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choice. 
Next, Recipe Master's main

index, including names of recipes

as well as subitems, will appear in

alphabetical order as shown

below:

11
ACORN SQUASH WITH

AIOLI 
...

>  DUCK       

Note: Only 11 characters per line

can appear on the LCD at one

time. Therefore “

ACORN SQUASH

WITH PEAS

will not all appear on

the LCD at once. Instead the line

of text will automatically scroll

right to left when you place the

marking arrow next to that line.

To control the speed with which

the line scrolls, see SET UP on

page 19.
Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

key repeat-

edly to scroll through the index

one line at a time, or hold either of

these keys down to scroll more

quickly. If you'd like to scroll

alphabetically by first letter

through the index, first press the

ABC

button. The “

ABC

icon will

then appear on the screen. (See

Using the 

ABC

Button

, page 8)

Then press 

UP

or 

DOWN

to move

alphabetically by first letter

through the index. When you

reach the initial letter you want,

press 

ABC

again to exit that mode.

Then resume using the 

UP

or

DOWN

keys to scroll through the

list item by item.
In the previous diagram, the left

arrow is positioned so that “

DUCK

will be selected if you press the

ON

/

ENTER

key. The number 11 at

the top of the diagram indicates to

you that Recipe Master includes

11 different entries for preparing

duck. If you press 

ON

/

ENTER

to

confirm your choice of duck, the

LCD will display the subindex

under “

DUCK

,” indicating all 11

entries. For example, you’ll see

the following:

BRAISED, WI
CHARCOAL-GR
IN RED WINE
RED-COOKED

Press 

UP

or 

DOWN

to scroll

through this subindex, and press

ON

/

ENTER

to make a selection. If

you choose “

RED

-

COOKED

,”

the

LCD will then show the following

7

6

After inserting new batteries,

press the 

RESET

on the back of

Recipe Master, and then press

ON

/

ENTER

to turn the unit on.

Your 

LCD

will display the icon

NEW YORK TIMES RECIPE MAS

-

TER

.”

Press any key to proceed to

the home menu.  (An icon of a

house will appear in the top right

corner of your screen.)
The home menu gives you seven

choices, but Recipe Master can

show only six lines of text at a

time on the LCD. The home menu

looks like this:

RECIPE 
SHOPPING LIST
MEASURING
TIMER
GLOSSARY AND TIPS
SET UP
SAVED [NONE]

Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

key to scroll

through all of the choices. As you

scroll, an arrow on the left marks

your position in the list. Press the

UP

or 

DOWN

key repeatedly if you

want to scroll one line at a time,

or hold one of those keys down if

you prefer to move through the

entire list quickly. After scrolling

to a desired item, simply press

ON

/

ENTER

to confirm your choice.

Then use the 

UP

or 

DOWN

arrow

keys to page down or up through

the text.

SEARCHING FOR A RECIPE

To search for a recipe, select

RECIPE

from the home menu by

scrolling to it and then pressing

ON

/

ENTER

. The LCD will display

a new menu:

INDEX
CATEGORY
RATING
DIFFICULTY

This menu shows you that there

are four ways to search for a

recipe—by index, category, rating

or level of difficulty. See below

for more information on each of

these methods. 

Searching by index

The first way to find a recipe is to

search the main index. To do this,

press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

key to place

the arrow next to 

INDEX

, and then

press 

ON

/

ENTER

to confirm your

Getting Started with Recipe Master

 

Summary of Contents for 457

Page 1: ...Model No 457 Operating Manual www ExcaliburElectronics com Recipe Master Excalibur Electronics ...

Page 2: ... For high quality and convenience Recipe Master is unmatched 3 The legendary King Arthur brandished a magic sword Excalibur from which we take our company name With this unique weapon in his hands he could not be vanquished 2003 The New York Times Company The New York Times logo is a registered trademark of The New York Times Company Although Excalibur Electronics can t claim the magical secrets o...

Page 3: ... recipe to favorites You can store up to 25 recipe names in memory Also press this key to save the ingredients of a recipe to your shopping list ABC Press this key to scroll through a list quickly using the UP or DOWN buttons jumping from one alphabetical first letter to the next An ABC icon will appear on the upper right of the screen Press ABC a second time to turn this feature off UP Press this...

Page 4: ...KED Press UP or DOWN to scroll through this subindex and press ON ENTER to make a selection If you choose RED COOKED the LCD will then show the following 7 6 After inserting new batteries press the RESET on the back of Recipe Master and then press ON ENTER to turn the unit on Your LCD will display the icon NEW YORK TIMES RECIPE MAS TER Press any key to proceed to the home menu An icon of a house w...

Page 5: ...ther than searching through the INDEX Press the UP or DOWN keys to scroll to CATEGORY and press ON ENTER The cate gories will then be displayed in alphabetical order 9 8 65 APPETIZERS BREADS DESSERTS EGGS LU FISH AND SH V MEATS In the diagram above the arrow is shown marking APPETIZERS The number 65 at the top indicates that you will find 65 entries if you select APPETIZERS Press UP or DOWN to scr...

Page 6: ...al order If you select one of the recipes from that list you will then move to the instruction menu presenting some or all of the following ANECDOTE ASSEMBLY INGREDI ENTS PREPARATION NOTE RATE or DIFFICULTY See Following an Instruction Menu below Searching for a recipe by level of difficulty In addition to searching for a recipe by using INDEX CATEGORY or RATING you can also choose to view recipes...

Page 7: ...ter first viewing any steps of ASSEMBLY listed for a recipe see above press UP or DOWN to scroll through an instruction menu and Remember to look at the ASSEM BLY information before starting to prepare a recipe because you ll find essential information includ ed here For example the recipe for Visidantine Almond Tart lists the ingredients and steps to follow for making the tart s pastry shell unde...

Page 8: ...e home menu and then select ADD Your LCD will then display then press ON ENTER to select PREPARATION You ll want to review the procedure to be fol lowed in preparing a recipe The preparation will be displayed in steps and the beginning of each step is displayed on its own line showing the first 11 characters of each step Press UP or DOWN to scroll to one of the steps and then press ON ENTER to con...

Page 9: ...ces BY NAME and BY CATEGO RY If you select BY NAME you will then see an alphabetical list of grocery items to choose from Use the ABC key to scroll through the list quickly Move your cur sor to the desired item and then press SAVE The screen will flash SAVED TO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS and then return to the list Or you may prefer to search for grocery items organized BY CATE GORY First select BY CATEGORY...

Page 10: ...pe of your choice and again press ON ENTER The instruction menu for that recipe will appear Next press Conversion If you d like to find out how to convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius or check the metric equivalent of a US measurement or vice versa select CONVERSION and press ON ENTER Then press the UP or DOWN key to scroll through the following choices TEMPERATURE U S TO METRIC and METRIC TO U ...

Page 11: ...he home menu The message SAVED NONE or SAVED X will be shown The number in brackets shows how many recipes you have saved If no recipes are saved and you press ON ENTER NO DATA will appear on the LCD If recipes have been saved use the UP or DOWN key to scroll to a recipe and press ON ENTER to confirm The instruction menu for that recipe will then appear on screen with choices such as ANEC DOTE ING...

Page 12: ...t shipped postage prepaid and insured to the factory address shown at right The warranty covers normal con sumer use and does not cover damage that occurs in shipment or failure that results from alterations accident misuse abuse neglect wear and tear inadequate maintenance commercial use or unreasonable use of the unit Removal of the top panel voids all warranties This warranty does not cover cos...

Page 13: ...Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Ave Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 www ExcaliburElectronics com ...

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