>"ust my opinion, but I think that all companies who sell electronics   
   should have their manuals online."   
      
   Most of them have the owner's manuals, but not Kenwood. That sucks.    
      
   Many of them do have them and service manuals online, but only for ASCs. I   
   used to have a collection of usernames and passwords for these from various   
   places. Hitachi was pretty good, you didn't have to be an ASC, just prove you   
   are a service shop and    
   you could get any manual from their website. Don't know if it is still that   
   way.    
      
   i remember the days when some came with the unit, in a little pouch or   
   something. Earlier some were on a piece of paper stuck to the inside back or   
   something.    
      
   California IIRC used to have a law that they had to stock parts for 7 years   
   for things over a certain price, maybe $ 100 or something like that. I don't   
   know if that included selling them to the general public or an ISC. I don't   
   remember them saying    
   anything about price though, so it might have been just more feel good   
   legislation, like that they throw a waitress in jail and fine her up to $   
   1,000 for giving you a straw without asking first. Knowing how crazy these   
   fucks are if you want a fork and    
   she doesn't offer can you just ask, or do you have to ask her to ask you ?   
   Remember this is a state where you can be fined for watering your lawn and   
   fined for watering it. People with brains and useful skills are moving out of   
   there, Amazon is a pretty    
   good size firm and they are going to other states gradually. unlike other   
   states they wanted sales tax on out  of state purchases. Amazon threatened to   
   move out. I am not sure how that was resolved, but they are opening up in   
   Ohio. Ohio ! The average    
   work ethic here is that of a cocker spaniel.    
      
   I think Europe has some laws about this stuff, but we ain't i Europe. And how   
   many would trade our guns for a manual for some gadget ?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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