find your user manual, user guide, instruction manual
If you are a straight to the books kind of person when it comes to setting something up, then your first thought should be to the manuals. But if your manuals are destroyed and or lost then you've have a serious problem, but that problem seize to exists thanks to the internet. With the internet you can find tons of free online manuals for just about everything you have in your home. 
Like I said with the internet you can find almost any manual online you just need to find a source (good directory.) One good source is UsersManualGuide, their you can find almost any user-guide for the appliances in your home.
Link | http://www.usersmanualguide.com/
