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Today we received a new B.T. box and hub after cancelling our Sky subscription (much to expensive);
The advice from B.T. "that it would only be a case of connecting a few cables between the Television and the new hub" sounded good to a Luddite like me. I started at 10-30 and finally had the computer and T.V. up and running at around 15-00 hours, Ha Ha, It's good to be a Luddite.

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Sounds pretty quick to me. :D

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it only took you so long because most men never follow instructions.
Anyway at least you cracked it.... eventually

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you failed to say if it was the same day or not or was it a 28 and a half hour job. thanks ms abbott for the maths help.

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Erm, yeah, Guilty yer honourness! :D

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son...I have yet to meet a man...who when faced with something entirely new to him...says 'Please pass me the instructions'.
They fuss, they fume, they swear but only when they have wasted a few hours and got to the end of their patience, do they say...'let's look at the instructions'.

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guilty.:D

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Cashy....you are not alone!

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1252655]it only took you so long because most men never follow instructions.
Anyway at least you cracked it.... eventually

What instructions ? (an A5 sheet of paper with 6 diagrams on it), with the words 1= Smart Hub, 2=Power Cable and Plug, 3=Broadband Cable,4=Filter,5= Ethernet Cable and the sixth and final one;=Wireless Settings Sticker.
Some Instruction Manual.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1252698]anyone remember MFI and there instructions for their flat pack stuff. they didn,t even put diagrams on the 5 lines of instructions. same with car Haynes manuals. if i cannot do a job before reading one i,d never be able to do it. quite unlike old american ones for their cars. problem with them its 3 pages on just changing a light bulb. suppose they did that with there home market in mind.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1252698]
True. I've seen plenty of dreadful, badly written & nonsensical Instructions. When there is any!

Particularly where English is obviously not a first language & the Writer is evidently unfamiliar with the product. That's from supposedly British Manufacturers.

They'll eventually all be deservedly gone.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1252698] Taddy, you can see step by step nstructions online for most things...You Tube has a wide range of tutorials.


From what I can remember when I received my new hub, it was just a case of plug in and away you go...well once you have put the password in(found on the router on a handy removable little plaque.
Failing that get some friendly neighbourhood school child to show you how it is done...they know just about everything about technology..or so it seems.

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1254061]Believe it or not Marge but this Electronic Luddite actually managed to sort it out with no help from the younger generation but I had to do it before sampling my daily dose of Hobgoblin. :tongueout:tongueout, Sorry about the Smiley, its only me licking the glass to get the last bit drop of froth.

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whats an instruction manual? :D:D:D

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a waste of paper.