Seat Workshop Manuals / Guides

[muddyboots]

Don't think this has been posted before, so here goes...

If you're after a workshop manual or other documentation about your car, and there's no Haynes manual for it, and you've checked this site that Carlo found, then help is at hand - and it doesn't cost too much either.

Seat (and Volkswagen and Audi) sell their official Workshop Manuals online, and also some other documentation including some handy "Self Study" guides.

Clicky: ERWIN (Seat)

Click on "Search" to search through the documentation and view the contents pages of each section for free.
To access the full documentation, you first have to register (easy and free), then pay as you go to download the documentation sections you want.
Workshops Manuals are currently 18 Euros (~£12) per section, and Self Study guides are 4.70 Euros (~£3.20) each. (Current flow diagrams are available but are dearer unfortunately).

What you can't do (until someone finds a way ) is to buy a document and then gives copies to all your SCN mates - because they are in "Sealed" pdf format. To view them, you have to download the (free) unsealer plugin for Internet Explorer, this allows you to view the document on your own PC inside Acrobat - after you've connected to their server and authenticated yourself. You can't save as normal pdf, and you can't seem to "print to file" or print to another application (such as another PDF creator). Any other suggestions welcome

You can of course print them out, and well...photocopiers aren't hard to find

As a trial, I registered and paid for a copy of the "Mark 20 ABS - ESP Self-Study Program" for 4.70 Euros - about £3.20. I then downloaded it and printed it off.
It's really good - 40 pages long, full of good colour diagrams, describes in depth the principles of ESP, describes the function & location of all the sensors, gives hydraulic & wiring diagrams, and also describes what measuring blocks / settings can be accessed with diagnostic equipment (or vag-com in our cases!).

So a site well worth a visit.

Note for Mk4 Ibiza owners - they're actually listed as "Ibiza III" for some reason, and then the subsections are randomly split between "2002>" and "2002-2005"...bizarre. Just nose around and you'll find what you're after.

[basstard]

well guys,,, ever noticed that strange button named prt screen on your keyboard between F12 and Scroll block? Try pushing that and then CTRL+V in your photoshop,,,

[basstard]

Oh, and nice find Lee!

[Chemical Al]

Originally Posted by muddyboots

You can of course print them out

Print them then scan them back in and create a PDF of them

[muddyboots]

Originally Posted by Chemical Al

Print them then scan them back in and create a PDF of them

Yes, that's if I could be arsed to manually scan XY pages one-by-one !!

[Chemical Al]

worth it in the long run though

We have got an auto system of some sort at work - you hit a button and it auto feeds and creates a PDF

[BX16V]

our photocopier at work will scan (single or double sided) and e-mail in pdf format so it wouldn't be a big problem - especially as the original prints will be good quality so won't look scanned anyway. Will do huge documents too.

Adrian

[oedwards]

If you print the locked copy you have downloaded and then print it to a PDF Printer (which you can download and install from here ; http://www.pdffactory.com/) it will creat another PDF document and will lose all the security settings!

Brill

[basstard]

Originally Posted by Chemical Al

Print them then scan them back in and create a PDF of them

I take it no one read my previous post then,,,

[Ruddmeister]

I know, why don't we all dream up different ways to defraud this company? then post them on a public forum!...............

Of course nobody would actually do any of the above would they?, or would they?.......and obviously the idea of sharing that information is pure fantasy too on my part .........I mean just think if that document got traced back to you after 70 people had passed it round each other on email

Still I can't imagine anyone would really be that silly

[muddyboots]

Originally Posted by oedwards

If you print the locked copy you have downloaded and then print it to a PDF Printer (which you can download and install from here ; http://www.pdffactory.com/) it will creat another PDF document and will lose all the security settings!

Brill

Nice idea, already tried it, but it don't work I'm afraid (it's too clever!)

Ruddmeister -> LOL, yes it's all just theoretical of course

[basstard]

Who's talked about doin that for real?? are you kiddin'???

[FASTER]

ill have some if theres any kicking for the leon! (only joking of course)

[m0rk]

I'm gonna have a look later - on my mac - which has none of this encoding sealing rubbish allowed

[TANKDOCTOR]

Don't know if this is any good to people:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8001426171&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

[rumburak]

Actually since PDF format DOESN'T allow for strong encryption it is possible to crack PDF files no matter what protection they use... What all PDF protection plugins do is allow u to get a decrption key, but since u can decode it without a key, all protection can be passed... Although this technology is illegal in some states so I will not talk too much about this one Do a little search on google for "PDF USA Dmitry Sklyarov" and you'll find plenty of information about the author of the program, trial edition and process USA v. software programmer that revealed the problems in PDF protection.

Rumburak.

[Ric 2001]

Send me your PDF's. I can definitely help you out.

[depresion]

Originally Posted by Ruddmeister

I know, why don't we all dream up different ways to defraud this company? then post them on a public forum!...............

This isn't to defraud them but so that you can open the document on your laptop in the guarage without internet access.

[Jille]

sounds like a cool challenge...
if anyone can put an example manual online, I can try to open it up if you want... shouldn't be that hard, as PDF doesn't use spectacular encryption methods

[jaybeee]

http://www.software.ebandwagon.co.uk/RetrivePDF.html
:: this seems to be useful for unprotecting standard encryption. I'm thinking this 'sealed' encryption is different.

http://www.investintech.com/able2extract.html
:: if this prog can open it then it may well be able to convert it