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The Amateur Amateur: The Manual -- and Why We Don’t Read It

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By Gary Hoffman, KB0H
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I bought a DVD player yesterday. It had a manual, of course, but it also had a Quick Start guide. The Quick Start guide showed me everything I needed to know to install the unit, and I figured out everything else by playing around with the remote control for a few minutes. I didn’t bother to look at the manual until the following day, and then I only scan...





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