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The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Zoom 56K, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.
What is an instruction?
The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Zoom 56K one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.
Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Zoom 56K. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.
What should a perfect user manual contain?
First and foremost, an user manual of Zoom 56K should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Zoom 56K
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Zoom 56K item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Zoom 56K item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
Why don't we read the manuals?
Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Zoom 56K alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Zoom 56K, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Zoom service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Zoom 56K.
Why one should read the manuals?
It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Zoom 56K item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.
After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.
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56K Exter nal Mode m QUICK START This Q uick Start de scribes external mo dem insta llation f or personal computers using W indows 95, 98, M e, 2000, X P, and NT 4.0. Y our modem a lso wo rks with almost any computer o r termina l wit h a serial (RS- 232) po rt, inclu ding most Windows 3.x, Macintosh, and Linux compute rs. You should consult your f[...]
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2 W hen the main i nterfac e appears , click Install Driv ers . W hen the Install D rivers sc reen ap pears, se lect t he modem type you are inst alling. C lick Next . Fo llow th e prom pts. Clic k Finish . Leave t he CD in th e drive , exit an y runni ng progr ams , and shut down your com puter. Contin ue bel ow. Connecting the Faxmodem 1 Make sur[...]
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3 4 Connect your tele phone (op tional) . You m ay also c onnect your regu lar tele phone t o the bac k of the faxm odem , in the jack labeled PHO NE . If your phone cord d oesn’t ha ve an RJ-11 plug, you m ay need a n adapter for your cord or a n RJ-11 phone c ord f or your pho ne. The f axm odem work s with or without a teleph one connec ted to[...]
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4 6 In the Install New M odem sc reen, the corr ect m odem will be displa yed. Fill in th e Location Information screen if it appears . Click Next . 7 At the Modem Properties box, se lect the n ewly insta lled modem and then c lick Properties . Set the M aximum speed to the hi ghest sp eed availa ble (probabl y 115,200) . This sets the speed at whi[...]
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5 Windows 2000/XP: 1 2000: Open Start | Settings | Control Pane l . Double- click Phone and Modem Options . Fill in the Loca tion Inform ation scr een if it a ppear s. XP: Open Sta rt | Contro l Pan el . Doub le-cl ick Printers and other Hard ware the n Phone and Modem Options . Fill in the Locati on Inf ormation s creen if it app ears. 2 On the Ph[...]
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6 2 Follow th e on-s creen i nstruc tions and click Finish . Window s NT 4.0 User s: Skip to Step 4. 3 In one of the subseq uent dia log box es (de pending o n your operatin g system , Modems , Phone and Modem Options , or Modems Properties ), select th e m odem you want to u ninstal l and cl ick Remove . 4 Take the c over of f the com puter . Unpl[...]
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7 Regulator y Inform ation FCC 47CFR, P art 68 St atement This equipment complies with 47CFR, Part 68 of the rules. The unit bears a label which contains, among other inf ormation, the certification num ber and Ringer Equivalenc e Number (REN). If requested, this informat ion must be provided to the telephone company. This equipment uses the f ollo[...]
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0994-E 27186-00 ©2004 on, the user is encouraged to try to correct t he interference by one or more of the following m easures: • Reorient or reloc ate the receiving antenna. • Increas e the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connect [...]