Adsonic

I'm new to the MB world and I'm trying to get a good repair manual for a 05 E55 off E-bay (CD/DVD no problems). There are few sellers but I'm not sure if the ones there are good or not.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EVERY...item2a035f82e6

Also I would like to connect to the car, I saw some diagnostic kit on E-bay and yet again I'm lost to which is the best. It looks like there are few deferent types of kits and I'm not sure if they're good or just gimmicks.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MB-St...item2c52489c56

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCE...item3efb412a3d


Thanks in advance,

Adsonic

kurtwz

+1 I would like to know! Also if anyone could confirm that it is incompatible with XP, that would be great. Does it not run at all?

Adsonic

Anyone!!!

kurtwz

YES, anyone?! Sorry, Adsonic, I'm your echo and sidekick on this one

365v

I purchased some service cd's off ebay a couple of years ago. Never got them to work. The seller refused to talk to me over the phone and stopped answering my emails. I contacted ebay and they said contact the seller. I gave up as it was only a few dollars.

kurtwz

What version operating system were you using?

reitmeid

I bought them right after you posted. Will let you know how great or not they are as soon as they arrive.

Adsonic

Keep me posted

365v

Windows XP

Esh

I hear you're supposed to have a dedicated laptop for them... as in you need to wipe your OS off of a laptop and then install the service cd's... someone confirm if this is true...

itsmeek

Doesn't make sense- unless each program has it's own dedicated OS boot ROM. i doubt it.

Esh

(1) brand new never used WIS DVD repair manual (3) DVD's total for dedicated laptop w/install instructions (covers ALL regular & AMG model cars/suv's from 2000-2007)

Copied straight from thericker's post in the PIF thread.

kurtwz

What's PIF thread? I found posts by this user, but couldn't find the thread in question. Could you post the link to his thread or the link directly to the manual, please?

kurtwz

Could you post the link to this thread, please? I could never find it.

Adsonic

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...-thread-3.html

Check post number 210

The rules:

A member posts a **free** P.I.F. item. Any MBWorld member, with a minimum of 100 posts is eligible to receive this item. The giver will take names, via post and/or PM for a time lenght they see fit, at which time the giver will put all names in a hat and pull out the winner. The winner will be notified via PM and announced in this thread. It is up to the giver if the winner is responsible for shipping, and this must be stated in the giver's original post.

The only other rule is that winner MUST and I repeat MUST have an item available that they are willing to Pay It Forward with. If you don't, please don't apply to be a winner. The life of this thread is reliant upon the winner actually Paying It Forward.

reitmeid

Well like I said I ordered the software. It arrived. I printed the 25 page install document. It suggested installing on a fresh windows install. I recently built my desktop and had 100 G on the harddrive that wasn't partitioned, so I installed a dual boot fresh XP pro on that unpartitioned space with service pack 2, and no anti-virus program installed. The WIS net comes on 2 CD's. I started to install, and got to a point where I needed to e-mail my MAC address back to the seller. Waited a day and received a key. Finished the install. Needed to install some Java programs then, success. A working copy of the WISnet, no problems. I am just poking around, learning how to access the info. All in all, legit. I think I'm going to order the EPCnet from the guy now and install that too.

Adsonic

Great feedback, now is there any chance you snap-shot a page so I could get a better idea of what to expect?

kurtwz

Beautiful. Thx for the info. Could you post link of product or the seller's nama, pls? I just bought this. Is it the same thing?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT

+1 pls show screen shot if it's not too much work. THANKS

reitmeid

This is the seller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/EVERY...item2a03b7ab08

kurtwz

Wow, that looks so much cooler than the one I got. Maybe I'll buy this one too! So, I don't have a dedicated on which to install this. This would be going on a laptop w/ Vista and ~50 gb free. Do you think that would work for me?

Thanks

reitmeid

All I can tell you is what's in the Installation Manual:
Vista compatable..formatted with NTFS...about 25Gb required..dual-layer DVD...fresh clean installation of Windows recommended.

kurtwz

I got it working after a great amount of effort. I had previously posted that I couldn't get it working in English, but it was a configuration thing. let me know if any of you are having problems with this. The amount of information in the manual and the number of models it covers is astounding! It seems to be a pretty good product. Here are a few picutures. The first is a picture of the exhaust. The second one shows all the models on the left!




I bought this from eBay seller carrycorner2009. I can't recommend her service, but the product is good. She's slow to answer questions and provide the key for installation.

Adsonic

Thanks for the update, but pic isn't showing

kurtwz

It's working for me. Is it still not working for you?

Adsonic

Looks like my work PC was acting up, now its working from home. Looks good, I'm taking one now thanks for the help.