User preferences

In User Preferences in the Tech Tool menu you can make your personal settings. The languages and units that you can select are set in central systems. Therefore, for example, the number of languages to select from may vary between different users.

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Set language

In this section you select the default display language for Tech Tool. If the default language is missing for some reason (e.g. a new operation has not yet been translated) the secondary language will be used instead.

Note: If both default and secondary languages are not available, English (United Kingdom) will be used instead.

  1. Select Default language.
  2. Select Secondary language.
  3. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.
  4. If a dialogue box appears, asking you to restart the external applications, click Yes.

Set unit system

Units in Tech Tool can be displayed in Metric or U.S..

  1. Select Unit.
  2. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.
  3. If a dialogue box appears, asking you to restart the external applications, click Yes.

Set connectivity

Note: This is only valid for Volvo Trucks, Volvo Buses, Mack Trucks and UD Trucks service information.

Checking the box Impact under Always use offline files from: makes it possible to view service information even if you are working offline. This requires that you are authorized to use both online and offline information and that offline information have been installed on the client.