Who has the best (modern) owners manual?
Discussion
I'm really interested to know what the latest owners manuals are like on the current high tech and high end cars are like.
Are they in keeping with the increasingly complex control systems and devices on board?
Has any manufacturer made one that you actually don't mind reading and would turn to for instruction?
Interested in vehicles like Range Rover / Tesla / Porsche / RR / Bentley.... Whatever costs a lot and has many functions mostly controlled on a screen. That said it may be that any firm from Citroen to Subaru may have cracked this presentation?
This is shameless market research, as I would like to update our approach to the owners manual on our product range (boats), we aim to make it as similar to using a car as possible, intuitive and straight forward, but basically everything is controlled from a pair of Raymarine / or similar MFDs and we also need to point out some very specific devices and components for frequent checks etc.
So ultimately i would like to produce something that is easy and informative to use in both electronic and printed form, so I thought we should see what our customers are likely to be used to!
I have an 08 Mazda and a 07 Fiat, so absolutely nothing like these two...
Are they in keeping with the increasingly complex control systems and devices on board?
Has any manufacturer made one that you actually don't mind reading and would turn to for instruction?
Interested in vehicles like Range Rover / Tesla / Porsche / RR / Bentley.... Whatever costs a lot and has many functions mostly controlled on a screen. That said it may be that any firm from Citroen to Subaru may have cracked this presentation?
This is shameless market research, as I would like to update our approach to the owners manual on our product range (boats), we aim to make it as similar to using a car as possible, intuitive and straight forward, but basically everything is controlled from a pair of Raymarine / or similar MFDs and we also need to point out some very specific devices and components for frequent checks etc.
So ultimately i would like to produce something that is easy and informative to use in both electronic and printed form, so I thought we should see what our customers are likely to be used to!
I have an 08 Mazda and a 07 Fiat, so absolutely nothing like these two...
Take a look here for one interpretation.
Essentially available on your phone or the in car screen.
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/manuals
Pick any vehicle, download the app and browse along. You don't have to actually own the vehicle, so it's also good for deeper investigations when thinking of buying a vehicle and the lifestyle focused promotion material comes up short. Also you have a choice of model years which is helpful as specs change so fast these days.
The criticism I have about it that while you can bury down into the detail sometimes you hit too many dead ends, ie the link leads to the equivalent of a 'nothing to find here screen' yet the information is there you just have to find a different way to get it. This is I suggest down to the quality checks by the technical writing team.
Essentially available on your phone or the in car screen.
https://www.volvocars.com/uk/support/manuals
Pick any vehicle, download the app and browse along. You don't have to actually own the vehicle, so it's also good for deeper investigations when thinking of buying a vehicle and the lifestyle focused promotion material comes up short. Also you have a choice of model years which is helpful as specs change so fast these days.
The criticism I have about it that while you can bury down into the detail sometimes you hit too many dead ends, ie the link leads to the equivalent of a 'nothing to find here screen' yet the information is there you just have to find a different way to get it. This is I suggest down to the quality checks by the technical writing team.
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