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Re:Gen4 Workshop Manual

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14 Jan 2021 09:14 - 14 Jan 2021 09:52 #231784 by mlines
Gen4 Workshop Manual was created by mlines
Those of you who have the Jimny Gen4 Workshop manual will have noticed it has stopped working. This is due to the withdrawl of Adobe Flash Player on 12th January. Flash player is used to display the images and diagrams. The issue is increased by the fact that the manual only works in Internet Explorer.

I am in IT and have not yet explored options for re-enabling Flash or loading a flash emulator extension such as Ruffle. But being in IT, I am lazy and its easier to see if anyone else has a quick fix for this to avoid me having to think!

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Last edit: 14 Jan 2021 09:52 by mlines.

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14 Jan 2021 09:44 #231785 by Soeley
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I wonder what the dealers will do to get around it? Their system must have used Flash as well?

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14 Jan 2021 09:49 #231786 by mlines
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They use the online subscription system which is different. I have checked the subscription system and it still works just fine, I just use the official CD to keep my subscription costs down.

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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14 Jan 2021 14:26 #231797 by Roger Fairclough
I have emailed Suzuki Customer Services and await their reply.

Roger
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14 Jan 2021 19:52 - 14 Jan 2021 19:52 #231819 by mlines
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I have also contacted them.

In the meantime it happily runs on an old Windows XP virtual machine.

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Last edit: 14 Jan 2021 19:52 by mlines.

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15 Jan 2021 15:07 #231837 by Roger Fairclough
Email received from Suzuki GB. Their parts dept. will communicate with Suzuki Japan and get back to me.

Roger
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10 Feb 2021 20:42 #232668 by Soeley
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Any new on a work around for Flash Player?

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11 Feb 2021 10:23 #232684 by Roger Fairclough
I have received 3 emails from Natalie at Suzuki. They are dated 15th Jan. 22nd Jan. and 27th Jan. Basically Natalie is telling me that she is waiting for a reply to my original email. I emailed again on the 28th Jan. suggesting that to resolve the issue I would accept a print out, in colour, on A4. That way I got my manual and they kept the money.
So far no response.

Roger
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18 Feb 2021 09:46 - 18 Feb 2021 13:06 #232925 by Auszooker
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You can supposedly get hold of an old version of Firefox and Flash will still work, note that Flash was forcebly turned off like this for a reason, it's terribly insecure and if you were to go down this route do not use that browser for anything else, it would be better if it just didn't have internet access at all.

If there is anyone that no longer wants their CD version and would consider selling it and posting it to Australia please get in touch, we had a bit of a workaround to gain access to an online version but now have nothing and no way legitimate or otherwise of getting hold of a copy.

Edit, the AU version still exists, but the link changed. It now has svg files where the flash ones were so works in modern browsers.
So maybe those lucky enough to have a cd might be able to get a replacement version like this.
Last edit: 18 Feb 2021 13:06 by Auszooker.

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20 Feb 2021 22:58 #233060 by Auszooker
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If you copy the contents of the CD into a web server, it all works and loads jpg rather than swf, so everything is visible.

I will leave it up to you all on how you go about creating a web server on your PC etc as I am sure there are numerous different ways to do that.

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21 Feb 2021 07:45 #233064 by mlines
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I created a virtual machine on my PC using oracle virtualbox (free) and a copy of Windows XP. I then copied the CD into the environment and it works fine.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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21 Feb 2021 08:17 #233066 by nogbad
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And they call this progress, does anybody do a old style paper manual for the Gen 4 Jimny yet.

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