As more than one person has said, it is easier to complain than recommend a solution. It may also not be easy to understand that the problem is probably the tools being used. Having looked at only a manual for a 818, it was easy to see that each section was like a project in assembling one system at a time. In reality this would entail much disassembly in order to do later work. In the threads for the 818 was quite a bit of recommendations of "Do this first" and "If you follow the manual, you will not be able to access it later". On the other hand, if the manual was set up like a cook book, then it would be difficult to use it for troubleshooting and maintenance. Having an electronic version allows for making changes in the manual easier, but if the tool is like a word processor, then everything needs to be sequential only.

Now if someone would like to volunteer to write for F5 a new tool that would allow the steps to be seen both system by system or apply other sequences of assembly, then we might be able to make some improvements. Also, someone would have to talk F5 into using the tool once it is complete. Any volunteers?