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Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't
copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. Example: Search for pioneer vsx pdf would list any available PDF's on pioneer receivers. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. |
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I checked and people are already doing this for manuals for computer games, Honda car shop manuals, you name it. mz -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ... Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. Example: Search for pioneer vsx pdf would list any available PDF's on pioneer receivers. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. |
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Mark D. Zacharias screams, but nobody listens:
P.S. I checked and people are already doing this for manuals for computer games, Honda car shop manuals, you name it. I have found some useful Linux stuff on Kazaa, eMule and other P2P programs. Searched under "documents" for "Linux". So this looks like a very good idea. Will manufacturers start "attacking" us like RIAA done for MP3 files and MPAA (IIRC) for video files? Chaos. -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126375906 | I'm falling forever, ask for e-mail/MSN | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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"Chaos Master" wrote in message
... Mark D. Zacharias screams, but nobody listens: P.S. I checked and people are already doing this for manuals for computer games, Honda car shop manuals, you name it. I have found some useful Linux stuff on Kazaa, eMule and other P2P programs. Searched under "documents" for "Linux". So this looks like a very good idea. Will manufacturers start "attacking" us like RIAA done for MP3 files and MPAA (IIRC) for video files? Chaos. -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126375906 | I'm falling forever, ask for e-mail/MSN | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" Will manufacturers start "attacking" us like RIAA done for MP3 files and MPAA I sincerely doubt it. For one thing RIAA and the record companies have billions at stake. So they have hired guns and bribed legislators to go after the downloaders. Sharing service data is precisely what P2P is "supposed" to be doing as a legitimate(legal) service. Mark Z. |
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If a manufacturer thought they were RIAA and didn't like their service manual(s) being posted, the first response would likely be a "cease and desist" letter, not a lawsuit. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ... "Chaos Master" wrote in message ... Mark D. Zacharias screams, but nobody listens: P.S. I checked and people are already doing this for manuals for computer games, Honda car shop manuals, you name it. I have found some useful Linux stuff on Kazaa, eMule and other P2P programs. Searched under "documents" for "Linux". So this looks like a very good idea. Will manufacturers start "attacking" us like RIAA done for MP3 files and MPAA (IIRC) for video files? Chaos. -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126375906 | I'm falling forever, ask for e-mail/MSN | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" Will manufacturers start "attacking" us like RIAA done for MP3 files and MPAA I sincerely doubt it. For one thing RIAA and the record companies have billions at stake. So they have hired guns and bribed legislators to go after the downloaders. Sharing service data is precisely what P2P is "supposed" to be doing as a legitimate(legal) service. Mark Z. |
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In , on 05/16/04
at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I assume you are talking about service manuals. I would like to see a statement from the manufacturers to approve this sort of activity. Many are shy about sharing service info. I'm not near my manuals at the moment, but I remember most of them as being copyrighted or at least considered to be "proprietory" by the manufacturers. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Most of my manuals have large pullout drawings. Redrawn and retyped manuals would be useful, but it is a *HUGE* project. When I need a manual, I need it NOW. I'd hate to wait for the respective manual hosting system to come online. Also, there are often some very useful bulletins that are not part of the manuals. Sometimes bulletins can save weeks of head scratching when faced with an obscure intermittent problem. Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I prefer printed manuals. I also prefer manuals that are maintained by the manufacturer. Assuming we could lash together an army of a few thousand contributors and fairly divide the manual preparation work, I don't think we could trust that the manuals are or could be kept up to date. For example, if a local Joe purchased a manual for model XYZ a few years ago and put it online, I doubt if the manufacturer will notify Joe if there is a future bulletin or manual correction issued for that model. In terms of user manuals, many manufacturers are providing current model user manuals online. I assume that they will continue this service for future models and keep the current stuff online until they run out of disk space. I don't expect manufacturers to go through their archives and reprint manuals for long discontinued products. ----------------------------------------------------------- spam: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, spammers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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See comments inserted. - mz "Barry Mann" wrote in message om... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I assume you are talking about service manuals. I would like to see a statement from the manufacturers to approve this sort of activity. Many are shy about sharing service info. I'm not near my manuals at the moment, but I remember most of them as being copyrighted or at least considered to be "proprietory" by the manufacturers. I think manufactuers are much more blase' about this these days, with few manuals having any copyright. Just less work for them to do support-wise. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Better than nothing, I would say. The majority of our new serice data is in electronic media ONLY. Some are very cool, though, with "hot links" imbedded whereby one just clicks on the I.C., for example, and it takes you to it's circuit board location, click again and it goes to the prts list, again, and it goes to the block diagram, etc. If you need to print a section, that's easy to do. Most of my manuals have large pullout drawings. Redrawn and retyped manuals would be useful, but it is a *HUGE* project. When I need a manual, I need it NOW. I'd hate to wait for the respective manual hosting system to come online. Also, there are often some very useful bulletins that are not part of the manuals. Sometimes bulletins can save weeks of head scratching when faced with an obscure intermittent problem. This has always been the province of the authorized servicer, whether the service data is printed or electronic. Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I prefer printed manuals. I also prefer manuals that are maintained by the manufacturer. Assuming we could lash together an army of a few thousand contributors and fairly divide the manual preparation work, I don't think we could trust that the manuals are or could be kept up to date. For example, if a local Joe purchased a manual for model XYZ a few years ago and put it online, I doubt if the manufacturer will notify Joe if there is a future bulletin or manual correction issued for that model. In terms of user manuals, many manufacturers are providing current model user manuals online. I assume that they will continue this service for future models and keep the current stuff online until they run out of disk space. I don't expect manufacturers to go through their archives and reprint manuals for long discontinued products. ----------------------------------------------------------- spam: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, spammers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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In , on 05/16/04
at 01:59 PM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: See comments inserted. - mz "Barry Mann" wrote in message . com... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: [ ... ] I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Better than nothing, I would say. The majority of our new serice data is in electronic media ONLY. Some are very cool, though, with "hot links" imbedded whereby one just clicks on the I.C., for example, and it takes you to it's circuit board location, click again and it goes to the prts list, again, and it goes to the block diagram, etc. If you need to print a section, that's easy to do. The consumer side of me would like manuals to be available so that I could fix minor problems myself and avoid the hassle of tracking down a servicer who is competent. The only allure for me would be manuals for very old units, no longer supported by manufacturers, for which generic parts can be found. These units would have little or no commercial value, but would be important to someone for other reasons. The pro side of me avoids unofficial manuals because they are often out dated time wasters. (the official manuals are often not much better) The pro side of me also hates to deal with the unit that was butchered on the kitchen table. Easily available manuals would encourage the inept. I won't say that I have never wished that I could find a manual online, but, overall, they would not be valuable enough to encourage me to participate in an effort to get them online. [ ... ] ----------------------------------------------------------- spam: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, spammers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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Barry Mann wrote:
In , on 05/16/04 at 01:59 PM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: See comments inserted. - mz "Barry Mann" wrote in message .com... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: [ ... ] I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Better than nothing, I would say. The majority of our new serice data is in electronic media ONLY. Some are very cool, though, with "hot links" imbedded whereby one just clicks on the I.C., for example, and it takes you to it's circuit board location, click again and it goes to the prts list, again, and it goes to the block diagram, etc. If you need to print a section, that's easy to do. The consumer side of me would like manuals to be available so that I could fix minor problems myself and avoid the hassle of tracking down a servicer who is competent. The only allure for me would be manuals for very old units, no longer supported by manufacturers, for which generic parts can be found. These units would have little or no commercial value, but would be important to someone for other reasons. The pro side of me avoids unofficial manuals because they are often out dated time wasters. (the official manuals are often not much better) The pro side of me also hates to deal with the unit that was butchered on the kitchen table. Easily available manuals would encourage the inept. I won't say that I have never wished that I could find a manual online, but, overall, they would not be valuable enough to encourage me to participate in an effort to get them online. [ ... ] ----------------------------------------------------------- spam: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, spammers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- Remember that manufacturers do not want you, or anyone else, to fix their stuff. They want to sell you a NEW one. When Tektronix switched corporate control from engineers to bean counters, they quit making service manuals and supplying spare parts. Every unit that gets fixed is a new one that doesn't get sold. Most people who stand in line at 5AM at the TV superstore to get the $99 doorbuster special don't give ANY thought to getting it fixed. The ONLY thing they care about is the cheapest initial price. mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/ |
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My opinion is, that there are literally millions of Techs out there. For
many years, we (including myself), have put LOTS of money in the repair manuals. Where this board is great for giving good advice for free. I think the last thing that any of the qualified techs want to do is just give the manuals away for free. NOW, if the manufactures wanted to produce PDF's, and sell them. That would be cool. And if those who purchased them, wanted to throw their money away, that would be their option (not to mention the legal aspect of it). However, you have to remember. These manuals in the wrong hands, are a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. You can imagine the Lawsuits against the companies and the people who distributed them? Sure, there are a lot of those out there who are trained, and can read them. However, I can tell you I have several Degrees in Electronics, computer science, and Aero Electronics, does it mean it is true? No, I have none of these. I am trained in electronics, I do know how to read the manuals, however, I am far from a pro. I have to ask questions like the next. That is why this board is great. We can share ideas, and even debate them. But usually, we know when and when not to give the info out. We try to limit the info, to insure that no one gets hurt (or killed), if these manuals were just distributed, without cost, they would make it into hands that should not have them. So, the cost, not only benefits the company, but also keeps them out of unqualified hands. Just My Opinion, "Stepping off my Soapbox" Rick "mike" wrote in message ... Barry Mann wrote: In , on 05/16/04 at 01:59 PM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: See comments inserted. - mz "Barry Mann" wrote in message .com... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: [ ... ] I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Better than nothing, I would say. The majority of our new serice data is in electronic media ONLY. Some are very cool, though, with "hot links" imbedded whereby one just clicks on the I.C., for example, and it takes you to it's circuit board location, click again and it goes to the prts list, again, and it goes to the block diagram, etc. If you need to print a section, that's easy to do. The consumer side of me would like manuals to be available so that I could fix minor problems myself and avoid the hassle of tracking down a servicer who is competent. The only allure for me would be manuals for very old units, no longer supported by manufacturers, for which generic parts can be found. These units would have little or no commercial value, but would be important to someone for other reasons. The pro side of me avoids unofficial manuals because they are often out dated time wasters. (the official manuals are often not much better) The pro side of me also hates to deal with the unit that was butchered on the kitchen table. Easily available manuals would encourage the inept. I won't say that I have never wished that I could find a manual online, but, overall, they would not be valuable enough to encourage me to participate in an effort to get them online. [ ... ] ----------------------------------------------------------- spam: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, spammers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- Remember that manufacturers do not want you, or anyone else, to fix their stuff. They want to sell you a NEW one. When Tektronix switched corporate control from engineers to bean counters, they quit making service manuals and supplying spare parts. Every unit that gets fixed is a new one that doesn't get sold. Most people who stand in line at 5AM at the TV superstore to get the $99 doorbuster special don't give ANY thought to getting it fixed. The ONLY thing they care about is the cheapest initial price. mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/ |
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"Barry Mann" wrote in message om... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I assume you are talking about service manuals. I would like to see a statement from the manufacturers to approve this sort of activity. Many are shy about sharing service info. I'm not near my manuals at the moment, but I remember most of them as being copyrighted or at least considered to be "proprietory" by the manufacturers. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Most of my manuals have large pullout drawings. Redrawn and retyped manuals would be useful, but it is a *HUGE* project. There's no other way in any case as most older service manuals only exist in microfilm format. But the resolution is very good so scanning it and converting it to PDF would surely be feasible, and it being digital, the format size doesn't really matter. |
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I'm starting to think that P2P won't really work due to the way the nodes
etc work on Kazaa. I've been investigated a server called Streamload which is fairly ideal but requires a 4.95 or 5.95 (I forget which) monthly fee. Still considering this issue. The fee would probably filter out some of the non-tech types, but then again participation would probably be almost non-existent. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "BitBanger" wrote in message ... "Barry Mann" wrote in message om... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I assume you are talking about service manuals. I would like to see a statement from the manufacturers to approve this sort of activity. Many are shy about sharing service info. I'm not near my manuals at the moment, but I remember most of them as being copyrighted or at least considered to be "proprietory" by the manufacturers. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Most of my manuals have large pullout drawings. Redrawn and retyped manuals would be useful, but it is a *HUGE* project. There's no other way in any case as most older service manuals only exist in microfilm format. But the resolution is very good so scanning it and converting it to PDF would surely be feasible, and it being digital, the format size doesn't really matter. |
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Mark D. Zacharias ) caused an illegal operation in module
: I'm starting to think that P2P won't really work due to the way the nodes etc work on Kazaa. I've been investigated a server called Streamload which is fairly ideal but requires a 4.95 or 5.95 (I forget which) monthly fee. eMule? BitTorrent? (just guesses). BitTorrent seems ideal. You just create the .torrent files with the file info and people download them whenever they want the file. []s -- © 2004 Chaos Master | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126735906 / | I'm falling forever, UnderNet: FreeB5D | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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I'll take a look at them. I was introduced to Streamload via a CBS Radio
Mystery Theater forum - they trade them that way. (With the permission of the rights-owner, Mr. Himan Brown, that is.) Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "Chaos Master" wrote in message ... Mark D. Zacharias ) caused an illegal operation in module : I'm starting to think that P2P won't really work due to the way the nodes etc work on Kazaa. I've been investigated a server called Streamload which is fairly ideal but requires a 4.95 or 5.95 (I forget which) monthly fee. eMule? BitTorrent? (just guesses). BitTorrent seems ideal. You just create the .torrent files with the file info and people download them whenever they want the file. []s -- © 2004 Chaos Master | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126735906 / | I'm falling forever, UnderNet: FreeB5D | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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Chaos Master wrote:
Mark D. Zacharias ) caused an illegal operation in module : I'm starting to think that P2P won't really work due to the way the nodes etc work on Kazaa. I've been investigated a server called Streamload which is fairly ideal but requires a 4.95 or 5.95 (I forget which) monthly fee. eMule? BitTorrent? (just guesses). BitTorrent seems ideal. You just create the .torrent files with the file info and people download them whenever they want the file. Also, there is DC++. --- El Meda. http://ingemeda.tripod.com/ |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:27:24 -0300, Chaos Master
wrote: Mark D. Zacharias ) caused an illegal operation in module : I'm starting to think that P2P won't really work due to the way the nodes etc work on Kazaa. I've been investigated a server called Streamload which is fairly ideal but requires a 4.95 or 5.95 (I forget which) monthly fee. eMule? BitTorrent? (just guesses). BitTorrent seems ideal. You just create the .torrent files with the file info and people download them whenever they want the file. []s Everybody talks Kazaa whenever P2P comes up. I've found Kazaa to be the worst.(endless viruses,worms etc... not to mention all the bogus files.) I know there are scores of P2P services available, some legit and in the open some not. I've used Winmix off and on ever since it went online and found it to be the most productive and safe.(Not one virus/trojan/worm in all the time I've used it.) I don't know if it's set up for documents or such, but if so would be ideal for exchange of manuals.(I'm assuming they'd be in pdf format.) I've also been trying out edonkey the past few weeks with fair results. That might be an option as they seem to have a wide variety of file types available. I think the main issue of contention as to making this work is getting some techs to warm up to the idea of sharing their manuals.(most I've talked to have the attitude that if they had to pay big bucks for a service manual so should everyone else.) We all know that these manuals are priced far above anything resembling a fair market value. Even more so considering that most small repair shops might not use the manual more than once. Some in the repair industry feel the overcharging is a good thing, after all it helps keep many smaller shops from taking repair work on hardware that they'll have to pay 50 bucks or more up front for a service manual just to get started on a job. The high price coupled with the policy not to sell service manuals at the consumer level also keeps the vast majority of the consumer market from servicing their own appliances.(please, I don't need to hear from all in the service industry about how it's too dangerous to allow consumers to attempt their own repair jobs. Not all consumers are as incapable as most would believe.) There ARE thousands of DIY'ers out here that go the distance to learn how to do the work themselves.( I had the advantage of growing up in a TV & Radio repair shop as well as having gone through BE & E in my service days, so I realize I may be a bit of an exception. But have seen many hobbyist that had many hours of schooling in electronics courtesy their local votech.) One way of looking at it could be that if more manuals were swapped it would force down the price of service manuals for all. Only those with monopolizing the market in mind could see this as a bad thing. I can remember the days when a Sams service pack was available to all for as little as a buck. Haven't even seen Sams manuals since most of the hobby shops went out. |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:05:19 +0200, "BitBanger" wrote:
"Barry Mann" wrote in message . com... In , on 05/16/04 at 07:11 AM, "Mark D. Zacharias" said: Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, and even if they did, they don't really care about this. I assume you are talking about service manuals. I would like to see a statement from the manufacturers to approve this sort of activity. Many are shy about sharing service info. I'm not near my manuals at the moment, but I remember most of them as being copyrighted or at least considered to be "proprietory" by the manufacturers. I could make many Pioneer, Yamaha, Sony and other audio / video manuals available from my computer. Surely some others of us could as well. I don't care for scanned PDF's. The files are large and generally hard to read. How would you handle large schematics? Most of my manuals have large pullout drawings. Redrawn and retyped manuals would be useful, but it is a *HUGE* project. There's no other way in any case as most older service manuals only exist in microfilm format. But the resolution is very good so scanning it and converting it to PDF would surely be feasible, and it being digital, the format size doesn't really matter. Well, manuals ARE copyrighted. It's not against the law to reverse engineer them tho'. In fact many of the aftermarket manuals I've seen appear identical to their oem counterparts. Face it though. sharing a manual for free would at best be difficult to procecute. Certainly a far more trivial crime when compared to the highway robbery of the oem's and the prices they charge for a manual. |
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"Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ...
Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, Wanna bet? I have in the realm of 200 service manuals here. I just pulled 10 at random out of the drawers, every single one of them has a copyright notice on it. and even if they did, they don't really care about this. Again, wanna bet? A number of "public service" sites that have both user and service manuals have been hammered by the manufacturers and forced to remove scans, PDF's even retypes of copyrighted manuals from the site. The most recent example I am aware of is Nikon going around and forcing a number of sites to remove manuals of even long- discontinued products, for example, Nikon F2's, discontinued for a quarter of a century. Don't be so sure that somne corporate legal department is out there just waiting to justify its budget by going after some easy targets. Like you. |
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I have to say I'm disappointed. I may well still try to make some of these
available. I think it's important, especially these days, when customer service, and service in general are disappearing. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "Dick Pierce" wrote in message m... "Mark D. Zacharias" wrote in message ... Why not? Use Kazaa Lite - no spyware. The manufacturers mostly don't copyright service info, Wanna bet? I have in the realm of 200 service manuals here. I just pulled 10 at random out of the drawers, every single one of them has a copyright notice on it. and even if they did, they don't really care about this. Again, wanna bet? A number of "public service" sites that have both user and service manuals have been hammered by the manufacturers and forced to remove scans, PDF's even retypes of copyrighted manuals from the site. The most recent example I am aware of is Nikon going around and forcing a number of sites to remove manuals of even long- discontinued products, for example, Nikon F2's, discontinued for a quarter of a century. Don't be so sure that somne corporate legal department is out there just waiting to justify its budget by going after some easy targets. Like you. |
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Dick
P2P sharing of service manual PDF's Wanna bet? I have in the realm of 200 service manuals here Have a manul for a TTS-25B telephone line test set? Old but I want to make mine go. I need to determine the battery complement? Bob AZ |
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P2P sharing of service manual PDF's
I am willing to test the water for a limited number of uploads of Pioneer,
Onkyo, and Harman manuals. No Sony at this time. It is my hope others will join in. Post model numbers here for requests. I will gauge the response and try to accommodate. Mark Z. -- Please reply only to Group. I regret this is necessary. Viruses and spam have rendered my regular e-mail address useless. "RWatson767" wrote in message ... Dick P2P sharing of service manual PDF's Wanna bet? I have in the realm of 200 service manuals here Have a manul for a TTS-25B telephone line test set? Old but I want to make mine go. I need to determine the battery complement? Bob AZ |
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P2P sharing of service manual PDF's
To interject;
While I agree that the manufacturers probably won't go after this with the tenacity of the RIAA and MPAA, they are likely to be there with viruses. Now I download stuff, mostly older stuff, but I have noticed that you can download movies while they are still playing in theaters. You can download CDs that are not yet released. This has got to be costing them. From time to time we have actually mentioned to the customer that we were downloading the service manual, and the reaction varies. Right now this is from their website. All nice and legal. On a P2P network, the person(s) with the file you want have to be online. Secondly, if this is to run during the day, someone at the shop has to set it to share the directory, or burn a CD and take the files home. You'll know what files you need during the day, and I think many shops would be reluctant to share for legal reasons. If we do it at home it's a bit more trouble, and if the sharer is only online with the sharee at night, then we need to make lists and take our job home with us.(who doesn't anyway ?) Actually if the manufacturers were forced by law to be fair, this info would be readily available. This is ridiculous, they can sell something for thousands of dollars and make it unrepairable in three years. Put it this way, I'll participate, but only because I think it's right. No I didn't download Passion Of Christ, or Matrix Reloaded, didn't want them either. Now I have a question, but I'll start another post about it, but real quick; I use WinMX at present and there is a way to set it to run on different networks, but I would need specifics. I'll post the question after I start WinMX and explore the options. It would be so much better not to have to install yet another program. Thanx JURB |
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P2P sharing of service manual PDF's
mv /dev/null:
To interject; While I agree that the manufacturers probably won't go after this with the tenacity of the RIAA and MPAA, they are likely to be there with viruses. Viruses in .pdf files??? Looks like something stupid, as in a Brazilian site that said: "You know that most MP3 files contain viruses (virii?). You have been warned" Now I download stuff, mostly older stuff, but I have noticed that you can download movies while they are still playing in theaters. You can download CDs that are not yet released. This has got to be costing them. I mainly download MP3 files and video files (not movies - and not porn either). Now I have a question, but I'll start another post about it, but real quick; I use WinMX at present and there is a way to set it to run on different networks, but I would need specifics. I'll post the question after I start WinMX and explore the options. It would be so much better not to have to install yet another program. Google for "OpenNap". I would suggest installing Kazaa Lite. -- Chaos Master® | "I'm going under, Posting from Brazil! | drowning in you ICQ: 126375906 | I'm falling forever, ask for e-mail/MSN | I've got to break through" ---------------------. -- Evanescence, "Going Under" |
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P2P sharing of service manual PDF's
On Sat, 22 May 2004 14:20:02 -0300, Chaos Master
wrote: mv /dev/null: To interject; While I agree that the manufacturers probably won't go after this with the tenacity of the RIAA and MPAA, they are likely to be there with viruses. Viruses in .pdf files??? Looks like something stupid, as in a Brazilian site that said: There was a vulnerability in older versions of Acrobat that conceivably could be used to execute hostile code (aka virus) embedded in a pdf file. I'm not aware of this tactic being used in the wild, just the sucessful proof of concept. "You know that most MP3 files contain viruses (virii?). You have been warned" Windows Media Player had (and probably still has) issues with ignoring the file type and executing scripts embeded into files. For example, it might have a wmv extension, but media player would recognize vb scripts and call the appropriate program to run them. Many other MS products are guilty of trying to outsmart the user. There are other ways to 'disguise' an executeable file to look like an mp3. Many non-computer types will happily click on a file called avavrilla_soundtrack.mp3.exe and get a virus. So, yes, there have been ways to plant malicious code in seemingly inoccent files. Just have to be careful. -Chris (Can you tell what my profession is?) |
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) caused an illegal operation in module
: Windows Media Player had (and probably still has) issues with ignoring the file type and executing scripts embeded into files. For example, it might have a wmv extension, but media player would recognize vb scripts and call the appropriate program to run them. Many other MS products are guilty of trying to outsmart the user. There are other ways to 'disguise' an executeable file to look like an mp3. Many non-computer types will happily click on a file called avavrilla_soundtrack.mp3.exe and get a virus. So, yes, there have been ways to plant malicious code in seemingly inoccent files. This is what happens, but at least, my P2P program (Kazaa Lite K++) comes with a "protection" against this. It is a filter that is set to ignore results like ".mp3.exe", ".wma.exe", ".jpg.exe"... []s -- © Chaos Master | "These wounds won't seem to heal posting from BR! | This pain is just too real ask for ICQ/MSN or| There's just too much that time can't erase" e-mail address | -- Evanescence, "My Immortal" |
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