Too Fast  with Poor Instructions
581724
Let me start by saying that I'm not overweight but definitely out of shape. I wanted to start exercising at home and bought this DVD. I did the level 1 workout and could barely keep up. The movements went way too fast for me. I don't think they allowed enough time between movements to do the exercises correctly. I felt rushed the whole time and by the time I was able to do the exercise properly, they were off to the next movement. The whole time, I was losing my balance and just doing the exercises wrong. The next few days my knee was bothering me and I don't normally have knee problems. I had no desire to try this DVD again so I ended up just giving it away.
1289379
The instructions were awful and I haven't figured out how to use this properly.
1536270
The instructions make no sense and the user interface is horrible.  I should have listened to the other reviews.  Thank goodness it wasn't expensive.  I had already thrown away the packaging or I would have returned it.
313084
This thing is a royal pain in the (deleted) to set up. Unfortunately, the instructions are minimal at best (and clearly a poor translation from another language), and the tools they provide to help set it up are worthless. The real salt in the wound was that after I got everything up, (note: the pieces are adhesive and awful to attempt to reposition if you screw up) I came to find out that the minute hand hits the numbers, and runs significantly too fast. Hence, the whole thing is useless. But Ill be a monkeys uncle if Im taking it down after all that.

I bought this because I saw it at an acquaintances house and thought it was stunning. This is best for a space where you won't see fine detail (over a tall fireplace, etc) as its not super high-end looking up close. Make sure you have a large enough space so that the minute hand does not pass within the distance of the numbers. The price is enticing, but you are in for a project. Requires the patience of a saint.
3486089
This device seems to work OK so far but it took me nearly an hour to set it up.  I tried the first option twice then switched to the second and tried that twice then pushed reset (inserted a paper clip) and started over.  Then, finally, I pushed and held the reset for a few seconds and started over using the 2nd option and ultimately it worked.  I found the instructions poorly written.
2668468
Using it to change my exhaust flow on my Vette. Took awhile to figure out the correct way to wire. Very poor instructions included with the device. Main reason only gave it 3 stars.
8519
Once you wade through the directions manual, the device seems to work as advertised. Icons on screen are tiny.
But the instructions are badly organized and confusingly written. Several errors, and directions written by non-native English speaker.
I finally figured it out almost my accident, but the directions were so confusing I nearly gave up and returned the device.
1454097
If the instructions had been better written (the English used is almost amusing in its awkward translation), I might have given this an extra star. There are no instructions at all on how to use the strobe light features, by the way. Although the device is partially charged when you receive it, you should fully charge it before use, which is a process that very far from being quick.
4784940
It works fine after I figured out  how to use it after a week or so. The instructions  are useless . So unless you can figure things out for yourself  and be really patient  I wouldn't bother but do hold onto the packaging for easy return because I figure that 8 or 9 out of 10 buyers are going to be very dissapointed . Bottom line - if the instructions were boiled down to a tenth  to a concise instruction  I would suggest buying it. But it goes on and on and all over the place and confuses the hell out of you.
1222510
I bought this model at a store. I like the looks, it has a small footprint and dual alarms, both requirements for me.

But it gradually begins running faster and faster and requires you to unplug the clock, then plug back in and manually set the CORRECT time.

I am at a loss as to understand how something that is supposed to be auto setting the time, based on some information pulled from a satellite (?) can run 5-6 minutes fast.

Seems like correct time is a basic feature of a clock, no? "You had just one job" and this flunks.
951130
These are really "super" timers, as they do everything as advertised.  My problem is that they are NOT intuitive at all and after the initial programming, a few weeks later I couldn't re-program w/o the written instructions.  Now I think they are too complicated and when I loose track of the hard copy instructions, I'll spend way too much time figuring out how to program at some later date.  I've returned them for some other more simple choice.
2122405
I'm really not a fan of this sports watch.

Perhaps its because the instructions got mangled as it came out of the box (who knew that the single piece of cardboard sandwiched in the clamshell was the only (very limited) instruction guide?) Still, the instructions only had a few tears, and I could piece it back together easily enough. They didn't cover much.

The setting of clocks, alarms, etc. was needlessly complicated. I'm generally pretty good at mechanical things, and figuring items out. Rarely have I needed to consult instructions to set clocks, VCRs, etc. In this case, I had to consult the instructions multiple times, and was having a lot of trouble remembering them and/or putting them into practice. Lots of 'tap this button three times, then hit the next button, then you're ready to start!' kind of things.

Worse, while the UI design was atrocious, it didn't seem like the stopwatch had some very basic features - like a timer. As all I really wanted was something to count down a minute during segments of my workouts, I was sorely disappointed it was missing (or, if it's in there, it wasn't in the instructions and is well hidden behind the arcane UI).

If all you want is a stopwatch to time laps, this'll do fine. For anything above that, you'll find the features missing, or the process of accessing them laborious enough to not be worth the trouble. I highly recommend you look elsewhere.
2909952
Just lookup setup instructions on youtube. If I had started with that then I would have saved myself 30 minutes of rage.
3162420
It's fast, but the instructions tell you to take like 12 different measurements each time. And they're all so different within a range of 2 degrees even. But they just say take the highest one, which seems crazy if it's way higher than all the rest...
4924786
Too sensitive to motion. Poor instructions.  Very few of the older generation would be able to understand verbal instruction. When you paged forward most of the time it backed up a couple of pages.  Not very happy to say the least. Have returned.
1267839
While this does seem to be a nice product, even lesson one went way too fast for me to get anything out of it.  I have had to put it aside until my Polish gets better.
4781443
We wasted a little over 7 hours trying unsuccessfully to install this device.  The setup on our fast PC took a little over 20 minutes before indicating it had "Failed".

We then needed to Remove the software using the HP setup program, and that took about 11 minutes.

HP Tech Support then took us through 3 additional cycles of this before they acknowledged they were out of ideas and that there was probably a "software conflict" somewhere.  The tech indicated he might have suggested I reinstall XP if I'd not already said I would not do that.

I returned the device, and then reinstalled my old printer.  That took about 90 seconds.

If anyone is considering this box, I hope they will opt for a Custom Install that only installs the minimum drivers, and not the various applications.  (I did try this approach myself, but only the printer portion worked.)