The day has finally arrived! (Navigation Help!)

[MikeG123]

hey everyone, im new to the site, this is my first posting. im very proud to say, ive been waiting my entire life for this moment. tomorrow morning im going to pick up my '99 911 carrera. anyway enough sappy stuff, the point is it has no navigation unit and i wanted to install one. ive seen a few where people used the space under the radio and the compartment under that to fit a nice sized screen in.

what do you all think is the best navigation unit for this car? im not looking to go overboard $$ wise, but id like a nice one. i think the flip out might get annoying?

any opinions and/or advice would be much appreciated!!

thanks!

MG

[Tool Pants]

Traffic Pro is popular because it is a direct swap, looks like it belongs with the car, and Porsche uses it.

[RLandis]

Traffic Pro data will soon be outdated, and there will be no new disks. There's a new Pioneer with a fixed screen....it's a very hot unit....can't remember the number, but I'd do a google search.....you can usually find used PCM IIs....that's what I did.....they're adequate, but the good news is it is OEM, and looks right.

[LVDell]

AVIC-N1 (PIoneer)

[dvdude]

hey everyone, im new to the site, this is my first posting.  im very proud to say, ive been waiting my entire life for this moment.  tomorrow morning im going to pick up my '99 911 carrera.  anyway enough sappy stuff, the point is it has no navigation unit and i wanted to install one.  ive seen a few where people used the space under the radio and the compartment under that to fit a nice sized screen in. 

what do you all think is the best navigation unit for this car?  im not looking to go overboard $$ wise, but id like a nice one.  i think the flip out might get annoying?   

any opinions and/or advice would be much appreciated!!

thanks!

MG

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You're car is non-MOST, so you can use your existing amp.  You basically have two choices regarding the category - single DIN or double DIN.  All the single DIN units except for the Traffic Pro have pop-out screens - they're easy to install however.  Traffic Pro is the best and probably cheapest option, but has no moving map and future support doesn't look good.  Pre-MOST cars can't have PCM2, from what I can gather, PCM1 isn't all that great but they do pop up on eBay from time to time.  I'm going for the Kenwood double DIN because it's got the best feature set and looks not unlike PCM (there are pics of one in a Boxster on this site).  But, it's not a cheap solution and is fairly complex to install as the HVAC controls need to be moved.

Another solution to consider would be a portable unit.  I had a Magellan RoadMate for a while and loved it, but I decided on an integrated solution for my C4 because of looks and because it'll interrupt whatever music source I'm listening to at the time.  I'm going the "whole hog" route though, with cellphone handsfree, a new CD changer, and some other stuff - my car is in for the install on Wednesday, planning on picking it up on Saturday,  Will do pics when I get the chance.

Edited July 18, 2005 by dvdude