- #HOW TO FIND VINTAGE MAGAZINES TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE IN PDF MANUALS#
- #HOW TO FIND VINTAGE MAGAZINES TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE IN PDF MANUAL#
But sometimes you won’t get any results at all, or the page has disappeared, or the results are wrong.
#HOW TO FIND VINTAGE MAGAZINES TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE IN PDF MANUALS#
The nice thing about searching Google for manuals is that you also get links to video tutorials when they’re available.
Google search result page for a “NETGEAR Universal WiFi Internet Adapter, WNCE2001 manual” (Screenshot by Tara Calishain)
#HOW TO FIND VINTAGE MAGAZINES TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE IN PDF MANUAL#
No need to strain your eyeballs.) I’m going to do a search for NETGEAR Universal WiFi Internet Adapter, WNCE2001 manual on Google. (If you ever find print on a computer electronics device too hard to read - it can really be tiny sometimes - take a picture of the item with your phone and then zoom in on it that way. You’re looking for the model number and name of the item, in this case Universal WiFi Internet Adapter, WNCE2001. We want what’s on the back: (Photo by Tara Calishain) That’s just a brand name and it’s not enough. Here we go, a bit of hardware that says NETGEAR on the front. Let me grab some old hardware out of a crate to use an example.
When searching for manuals in a general search engine, your best bet is to use the company name, model of the item as specifically as you can get, and the word manual. And recalls aren’t just for electronics or power equipment - things like bicycles and even dog leashes get recalled too!Īlso, just because a product has a manual available online, do not assume that it’s safe to use! Always check the recall database. This searchable list has product recalls going back to 1973, so if you’ve got a recalled item, there’s a good chance it will be on this list. A Word of Warning: Before you go looking for a manual, check to see if the product you want to get a manual for is listed on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Recall List.
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