Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go searching for a manual again. I've been doing something like this for years locally. Have a sort of local web site with pages for kitchen, laundry, outdoors, etc. Each page has pictures of things that link to their online manuals or local PDFs. When we get a new gizmo I just add it. The whole thing is in a public folder, so it's available from anywhere on the network. Works great. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
At 6:14 AM -0400 6/23/09, Chris Dunford wrote: Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go searching for a manual again. I've been doing something like this for years locally. Have a sort of local web site with pages for kitchen, laundry, outdoors, etc. Each page has pictures of things that link to their online manuals or local PDFs. When we get a new gizmo I just add it. The whole thing is in a public folder, so it's available from anywhere on the network. Works great. The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual. Very simple, very easy. Also works great. -- Roger Lovettsville, VA * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual. Very simple, very easy. Also works great. We used to keep them in hanging folders in a file cabinet but decided that we needed a better mousetrap when we couldn't fit them in one drawer any more. g The other advantage to this is that PDF manuals are searchable. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment from the 1960's. /gayley On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: The wife keeps the manuals in the pockets of a divider in a notebook she keeps on the cookbook shelf in the kitchen. I've gotten in the habit of writing the purchase date on the front cover of said manual. Very simple, very easy. Also works great. We used to keep them in hanging folders in a file cabinet but decided that we needed a better mousetrap when we couldn't fit them in one drawer any more. g The other advantage to this is that PDF manuals are searchable. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
I discovered it back around February when I was looking for a manual for a friends all in printer/fax/scanner ( I believe it was an HP). The only cost appears to be periodic emails from them. Steve P.S. - It is one of the things I always liked about the Apple web site all the manuals, but it has always been limited just to theirs. Tony B wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see a real need for this type of service. Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go searching for a manual again. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
And if you don't know http://www.retrevo.com/, it is wonderful for locating old manuals. I've just retrieved two for stereo equipment from the 1960's. /gayley Yep, a mention of Retrevo is actually what started this discussion. Thanks. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see a real need for this type of service. Then there are items sold with NO manuals! I have one of those remote sensor thermometers and needed to change the batteries last week. I knew there was some sort of trick to setting them up. I never throw ANY manual away, but seemed to remember we had to go online to find the instructions. The web site is written on the back of the thermometer! Very convenient--as long as one has access to a computer. :) I did print off a couple of pages though, for the few things that I might really need to know in the future, and put them in the file with my other manuals. Sue * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
The new Palm Pre comes with NO manual. If you search, you can find the PDF on the website. Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization 703.548.1343 voice 703.783.1340 fax From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we are YOUR adjuvancy -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of Sue Cubic Sent: 06/23/2009 9:30 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online At 11:16 PM 6/22/2009 -0400, you wrote: The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see a real need for this type of service. Then there are items sold with NO manuals! I have one of those remote sensor thermometers and needed to change the batteries last week. I knew there was some sort of trick to setting them up. I never throw ANY manual away, but seemed to remember we had to go online to find the instructions. The web site is written on the back of the thermometer! Very convenient--as long as one has access to a computer. :) I did print off a couple of pages though, for the few things that I might really need to know in the future, and put them in the file with my other manuals. Sue * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
Most newer electronics do not come with manuals. It is either on a CD or on line. I prefer downloading them to my computer that way I know where they are. Stewart At 09:20 AM 6/23/2009, you wrote: The new Palm Pre comes with NO manual. If you search, you can find the PDF on the website. Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization 703.548.1343 voice 703.783.1340 fax From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we are YOUR adjuvancy Rev. Stewart A. Marshall mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org Ozark, AL SL 82 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
Most of my new electronics come with a manual on CD... I just copy it to MY DOCUMENTS\MANUALS\ folder. When I move to a new computer, all my manuals come with me. Keeping up with the CD is too much trouble. - Brian * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] Good idea - manuals online
The office called today and asked a technical question about one of their video cameras. Of course, my first response was to shout at the boss RTFM! But, she _does_ pay me for this type of thing, so I googled the manual. I found it on Retrevo, apparently a new service. I can see a real need for this type of service. Hello, Congratulations on becoming a Retrevo member. Our free service offers more than 100,000 manuals. Now that you've created your own personal account on Retrevo, why not let us store the manuals for all your gadgets. Click here to build your personal bookshelf of manuals. You will never have to go searching for a manual again. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *