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Mercedes
Mod ID
393
Cost
£5+
For
450 Fortwo 600cc
450 Fortwo 700cc
451 Fortwo 999cc
452 Roadster 700cc
454 Forfour
450 Fortwo 700cc
451 Fortwo 999cc
452 Roadster 700cc
454 Forfour
Electronic Parts Catalogue (EPC)
Mercedes Software, Illegal.
law as you do not have the correct licencing agreement to legally run this software.
to match your LAN ID, these are usually Russian coded with very few instructions.
keygen program. The code is about 40 letters long and very hard to input correctly. If you clear that hurdle you then
have to set up a user account but in German before
and a get out clause. When I originally got mine they were unheard of in England and I paid over £150
for them both including shipping from America. At the time there was no indication that they were
illegal and I thought they would be genuine for the price.
I eventually sent them back for a refund, I did have to blackmail the guy to get it though.
He was convinced the discs were 100% legal and wouldn't budge but the fool
also sent a copy of Windows 2000, that was the leverage I needed for a refund.
WIS Werkstattinformationssystem
The English translation is Workshop Information System,
why the Germans feel the need to join all their words together i'll never know.
The WIS manual covers almost every Mercedes but most importantly, it covers the smart.
Once you have selected Smart from the drop down menu and selected your particular
car, you click on documentation and it brings up topics and subheadings.
Click a topic like work information if you want to see how a task is performed or wiring diagrams
if you want to trace some wires etc. Type a word into the search box and click search.
This is where the software falls down and makes it not worth your while.
Although basic things are very easy to find, the instructions and pictures are dire to the point of
being unusable. If you start trying to find more complex bits of info you are going to be pulling
your own hair out trying to find it. The translation to English isn't great.
The interface is clunky and works badly, nothing really works the way you want it to.
It would look ok back in the 80's running on DOS 3.1 but not in this day and age.
EPC Electronic Parts Catalogue
You can legally sign up to view the EPC here.
OEM Workshop Information for Smart and Mercedes.
Alternatively there are illegal copies on eBay or a free online version here or here or here.
(being illegal sites, they can come and go).
This is the software that smart use to work out what parts you want and the part number that
they have to order. I am at a loss as to why us mortals aren't allowed to have this particular
bit of software. Surely looking up our own part numbers is better for the staff who then
don't have to waste the time trawling through more clunky 80's software.
You click the up or down arrow until WME appears at the bottom of the screen, type
in your VIN code and press enter. This ensures that it only shows parts for your car.
You click on a heading that your enquiry falls under, on every click it displays a more specific
heading until it shows you the area you require. Holding the right mouse button over the
pictures magnifies them, right clicking off the window goes back a level.
Left clicking on any item puts it in the work list, pressing enter shows the list of parts,
the part numbers and the description of each part. Generally, the descriptions suck.
Conclusion
The only reason these discs are available is because Mercedes don't want to help people,
most other car manufacturers have workshop manuals in either book or electronic versions
for people to look at. Although they are cheap copies, they are still illegal and hard to use.
The EPC is easy to use and understand but it's still easier to contact your local smart dealer
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Mercedes Stance On The Copied Discs
Well, it's very clear they don't want us to have them but looking at how many people are selling
them on Ebay, they don't care that much. A few companies have quickly removed them
from sale so I can only assume that Mercedes had a word with them.
