New Avant or BV14?

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TEL
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Posted April 18, 2017 at 21:11 GMT
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Beovision NG Avant arrived last Thu.

No User Guide was included and I see the B&O website sends you to a -pdf- file for 120 pages of detail !

Dealer says B&O no longer issue user guides nor a 'part number' to order, but surely it's not too much to ask when spending this amount of money - for a physical User guide to have in my hand? 

I shouldn't have to print this out on a home printer - or am I old fashioned?

Trying to contact B&O UK by phone and actually speaking to somebody seems difficult

Anybody got any thoughts?

TEL

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mjmedlo (archived2)
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Posted April 18, 2017 at 21:26 GMT
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Go online and print it....

Seems like that's the preferred method nowadays.

Save trees when possible.

Not everyone wants the paper guide.

I see both sides of this one but fall on the electronic side.

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Millemis
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Posted April 18, 2017 at 23:33 GMT
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I am sure you fan skip the last 30 pages - and maybe also some of the non-relevant in between.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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egges (archived2)
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 01:00 GMT
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concerning me, it's nowadays more comfortable to read the manuals on the tablet.

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elephant
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 04:18 GMT
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mjmedlo wrote:

Not everyone wants the paper guide.

I see both sides of this one but fall on the electronic side.

I have my guides downloaded as PDFs and stored in my iBooks library for easy reference ... even when in the road and answering forum questions 🙂
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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 09:43 GMT
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I'm with you. I want the guide. You print it out anyway so why can't they give it to you.

Better still they should come to your house and explain it all as a value add.
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mickhoog (archived2)
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 09:45 GMT
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Or when you buy it the retailer sells it to you they ask do you want it ?
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mibook84
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 10:07 GMT
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I think they won't give it to you because it wasn't finished and the product still is in development. Since most things Update often nowadays the only reliable source is the latest - meaning online.
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Millemis
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 10:45 GMT
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@Michael 

Agree!

@TEL

And how is your new Avant - do you like it?

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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TEL
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Posted April 19, 2017 at 23:08 GMT
#2080699

No reply yet from customerfeedback - will wait and see.

Yes I do like the Avant - big change from BV7-40 though I do miss the Beo4 - much easier to find your way round the buttons and remember them - but with time I'm sure 'I will adapt' as they say. 

Need more time to play with it.

 

TEL

 

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