Dozens of new manuals added each month !

 

ARTEK MEDIA was originally conceived out of frustration in not being able to reliably find hi-resolution scans of technical manuals at a reasonable price. We used to be a test equipment refurbisher and you probably know (or you wouldn't be bothering to read this ) the original manuals for older test equipment can be very expensive and hard to find. We started buying manuals and scanning them for our own use, as the library grew we decided to test the market and the response has been rewarding. To date Artek Media has sold over 46,000 manuals on CD-ROM to satisfied customers around the world (yes...we do ship overseas).

Manuals are supplied on CD-ROM or may be directly downloaded via our FTP site. Unfortunately manuals purchased from us on Ebay may not be FTP downloaded as Ebay rules generally discourage this type of transaction. IF you do make an Ebay purchase rather than via direct email and you need FTP because of time constraints we are happy to set up the FTP at no additioanl cost , you will however receive a CD via the mail for all Ebay purchases. We run sales on the Ebay items regularly if you find our item priced lower on Ebay we will always honor the Ebay price in our listing as the direct email purchase price.

ABOUT OUR SCANS

All text:                                 300dpi
Text with photos:              600dpi, grayscale (contrast adjusted)
Text with Drawings:         600dpi black and white
Schematics:                       600dpi black and white
Schematics and board overlays with color notes: 256 colors 600dpi

Most of our manuals with large fold out schematic pages are scanned at 11x17 A3 size, If the foldout is longer than 17" it will be scanned in multpile sections with large overlaps. Some of our older scans Prior to 2004 were scanned in sections at 8.5 X 11 with a typical over lap of 1" to insure easy piecing if you print them out.

Life Time Data Integrity Guarantee

We guarantee all data for life ...yours or mine which ever is shorter 8^) . When you purchase a manual from us and that manual gets trashed for ANY REASON (what do you mean you dont back up your hard drive regularly?) , simply drop us an email and we will replace it via FTP download at no charge or on CD-ROM at the cost of postage and handling (typically $2-$3)

DOWNLOAD US MILITARY MANUALS FOR FREE

One of our pet peeves, are the many sellers ( MicroManuals, ralph.d.miller, to name a couple) of CD manuals on Ebay who do nothing more than repackage US Government manuals which can be downloaded for FREE! If you see a manual for a $.01 then that is a sure sign it can be downloaded for free somewhere. Yes my friend your tax dollars at work, download test equipment service manuals for free. Send us an email request at  manuals@artekmedia.com   and we will send you detailed instructions. I suppose I could just put the info here but how else am I going to know if you are looking at the WEB site 8^) !!!

Loan us your manual to scan , get other CD manuals Free in return!

Have a manual we don't have? Loan it to us to scan and we will give you other manuals on CD for free in return. Click on the Scanning Services link at the left of the page for more details, or drop us an email.

 SOME TIPS ON HOW TO GET MOST OUT OF YOUR CD MANUALS

1) Always copy the files to your hard drive and work from there. Reading from a CD-ROM drive can be painfully slow even on a FAST machine.
2) Printing out entire manuals is expensive. You can eat one of those $25 toner cartridges in a hurry. A more practical approach in a real service situation is to print out the dozen or so pages that you need . They are much easier to tape on the work bench than the manual, you will actually be prone to make hand notes about voltage readings, etc , which is really useful but I always hate to do on my originals. And if you spill a cup of coffee or make a solder splash ...who cares.
3)A really good video card ( hi speed gamer style) is really  more useful sometimes than a super fast computer. Much of what you are looking at are detailed pictures and schematics with a faster video refresh rate can make a 800MHZ computer look fast when looking at graphics.

GOT QUESTIONS ???   

  Email us at   manuals@artekmedia.com

 

All manuals are satisfaction guaranteed or your money back, no questions asked, no hassles.

To see what we currently have to offer Click the Manual Price List Tab Above to see a list of what we currently have to offer or  check out our auctions on Ebay under the user name "artekmedia"

MANUALS WE ARE LOOKING FOR !!!

For a complete list of manuals we are actively searching for click on the scanning servcies link in the upper left hand corner of this page. We offer two free manuals on CD for every manual you loan us to scan.