Madmoggy Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I am looking for a PAYG SIM to put in the PCM head unit, just as a backup/emergency measure. Ive been recommended the 321 card from 3. Anyone know any reason why this wouldnt work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987Monkey Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Which version PCM have you got? And have you tried testing it with your current SIM card? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmoggy Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 5 hours ago, 987Monkey said: Which version PCM have you got? And have you tried testing it with your current SIM card? That was my first instinct but I have a nano sim for an Iphone which doesn't fit the standard sized slot. PCM is silver and has satnav/large screen with the phone buttons on the left, sorry I don't know the type/number. Its a 2008 car if that makes a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcr5784 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, Madmoggy said: That was my first instinct but I have a nano sim for an Iphone which doesn't fit the standard sized slot. PCM is silver and has satnav/large screen with the phone buttons on the left, sorry I don't know the type/number. Its a 2008 car if that makes a difference You could try your current sim with one of the sim converters - only 99p on ebay including post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMC Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 20 hours ago, Madmoggy said: I am looking for a PAYG SIM to put in the PCM head unit, just as a backup/emergency measure. Ive been recommended the 321 card from 3. Anyone know any reason why this wouldnt work? Looking for info, I just discovered my original spec includes "Telephone module for PCM" which activates the SIM slot you're talking about. Not sure if the slot is still present in the facia even if telephone module isn't specced??? Do you know for sure yours has telephone module? Described in the 981 brochure as under... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKR_77 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 You've got PCM 2/2.1 which don't work with 3 network sim cards. I believe Vodafone have been the most successful, it's something to do with the frequency the cards works on as I remember. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmoggy Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Thanks for all the info folks Ive attached a picture of the head unit, with the slot for a full size SIM card. Theres an old orange one in there now, but its not active. Shame the 3 card wont work, its quite cheap I'll have a look on vodafone to see what deals they can do, as Im with them for my contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmoggy Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 well it looks like Im destined not to get this to work. I got a free SIM from Vodafone, set it up and rang it from my phone in another phone. Worked fine. Put it in the car, it didnt work. I rang it and it went to voicemail. I then remembered my works phone has a full sized SIM, so I put that in. Neither worked in the car. Message on the bottom of the screen is "internal phone is not available" Im guessing it either didnt have it, or its been turned off at some stage. Never mind, at least I didnt have to spend a fortune to find out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Beanoir™ Posted March 23, 2016 Founder Share Posted March 23, 2016 I had this on another car recently, I ended ripping the aged 'technology' out and replaced with a Dynavin unit that looks OEM and does everything and does it well, for much less than the cost of fixing the aged original rubbish. Its like any technology, it becomes redundant so quickly these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmoggy Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Ive not heard of Dynavin, but having just had a very quick look at their website I can see that as a possible option, thanks for that. I'll have a word with my mechanic to see if he knows of a quick fix in case its just a coding issue, but if not then Im not going to waste any time on it, I'll look into a new head unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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