Household Appliance Manuals

Free Household Appliance manuals and product support information for air conditioners, dehumidifiers and more.

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• Air Cleaner Manuals
  
  Air Ionizer, Air Purifier, Electrostatic Air Cleaner, Furnace Air Filter, HEPA Air Purifier
• Air Conditioner Manuals
  
  A/C, AC, Air Conditioner Heater, Air Conditioner Unit, Air Conditioner Wall Unit
• Boiler Manuals
  
  Gas Boiler, Gas Fired Boiler, Gas-fired Boiler, Oil Boiler, Oil-fired Boiler
• Burner Manuals
  
  Electric Burner, Electric Oil Burner, Gas Burner, Gas Furnace Burner, Home Oil Burner
• Carbon Monoxide Alarm Manuals
  
  Battery-powered Carbon Monoxide Detector, Carbon Monoxide Detector Alarm, Carbon Monoxide Detector, Carbon Monoxide Gas Detector, Carbon Monoxide Sensor
• Carpet Cleaner Manuals
  
  All Surface Floor Cleaner, All Surface Floor/Carpet Cleaner, All-surface Floor/Carpet Cleaner, Carpet Cleaning Machine, Carpet Steam Cleaner
• Dehumidifier Manuals
  
  Air Dehumidifier, Basement Dehumidifier, Commercial Dehumidifier, Compact Dehumidifier, Console Dehumidifier
• Door Manuals
  
  Central Door Lock, Combination Door Lock, Deadbolt, Digital Door Lock, Door Bell
• Electric Heater Manuals
  
  Baseboard Convection Heater, Baseboard Electrical Heater, Baseboard Heater, Ceramic Baseboard Heater, Ceramic Electric Heater
• Fan Manuals
  
  3-speed Fan, Adjustable Window Fan, Air Cooler, Air Evaporative Cooler, Box Fan
• Fire Extinguisher Manuals
  
  Home Fire Extinguisher, Kitchen Fire Extinguisher, Portable Fire Extinguisher
• Flooring Manuals
  
  Carpeting, Ceramic Tile Flooring, Cork Flooring, Hardwood Flooring, Laminate Flooring
• Furnace Manuals
  
  Coal Furnace, Coal/Wood Furnace, Electric Furnace, Gas Furnace, Gas-fired Furnace
• Garage Door Opener Manuals
  
  Automatic Garage Door Opener, Carriage Door, Door Opener Remote, Door Opener, Electric Garage Door Opener
• Gas Heater Manuals
  
  Baseboard Convection Heater, Baseboard Gas Heater, Baseboard Heater, Compact Convection Heater, Convection Baseboard Heater
• Heat Pump Manuals
  
  Electric Heat Pump, Gas Heat Pump, Geothermal Heat Pump, Natural Gas Heat Pump, Package Heat Pump
• Heating System Manuals
  
  Central Heat, Central Heating System, Electric Heating System, Gas Heating System, Home Heating System
• Home Safety Product Manuals
  
  Crank Flashlight, Emergency Fire Escape Ladder, Emergency Flashlight, Fire Escape Ladder, Fire Safety Ladder
• Home Security System Manuals
  
  Home Alarm System, Home Burglar Alarm System, Home Monitoring Camera, Home Motion Detector, Home Security Alarm System
• Humidifier Manuals
  
  Air Humidifier, Cold Mist Humidifier, Console Humidifier, Cool Air Humidifier, Cool Humidifier
• Indoor Fireplace Manuals
  
  Built-in Electric Fireplace, Built-in Gas Fireplace, Built-in Wood Fireplace, Electric Fireplace, Fireplace Insert
• Indoor Furnishings Manuals
  
  Bathroom Lighting, Bedroom Lighting, Ceiling Lighting Fixture, Ceiling Lighting, Ceiling Lights
• Pet Care Product Manuals
  
  Animal Clippers, Animal Hair Vacuum Cleaner, Pet Clippers, Pet Hair Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Pet Hair Vacuum Cleaner
• Plumbing Product Manuals
  
  Basin Sink, Basin, Bath Faucet, Bathroom Faucet, Bathroom Sink
• Septic System Manuals
  
  Effluent Pump, Ejector System, Pump, Sewage Ejector Pump, Sewage Ejector System
• Sewing Machine Manuals
  
  Button Sewing Machine, Compact Sewing Machine, Domestic Sewing Machine, Dressmaker Sewing Machine, Embroidery Machine
• Siding Manuals
  
  Exterior Home Siding, Exterior House Siding, Exterior Siding, Exterior Vinyl Siding, Vinyl Siding
• Smoke Alarm Manuals
  
  Battery-powered Smoke Detector, Beam Smoke Detector, Beeping Smoke Detector, Commercial Smoke Detector, Electric Smoke Detector
• Stove Manuals
  
  Cast Iron Wood Burning Stove, Cast Iron Woodburning Stove, Cast Iron Wood-burning Stove, Coal Burning Stove, Coal Stove
• Thermostat Manuals
  
  Digital Thermostat, Electric Thermostat, Electronic Thermostat, Furnace Thermostat, Heater Thermostat
• Vacuum Cleaner Manuals
  
  All Floor Vacuum, All Floors Upright Vacuum, All Floors Vacuum, All-floors Vacuum, Bag Vacuum Cleaner
• Water Heater Manuals
  
  Electric Hot Water Heater, Electric Water Heater, Gas Hot Water Heater, Gas Water Heater, Hot Water Heater
• Water Pump Manuals
  
  Centrifugal Pump, Centrifugal Water Pump, Condensate Pump, Condensate Water Pump, Convertible Jet Pump
• Water System Manuals
  
  Automatic Water Conditioner, Electric Water Softener, Hard Water Softener, Home Water Filtration System, Home Water Purification System
• Window Manuals
  
  Casement Window, Vinyl Replacement Window, Vinyl Window, Windows, Wood-frame Window

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How To: Install Windows Mobile 6.5 Right Now

The bad news: Windows Mobile 6.5 won't be coming out for a while, and you'll be expected to buy a whole new phone to get it. The good: You can actually install it today, on your HTC phone. Here's how.

Why should you upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5? Disregarding the mixed coverage the OS has gotten—which tends to compare it to more modern software like iPhone OS and Android—6.5 is much, much better less terrible than 6.1, especially for touchscreen phones You've probably heard about the new graphical start menu and fantastic Titanium home screen; they're great, but there's a lot more to appreciate. IE has been updated; all menus are now finger-friendly; the whole system has inertial scrolling; there's been a system-wide cosmetic refresh. That's not to mention the upcoming Windows Mobile Marketplace, Microsoft take on the App Store. On top of that, at least in my experience, it's pretty snappy.

Dozens of Windows Mobile 6.5 Beta ROMs are floating around the tubes, collected, tweaked and prepared for your use by the kindly souls over at XDA Developers, from whom I've adapted this How To. Despite their unofficial-ness, they're really quite good—the fancy new interface elements are buttery smooth, and as a whole, and enough bugs have been stamped out to make 6.5 solid enough to use as your day-to-day OS.

This How To is based around my experience with a GSM HTC Touch Diamond. The process is largely the same between the few handsets that can run 6.5, but for the sake of brevity, I'm sticking to one handset, and its QWERTYed brother, the Touch Pro. For further guidance on other phones, head over to the XDA forums (CDMA Touch and Pro, Touch HD, Sony Xperia,Samsung Omnia)

Also, the necessary disclaimer: this tutorial reaches deep into your phone's software, which means there's a (slim) possibility that you'll brick your phone should anything go wrong. If you're worried, read up on the risks here. Otherwise, follow closely and you—and your phone—should be just fine.

What You'll Need:

• An HTC Touch Diamond or Touch Pro (GSM only. Folks with CDMA handsets—that's you, Sprint and Verizon—go here or here.)
• A (free) account at XDA Developers
• A Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM (Lotsa choices here: Diamond, Pro)
• A Windows PC, set up to sync with your handset
• A device flashing utility (Both)
• A bootloader (Diamond, Pro)
• A device radio (Diamond, Pro—Make sure to download from the "Original" list, not the "Repacked" one.)

Before you get started, you'll probably want to back up your contacts and personal info. I'd recommend PIM Backup, which I've used for years. Or you could try Microsoft's new, free online service called My Phone. This How To will replace all your device's software, so if you have anything worth keeping, you'll need to back it up.

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Installing the bootloader:

Many of you have probably updated, or "flashed" your devices before, but this will have been with an official, signed utility from either your carrier or handset manufacturer. What we're doing today is installing unofficial software, something which your handset isn't currently set up to do. Our first order of business, then, is to install a new bootloader, called HardSPL, on the device, which will allow your handset to load software from third parties, i.e., your sweet, sweet Windows Mobile ROM. Let's go:

1. Connect your phone to your PC, and establish an ActiveSync (on XP) or Sync Center (on Vista, or Windows 7) connection to your device. You don't need to set up any sync rules—just makes sure the connection is active. You can check this by looking for a bi-directional arrow in your phone's taskbar.

2. Extract the bootloader you've downloaded, and note the location (see "What You'll Need" for links)

3. Find your extracted files, and run the executable file (usually called "ROMUpdateUtility.exe" or something like that.

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4. Follow the instructions, carefully. The software performs lots of checks to make sure you don't goof this up, but make sure you a.) have at least 50% battery left in your phone b.) the correct bootloader c.) a host computer that won't shut off, go to sleep or otherwise interrupt the process. Heed! Or else there may be bricking.

5. Wait! You'll see paired progress bars on your phone and computer screen. This part of the process doesn't take that long, since you're only updating a small piece of software.

6. Restart your phone. The small text in the corner of your Windows Mobile splash screen will have changed to something unfamiliar, but don't worry about verifying your new bootloader. If you ran the utility to completion and the device restarted on its own, it's more or less a sure thing that you're upgraded.

Installing a new device radio:

This is the most esoteric part of the process, so I'll try not to get too deep into the nuts and bolts. Basically, your device has firmware that manages its various antennae, letting you connect to cellular networks, GPS, etc. Installing a fresh Radio onto your device usually won't make much of a change in how your phone works. it just lets us—or rather, your soon-to-be mobile OS, manage your phone's communication capabilities freely. Some radios can improve reception on certain networks, or even connect to entirely new mobile bands. For more info on that, I'l refer you again to XDA.

You'll probably notice that this process is seems an awfully lot like the last stage: that's because it is. Since we're "flashing" different parts of your phone's software in each step, the core utility, and general technique, is quite similar. Anyway!

7. Pair your phone with your PC, like you did in step 1.

8. Extract your downloaded radio files and note their location

9. If the radio came with its own bootloader, skip to step 12.

10. Extract your downloaded bootloader, noting location.

11. Copy the extracted radio file—it should have an .NBH extension—to the directory where you've put your bootloader.

12. Run the bootloader, as in step 3.

13. Follow the instructions, as in steps 4 and 5.

14. Let the phone restart. Nothing much will have changed, but you may need to perform some minor network setup. Don't worry too much about that now, since you're about to wipe your whole device.

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Flashing the ROM, i.e. Installing Windows Mobile 6.5

This is when we get down to actually installing our new OS. This is the step that'll take the longest, and it's the biggest leap of faith, since you're replacing your device's main software. Luckily, if you've come this far, it'll be a snap. Same process, different .NBH file. Onward!

15. Pair your phone to your PC (this is the last time! promise!)

16. Extract your downloaded bootloader, again, to a different location. (Or you can use the same copy you used to flash your radio; just make sure you delete the radio file from the directory)

17. Extract your Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM, which should be an .NBH file of about 80-100MB, to the same directory that your bootloader is in.

18. Run the bootloader, and follow the instructions. Same warnings as before—don't let your PC or phone sever the connection at any point.

19. Sit and wait. This time it'll take a bit longer, but shouldn't top 15-20 minutes.

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20. Your phone will reset, and you should see a fresh Windows Mobile 6.5 splash screen. It might look hacked or unprofessional—don't be alarmed! The guys who so graciously put together these ROMs, which often take a good deal of tweaking, leave their marks on the software in various ways. Anyhoo, you'll have to let your phone run through a set of initialization routines for a little while. Just follow along.

21. WinMo should automatically guess your carrier and apply the appropriate connections settings. If not, you can do it from the device's Settings page, found in the top level of the new start menu. As for the settings parameters, Google is your friend.

Conclusion:
Congratulations! You are now the proud, semi-legal owner of a Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone! It's hard to imagine wanting to switch back, but if you do, just repeat the above process with a different ROM. There are plenty of 6.1 installs, including the official carrier versions, available from the same place you found your 6.5 download.

Resources:

• XDA Developers
• ModMyDiamond

So that's about it! Please add in your experiences in the comments-your feedback is a huge benefit to our Saturday guides. Good luck with your flashing (firmware only, please), and have a great weekend!

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