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Electronic Publishers

User’s Guide

WNG-2009

Electronic Publishers

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Wine Guide

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Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide

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Summary of Contents for Parker's Wine Guide WNG-2009

Page 1: ... Electronic Publishers User s Guide WNG 2009 Cartridge Wine Guide Based on Robert Parker s Wine Buyer s Guide PARKER S ...

Page 2: ...RIDGE on a single FRANKLIN BOOK MAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE or of the data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copy ing would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE You may not export or r...

Page 3: ...prices and ratings for over 7 500 wines You can search from nine categories including price growing Installing Cartridges and Selecting Books 4 Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings 5 Viewing a Demonstration 6 Searching for Wines 6 Finding Wines by Name and Criteria 7 Highlighting Search Words 8 Viewing Viticultural Info 9 Viewing Maps 9 Rating General Vintages 10 Finding Drinkable Years 10 V...

Page 4: ...NU Shows the main menus WINES red Shows the Wines menu GLOSS green Shows the Glossary RGNS yellow Shows the Regions menu MAPS blue Shows the Maps menu CARD Exits the selected book ON OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off Other Keys BACK Backs up erases letters or stops the highlight in text CAP Shifts keys to type punctuation ENTER Enters a name selects a menu item or starts the highlight in text HELP Shows...

Page 5: ...into place Selecting Books Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN you must select which book you want to use 1 Turn BOOKMAN on 2 Press CARD These are sample books 3 Press or to highlight the book you want to use 4 Press ENTER to select it Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen When you turn BOOKMAN on again the screen that you last viewed appears Removing C...

Page 6: ... as labelled on their cartridges not as on the keyboard You can adjust the shutoff time and the screen contrast The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off 1 Press MENU 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight Set Shutoff on the Other menu 3 Press ENTER 4 Highlight a setting 5 Press ENTER to select it Or press BACK to exit without changing the setting 6 Press CLEAR 7 Pres...

Page 7: ...exit help press BACK To read a tutorial of how to use the main functions and keys of this cartridge select Tutorial from the Other menu Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the menus or to view more text Finding a wine is easy Simply enter its producer winery or name at the Search screen You cannot type capi tals 1 Pres...

Page 8: ...ety country vintage price range and other criteria You can even locate wines that fit more than one criteria In this ex ample we will find highly rated wines priced under 10 1 Press WINES red 2 Select Price Range from Locate 3 Press ENTER to select Under 10 A check marks your selection 4 Press BACK to go back to the Locate menu The bullet shows that Price Range is selected 5 SelectRatingRangefromL...

Page 9: ...wines that fall into this range are great values 70 79 represents a C or average mark Below 70 is a D or F the sign of an unbalanced flawed or terribly dull or diluted wine Understanding Wine Ratings Highlighting Search Words Whenreadingwinedescriptionsorother topics youcanhighlightvarieties terms andcertainotherwordsandthensearch for other occurrences of them 1 Press WINES red 2 Press ENTER twice...

Page 10: ... know and then type an at the end Then press ENTER To type an hold CAP and press Selecting a Topic You can select some topics such as the Glossary either by pressing its function key GLOSS green or by selecting it from the Topics menu Glossary Viewing Viticultural Info You can read about quality consider ations buying strategies and other subjects regarding various wine pro ducing areas around the...

Page 11: ...E Ac cording to Robert Parker Jr these ratings should be regarded as very general with many exceptions 1 Select General Vintage Guide from the Topics menu 2 Select an area e g Bordeaux 3 Select a growing region e g Graves 4 Select a vintage e g 1970 5 Press BACK repeatedly to back up Viewing Full Menu Items Some names and menu items are too long to fit onto one line To see the whole name press whe...

Page 12: ... remarkably consistent and reliable even in mediocre and poor vintages Outstanding Excellent Good Average Below average Viewing Other Topics You can become a true oenophile i e wine connoisseur by reading the other topics in this guide Select them from the Topics menu and then select their menu items Here are brief descrip tions Glossary explains wine tasting terms from acetic to woody How To tell...

Page 13: ...ppens try Step 2 2 Use a paperclip to gently press BOOKMAN s reset button The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole on the back of BOOK MAN Look for it on the battery cover or near the cartridge slot Troubleshooting Make sure your cartridge is installed correctly Check that the cartridge s metal contacts are dirt and dust free Cartridge Care Do not touch the metal contacts on the cartridges...

Page 14: ...ng any dealer other than FRANKLIN This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN Batteries corrosion or battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty NO FRANKLIN DEALER AGENT OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY ...

Page 15: ...hlighting words 8 Installing a cartridge 4 Maps viewing 9 Patents 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 12 Selecting a book 4 Selecting a topic 9 Shutoff changing 5 setting 5 Spelling finding spellings 9 Topics menu cellaring a decade or more 11 drinkable years 10 general vintage guide 10 glossary 11 how to 11 maps 9 viticultural information 9 Tutorial 6 Warranty 13 Wine ratings general vintages 10 understanding 8...

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