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Good luck on the install.
Here's a couple tips:
- It's probably easiest to install behind the PCM/glove box. You can also install it in the right rear CDC cubby just in front of the tail light, but then you have to run the microphone to the front of the car. I've done it both ways. I prefer it up front mostly because the cabling is much easier.
- Make sure you understand how the MOST ring works: it's a fiber optic network where every connected device has an IN and OUT fiber. Dont get that inadvertently mixed up. The device you bought comes with the fiber optic connectors you need pre configured, so that should not happen, but be aware. Essentially you are removing the CDC from the MOST network (there's a loop for that) and inserting a new BT device that acts like the CDC just behind the PCM (using the 3-headed connector thats provided).
- The PCM actuall comes out pretty easy. Cover the center console with a towel. Gently pry up the trim aroung the PCM and HVAC switches starting at the bottom on eash side - - pull straight out. There are 4 screws under that trim that hold the PCM in place - - undo and remove. All the wires are keyed and have release tabs, so it's plug and play. The new BT adapter has an aforementioned 3-headed fiber optic cable that inserts between the factory cable and the PCM (the 3rd leg goes to the BT module).
- For power, I think I used Add A Fuse on one of the fuse panels on either end of the dash and fished a wire. Note that you need unswitched (always hot) power for the device to work right.
- Where to run the microphone is a personal choice. Typical locations include the horizontal trim on the left of the center console, top of the steering wheel column, or across and up to the top of the driver's A pillar (it's held in place by a screw behind the plastic airbag placard).
- You can fish a usb cord extension (and/or AUX cable) into the glove box if needed to make access to media for the device easier
- If you have a factory phone module, you need to unplug it (both the MOST fiber cable and power cables). You would need to loop the MOST fiber to the factory phone module - - that requires an extra fiber loop that's not in the kit. They are cheap on Amazon. You may have to see the dealer to code out the phone module programming in the PCM, else you may get an error.
- If you have any issues send me a note and/or that RL thread above is pretty well trafficked.
Having done this a few times on my Cayenne and 997 (recently), I could probably now do an install in an hour or two. But honestly, it took me a lot longer working slow and figuring it all out along the way.
For those with a 997/987, the process is virtually identical, except the CDC is in the frunk and removing the PCM is a little different.
Best wishes.
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