I have both the paper service manual for the 123, 126 and 107. Chassis and engine. I bought the 123 Service manual CD. To get the AC and the rest of the manuals included in the CD. I purchased the CD from MBUSA.
The quality of the manual compared to the paper manual is poor especially the pictures. Does anyone find this to be true in the other models of the CD Service Manuals.
Below is a scan from a printout from the Service manual Cd and on top is the same scan from the paper manual. This is one of the worse pictures. But I would say that 25% of the pictures are this way. Is it just my CD or are you guys finding this in all the Mercedes Cd's.

Using Adobe Acrobat reader you can zoom in on the picture but the quality really goes down hill and you can't see anything.
Do the other Cd's have this problem? If so I may consider investing the $$ for the paper manuals.

Dave

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