Owner's manual

With the increasing complexity of modern devices, many owner's manuals have become so large that a separate quickstart guide is provided.

Another trend is to supply instructional video material with the product, such as a videotape or DVD, along with the owner's manual.

Many businesses offer PDF copies of manuals that can be accessed or downloaded free of charge from their websites.

The size, structure and content of an installation manual depend heavily on the nature of the product and the needs and capabilities of the intended target group.

This can make their frequent absence in rental cars frustrating because it violates the driver's user expectations, as well as makes it difficult to use controls that are not understood, which is not good because understanding control operation of an unfamiliar car is one of the first steps recommended in defensive driving.

[6] The noun phrase owner's manual has been used by analogy in the title of numerous instructional books about entities that are not manufactured products, such as pets, body parts and businesses.