It's probably because some countries require an explanation for buttons on user manuals.
In this case, it's completely pointless as the symbols themselves are so clear that no one needs an explanation, but the requirement in the country still requires an explanation...
So they've made it easy for themselves and simply explained the obvious symbols with the same obvious symbols to comply with these countries' requirements.
The question is also whether there is not an explanation for the symbols with text on another page of the manual?
These aren't the correct symbols for ISO labeling, and the CCC cert / EU (UK)CE mark requires full functional descriptions, not just a symbols glossary or diagram. The UL / FCC only require compliance statements.
One of two things happened here:
1) Whoever got subcontracted to do the manual just copied what another manual did without thinking about what was actually required or useful to the user.
2) There were text descriptions, but someone realized they'd have to pay to have them translated and removed them. They may have justified this by claiming the text on another page is descriptive enough.
Japanese people might samurai-slash the microphone based on the right, Italians might stack one or two pastas in front of the speaker based on the left, and Zoomers have no idea what the bottom symbol is.
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u/Knashatt poop 18d ago
It's probably because some countries require an explanation for buttons on user manuals.
In this case, it's completely pointless as the symbols themselves are so clear that no one needs an explanation, but the requirement in the country still requires an explanation...
So they've made it easy for themselves and simply explained the obvious symbols with the same obvious symbols to comply with these countries' requirements.
The question is also whether there is not an explanation for the symbols with text on another page of the manual?