frozen on me.

The units we have been talking about on this thread are the older PCM 2.1. Not the newer touchscreen models. I wouldnt expect anyone to replace the PCM 3.0 with an aftermarket head unit. I tried one out in a 2009 Cayman (and now Im glad I bought my 2007 911) and it worked well. But, its still not as slick as an aftermarket unit.

 

Another question on this... What happens to the settings that are usually controlled by PCM, such as daytime running lights, climate control memory, etc.?

 

In the PCM 2.1 w/out Sports Chrono, none of the features you speak of are controlled through the PCM (997.1 which uses the PCM 2.1 doesn't have daytime running lights, nor climate control memory).

If you are speaking of the PCM 3.0 on the 997.2, I dont think anyone has these answers because I dont think anyone would pull out the PCM 3.0 (which offers all the features of an aftermarket head unit) and exchange it for anything else.

Make sense?

As for the PCM 2.1, all I lost were a few trip computer functions, the rest was maintained through the digital readout in the dash. I also believe that you retain the stopwatch feature in the digital display if you have Sports Chrono (my car doesn't have Sports Chrono).

Good luck,

Steve

 

Actually, my 2007 C2S does have those features. I know, because on the drive home, the DRL were on the whole time, which I found annoying! I had to figure out how to turn them off, which I did through PCM. My climate control memory works through there as well.

I have Sports Chrono, so maybe those options are included with that?

Thanks for the reply... I would love to improve the audio quality in this machine.

 

Yeah, must be Sports Chrono...

As for ONLY upgrading the sound quality, you can do a bit of that by replacing the amp and speakers (if you dont have Bose).

There are fiber optics interfaces that are made for the PCM 2.1 with Bose, but they are really expensive ($650.00) and then you are still left with replacing amps and speakers...

Better to just replace the head unit altogether. You will have much better results, sound wise, screen wise (touchscreen) and added ipod, XM, BlueTooth,Navigation, etc...

Good luck!

Steve

PS: I didnt have a clue that the PCM with Sports Chrono did that much. On my non SC model, it did very little beyond playing AM-FM-CD's and a few trip computer functions. And, it did all that pretty poorly.

 

Loving the Pioneer HU.

 

I'm actually thinking about ways to do just that. I have sports chrono and don't have Bose. So I'm thinking I'd like to stick with the PCM head unit, add a cleansweep module to clean up the outputs, then amp and speakers. But I want to do it without filling up the trunk with equipment. We'll see...

Thanks for the responses!

 

Regarding the "boot up" taking time issue... this might help if you have an iPod connected. At least this is the case with my 700BT - which is an earlier model. In the settings, choose so that it updates the library manually and not automatically. If you are like me and don't update your iPod very often, then you can update the library manually only after you sync the iPod with your computer. Otherwise it tries to finds updates every time and going through gigs of data takes little bit time.

 

Gah, I want to do the new head unit (have a PCM 2.1) but I don't have good luck with aftermarket installers. Can anyone recommend a good installer in the Cleveland Ohio area?

 

Very interesting and informative posts here.

I am a new P-car owner . . . . and I am researching/debating a new head unit that will have navigation, BT, and iPod controls. I have Sport Chrono package, and don't want to lose any of the functionality. I also have the Bose sound system.

Lots of research for me to do. But thanks for the info. AND . . . the INSTALL LOOKS FANTASTIC!!!!! Congrats.