Hack to keep the passenger screen on without a passenger in the seat

[martino]

For those of you who want to keep the passenger screen on without a passenger in the seat, I thought I'd share a way I found to achieve this after Porsche took away the last hack with the software update. This hack is even easier to do than the one previously found in these forums.

Step 1. Engage the passenger seat belt.
Step 2. Push down on the seat occupancy sensor at the back of the seat for about 2 seconds.

This will turn the passenger screen on. It will stay on for the remainder of the trip.

Rather than drive around with the passenger seat belt engaged, I used a seat belt alarm silencer I bought online. Racing drivers use these when they have a harness fitted in the car rather than the regular seat belt. There are lots of different options online, even some fake branded ones.

The seat occupancy sensor is right at the back of the seat. It's a small area and doesn't require much force to activate it, however you need to push down for about 2 seconds, a quick push won't trigger it.

I trust you'll all be sensible with this hack and not let the passenger screen distract you when you're driving.

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[O2TheL]

Thanks.

A solution without a need?

 

[EvFamily]

I wish I could run movies off that screen rather than the main screen. Any idea if there’s a hack for that?

 

[Dee]

Excellent!

I think it's total bullshit to switch off the passenger screen in terms of safety.
If you have the center screen on, it's as distracting as the passenger screen.
Who are you kidding??
I paid for the passenger screen so I want it on.
All.The.Time.
Shame on you Porsche, for, once again, switching it off.
And big thx to Martino to find a away around this again! ??

 

[W1NGE]

Excellent!

I think it's total bullshit to switch off the passenger screen in terms of safety.
If you have the center screen on, it's as distracting as the passenger screen.
Who are you kidding??
I paid for the passenger screen so I want it on.
All.The.Time.
Shame on you Porsche, for, once again, switching it off.
And big thx to Martino to find a away around this again! ??

Not sure if this helps but I thought we established a while back you could control the on / off nature of the screen without resorting to Tom foolery https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/how-do-i-get-passenger-display-on.11400/post-166402 - I can't check it out as I don't have the Passenger Display.

 

[pEAkfrEAk]

I wish I could run movies off that screen rather than the main screen. Any idea if there’s a hack for that?

You can run movies as you want out of the box and without any 3rd party display on the main and/or passenger display. My kids love it. You just have to put the movie on an USB stick/HDD.

 

[Dee]

Not sure if this helps but I thought we established a while back you could control the on / off nature of the screen without resorting to Tom foolery https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/threads/how-do-i-get-passenger-display-on.11400/post-166402 - I can't check it out as I don't have the Passenger Display.

That hack doesn't work anymore after the uPdate.

 

[Alex74]

You can run movies as you want out of the box and without any 3rd party display on the main and/or passenger display. My kids love it. You just have to put the movie on an USB stick/HDD.

Can you tell me more. Also when driving? Certain format of film? Thank you

 

[Redhot2474]

Wow, I’m glad I didn’t order this - as I’m driving 90% of time alone

 

[TDinDC]

OK, related topic about function of passenger display, but are there any options to display album artwork more vividly? On mine, the music will show a fade from a grayed-out version of album artwork to black with the name of the music in white. They obviously have the graphics capability, but why all black and white? Is this an option?

 

[martino]

OK, related topic about function of passenger display, but are there any options to display album artwork more vividly? On mine, the music will show a fade from a grayed-out version of album artwork to black with the name of the music in white. They obviously have the graphics capability, but why all black and white? Is this an option?

I think that's Porsche's compromise to make some use of the second screen without making it active, though I think they went too far in not making it a distraction.
I agree with you, it's a pity that the display is not more vibrant. The poor album art view is what made me want to enable the second screen.

 

[pEAkfrEAk]

Can you tell me more. Also when driving? Certain format of film? Thank you

MP4 and not while driving.

 

[Binson]

This doesn't work for me. It activates, but goes turns back off after about 10 seconds

 

[martino]

This doesn't work for me. It activates, but goes turns back off after about 10 seconds

Binson - did you plug the seat belt silencer in? If the seat belt buckle is not engaged, the screen will turn off again. Try plugging the actual seat belt in to test it out. It may be the seat belt silencer is not working properly.

 

[Binson]

Binson - did you plug the seat belt silencer in? If the seat belt buckle is not engaged, the screen will turn off again. Try plugging the actual seat belt in to test it out. It may be the seat belt silencer is not working properly.

Duh, I had to leave the seatbelt plugged in. Worked perfectly today - thanks!

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