Porsche Cayenne 9PA, Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Carrera GT 2003-2008 - OEM-style Android upgrade
I've pulled a lot of factory radios out of these cars, and it usually ends the same way: the new screen goes in, it sticks out past your console, and the original panel ends up in a box. This one is cut to the shape of that panel instead. A 7-inch 7006 or an 8-inch 7007, both on Android 15 with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto.
Two model numbers cover this range, and the screen is the only difference. The 7006 is the 7-inch unit, the 7007 the 8-inch. Both are built for the Porsche Cayenne 9PA, Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Carrera GT 2003-2008, and both keep a faceplate cut to the shape of the original panel instead of a flat cage with a gap you'd see from the passenger seat.
Three things pick the version you get, and two of them are why units come back.
Type the year, or shoot a photo of the VIN plate. We match it to the version before the box ships.
This is the annoying one. If your car has the fiber amp it needs an optic box, and without it you've got a screen and no sound.
7-inch 7006 or 8-inch 7007, then 2 GB + 64 GB (HB) or 4 GB + 64 GB (HV). The 8-inch fills more of the opening.
| Model | Vehicle | Years |
|---|---|---|
| HB/HV7006 (7") | Porsche Cayenne 9PA, Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Carrera GT | 2003-2008 |
| HB/HV7007 (8") | Porsche Cayenne 9PA, Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Carrera GT | 2003-2008 |
From the factory these cars came with a small screen buried in a panel full of buttons: two rotary knobs, hard keys down each side. It's a nice bit of design, and it's why plenty of owners leave the stereo alone.
What gets me is how often that panel gets thrown away, because it's the part that makes your dash look like a Porsche and a generic screen can't fake it. I remember a Porsche 911 owner refitting the factory radio a year later: the annoying part was never the features, it was the gap and the way the surround looked at night.
This is the interface walkthrough published with the unit: your home widgets, the music player, the radio. Two minutes, before you commit.
Playback stays on this page. Watch on YouTube if your network blocks embeds.
Three routes, and it's worth being blunt. Keep the factory radio and you keep the look, but you keep the small screen. Buy a cheap double-DIN and you gain the screen but lose the panel.
| Compared | Factory radio | Cheap double-DIN | HB/HV7006/7007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen | Small factory screen | 7-inch in a flat frame | 7-inch 7006 or 8-inch 7007 |
| Dash look | Original | Visible gaps | OEM-style faceplate |
| Phone | None | Usually wired | Wireless CarPlay and Android Auto |
| Platform | Fixed firmware | Older Android builds | Android 15, UIS8581A, 8 cores |
| Memory | Not upgradeable | 1 or 2 GB RAM | 2+64 GB HB, 4+64 GB HV |
| Data | None | Wi-Fi only | 4G LTE and Wi-Fi |
| Fiber amp cars | Works as built | Not mentioned | Needs the MOST optic box |
The first two columns describe each route in general terms; the right column lists our published spec.
What you're buying is a modern board behind an old-looking panel. The parts you touch are the ones that matter.
Your phone connects without a cable and reconnects on its own. On the 8-inch panel a map is easy to read at a glance.
A UIS8581A with Cortex-A55 cores at 1.6 GHz, 2 GB or 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage, which is enough for maps and music without the stutter older boards get.
A data SIM gives the Porsche Cayenne 9PA its own connection, so you're not tethering your phone on the school run.
Built-in DSP with time alignment and EQ, an ST7708 tuner that keeps RDS text, and an external mic that mounts by the mirror.
The home screen is a widget layout: clock, speed, radio and an icon dock. Music gets artwork with a live spectrum behind it, radio gets six presets in a row, and CarPlay or Android Auto takes over the whole screen when you plug a phone in and hands it back when you unplug, that's the behaviour you want when two people share a car.
It's the same layout on the 7-inch and the 8-inch, and it doesn't change whether your car is a Porsche Boxster or a Cayenne.
Four items can be added: DVR, DAB, OBD2 and TPMS. None of them change the fitment, so they can go in later without pulling the unit out.
The amplifier isn't your choice, it's the car's. If your Porsche Cayenne 9PA came with BOSE or a fiber-optic amplifier, the sound runs over a most-bus link and an optic box has to go into the chain.
One limit worth knowing before the box arrives, because it changes how your car will sound. The fiber-optic boxes for these Porsches drive the front dual-channel speakers only, ours included. The rear pair won't play through it. It's an awkward, frustrating thing to find out after the box lands, and I'd rather say it now.
Need the wiring reference, or a second opinion that a 2005 and a 2007 take the same loom? Send the model year, the VIN and a photo of the back of your factory radio. That settles the fiber amplifier question faster than any email.
Full product information and availability are on the HB/HV7006/7007 product page.
Zhuhai WITSON Industrial Co., Ltd. - Tel: +86-756-8120312, 8120211, 8120212.
Send us the model year and a photo of your factory radio, and we'll confirm the version, the loom and whether you need the optic box.
View the HB/HV7006/7007The Porsche Cayenne 9PA, Porsche Boxster, Porsche 911 and Porsche Carrera GT 2003-2008. The 7006 is the 7-inch version and the 7007 the 8-inch one, with the same fitment. Send the year and VIN and we'll check it before shipping.
Yes. The faceplate is made to the shape of your original panel, so the screen fills the opening and the buttons stay where they were.
With the optic box in the chain, yes. Be aware of the limit that applies to these boxes, ours included: the front dual-channel speakers play and the rear pair won't.
If you use CarPlay or a map app, yes. It fills more of the opening and it's easier to read at a glance. If you want the panel to look as factory as possible, the 7-inch is the more discreet one.
Memory. The HB runs 2 GB + 64 GB and the HV runs 4 GB + 64 GB. The rest is the same: Android 15, the eight-core UIS8581A, wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, 4G LTE and Wi-Fi.
The model year, the VIN and a photo of the back of your factory radio. With those we can confirm the version, check for the fiber amplifier, and match the loom.
