Keith
If on average 10% of functions are omitted from user guides, think how much the average user is missing out on. From my experience, very few actually read the guide at all.
Over the years the one of the most frequently asked questions must be "why does the red light flash on the BeoCom6000?" This is usually a rhetorical question as the the customer then incorrectly answers their own question by suggesting it is to indicate that the battery needs replacing. I guess the assumption is that a red flashing light is going to cost something to put right.
The other red flashing light favourite was on the Avant when a video tape is ejected but not removed. If a tape is left protruding from the built in vcr, the stand by led flashes when you turn the Avant off.
My other pet hate is to see a BeoSound9000 with discs upside down. I am a compulsive disc straightener. People don't know that the BeoSound9000 remembers the orientation of the disc. So if you put it in level, it will stop spinning within a degree of the same position.
Come to think of it you could write a book on this subject. You could even call it........ an "Instruction book"
Opman