Re: DIY is a rocky road.

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's what you get for installing Ademcrap..... :-)) hee hee

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I agree. I've been doing this stuff for almost 25 years and sometimes I
>have
> to read the manual over and over again...and then STILL have to call tech
> support --- who speak with a decidely off-shore accent. Its frustrating at
> times, but its good when you get it right.
>
>
> "Charles Schuler" <charleschuler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | > Yep they do, and you have to speak Alarmish, a sub-dialect of  'Glish.
> | > They're not written for DIYers.
> |
> | They are not written for anybody who knows how to read and also trusts
> what
> | they read:
> |
> | Installer code
> | User code
> | Default code
> | Master code
> |
> | In the manuals that I am trying to read, all of the above appear with no
> | definitions and are obviously used inappropriately, in some cases.
> Trying
> | to program something as simple as time and date becomes a mind-bending
> | experience.  Not because it needs to be ... it's because the hacks who
> wrote
> | the manuals don't themselves understand the terms that they are using,
> or
> | perhaps are semi-clever agents dedicated to the demise of DIYs.
> |
> | I used to think this sort of thing was only endemic among offshore
> products
> | designed and built by other than English speaking engineers.  Now, I
> have
> a
> | whole new perspective on this issue.
> |
> | I know, I know ... this "stuff" is intended for professional installers
> and
> | they just enjoy the hell out of DIYs hanging out here, twisting in the
> wind.
> | My tenacity will prevail, in any case.
> |
> | Maybe I'll put up a website and further illuminate this extremely dark
> | corridor of consumer electronics in the good ole yew ess of aay.
> |
> |
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