Franklin WNG-110 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
WNG-110
Wine Guide
PARKER’S
ELECTRONIC
User’s Manual

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Introduction
This electronic wine guide provides ratings for
hundreds of wine producers and over 8,000
wines based on
Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide .
Wine producers are rated by stars (one to five),
five being “outstanding.” Wines are rated by
numbers (50 to 100). You can find the perfect
wine instantly by variety name, country, area,
growing region, producer rating, vintage, price
range, wine color, and rating range.
“This book is both an educational and buying
manual; it is not an encyclopedic listing of wine
producers and growers. It is intended to make
you a more formidable, more confident wine
buyer....You should be confident in the knowl-
edge that you will rarely make a mistake (un-
less, of course, the vintage is absolutely
dreadful) if you go with a producer judged “out-
standing” or “excellent.” (From
Parker’s Wine
Buyer’s Guide
, 3rd ed.)
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Key Guide
Function Keys
Shows the main menus.
Shows the previous match.
Shows the next match.
Shows the Price menu.
Shows the Wine Rating menu.
Turns the product on and off.
Shows a help message.
Clears a search.
Backs up a space or erases a letter.
Enters a word or selects an item.
Direction Keys
Shows a full menu item.
Move left or right.
Move up or down.
MENU
PREV
NEXT
PRICE
RATING
ON/OFF
HELP
BACK
CLEAR
ENTER
?

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Getting Started
✓Disabling the Demonstration
To disable the demonstration, first press
MENU. Then, press to highlight
Other and
then press ENTER. Highlight
Disable Demo
and press ENTER to disable it. To enable the
demo, repeat these steps.
✓Viewing Help Information
You can view help information at most screens
by pressing HELP. To exit help, press BACK.
✓ About Auto-Resume
This product has an auto-resume feature.
You can turn it off at any time. When you turn
it on again, you return to the last screen you
viewed.
The first time you use the Wine Guide, a brief
demonstration appears.
1. Press ON/OFF.
2. Press CLEAR to stop the demonstration.
3. Press or repeatedly to adjust the
screen contrast.
NOTE: You can also adjust the screen
contrast by pressing NEXT and PREV at
the main menus.

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Changing Settings
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to view more.
You can change the shutoff time and the font
size. The shutoff time is how many minutes the
Wine Guide stays on if you forget to turn it off.
The font size can be small (3 lines) or large (2
lines).
T o Change the Shutoff Time
1. Press MENU.
2. Highlight the Other menu.
3. Press ENTER to select it.
4. Select
Set Shutoff .
5. Highlight a time and then press ENTER
to select it.
To Change the Font Size
1. Highlight Large Font or Small Font on
the Other menu.
2. Press ENTER to select a font size.
3. Press CLEAR when done.
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Menus Map
LOCATE OTHER WINES
List of
over
8000
wines
Rating
Range
Wine
Color
Price
Range
Vintage
Producer
Rating
Growing
Region
Area
Country
Variety
Name Tutorial
Dis/Enable
Demo
Copyright
Set Shutoff
Large/
Small Font
Here is a map of the Wine Guide’s menus. To
use them, press MENU and then select a
menu item.

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Finding Wines by Name
Finding a wine is easy. Simply type its pro-
ducer, winery, or name at the entry screen.
1. Press CLEAR.
This is the entry screen.
2. Type the name of a wine, winery, or
producer (e.g.,
Fetzer ).
To erase a letter, press BACK.
To type a space, press .
3. Press ENTER twice.
4. Select a wine type.
To view the full item, see note below.
5. Select a year.
6. Press to read the rating.
7. Press CLEAR to clear your search.
✓Viewing Full Menu Items
Many wine names and other menu items
are followed by ellipses because they are
too long to fit on one line. At any high-
lighted menu item, press ? to view the
complete item.

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Scanning the Wines Menu
Another way to find a wine is to type its name
at the Wines menu. Usually you need to type
only a few letters to highlight the wine you
want. Try this.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press ENTER to select
Wines .
3. Start typing a wine (e.g., Z. Moore Winery ).
You don’t need to type capitals, or spaces.
4. Press ENTER when it is highlighted.
5. Select a wine.
6. Press to read the rating.
7. Press BACK to back up.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
✓What if I Misspell a Wine?
Type your guess at the entry screen and
press ENTER. Highlight a correction and then
press ENTER to view its rating.

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Locating Wines by Ratings
The stars beside a wine producer or grower’s
name rates the winery. The numbers rate the
individual vintage. Use the RATING key to look
up wines by their rating.
1. Press RATING.
2. Highlight a wine rating, then press ENTER.
3. Press to view the matches.
4. Select a wine, and year if needed.
✓Understanding Producer Ratings
According to Robert M. Parker, Jr., those
producers with four to five stars have been
selected because (1) they make the great-
est wine of their viticultural region, and (2)
they are remarkably consistent and reliable
even in mediocre and poor vintages.
✽✽✽✽✽ Outstanding
✽✽✽✽ Excellent
✽✽✽ Good
✽✽ Average
✽Below average

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You can locate a wine by nine categories: va-
riety name, country, area, growing region, pro-
ducer rating, vintage, price range, wine color,
and rating range. The following example
shows how to select wines using one category.
1. Press MENU.
2. Select the Locate menu.
3. Press to highlight a category
(e.g., Wine Color ).
4. Press ENTER to select it.
5. Select a wine color (e.g.,
Rose ).
6. Press to view the matches.
7. Select a match.
8. Press BACK to go back to the matches.
9. Press CLEAR when done.
Locating by One Category