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The ‘KEY’
« on: September 08, 2026, 01:03:36 pm »
Found this while detailing my interior. Plugged it into my Dinosaur of a laptop and found that it is loaded with how to videos from Phoenix, year 2016. Some even seem to be videos that aren’t on the PhoenixUSA YT channel.
Anybody else, especially original buyers/owners, get one with their Cruiser??

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Re: The ‘KEY’
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2026, 01:09:23 pm »
Awesome find. I wish i had found a key like that when i got mine that the previous owner left behind. At least i got the factory manual that PC put together with all the parts manuals in it. Now i feel i have to dig through every folder in that book better and look for my key.

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Re: The ‘KEY’
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2026, 02:06:28 pm »
I've not heard of a factory provided usb library. I suspect the original owner made that for you, or more likely for his/her own use  and then let it for the next owners.


I did a similar thing using different media. I have a folder on my Google drive with the owners manuals (to PC products and most everything else I take with in the PC).  I just don't save videos, though. I marked it as "make valuable offline". Google now synchronizes that folder to a SD-TF chip in my tablet.


I've published the link elsewhere in this forum, but here's a fresh copy.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MgYR7L0OgWyMdnFdayno2hSIg-TqxyV7
Everyone in the forum has read access.


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Camperfan

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Re: The ‘KEY’
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2026, 03:23:55 pm »
I kind of wondered if it was OG Phoenix or not. What lead me to believe that it was, was that the write dates of each of the video files (for 2016 model year) were before this PC was built & sold.
Guess it doesn’t mean that it came from PhoenixUSA though.

I don’t have a way to play mp4 files or I would view all of them. There are two titles I would check straightaway though, one how to control fan speed through the wall mounted thermostat, and the other is how to operate the surround sound feature.

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wideglide

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Re: The ‘KEY’
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2026, 04:02:33 pm »
I know the fan speed answer....lol.

So i have made up a book of instructions for my wife on 'HOW to do xxxx",   and printed it all out with pics do to various things. All are in a binder that she can flip through. So far all i have are the thermostat operations, sanicon system, and generator. Id be happy to share them with you here if i can but they are all power points and too big to attach.

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Re: The ‘KEY’
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2026, 07:18:03 pm »
Nice data key.

Back in 2007 when we bought our PC, I gathered as much PC and chassis data as I could find, paper and soft copies.  But then I didn't know when to stop.  I finally settled down a few years later.

My point here is, if you own a 2007-2010/2011 PC, I have data to share.
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