Me an a couple of my friends have a runnign joke to the effect that the manuals were written by a japanese, translated by a german, and word processed by a monkey. While very thick they have an inherent treacle like quality. Fair enough I got what I needed by trial and error but flow diagram type things are also helpful, you get vague statements, and have to go and look for stuff, and hope like hell you find it without breaking anything. However, it isn't actually as bad as it sounds on my Xp 50. Customer support here in the uk isn't bad, they took and answered my question quickly and easily and precisely. And frankly I can't really complain considering I got it for £400 quid (VERY cheap JV 1080)
Al