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If you've got the skills to confidently follow a manual, you might look for one online and check the connections yourself (which obviously costs nothing).
If not, you're right - having someone else do it is probably much better. Nothing says "extra charges" like the phrase "well, I tried to fix it myself, but..."
Alternately, you can try to find a friend that has the skills to follow the manual. Some people can, some people can't. I've always been able to - not really sure why, but if you hand me a machine and a manual about how it works/is repaired, I can strip it down and reassemble it without much trouble.
One auto mechanics class in highschool and I've been tackling all my own auto repairs armed with nothing more than my Chiltons manual. (Of course I tend to stick with older cars that are easier to fix with wrenches, and if I need anything fancier the repairs exceed the replacement cost.)
But yeah, it's important to know where the line is, and not to cross it. Don't take apart anything you're not confident you can put back exactly like you found it.
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