Fixed.
What the hell happened to decent instructions?
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Fixed.
I can sympathise with the OP due to buying a few products which have "quick start guides" or even less than that. My corsair K90 mechanical keyboard is probably the latest example which mentions software which you have to go to the website to download and install, yet I couldn't find any info at all of how you actually make macros in that software and numerous other keyboard related queries which a proper manual would have solved nicely.
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Incidentally OP (and even though I don't read instructions for products I buy) part of my job when I worked at Creda/Hotpoint was to switch my brain off and read product instructions from the book and see if they made sense.
I would then send a report to the designers saying what pages and sections were wrong.
When the Italians came in 2002 no changes were ever made and products were sent out with wrong instructions.
One of the worst was a new cooker with a very advanced timer that took me and the team a long time to work out but the instructions had nothing in the book about it.
The Italian Manager said (read in Italian voice) "Virtually all customers put the timer in auto mode and never use it so we will tackle the 5% who do if they ring up".
I would then send a report to the designers saying what pages and sections were wrong.
When the Italians came in 2002 no changes were ever made and products were sent out with wrong instructions.
One of the worst was a new cooker with a very advanced timer that took me and the team a long time to work out but the instructions had nothing in the book about it.
The Italian Manager said (read in Italian voice) "Virtually all customers put the timer in auto mode and never use it so we will tackle the 5% who do if they ring up".
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I always read instructions for Ikea type stuff. In fact I always count the items too. It only takes one experience of getting all the way to the end and realising you're missing one part. Its not like you can go back to the store and say 'hey I'm missing a 20mm nut can you give me another?'
Real men don't need instruction manuals....
Filters on my hoover / tumble dryer..? What filters.
This...
Always nice when you look 6 months down the line and find an extra feature you never knew you had... Makes it seem like an upgrade
