Having seen this in person…….this one of those upgrades that is transformational. The car inside looks completely different. The leather, available in red and beige also is great quality and near perfect match. The unit boots fast and is snappy. Swapping the screens around is a trip ! CarPlay auto connects every time, reliably. The audio is better now than stock Bose because of the EQ and ability to customize. I can’t find any faults, but OEM microphone integration would be terrific and this has been relayed to ACARDASH. Buying Androids off of Ali is frought with challenges, return, refund and support, we have all been there !, This does NOT exist here. You can buy with PayPal. The support for the device is proven, we used it….and continue too, even free towels, they care. This dual screen from ACAR makes my 12.3 FYt look …...dated……oh well, time to upgrade.
So I originally had a sound issue after installing the dual screens in my 2018 Porsche Macan. The sound started to work after a restart but today the screen closest to the driver went black and so I restarted the car and I heard an electrical noise and tiny smoke came from bottom of screen and now the screen is messed. Based on the acardash site I'll have to pay for the shipping back to get the screen exchanged. Hopefully Milo is easy going and all goes smoothly.
Thanks for watching and for your support. The unit does look very good in person. I wasn’t too hopeful with it, but it exceeded all my expectations. Good luck with your decision and I hope you are subscribed to the channel.
Of course you can do this. I know of one person, over 70 years-old with little experience installing these, who just installed one in his Macan yesterday during Thanksgiving… and did it alone. He watched my video a couple of times, asked me a couple of questions, and off he went… So, if he did it, I’m sure you can too. Thanks for watching, and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t done so yet!
Thanks for the suggestion. I know that the owner of the Macan we installed this to, is looking for options on how to wrap the trims with carbon wrapper. Thanks for your support and for watching. Subscribe to the channel!
Very Nice Video, Thank You! I have Seen Models where it says „Macan“ on the right screen, and others with „Black Gold“ or „Cayenne“. Is this something You Can Change in the Menu?
Awesome! Do you know if you can install plex or can you cast / mirror a device? In a perfect world, i'd love to have carplay on the left screen for myself, and a movie/video for my passenger. Plex would be the best option for me, so just curious...thanks!
If Plex is in Google Play, then you can install it and play it. Hopefully in the 12.3” screen size. Thanks for your kind comments. Subscribe to the channel.
It all depends on what you want. Some of the guys going for it want to have dual display to be able to run CarPlay at same time they have an app like Torque displaying car parameters on the other. Some others just want to give passenger ability to watch movies, etc. In my specific case, I still have the 12.3" unit in my car and giving serious thoughts to get a dual display, but haven't made my decision yet. I'm very happy with the 12.3" unit though. You can also get the 12.3" with discount code (MACAN123) from ACAR. Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel!
@@mikewiremt I think is OK. The background light dimming can be set. See photo in link, which is from our installation: th-cam.com/users/postUgkxSsRKFRO6ZtIUWw5VyBWGfnGOTHYx_qgz?si=rv_30G2LYfC1W7lt
I ended up purchasing this unit for my 2018 Porsche Macan and overall the installation went well. I noticed that there has been a couple of times now that when I would get into the car there would be no sound and then if I shut the car off and then restart again which of course reboots the screens the sound will suddenly work. Have you experienced anything like this?
I have the dual screen installed in my 2015 Macan S. I have not experienced this yet. At cold start I let my engine idle down before driving. During this period I let the unit boot up fully so that I can open the Torque Pro app
@@WilliamvanNunen A lot of the functionality is retained due in part to the CanBus decoder. For example, you have the ability to lower and increase volume using steering wheel, including muting. Also you can control functions in your car using a specific menu, which allows you to set some options that you would normally access via MFD or PCM. Rear view camera works, as you saw in the video, etc…. Since you can’t connect LVDS cable, you lose the connectivity between the unit and the MFD, meaning that you can’t see the map in MFD anymore, etc…. But these are things that I never used.
Awesome vid!! Definitely purchasing this in the near future. I noticed you mentioned in the vid you had tuned the sound to Harmon and sound really good. How did you do that? Is there a video on how to tune the sound? I have a 2016 Macan S.
@@eriksoto1807 Thanks for your kind words. I used REW in a Microsoft Surface laptop. You can use Mac as well. I used a calibrated mic I got from Parts Express with a calibration file that I loaded into REW. I entered the values for the Harman reference curve. REW is free to download. When doing the tuning, I use an uncorrelated pink noise as a source which is played through the system and captured by the microphone. I move the microphone at ear level from left to right to left and so forth until I get a good average. Then adjust frequencies in the unit to try to match the reference curve. Let me know if you want to know more. I haven’t made a video on this, probably do this in the near future.
Thanks for your kind words. I used REW in a Microsoft Surface laptop. You can use Mac as well. I used a calibrated mic I got from Parts Express with a calibration file that I loaded into REW. I entered the values for the Harman reference curve. REW is free to download. When doing the tuning, I use an uncorrelated pink noise as a source which is played through the system and captured by the microphone. I move the microphone at ear level from left to right to left and so forth until I get a good average. Then adjust frequencies in the unit to try to match the reference curve. Let me know if you want to know more.
Thank you so much, I own a 2018 and this is very appealing. Does the unit retain any of the vehicle specific screens that show vehicle status, mpg etc?
It doesn’t retain specific PCM screens, however, there are alternative ways to get ECU information in these type of screens using OBD2 dongles with appropriate App. With these type of apps you actually get even more information in these screens than what you can get in PCM. You can partially see some of this information when I’m showing how to scroll app from one screen to the other. You can also change vehicle settings from the unit, thanks to the CanBus interface. Thanks for watching and I hope you are subscribed to the channel!
They have a version for 2010-2017 Cayenne: acarmultimedia.com/product/acardash-12-3-car-dual-screen-android-radio-multimedia-player-for-porsche-cayenne-2010-2017/ They also have a full conversion that upgrades the full dashboard to newer model, but is quite expensive: acarmultimedia.com/product/acardash-12-3-interactive-dual-screen-for-porsche-cayenne-2010-2017-upgrade-to-2024/ Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel!
Is it possible to split audio between screens? Meaning …can the driver listen to music while the passenger is watching a movie with Bluetooth headphones?
Thanks for your kind words. You can reach out to following email address: porschepcm31@gmail.com. Let me know via comments here when you send the email.
I don’t know, but you can ask ACARDash via their WhatsApp contact. They are very good at replying. Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t done so!
What an awesome video , it’s easier to install than the FYT for sure. The dual screens have great contrast and a snappy processor. Have to have this !
Having seen this in person…….this one of those upgrades that is transformational. The car inside looks completely different. The leather, available in red and beige also is great quality and near perfect match.
The unit boots fast and is snappy. Swapping the screens around is a trip ! CarPlay auto connects every time, reliably. The audio is better now than stock Bose because of the EQ and ability to customize. I can’t find any faults, but OEM microphone integration would be terrific and this has been relayed to ACARDASH.
Buying Androids off of Ali is frought with challenges, return, refund and support, we have all been there !,
This does NOT exist here. You can buy with PayPal. The support for the device is proven, we used it….and continue too, even free towels, they care.
This dual screen from ACAR makes my 12.3 FYt look …...dated……oh well, time to upgrade.
So I originally had a sound issue after installing the dual screens in my 2018 Porsche Macan. The sound started to work after a restart but today the screen closest to the driver went black and so I restarted the car and I heard an electrical noise and tiny smoke came from bottom of screen and now the screen is messed. Based on the acardash site I'll have to pay for the shipping back to get the screen exchanged. Hopefully Milo is easy going and all goes smoothly.
Amazing job and video, not something that I would do right now but definitely in the back of my mind. Looks amazing.
Thanks for watching and for your support. The unit does look very good in person. I wasn’t too hopeful with it, but it exceeded all my expectations. Good luck with your decision and I hope you are subscribed to the channel.
Another outstanding video, Santirx! What an amazing unit.
Thanks for your kind words. Hoping you are subscribed to the channel!
Great video. Almost makes me think I can do it myself.
Of course you can do this. I know of one person, over 70 years-old with little experience installing these, who just installed one in his Macan yesterday during Thanksgiving… and did it alone. He watched my video a couple of times, asked me a couple of questions, and off he went… So, if he did it, I’m sure you can too.
Thanks for watching, and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t done so yet!
Yeah looks great. Would wrap those gloss black pieces to match the carbon at some point.
Thanks for the suggestion. I know that the owner of the Macan we installed this to, is looking for options on how to wrap the trims with carbon wrapper. Thanks for your support and for watching. Subscribe to the channel!
@@yashab9981 I’m looking at using OEM leather sourced from a seat cover
Amazing once again.
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Nice video 🫡 I install my co pilot on my Panamera a few months ago. It’s endless ways of infotainment
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Oh you about to change the game!
@@malcolmfrazier8034 haha… thanks for your comment. It is a really nice unit for sure. Modernizes the interior of our aging Gen 1 Macan technology.
Very Nice Video, Thank You! I have Seen Models where it says „Macan“ on the right screen, and others with „Black Gold“ or „Cayenne“. Is this something You Can Change in the Menu?
This can be changed. Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel!
Awesome! Do you know if you can install plex or can you cast / mirror a device? In a perfect world, i'd love to have carplay on the left screen for myself, and a movie/video for my passenger. Plex would be the best option for me, so just curious...thanks!
Very interested in this too.
If Plex is in Google Play, then you can install it and play it. Hopefully in the 12.3” screen size.
Thanks for your kind comments. Subscribe to the channel.
How did you change the boot logo?
Great as usual! Based on your experience, is it better to install this dual-screen unit or the 12.3-inch one?
It all depends on what you want. Some of the guys going for it want to have dual display to be able to run CarPlay at same time they have an app like Torque displaying car parameters on the other. Some others just want to give passenger ability to watch movies, etc. In my specific case, I still have the 12.3" unit in my car and giving serious thoughts to get a dual display, but haven't made my decision yet. I'm very happy with the 12.3" unit though. You can also get the 12.3" with discount code (MACAN123) from ACAR.
Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel!
@@porscheDIY thank you for your point of view, I got it...I'm seriously interested to fit the 12.3 " from ACAR for more OEM look11
A m a z i n g !!!
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Great video and review Santirx! I'm curious what your experience will be at night with the extra light in the cabin from the second screen.
@@mikewiremt I think is OK. The background light dimming can be set. See photo in link, which is from our installation: th-cam.com/users/postUgkxSsRKFRO6ZtIUWw5VyBWGfnGOTHYx_qgz?si=rv_30G2LYfC1W7lt
I ended up purchasing this unit for my 2018 Porsche Macan and overall the installation went well. I noticed that there has been a couple of times now that when I would get into the car there would be no sound and then if I shut the car off and then restart again which of course reboots the screens the sound will suddenly work. Have you experienced anything like this?
I have the dual screen installed in my 2015 Macan S.
I have not experienced this yet. At cold start I let my engine idle down before driving. During this period I let the unit boot up fully so that I can open the Torque Pro app
WOW !do all the functionality’s of the car still work? Great job
@@WilliamvanNunen A lot of the functionality is retained due in part to the CanBus decoder. For example, you have the ability to lower and increase volume using steering wheel, including muting. Also you can control functions in your car using a specific menu, which allows you to set some options that you would normally access via MFD or PCM. Rear view camera works, as you saw in the video, etc…. Since you can’t connect LVDS cable, you lose the connectivity between the unit and the MFD, meaning that you can’t see the map in MFD anymore, etc…. But these are things that I never used.
Awesome vid!! Definitely purchasing this in the near future. I noticed you mentioned in the vid you had tuned the sound to Harmon and sound really good. How did you do that? Is there a video on how to tune the sound? I have a 2016 Macan S.
@@eriksoto1807 Thanks for your kind words. I used REW in a Microsoft Surface laptop. You can use Mac as well. I used a calibrated mic I got from Parts Express with a calibration file that I loaded into REW. I entered the values for the Harman reference curve. REW is free to download. When doing the tuning, I use an uncorrelated pink noise as a source which is played through the system and captured by the microphone. I move the microphone at ear level from left to right to left and so forth until I get a good average. Then adjust frequencies in the unit to try to match the reference curve. Let me know if you want to know more. I haven’t made a video on this, probably do this in the near future.
Another great video, thank you! What tool did you use for tuning the car? Looks like an ipad?
Thanks for your kind words. I used REW in a Microsoft Surface laptop. You can use Mac as well. I used a calibrated mic I got from Parts Express with a calibration file that I loaded into REW. I entered the values for the Harman reference curve. REW is free to download. When doing the tuning, I use an uncorrelated pink noise as a source which is played through the system and captured by the microphone. I move the microphone at ear level from left to right to left and so forth until I get a good average. Then adjust frequencies in the unit to try to match the reference curve. Let me know if you want to know more.
Thank you so much, I own a 2018 and this is very appealing. Does the unit retain any of the vehicle specific screens that show vehicle status, mpg etc?
It doesn’t retain specific PCM screens, however, there are alternative ways to get ECU information in these type of screens using OBD2 dongles with appropriate App. With these type of apps you actually get even more information in these screens than what you can get in PCM. You can partially see some of this information when I’m showing how to scroll app from one screen to the other. You can also change vehicle settings from the unit, thanks to the CanBus interface. Thanks for watching and I hope you are subscribed to the channel!
Would this work on a 2016 cayenne PCM 3.1
They have a version for 2010-2017 Cayenne:
acarmultimedia.com/product/acardash-12-3-car-dual-screen-android-radio-multimedia-player-for-porsche-cayenne-2010-2017/
They also have a full conversion that upgrades the full dashboard to newer model, but is quite expensive:
acarmultimedia.com/product/acardash-12-3-interactive-dual-screen-for-porsche-cayenne-2010-2017-upgrade-to-2024/
Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel!
Is it possible to split audio between screens? Meaning …can the driver listen to music while the passenger is watching a movie with Bluetooth headphones?
I’m not sure. What I heard is that is not possible at least for now, but we are checking with ACARDash.
Hello do you have a link for the mobile phone holder
This is not my Macan, but I’ll get in touch with owner and link the holder here for you. Thanks for watching and subscribe!
@@roccode8306 flat6motorsports.com/products/rennline-exactfit-phone-mount-macan
Hello! For those who don’t have a rear camera or don’t want to install one, what about the parking sensors? Do they work like the original pcm?
I think that you will still see parking sensors with no image. But I’ll ask.
the dual screen work your original pcm, work original parking sensors
@@ACARDASH thx!!! Very good news.
@@porscheDIY thx!
Another solid video, Santirx. We released a portable air pump. Can we invite you to do a review? If so,How can we connect with you?
Thanks for your kind words. You can reach out to following email address: porschepcm31@gmail.com. Let me know via comments here when you send the email.
do you know if it compatible with the surround view on the pcm 4.0?
I don’t know, but you can ask ACARDash via their WhatsApp contact. They are very good at replying. Thanks for watching and subscribe to the channel if you haven’t done so!
cpmpatible with the pcm 4.0 no problem.