I would appreciate if someone could post/send me Tandberg TD20A
service manual and schematic diagrams.I need to have it
repaired.Please help.
Sincerely
Prlecanada

wrote:
I would appreciate if someone could post/send me Tandberg TD20A
service manual and schematic diagrams.I need to have it
repaired.Please help.
Sincerely
Prlecanada

A bit of effort on your part - about 5 secs on Google would have found this....
http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk...k/td20rc20.htm

So take the gorse out of your pockets and buy an original manual for 5 quid!

Mike Coatham wrote:
wrote:
I would appreciate if someone could post/send me Tandberg TD20A
service manual and schematic diagrams.I need to have it
repaired.Please help.
Sincerely
Prlecanada

A bit of effort on your part - about 5 secs on Google would have
found this....
http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk...k/td20rc20.htm
So take the gorse out of your pockets and buy an original manual for
5 quid!

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of thing.
Although this appears to be an original. I hate these companies/individuals
who are making money out of selling usually copies of this sort of thing.
Information should always be free. I'm very much in favour of sites like
this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It doesn't
have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.

"jasee" wrote in message
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Mike Coatham wrote:

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of thing.
Although this appears to be an original. I hate these
companies/individuals who are making money out of selling usually copies
of this sort of thing. Information should always be free. I'm very much in
favour of sites like this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It doesn't
have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.



I agree.
They should turn the manuals into pdf files & put them up on a website for
FREE download.
Mike.

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"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote in message
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"jasee" wrote in message
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Mike Coatham wrote:

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of thing.
Although this appears to be an original. I hate these
companies/individuals who are making money out of selling usually copies
of this sort of thing. Information should always be free. I'm very much
in favour of sites like this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It doesn't
have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.



I agree.
They should turn the manuals into pdf files & put them up on a website for
FREE download.
Mike.


Who are "they"? If you mean a private individual, hobbyist, then I agree, it
is a nice thing to do to. However, if the manual owner is a commercial
organisation, who will pay for the time to scan a large document and create
PDFs? Also, if the commercial organisation in question sells vintage
equipment, why shouldn't they also be able to make a commercial return on
the information they own?

S.

http://audiopages.googlepages.com

"jasee" wrote in message
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Serge Auckland wrote:

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote in message
...
"jasee" wrote in message
...
Mike Coatham wrote:

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of
thing. Although this appears to be an original. I hate these
companies/individuals who are making money out of selling usually
copies of this sort of thing. Information should always be free.
I'm very much in favour of sites like this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It
doesn't have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.

I agree.
They should turn the manuals into pdf files & put them up on a
website for FREE download.

Who are "they"? If you mean a private individual, hobbyist, then I
agree, it is a nice thing to do to. However, if the manual owner is a
commercial organisation, who will pay for the time to scan a large
document and create PDFs? Also, if the commercial organisation in
question sells vintage equipment, why shouldn't they also be able to
make a commercial return on the information they own?

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any documents,
they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs from somewhere
else. So the price is out of all proportion to the cost. They don't even
own the copyright anyway.

Whether they own the copyright or not is a matter for the copyright holder,
if they still exist. However, you have not answered the question as to why
should a commercial organisation not make a return on the information they
hold. They are not a charitable or philanthropic institution, so the
alternative to charging for the information is not to make it available at
all. I would rather pay a modest fee (and £ 5 *is* modest) and have the
information than not pay it and not have it.

S.

http://audiopages.googlepages.com

"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote in message
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"jasee" wrote in message
...
Mike Coatham wrote:

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of thing.
Although this appears to be an original. I hate these
companies/individuals who are making money out of selling usually copies
of this sort of thing. Information should always be free. I'm very much
in favour of sites like this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It doesn't
have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.



I agree.
They should turn the manuals into pdf files & put them up on a website
for FREE download.
Mike.


Who are "they"? If you mean a private individual, hobbyist, then I agree,
it is a nice thing to do to. However, if the manual owner is a commercial
organisation, who will pay for the time to scan a large document and
create PDFs? Also, if the commercial organisation in question sells
vintage equipment, why shouldn't they also be able to make a commercial
return on the information they own?

S.

http://audiopages.googlepages.com

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:05:28 +0100, "jasee"
wrote:

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any documents,
they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs from somewhere else.
So the price is out of all proportion to the cost. They don't even own the
copyright anyway.


Many manufacturers take the attitude that, if the manuals ARE in pdf
format, it's cheaper and easier to make them freely available for
download. Others feel differently. And it's THEIR call, not ours.

Serge Auckland wrote:

"Mike Cawood, HND BIT" wrote in message
...
"jasee" wrote in message
...
Mike Coatham wrote:

Somehow it goes against the grain to pay money for this sort of
thing. Although this appears to be an original. I hate these
companies/individuals who are making money out of selling usually
copies of this sort of thing. Information should always be free.
I'm very much in favour of sites like this:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Where manuals are free and you can upload any old manuals to. It
doesn't have your Tandberg manual, but you can request it.

I agree.
They should turn the manuals into pdf files & put them up on a
website for FREE download.

Who are "they"? If you mean a private individual, hobbyist, then I
agree, it is a nice thing to do to. However, if the manual owner is a
commercial organisation, who will pay for the time to scan a large
document and create PDFs? Also, if the commercial organisation in
question sells vintage equipment, why shouldn't they also be able to
make a commercial return on the information they own?

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any documents,
they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs from somewhere else.
So the price is out of all proportion to the cost. They don't even own the
copyright anyway.

"jasee" wrote in message
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Laurence Payne wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:05:28 +0100, "jasee"
wrote:

Because very often, or maybe always, they haven't scanned any
documents, they've simply copied someone elses scan or got the pfs
from somewhere else. So the price is out of all proportion to the
cost. They don't even own the copyright anyway.


Many manufacturers take the attitude that, if the manuals ARE in pdf
format, it's cheaper and easier to make them freely available for
download. Others feel differently. And it's THEIR call, not ours.

Manufacturers themselves are different, I believe a good manufacturer has
an obligation to allow free download of ALL their equpment manuals. I also
believe that the should make freely available their service manuals for
all their obsolete equipment.

It would also be great if manufacturers followed B&O's example and at
least left a copy of the circuit diagram inside each of their products (if
they still do that).



Times are changing me auld china (clue) - leaving a circuit diagram in the
products is an invitation to get your gear cloned, these days......