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State Divisions => New South Wales => Topic started by: Diamond Ric T on May 09, 2018, 09:06:44 PM

Title: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Diamond Ric T on May 09, 2018, 09:06:44 PM
This is a warning to folk who may be tempted to pay for and download a workshop manual from emanualsonline.com. I got caught with the ALFA 147 manual which they advertised as being in PDF format. It was actually in some strange virtual machine format that required it to run on a program that emulated the old windows XP. The whole thing had to be viewed through a tiny window on the screen - and with zero functionality. The support is a joke - you talk to imbeciles who either don't read, don't understand or who are just rat cunning and try to sidetrack you and baffle you with BS. Writing to them is a waste of time. Really p'd off.
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Citroënbender on May 09, 2018, 09:19:26 PM
Couldn't get a .iso download and use Dæmon Tools Lite (freeware)?
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Diamond Ric T on May 09, 2018, 11:09:16 PM
Still non functional - cannot print
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Citroënbender on May 14, 2018, 01:05:11 PM
I just tested my eLearn and it prints the pages fine, not the LHS menu though.
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Diamond Ric T on May 17, 2018, 06:21:40 PM
Yep - the e-manual will print. No problem with that. But the manuals supplied by the emanuals online company are a different format - "Virtual Machine Files" Avoid these and this company like Dracula avoids the crucifix
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Citroënbender on May 17, 2018, 06:38:49 PM
Are you sorted now with a 147 manual or still searching?
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Diamond Ric T on June 09, 2018, 07:15:13 PM
All good. I downloaded the e-learn manual which is the original service manual. I am still a bit raw about the other mob who splash PDF over everything they sell in order to suck people in. Thank you for your concern. It is most appreciated.
Title: Re: Buyer beware - emanualsonline.com
Post by: Vanalfaalfetta on June 16, 2018, 07:28:40 AM
Same thing happened to me, took me 2 days to figure out how to open, the workshop manual was unusable.

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