How 'bout selling kindle fires preloaded with manuals. Call them Samurai fires or Appliantology Fires. You can have your fire logo branded on them. Sell them for a premium but you have to give one to me. Such a pittance for a money making idea. Who knows, you may even become a thousandaire

You have a master marketing mind, Brother Durham!  Imma call my buddy Jeff Bezos over at Amazon and have 'em whip me up a few prototypes.  Then I'm on my way to the Big Pahty in the Sky! 

Samurai,

Two Questions:

1) Must the service data PDF be sent from the computer TO the Kindle only, or can we, in the field, gain access to WI-FI and view/download directly to the kindle from the Web?

Yes, you can download and view PDFs on the web using the Kindle's Wi-fi and the built-in web browser, Silk, which is pretty good.  Also, using just the Kindle Fire, you can download documents from this site in the Downloads section and open them using the Adobe Acrobat app.  It plays Youtube videos, too.  

I gotta say, though, if you're gonna get much into apps, email, and web use with the Kindle, you're quickly getting outside my competency with the device because I use it for reading documents (PDFs) that load onto it using the Send to Kindle app on my desktop and watching the occasional video that I stream for free from Amazon Prime Instant Video.  But there are hundreds, maybe thousands of apps out there for the Kindle because it uses the same operating system as the Android so it taps into that market.  

2) Can the PDF be printed out from the Kindle using a USB cord to a field printer--for those of us who like to write,draw and take notes on tech sheets on paper?

Thanks for the great video.

No USB port on the Kindle so printing that way isn't an option. There may be a Wi-fi printing app out there like there is for the iPhone but I haven't looked into that. You can search the Kindle app store and see what they have:  http://amzn.to/YpKISv

Domo for watching the video and for your questions!  

You can easily mount an iPad in your truck using a music stand ipad holder.  Anybody interested I will post some photos.

Let's get an iBall on your iPad git-up, Brother NCA!  

I have an iPad, too, but it's too big and expensive to take on service calls.  The Kindle Fire is so inexpensive that I don't mind risking carrying it on service calls.  

The Fire seems like a great toss it away tool. and has a big enough screen. wouldn't keep anything on it but docs, no sensitive data etc...

This is exactly how I treat my Kindle Fire:  with respect but accepting the possibility that it may get injured or killed in the line of duty.  It is a line officer in the appliance repair infowars and, as such, accepts the responsibilities that come with command.  

Domo, bluefrog!  But this site is all about a community effort of professional Appliantologists helping each other out in the appliance repair infowars.  Thanks for being a part of it!  

Was at Radio Shack looking for some large alligator meter leads.  Spotted the kindle fire for $159.  ask the sales person about it & he had a comparable device on sale for $100.  with more features,  Bought it & don't think I wasted my money. 

I don't think you got ripped off at all... as long as it's still easy to load PDFs onto it.  Do you have a link so I can take a look at it?  I might be interested in one myself!  

There’s no way to download all the manuals at once nor is that desirable for several reasons. But the biggest is that this would slam the server and slow the entire site down for everyone else. 

The best workaround is to prediagnose your service calls the day or morning before and load up your iPad with the documents you need. I do this routinely because I can’t count on good cell signal in many of the houses I go to. I also walk into each job with a troubleshooting strategy in mind and have the relevant pages in the service manual bookmarked for quick lookup.