[s-cars] Re: Bentley books vs CDs

[C1J1Miller at aol.com]

I'm an editor for Bentley, and I drive a '91 200q20v sedan, and a '91 coupe q.

Please don't copy our CDs.

If you've having trouble getting our stuff over seas, either email me or call our customer service people, and we'll set you up with a distributor, or sell you one.

We've got a new line of CDs coming out just around the corner (first of the year?).  They've got some improved features, navigation etc. wise; I'm doing some troubleshooting on the 100/A6/S4/S6 CD right now.  We'll likely have an upgrade option for owners of any past CD generation; you will also be able to use your old CD and the new reader software (I think).

Igor: on the newer generation CDs (I think version 2, the current version, and the upcoming version; perhaps even the first version), any wiring track that ends in a "box", i.e., continues elsewhere, can be clicked with your mouse as an active link.  So can the big triangles at the top of the diagram, which lead you to the next page.  We've also been adding pop-up component location pictures on the newer cars; those are the blue camera icons.
For the 100/A6/S4/S6 platform, we haven't been adding much for content, as Audi hasn't released very much... but you'll have the new technical bulletins, etc.

If anyone has questions on use of the CDs, books, etc, feel free to visit our web page, and post your question on our Tech boards.
http://tech.bentleypublishers.com/~audi/guests

The paper manual is now out of print; doubt that there are any more out there new on the market, sorry.

Chris Miller, chris.miller at bentleypublishers.com
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Konstantin Bogach wrote:
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> Hi listers.
> Right now I have a choice of buying CD($85) or books($400).  I've heard that CD is not very
> convenient to use, just bad software. Given that I consider $85 is not cheap.  But it may be
> opinions about CD for older cars.  Did anything change for in CD for UrS4?  Is it still
> difficult to work with it?  Does anybody know better (moneywise) solutions?
>

Konstantin,
I have a paper 3-volume set for my S6 and I love it for the easiness of
finding the necessary stuff. Con: being a neatnik and a perfectionist I
am I have to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes to wash my hands.

I also have a CD for my wife's A4 and I love the ability to print out
only the needed chapters for the particular repair that I am performing,
handle it with greasy hands, chikenscratch my notes on them for the
later BTDT write-ups to the quattro list and throw them away afterwards.
Con: the CD is a real b!tch to navigate, very user-unfriendly. Suffice
to say that you can't mouseover the track numbers in the electrical
schematics and click your way from circuit to circuit.

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros

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Jan writes:
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This might not be the right question to ask, but here goes..  Could
anybody get me a copy of the Bentley Cd-Rom for the S6? =) yeah.. I know
u can buy them for $99.99...  But the CD-Writers are invented aren't
they?  =)

Jan Nielsen

Norway