Hack for PCM 1 CD Drive?

[Donie]

Calling all Hackers !!!!

I had been trying to source porsche Nav CD's for Europe for PCM 1 for 2002 and

nothing was turning up on Ebay so I asked my Porsche dealer, only to be told that they are no longer available and that I will have to update the CD drive to 16 bit at a cost of about $1700 ( 1400 Euros)

Has any of the merry band of hackers, especially computer geniuses, considered a modification to the early drive to increase it's memory capabity to allow it to read the later 16 bit CD's, as the saying goes it can't be rocket science. ?????

[mrmickeymouse]

Try another dealer first.

If they developed the system using maximum space allowed for on a CD when they sold it to you, it seems they never had any intention of supporting the Navigation system. Kind of a throw away item, seems to steep to throw away.

I would say the dealership has no idea what they are talking about, or they just want to sell you the newest system.

Your rich like the rest of us right!!!! :eek:

It seems that there would be a patch available through whomever makes the NAV for Porsche. I would bypass the dealer [if you have no luck.]

Go to whomever makes the Nav system and ask them.

In the old day's we could use software patches to make the computer think it was a 32 bit system when it was not.

Edited August 20, 2004 by mrmickeymouse