Packard Bell S2185 Computer

[realaleman]

Does anyone know where I can find a user manual for this computer? I've had it
for 3 months now and there are still some things I can't get my head around.
Why does Nothing come with a manual these days (only my Wave Musicsystem)
You are usually required to download one from the internet, but the
Packard Bell website doesn't seem to have one!

Geoffrey

[Svejk]

there is an online one. Now and again I 'land' on mine accidentally.

[hc4361]

Don't know if this generic user guide is any good to you
http://www.packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/download


There should be a manual on your hard drive.

[Svejk]

I've just put it up again. Have you got a windows symbol in the bottom left hand corner of your screen?

[Buenchico]

Packard Bell like to hide things rather well but I think that I've found the manual you're seeking.

Here's how my detective work went:
Starting from Hc4361's link, and using 'Select my product from a list', I found that selecting 'Desktop'and then 'iMedia' led to lots of model numbers that looked nothing like 'S2185', so I took a look at Packard Bell's page about your computer here:
http://www.packardbell.co.uk/pb/en/GB/content/model/DT.U80EK.007
That shows (both within the actual page and in its URL) that 'U80' is a key part of the description, so I looked for that in the list that I'd first encountered. Alas, I could find nothing.

Undaunted though, I tried entering 'u80' in the 'Search by product model' box. That offers just one possibility and clicking on it seems to go to the correct model. All that's then needed is to select either 'Windows 8' or 'Windows 8.1', as appropriate, and then to click on 'Documents', revealing links to the user manuals.

So start by putting 'u80' in the 'Search by product model' box and you're well on you're way to what you're seeking.

Easy, really ;-)