How To Install An Inexpensive Aux Input - Porsche 911 / Boxster Stereo 

You are THE man!! Thank you so much for this, awesome free mod. Now to get some half decent speakers!

Thank you very much for the informative video just done my 2002 boxter this morning,a little bit fiddly with the soldering,but well worth it,works perfectly many thanks!

You have just earned yourself a golden star. Thanks.

Thanks a bunch for posting this video, so great to finally have an aux input in my 2002 911 Targa :)

worked wonderfully - thanks! Also sounds better (to my ears at least) with an iPhone than with the cd changer. One thing: to get the head unit out it is much easier to remove the plastic surround of the air conditioning control (it just pulls out), then unscrew and remove the aircon control. Then you can push the head unit out from the back.

Very helpful indeed! Thanks alot for sharing your knowledge! Regards from Germany.

Local country boy comes through! Haha. Thanks man, this is just what I was looking for after being quoted 1,500.00 for a new radio install switch out just so I could use my phone in the car.

Not to spoil the fun but here's a much cleaner, easier way (no soldering or removing head unit, etc.) guaranteed to work because I just did it on my 2001 Boxster S: 1. Disconnect the CD-changer as described in the excellent video above and shove the data cable back into the carpet hole. (Optional: leave changer out of car and reduce weight by about 2 pounds) 2. Convert the two RCA connectors to female (using adapters from Radio Shack, etc.) 3. Plug a 6ft Stereo RCA - to - Stereo Mini cable into the now female RCA connectors. 4. Run the stereo mini through the grommet behind the CD-changer and then through a little slice you make in the the large firewall grommet behind the battery. (Remove the battery retainer bolt, leave battery connected, and slide the battery over to the right a few inches to reveal the grommet.) 6. Get under the left-side dash. The inside of the grommet is about 8 inches above the accelerator pedal in US cars. Pull the cable through and run it to wherever under the dash. I drilled a hole in the back of the little removable storage box under the Becker head unit and poked the stereo-mini cable through so it's right where I can store my phone while on the road. I have about 2 feet of cable so I can pull it out to operate the phone.

Great video, well done.

Good video bro..tanks

thanks for posting!!!

Amazing video

Nice done...

Wow! Little genius!

Very helpful video, thanks a lot! In theory, couldn't you connect the RCA audio cables that go to the CD changer to a female RCA to male 3.5mm converter and then run that cable back into the interior of the car along the same route that the CD changer cables take (would probably be super annoying, but I really don't want to cut into the factory harness or have to solder). Once you got it through, couldn't you just enable the AUX option as you did? You mentioned in another comment that a CD would have to be running in the changer for a setup such as this to work, but I don't see how the radio would be able to tell the difference between us soldering into the factory harness or connecting an adapter to the CD changer RCA cables. Again, thanks for the video, very well thought out and easy to follow.

Great video. I just bought a 2007 Cayman and it came with an aux adaptor. Do you know how to get into aux mode on a 2007 cayman/boxter? Thanks !!

Great video! Can i put usb for music and charging in a 2010 porsche cayman? i have the pcm 3 head unit but it did not come with usb. Thank you

I would like to point out that this only works for the newer CR-220 headunit. Older CR-210s that are used in early Boxsters and 993s don't seem to support switching to AUX. You can always buy a chinese AUX/USB/SD module that plugs into the Becker headunits and emulates the CD changer. They cost as much as a semi-decent aftermarket headunit, but the OEM Becker units look a million times better than the disco lights you find in Civics.

Will this work for a 97 boxster? Great vid m8

Great vid, Im just a bit confused: where do the red and yellow wires you used go to (if not to some aux interface)? Dont they go to the CD-changer, meaning you are essentially using the CD-changer signal interface? I just ask cuz Im a 997 owner looking to do this for my car. Thanx in advance and great vid!

Great video! I might get up the nerve to try this. I have a 2004 Boxster S. My CD changer is where your cassette changer is. Will your instructions still work? Also, where do I find my radio code? Thanks.

No. Those 3 connections are literally separate. You can slide them apart. That is a common VAG becker stereo connection. You can buy an alternative (blue) input on Amazon and eBay

Great video,,Is this applicable to cayenne 2009?

great vidéo, I have the same radio, but no disc changer, How can i connect the New wire to the pins in the back of radio? Thanks

Can you reconnect the cd player in the front after soldering in the new wires? Also do all radios for each specific model have the same security code? -02 911 Carrera Coupe

Hi,nice idea! Do you know the specific part number of these plugs and thus the standard for the crimp pins? I think it's worth to crimp new pins and re-pin the socket for the most OEM install :)

Awesome

Are you still around? I would like to know which wire is the power for the radio. I want to run my radio off the ignition side. Right now it is battery side and if I leave my car sitting too long it drains my battery

wait if that's RCA cord can you get a adapter and just route that to the interior???

Can you add a link where to buy this exact cable you are using to perform this modification please

If a decent area exist to run cable through to cabin, why not just use a 3.5mm to rca to trick the car it is receiving right and left signals from the cd changer? Maybe you would have to have the cd changer loaded at all times and the display may read the cd data. That may be the only caveat. Thoughts? I may attempt as a super easy trick.

Can u still use the cd changer after getting the aux cable?

that's one nice Porsche, is that your new car?

How do you get the car's anti theft audio code? Especially if you bought your car (an 01) at an auction and have no idea as to prior ownership.

I don’t have CD changer in my 2003 Porsche 996 C2 carrera, the stereo has single disc, any suggestions? Will your hack work in my car?

I'm curious to know if it would be possible to wire a switch that switches between the CD and aux inputs, so you could continue to use the CD changer if you wished by flipping a hardware switch and then activating/deactivating the aux input via the radio's controls.

Any idea if this will work on the 997 setup? Thanks! Awesome work-around.

does this work with the 996 Bose Fiber optics system?

just a thought but it would have been easier to get a 3.5 mm to dual mono(The red and white cables you unpluged from the cd charger) and attach it to the cd changer audio wires and run it to the passanger compartment of your car...

Hi Where do find the anti-theft radio code?

would it be possible not disconnect the cd-charger, the aux would works in aux mode and the CD-chager work when on CD mode? or am I wrong?

smart

I have only the yellow connection on my stereo it's a 2000 Porsche Boxster can anyone help me please ?

think it possible to do this to say your Ford L.T.D. ? . most likely have to tune radio to a non transmitting frequency to get mp3 to play thru speakers . your thoughts

is this the same for the Cayman ?

Does this work on a 2005 boxster s?

... "The engineers at Porsche and Becker had the foresight to realize that cassettes and tapes wouldn't...." Lol.. then you go into a 20-minute explanation on how to splice several wires together to jerry-rig it. Clearly they had no foresight

Can i have your cd changer?

What's a Porsh?

"Por-shA"....."Por-shA"......"Por-shA" Handy video otherwise :)

Bhg

Waste of time. Just buy the Porsche CDR-220 and CR-220 aux cable and plug one end to the back of the receiver and the other to an mp3 player.

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