Full-Screen HD CarPlay for Porsche Panamera (971) PCM4.1 – Native HD
Recognise any of these?
- You bought your Panamera used and the previous owner never added CarPlay — now you're stuck using Bluetooth audio and typing addresses into the PCM like it's 2012.
- Your dealer quoted north of $1,500 to retrofit Apple CarPlay, and that was before labour.
- You plug your iPhone in and nothing happens — just charging, no CarPlay, because Porsche locked it out on your build year.
- The PCM screen is sitting there at full size but CarPlay is crammed into a small window with a dead grey border around it.
- Your passenger pulled up Google Maps on their phone to navigate because the built-in maps are out of date and you can't update them without a dealer visit.
- A friend with a 2020 Panamera has full-screen CarPlay as standard and you're driving the same car for all practical purposes — just without it.
Porsche full screen CarPlay HD (whole screen)
Android auto activation
For all 2017-2019 Panamera 971 with PCM4.1 system
Are you a workshop? We do this coding remotely for independent Porsche specialists while the car is on your ramp — you keep the customer and the labour, no PIWIS licence required. How trade accounts work.
Frequently bought together
Customers who activate full-screen CarPlay most often add these two.
How It Works & Installation Guide
📄 Installation Guide — full step-by-step (open on phone or computer):
https://carsoft.co.nz/dl/guide/activation.html
It's the same guide we email you after purchase.
How it works
Delivered online straight to your car — no parts shipped, no dealer visit. Activated remotely over the internet after a quick one-time setup.1. One-time setup (~3–5 min)
We email a small setup file + a redeem code. Copy the file to the root of an SD/USB stick (FAT32), start the car and insert it — a Software Update screen runs automatically and installs a small helper; remove the card at Update successful. No menus or coding on your side.2. Redeem your code
Open our activation page, enter your redeem code and your car's VIN, press Activate (one car per code).3. Drive with internet
Mobile data or a hotspot — the car checks in, downloads and installs by itself, restarts once. Done.Good to know
Locked to your VIN, fully reversible, no firmware reflash. After this one-time setup, any future feature you buy needs only the redeem step.What you'll need
Redeem code, 17-character VIN, an SD/USB (FAT32), and internet in the car. Questions: info@innovativesoft.co.nz

