Manuals on CD - are they worth it?

I got the JD paper manual right after I got the tractor. I should have saved the $'s and gone CD. The typos and deadend photos would still be in the CD's for me to print. But who knows, the guy that gets this tractor next might not be as "computer literate" as me and might not be able to open a CD drive...
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HydroHarold said:

the guy that gets this tractor next might not be as "computer literate" as me and might not be able to open a CD drive...

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You mean that cup holder?

If the manuals are in searchable text then electronic versions of the manual are great. I download an electronic copy of every manual I have in print if one is available.

I have wireless so I can take my laptop out to the shop if I need to. No need to print it.

and if you want you cna usually find an old PC for free and load the manual on it. then if it gets greasy/so what!

i have thought of doing this a few times, we have a bunch of old windows 98 machiens at work in storage, and i could easily bring one home to set up in my shop. if somethign happens to it, i won't be out anything but time to copy stuff over to a new one.

Rhoderman said:

"open the CD drive"?!
I've got a CD player in my car. I thought I would be able to listen to it while I worked on my GT. Are you saying it don't work that way Harold?! :trink40:

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FYI, Here's the way it works around here... First, I open a CD, DVD, or other flat thing with the record in it. Then I push a little button on the keyboard and somehow a drawer opens from the box that makes the fan noises. The cat, feeling the vibration, whacks the drawer as it is coming out so it closes again.

Next, with "dada disc" record in one hand, I hit the button again and when the drawer opens I deflect the cat with the other hand. As I feel the gentle biting of the cat on my deflecting hand I put the record in the player drawer and quick hit the closer button. As the drawer closes I release the cat and she releases me and whacks the rapidly closing drawer. She wins, the disc spins, the screen lights up and I'm happy again.

"I have wireless so I can take my laptop out to the shop if I need to. No need to print it."

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Too messy! I would get the screen all greasy pointing to the words as I read!


"Shadow" didn't really like the idea of a "Shoot Your Pet Contest"... but she calmed down after I explained it to her.

I like hard copies of instruction books. CD drives and me don't get along. Much easier to write notes and cross reference notations on paper copies than on CDs.
Also, older computers may not have CD capability, or have the incorrect format.
And, what do you do if your away from the shop with a tractor stuck in the fields, and the laptop's battery has gone south?
It's nice to have the basic printed instruction book with you.