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Old 11-18-2017, 09:29 AM
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Hi guys, I am thinking of getting the service manuals for my 2015 Coupe. Being that the manuals are a ridiculous $375, i noticed the 2016 manuals come on a usb from Helms for $250. Can anyone fill me in on what I would be missing since i have a 2015? Besides price, I'd much rather have a usb than bulky books anyway...

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front camera, but that's about it.
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I think I would go with the USB version. Can’t be much difference in the two model years.
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Currently have a paper set and the only thing I don't like about them is when they reference another procedure, you have to find it.

If the USB version had good indexing and search abilities across the whole set, as well as 'hot' or embedded links to the numerous references to other sections of the manuals, I'd go with that next time.
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On the 2015 paper version, they do NOT contain the electrical schematics at all. Just the connector pin out. SUCKS big time. The Delco/GM subscription site has all the electrical schematics.

I would buy the USB version if it also had the electrical schematics. Anyone know?
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Originally Posted by Flame Red
On the 2015 paper version, they do NOT contain the electrical schematics at all. Just the connector pin out. SUCKS big time. The Delco/GM subscription site has all the electrical schematics.

I would buy the USB version if it also had the electrical schematics. Anyone know?
My 2015 paper set has electrical schematics. As good as you are going to get in a modern manual. Each section that has something electrical in it has schematics at the front of the section. Check the seat schematics in volume 4 for instance. Right at the beginning of the Power Seat Section there are several pages of seat schematics.

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Originally Posted by Bill Dearborn
My 2015 paper set has electrical schematics. As good as you are going to get in a modern manual. Each section that has something electrical in it has schematics at the front of the section. Check the seat schematics in volume 4 for instance. Right at the beginning of the Power Seat Section there are several pages of seat schematics.

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That is confirmed in my paper set as well. Also contained on the schematics are the connector ID, pinouts, and wire colors. The only thing that would be better is if it were all one diagram - an impossibility for a book-sized page, and then maybe not very understandable.
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gonna spring for the usb i think. Thanks guys!!

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