22 replies to this topic

[steveo44]

The boot of my car has two boxes of manuals that take up too much space. In this modern age do most still have paper manuals? If not do you keep them on a laptop or is there a better device?

[whistle]

Laptop all the way...

A good few on the iphone and loads on our cloud.

[fozzies]

Paper manuals for new stuff, t'internet for known quantities.sites like this, and manufacturers websites are invaluable to me

[9651]

Got box files on my van, Scantonic, Menvier, ADE, Galaxy and another for random Texe/gardtec stuff........

I do carry a USB, and slowly transferring lots to it, laptops and phones are OK, but a PITA on site I find (especially on some of the odd iffy sites we do)

[breff]

16gb memory card in my phone with approx 5000 manuals, usb hd in van, loads of paper manuals in box in back of van. Phone gets used the most mainly for little things, can also be used as a drive on the laptop if necessary by usb lead.

[sixwheeledbeast]

Starting to built an "Engineers Manual" folder on my smartphone.
If it's on my phone in PDF, i've I keep the paper copy at home.
If not on my phone it should be under the passenger's seat in the van.

[9651]

breff, on 06 December 2011 - 06:30 PM, said:

16gb memory card in my phone with approx 5000 manuals, usb hd in van, loads of paper manuals in box in back of van. Phone gets used the most mainly for little things, can also be used as a drive on the laptop if necessary by usb lead.

Wish i could use a card in my phone (W7). Uploading from usb to skydrive now, then can view from phone. Its a 'task' uploading them, time consuming

[miaren]

Majority on the Android phone, but do need to constantly update the list for every possibility.. Still carry paper

But most importantly, still have the Tech support no.s ( god bless 'em)

Edited by miaren, 06 December 2011 - 09:22 PM.

[antinode]

Prefer paper to be honest. I like being able to just flick through the pages. I had to re-program a Veritas R8 about 4 months ago using my iPhone and google. Although it got me there eventually, it took forever scrolling and zooming in/out. Could have done it with a paper manual (which I now have a copy of!) in a tenth of the time.

[9651]

Id go with that in the main

Phone was handy the other day mind, had to crash and reprog a Ts 500, no paper manual for it, and never done one before. Found it in here whilst at site, 10 mins later it was done, nice and easy

[Cubit]

Prefer paper. .pdf for the rarely used random ones.

[Cyberprog]

I keep everything as a PDF, on the Phone, NetBook, Laptop, and after Xmas, on the Tablet

[Rayvone]

iPhone, dropbox all the way

[NowItsBroken]

Still prefer paper. I have one manual, which is a composite of the important pages from all the panels I work on usually. 90% of the installer manual is stuff you already know. I need code tables, references, power specs, diagnostic codes etc, so that's all I take with me. Every so often when I get an unfamiliar panel then it's laptop+google to the rescue. I do so much dislike those sites that want to charge a fiver for manuals in PDF even though it cost them nothing, but still wind up having to use them

[Able Alarm]

The best solution i have found is my galaxy s2 tethered to the laptop and go on line to tsi if i dont already have them on the laptop

[shuban]

I phone

Rayvone, on 10 December 2011 - 02:13 PM, said:

iPhone, dropbox all the way

I support this answer.

[RFS]

NowItsBroken, on 11 December 2011 - 01:41 PM, said:

Still prefer paper. I have one manual, which is a composite of the important pages from all the panels I work on usually. 90% of the installer manual is stuff you already know. I need code tables, references, power specs, diagnostic codes etc, so that's all I take with me. Every so often when I get an unfamiliar panel then it's laptop+google to the rescue. I do so much dislike those sites that want to charge a fiver for manuals in PDF even though it cost them nothing, but still wind up having to use them

Yeah, I know what you mean mate, I hate it when a business trys to make money...

[shuban]

No one can deny the importance of Paper. Even you are with andoroid or laptop. I am using both paper and laptop.

[DannyJones]

Tablet all the way aslong as i can get a 3g connection or wifi as all our forms and manuals are on the net.

Still have to carry papper forms and manuals just in case and always will until 3g signals get better.

[miaren]

Used to have a Red paper Scanny Bible with 98 Info.

Bloody embarassed not to find it the recent Pdf version held on my Phone..

Now printed on paper and in the file...

Luckily the customer isn't rushed..

TBH...My mistake..

(Still need them..!!?!!) yup