Getting started:
Click the index.htm file in the top folder (the one with only about 4 files) to get started. Either bookmark that file or the repairtutorial.htm file for quick access to the tutorial. 


Browser alternatives:
I STRONGLY recommend that you download and use the Safari browser in the 'browsers' folder of the download folder. It works better than any of the newer browsers with the flash files in the tutorial. Using a browser that works perfectly with the tutorial makes it much easier to learn since you don't have to fight the newer browsers and their hatred for Flash. With other browser, they could block important content. Bear in mind that I have no reason to push the older browser. It simply works better. 

Bookmarks:
Using a dedicated browser allows you to make a set of bookmarks that are related to the page you're studying. You can delete them and start a new set for the new pages. None of this will interfere with your normal browsing with your default browser. 

Fonts:
The setting that you may want to change from the default is the font (likely 'Times-Roman'). I use Arial because it's clean and easy to read. It's left largely undefined/controlled by the tutorial so that you can easily set the font to best suit your eyesight or taste.

Flash players:
There are files in the flashplayer folder that will install Flash onto your system if you need them. 



Zooming:
For those who are unaware, you can change the size of the text and images easily by holding the ctrl key down and rolling the mouse wheel (or using ± buttons on the keyboard -- ctrl-0 resets the zoom to 100%). If you'd like, you can make the content of the left pane completely fill that pane by doing this. Another feature that this provides is that it will make the pages really tiny. If you're looking for a section and remember the photo/graphic from the area, zoom out as far as possible, center the section of interest and then slowly zoom back in.

Surprises:
There are several somewhat hidden features, or 'easter eggs'. 

1. On the information page, it was stated that the Flash files are causing problems with various browsers. This is partly due, it appears, to their use inside a frameset. There is no other practical way to have so much varied information so readily accessible. One way to make it work perfectly in popular browsers like Chrome (and their clones) is to open the pages outside of the frames. This generally required that you right-click and select, open in new tab. To save the extra steps, there is a hidden button in the upper corners of each of the cells in the directory. Click either and instead of the page opening in the left frame, it will open in a new window. To get back to the directory, close the window. The tutorial will still be open. To get back to the opening page of the tutorial, use the links at the top or bottom of the pages where available (being added as time permits). 

2. The long directory allows you to find pages quickly. Let's say you know there is an oscilloscopes page but have trouble finding it when scrolling. Open the tutorial and use ctrl-f to open the search window. Then type in oscilloscopes. The browser will bring up the page in the directory. If there are instances of the word you searched for on the page that you have open in the left frame, it will find those as well but if you keep hitting the 'next' button in the search window, it will come to the page in the directory. This not only works to find items in the directory. It can help you find something in any page. Let's say that you remember seeing something on ChipQuik solder but cannot remember which tech-tips page it was on. Search for chipquik and keep selecting tech tips pages in the directory. When it's on the page, it will bring you straight to it. It may be on several pages so keep clicking until you find the section you're looking for. One that's somewhat useful is searching for >> resistors <<. The resistors page (not the Resistors and Capacitors page) has a color band calculator for resistor values.

3. In some of the class D pages, in the title text, there are links. If you click the title, it skips over the information at the top of the page and goes straight to the menu for that page. This is something that you may want to do after reading the top of the page, when you return to the page, for reference. 

4. The tiny link under the title, is a quick-identifier page. It tells you what to look for to identify an amp as one type of clone or another. There was no point in cluttering up the page with something that you won't need after seeing it the first time.