When searching, be as specific as possible. General terms, like "stereo", or "car", will offer results that are much less effective than a search for specific information. If you know a model number or a brand name, searching by those will yield more accurate hits, because the search is more narrowly defined. See the following for more techniques to get the most out of your search.

Finding Words
Enter the words and/or phrases that you're interested in. Be sure to separate multiple words by commas. If you were looking for information about amplifiers or about the Pioneer brand, you could enter:

This query returns documents that contain the terms "amplifier" (case doesn't matter in queries), "pioneer," or both. The results will display a ranked list, with the most relevant searches at the top of the list.

Getting More Specific
The simple query returned some results about amplifiers, some results about Pioneer, and some about both subjects. If you want information about a Pioneer amp, you can use the AND operator to be more specific. You could enter:

This query returns only those documents that contain both "amplifier" and "Pioneer" in the same document, so this list will be shorter than the results of the query written using commas.

AND is treated as an operator unless it is surrounded by quotation marks. So if you want to use the word "and" as part of a phrase, place it inside quotation marks. For example, to search for the phrase "subwoofers and bandpass", you would enter:

Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase. For example, to find the word subwoofers or the word bandpass, but not necessarily both, you would enter: