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Packard Bell Manuals

Download Manuals for Your System, from my web site- here is all the manuals I have, if you have a copy of one not on the list, please email it to me. Thanks. Remember all these files are large and can take some time to download.

Download Manual for		How do you view these files?
PB Hillary		Use Mviewer2.exe download it here.
PB 600 - From PB Web Site
PB 640
PB 680		New Motherboard
PB 680 MMX		MB 860 - Cyrix motherboard MB 880 - Pentium II and Celeron motherboard with the Intel 440 EX Chipset.
PB 760
PB 790
PB 800
PB 810 Also known as the FM 530
If you need a manual for your PB case, see my PB Cases Page.

All files were posted by me on web sites I control, unless otherwise stated.
You can also download the manuals from Packard Bell's ftp site, this page has files that I do not have posted.

Your System Guide -NOTE: This page may only apply to some systems, since PB may have used a different format in the past or a different one in the future.

I suggest you read this first

What, you say that you don't know where the manual is. Look for the Electronic Library icon in Win 95 or the book shelf in navigator.

If you still can not find it, then you will need find the Docshelf.exe file in the Books directory. Double click on this file and there you go. Don't forget to create a short cut for yourself to make it easy to get to next time.

If you still can not find your manual they are located in the books sub directory of the Navigator and Electronic Library. Click on Mviewer2.exe and then file open, you now can open your manual. To see the file names of the individual manuals look at the chart below.

Hidden System Manuals

Where are they?

(Manuals on CD will vary from system to system)

To view a manual simply double click on the icon, if there is a manual you need or really like and want it to be seen in you electronic library, then you will need to edit the ini file (SEE BELOW).

What manuals are there?

Again, you will have different manuals on your CD if you have a different hard drive format number. But I have listed below which files I have and what I think they contain.

File name	Notes	Manual for
1000.mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	?
2000.mvb		PB Corner Computer
288.mvb	30 Pages	28.8 User Guide
4000.mvb		Designer Tower
540.mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	? Most likey 540 system types
Action.mvb	Software Manual 36 Pages	Action manual
Faxworks.mvb	Software Manual	Fax Works 3.0 Manual
Fmradio.mvb	For those with FM radio hardware installed	FM Radio Users Guide
Fxworks.mvb	Looks the same as Faxworks.mvb file	Fax Works 3.0 Manual
Generic .mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	?
Hillary.mvb		Hillary series Motherboard Manual
Ibox.mvb	Spry Mosaic Internet explorer	Internet in a box
Kbd.mvb	11 Pages	Enhanced Keyboard
Pb450.mvb	Appears to be the manual for the 450 motherboard	486 Computer Manual
Pb520r.mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	Most likely the system guide for 520r motherboards
Pb600.mvb	System manual for the Pb 600 system type	Pentium Processor Personal Computer
Pbs450.mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	?
Pbtv3.mvb	I get a message that says Printed Copy should be included in systems documentation	Most likely System manual for PB TV 3
Pbtv4.mvb	10 Chapters + one hardware chapter	PB TV 4 Manual
Remote.mvb	I did receive a printed copy of this	PB remote Manual
Rocky2hw.mvb		Sound 14.4/28.8 Hardware Users Guide
Rocky2sw.mvb	Software Guide	Sound 14.4/28.8 Sound Card
Rockyhw.mvb	Hardware	Sound 144AM/AMSP Sound Card User's Guide
Rockysw.mvb	Software	Sound 144AM/AMSP Sound Card User's Guide
Sp600.mvb	Spectroa manual	Spectria Personal Computer Guide
Toaks.mvb	This tells me about my now famous PB 640 Motherboard	Pentium Processor Personal Computer
Tower.mvb		Mini Tower Users Guide
Tshooter.mvb	This is an interesting file that answers basic PB computer questions	Packard Bell Questions & Answers
Flori.mvb		PB680's (A.K.A. Orlando) manual
336.mvb		33.6 modem
Comcen.mvb		ComCentral User's guide
Hammer.mvb	New PB FM Remote	PB Fast Media Remote
Iphone.mvb		Internet Phone Manual
Medselc.mvb		Media Select Users GPbtvpkk.mvbuide
Pbtvpkk.mvb		Packard Bell PBTV 5 Manual
Rocky3hw.mvb	Hardware User's Guide	Sound III 33.6
Rocky3sw.mvb	Software User's guide	Sound III 33.6
Surf.mvb		Surf Watch User's guide
Talkshop.mvb		Voice View Talk Shop user's Guide
Topdraw.mvb		PB Top Drawer Scanner Users Guide
VDONET.mvb		VDOPhone User's Guide
Zip.mvb	This may be for the iommega zip drive that comes on some systems	?
tbptsyst.mvb		PB 760
seawolf.mvb		PB 790
trail2.mvb		PB 800 manual
g4system.mvb	Also known as the FM 530	PB 810 manual
Mauisys.mvb	Pentium II and Celleron	MB 880 Motherboard

You can use this info for self interest, or if your hardware gets changed and you need the information. Let me know what files you find on your system. I do not have all these files, but they are out there, if you need one post a message and maybe some one will email you one.

How to Change the .ini file that Controls What Manuals Come Up-

I can not help you if you screw it up, so save a copy of this file that you can use if you mess it up.

DO NOT ATTEMPT, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

In this file you will find the following:

[*** BOOK LEGEND ***]

Books= { NUM (total number of books) }

BookX File= { <exepath> | ?R:\path } ;

BookX CmdLine= {<bookpath> | ?R:\bookpath }

BookX Active= { 0 (disabled) | 1 (enabled) }

BookX CDTitle= { <string> (use ""<string>"" to quote) (default from nav.ini) }

You will then see a line that says Books= and then the number of books you have, I have 29 in my ini file. You can then add books that are not in the .ini file. Each book will then have an entry like the following. The REM line I added to show what the file does and if it was a file that worked.

Book018 File=?R:\books\mviewer2.exe

Book018 CmdLine=?R:\BOOKS\KBD.MVB

Book018 Active=0

REM: ENHANCED KEYBOARD, WORKS

The first line appears to be the application that will let you view the book (this shold stay the same for all .mvb files). Simply add the path to any book you would like to add. You can also change active to 1 turn a book on and 0 to turn them off. The last line was not used in my .ini so I added my comments in a rem statement.

This is also useful if you would just like a full book case, instead of the half empty one that comes with the system. Just do not forget which book is which, because some of them have the same title but are for different system types.

I tried to get manuals on my hard dive to show up in the bookcase by editing the .ini file, but it did not work. If someone can get it to work please let me know.