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USER’S MANUAL

WNG-400

Summary of Contents for Parker's Wine Guide WNG-400

Page 1: ...Wine Guide PARKER S E L E C T R O N I C PARKER S Electronic Publishers Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 USER S MANUAL WNG 400 ...

Page 2: ...ns are evalu ated as well as most of the current and up coming releases in the marketplace If you cannot find a specific vintage of a highly re garded wine you still have at your fingertips a wealth of information and evaluations con cerning the best producers for each viticultural area At the heart of this book is an impartial and comprehensive consumer s guide to the world s finest most consiste...

Page 3: ...stration 7 Setting the Shutoff Time 7 Using the Menus 8 Tips for Beginners 9 Searching by Name 10 Searching by Criteria 11 Understanding Wine Ratings 12 Highlighting Words to Search 13 Viewing Viticultural Information 14 Viewing Maps 15 Another Way to View Maps 15 Rating General Vintages 16 Getting Started Locating Wines Using Other Topics ...

Page 4: ...fications 20 Product Care 20 FCC Notice 20 Copyrights Patents and ISBN 20 Limited Warranty 21 Index 22 Some screen shots in this User s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen These variations do not mean that your electronic reference is malfunc tioning About the Illustrations Contents Appendixes ...

Page 5: ...ry menu Shows the Regions menu Shows the Maps menu Clears your search Turns the product on or off Makes an entry CLEAR HELP MENU GLOSS WINES RGNS MAPS ON OFF ENTER You can turn this product off at any time When you turn the product on again you return to the last screen you viewed Resuming Where You Left Off ...

Page 6: ...ection Shows the text of the next or previous menu item At menus lightens or dark ens the screen contrast Page up or down Pages down Zoom up or down Shifts top row of keys to type numbers Shows a complete menu item in text or types a period Accents a typed letter Types an apostrophe Other Keys ACNT Hold SHIFT while pressing the other key ...

Page 7: ...plus signs facing you 5 Replace the battery cover The first time you use this product a brief demonstration appears automatically You may also want to adjust the screen con trast NOTE You can adjust the contrast only when menus are in view 1 Press ON OFF 2 Press CLEAR to stop the demo The entry screen appears 3 Press MENU and then press NEXT or PREV to adjust the screen con trast Installing the Ba...

Page 8: ...NU 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight the Other menu 3 Highlight Disable Demo 4 Press ENTER The shutoff time is how long the product will stay on if you forget to turn it off 1 Highlight Set Shutoff on the Other menu 2 Press ENTER to select it 3 Highlight a time 4 Press ENTER Getting Started Setting the Shutoff Time Disabling the Demonstration ...

Page 9: ...rrow keys to highlight the menu at the far left 3 Hold SHIFT and press or to zoom to the bottom or top of the menu 4 Hold SHIFT and press NEXT or PREV to page down or up 5 Start typing a word As you type menu items are high lighted NOTE You do not need to type capital letters or spaces To erase a letter press BACK 6 Press ENTER to view a highlighted item 7 Press CLEAR when done ...

Page 10: ... a help message by pressing HELP To read the message use the direction keys To exit help press BACK You can also read an overview of the main functions and keys by selecting Tutorial from the Other menu Some wine names and other menu items are followed by ellipses because they are too long to fit on one line At any highlighted menu item press to view the complete item ...

Page 11: ...pe only a few letters to highlight what you want 1 Press WINES Or select Wines from the Topics menu 2 Press CLEAR 3 Type the name of a winery e g fetzer To erase a letter press BACK 4 Press ENTER twice 5 Select a wine type 6 Select a year 7 Press or SPACE to read 8 Press CLEAR when done Searching by Name ...

Page 12: ...locate wines that fit more than one criteria In this example we will find highly rated wines priced under 10 1 Press WINES 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 Select Rating Range from Locate ...

Page 13: ...to back up The wine ratings in this guide are those of Robert M Parker Jr the author of Parker s Wine Buyer s Guide He writes that a rating of 90 100 is the equivalent of an A in school given for outstanding or special effort Ratings of 80 89 equal a B Many of the wines that fall into this range are great values 70 79 represents a C or average mark Be low 70 is a D or F the sign of an unbalanced f...

Page 14: ...ch for other occurrences of them in this guide 1 Press WINES 2 Press ENTER twice to view the description of the first listed wine 3 Press SPACE to page down 4 Press ENTER to start the highlight 5 Press repeatedly to highlight Pinot 6 Press ENTER to search for the word A list of producers of Pinot wines appears 7 Select a producer or press BACK repeatedly to go back ...

Page 15: ...r ations buying strategies and other sub jects regarding various wine producing areas around the world 1 Press RGNS or select Viticultural Information from Topics 2 Select an area e g Alsace 3 Select a subject e g Introduction 4 Press or SPACE to move down 5 Press BACK repeatedly to back up ...

Page 16: ...gions 1 Press MAPS 2 Select a country e g France 3 Select an area e g Alsace Northern 4 Press SPACE to page down 5 Press BACK repeatedly to back up Viewing Maps You can also find maps by selecting Viticultural Information from the Topics menu selecting an area and then select ing a map Another Way to View Maps ...

Page 17: ...d growing regions NOTE Accord ing to Robert Parker Jr these ratings should be regarded as very general with many exceptions 1 Select General Vintage Guide from Topics 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 ...

Page 18: ...f vari ous vintages 1 Select Drinkable Years from Topics 2 Select a variety e g Bordeaux 3 Select a producer e g Ausone 4 Select a vintage e g 1975 5 Press BACK repeatedly to back up To find wines that are drinkable in a spe cific year first select Drinkable Years from Topics Next select Drinkable from Locate Then select a year press and follow Steps 2 5 above Finding a Single Drink able Year ...

Page 19: ...ct them from the Topics menu and then select their menu items Here are brief descriptions Glossary explains wine tasting terms from acetic to woody How To tells you how to buy serve and store wine as well as providing other use ful information Cellaring a decade or more recom mends wines by area and variety worth storing for ten years or more ...

Page 20: ...ype numbers hold SHIFT and press a key on the top row of letters Q P Selecting a Topic You can select some topics such as the Glossary either by pressing its function key GLOSS or by selecting it from the Topics menu Glossary Viewing the Next or Previous Item When a wine description or other topic is in view press NEXT to view the next description or item or PREV to view the previous one Advanced ...

Page 21: ...ct the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information This product complies with the limits for a Class B com puting device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two condi tions 1 This device may not cause harmful interfer ence and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undes ired operation...

Page 22: ...anty ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDINGANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FORAPARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED IN DURATION TO THAT OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASE THE WARRANTYAND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVEARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYERAND END USER IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SALE OR USE ...

Page 23: ... 4 Main menus navigating 8 viewing 8 Maps 15 Menus 8 Next key 8 19 Numbers typing 19 Patents 20 Period key 9 Prev key 8 19 Product care 20 Screen contrast 6 Searching for a wine by categories 11 by name 10 Selecting a topic 19 Shift key combinations 5 8 paging 8 zooming 8 Shutoff time adjusting 7 defined 7 Tips advanced 19 beginner 9 Typing letters 8 numbers 19 Viewing complete menu items 9 help m...

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