manuals on tablet

[buckley plumb]

hi just bought a kindle fire hoping to put manuals on it.if i go onto boiler manufacturers site i can down load manuals and they open but if i go on to a.ratedmanual site they download but wont open from there can any one advise i am ok on laptop but this thing is testing my patience

ant

 

[mike-c]

I put manuals on my iPad using Dropbox and then opened them and saved them as favourites and then they always open. Not too sure about the kindle but I would imagine it will work the same.
good luck

 

[AWheating]

i dont think you could get enough words on the average sized tablet even if you use both sides.

 

[PETE 123]

I would get a uptodate boiler cd off ebay and then download pdf from boiler makers site as you wish

 

[buckley plumb]

I would get a uptodate boiler cd off ebay and then download pdf from boiler makers site as you wish

got one off ebay but it was not the best list of boilers on it .

 

[EPH]

Look for Gas Installers Workmate, have it on my iPad and it has about 4,000 manuals I think.

 

[mountainman]

I'm thinking of buying a Nexus 7 tablet for exactly this purpose.
Has anybody used one?

 

[AWheating]

i have my manuals on a 7" tab, works ok but its sometimes a hard read. If your going to use it alot id def suggest a 10" screen as you can read pdf alot better on them.

 

[mikegas]

Look for Gas Installers Workmate, have it on my iPad and it has about 4,000 manuals I think.

they've just released an update taking it to 5k and also added a search feature using G.C numbers, cracking app

 

[burt68]

hi just bought a kindle fire hoping to put manuals on it.if i go onto boiler manufacturers site i can down load manuals and they open but if i go on to a.ratedmanual site they download but wont open from there can any one advise i am ok on laptop but this thing is testing my patience

ant

I think the kindle and ratedmanual may be using different file types one may be pdf the other not you may be able to convert the file type ,your lap top may have more programs that can deal with different file types ,i was thinking of doing the same but have not done so yet

 

[buckley plumb]

I think the kindle and ratedmanual may be using different file types one may be pdf the other not you may be able to convert the file type ,your lap top may have more programs that can deal with different file types ,i was thinking of doing the same but have not done so yet

managed to get aroud it by loading a file manager app works with all files now gives option to open in kindle or pdf

 

[erpkid]

I use the ipad, getting them on is a bit of a pain as I had to set up a local web server with the pdfs on. Then browse to the local ip address and file name and it will open on the ipad and appear on the bookshelf for off line reading. Not the most seamless of actions. Will be interested to hear how others get on as I am sure I have made hard work of this. My kindle old school is poor at pdfs which made me go the ipad route. Hope the new one is better.

 

[buckley plumb]

still trying to find a way to link my kindle to an ext hard drive

 

[pdcleeds]

Iv got a samsung galaxy 2 tab for this and its the business i got cd's from ebay contains 4500 manuals and just downloaded them to it

 

[erpkid]

still trying to find a way to link my kindle to an ext hard drive

I attach my kindle to the pc and then just copy the files directly from the pc drive or an external one. I have never found a way for the kindle to browse an external source directly but it appears in explorer as a drive so you can copy to it.