Franklin Parker's Wine Guide WNG-2009 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
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User’s Guide
WNG-2009

Electronic Publishers
Cartridge
Wine Guide
Based on Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide
P ARKER ’ S

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Contents
region, rating and more. There are also
reference topics with detailed informa-
tion including maps.
Use your BOOKMAN to read this car-
tridge. See “Installing Cartridges” to
learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
With this
Parker’s Wine Guide you can
find definitive information on recent vin-
tages, 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
Viewing Other Topics ..................................................... 11
Advanced Tips................................................................ 11
Cartridge Care ............................................................... 12
Resetting BOOKMAN ..................................................... 12
Limited Warranty ............................................................ 13
Index .............................................................................. 14

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Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Accents a typed letter.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
UP
DN
Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sends a word between
books.
✩
+
DN
Shows next item or match;
lightens screen contrast at
menus.
✩
+
UP
Shows previous item or
match; darkens screen
contrast at menus.
✩
+ Go to the bottom or top of a
menu.
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears to the Search screen.
MENU 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 help messages.
?✱
Shows a full menu item or types a
? to stand for an unknown letter
in a word; shifted, types an
✽ to
stand for a series of unknown
letters.
Key Guide
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.

4
Installing Cartridges
Warning: Never install or remove a
cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If
you do, information that you entered
in its built-in book and in an installed
cartridge will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the car-
tridge with the notches in
the slot.
4. Press the cartridge until it
snaps 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 Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, informa-
tion that you entered in the
removed cartridge will be erased.

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Using the Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
your BOOKMAN change functions ac-
cording to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a car-
tridge book is selected, the color keys
function as labelled on that cartridge.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MAN books in cartridges function as
labelled on their cartridges, not as on
the keyboard.
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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. Press or repeatedly to
adjust the screen contrast.
Changing Settings
➤Another Way to Change
Contrast
You can also adjust the contrast
by holding
✩
and pressing the
DN
and
UP
keys at menus.

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Before you start using this book, you may
want to view a demonstration of what it
can do.
Once you have installed and selected
the cartridge, press
MENU
and then the
arrow keys to highlight
View Demo on
the Other menu. Then press
ENTER
to
view the demonstration.
If you want to stop the demonstration,
press
CLEAR
.
Searching for WinesViewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press the Direction keys to
read it. To 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. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type the name of a winery
(e.g., fetzer).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
twice.
Press
?
✻
to view the full menu item.
4. Select a wine type.
5. Select a year, if needed.
6. Press the Direction keys to read.
The Direction keys are listed in
the Key Guide.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Finding Wines by Criteria
Finding Wines by Name
You can also find wines by name sim-
ply by typing its name at the Wines
menu. You usually need to type only
the first few letters. Try this example.
1. Press
WINES
(red).
Or select Wines from the Topics
menu.
2. Start typing the name of a win-
ery (e.g., Kistler Vineyards).
3. Press
ENTER
when the name is
highlighted.
4. Select a wine type and a year,
if needed.
5. Press
BACK
to go back.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
You can locate wines by their variety,
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. Select Rating Range from Locate.
6. Select 90+ as the rating range.
The asterisks show that no wines priced
under $10 are rated 95+ or 100.
➤Viewing the Next or Previous
Wine
When a wine description or other
topic is in view, hold
✩
and press
DN
to view the next description or
hold
✩
and press
UP
to view the
previous one.

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Finding Wines by Criteria
7. Press to view the matches.
You can select more criteria now by
first pressing . The menu shows
the number of wineries with matches.
8. Select a producer and then a
wine, if needed.
9. Press
BACK
to back up.
The wine ratings in this cartridge 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.
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
When reading wine descriptions or other
topics, you can highlight varieties, terms,
and certain other words and then search
for other occurrences of them.
1. Press
WINES
(red).
2. Press
ENTER
twice to view the
description of the first wine
(Acacia).
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 Pinot producing wineries
appears.
7. Select a producer or press
BACK
repeatedly to back up.

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Viewing Maps
This wine guide includes detailed maps
of important wine-producing areas and
growing regions.
1. Press
MAPS
(blue).
Or select Maps under Topics .
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.
➤Finding Spellings
If you are unsure of how to spell a
word, type a
? in place of each
unknown letter. Or type the letters
you 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 world.
1. Press
RGNS
(yellow) or select
Viticultural Information from
the Topics menu.
2. Select an area (e.g., Alsace).
3. Select a subject
(e.g., Introduction).
4. Press the Direction keys to read.
5. Press
BACK
to back up.

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Finding Drinkable Years
You can find the best years in which
to drink Bordeaux, California Cabernet
Sauvignon, Red Burgundy, and Rhone
Valley wines by producers and of vin-
tages.
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 to scroll down.
6. Press
BACK
to back up.
Rating General Vintages
You can find general vintage ratings for
selected growing regions. NOTE: 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
?
✻
when that
line is highlighted.
➤Finding a Single Drinkable Year
To find the wines that are drinkable in
a single, specific year, first select
Drinkable Years from Topics . Next,
select
Drinkable from Locate . Then
select a year, press , and follow
Steps 2-5 above.

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Advanced Tips
➤Deselecting a Subtopic
You know a menu item is selected
when a check mark appears next
to it. To deselect an item, press
ENTER
when the checked item is
highlighted.
➤Understanding Producer
Ratings
According to Robert M. Parker,
Jr., those producers with four to
five stars have been selected
because (1) they make the
greatest 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
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... tells you how to buy, serve,
and store wine, as well as providing
other useful information.
Cellaring a decade or more recom-
mends wines by area and variety worth
storing for ten years or more.

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Resetting BOOKMAN
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re-
spond, or if its screen performs errati-
cally, first press
CLEAR
and then press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
the steps below to reset it.
Warning: Pressing the reset button
with more than very light pressure may
permanently disable your BOOKMAN.
In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases
settings and information entered into its
built-in book, and in an installed cartridge.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, 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.
Caution: Touching these electrical
contacts with statically charged
objects, including your fingers, could
erase information entered in a
cartridge or built-in book.
• Do not expose the cartridges
to heat, cold, or liquids.
• Do not put excessive pressure
on the cartridges.
LBS.

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Copyrights & Patents
Model WNG-2009
• size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm
• weight: 0.4 oz.
© 1994-1995 Franklin Electronic
Publisher, Inc., Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
USA. All rights reserved.
© 1994 Robert M. Parker Jr.
All rights reserved.
BOOKMAN is a trademark of Sherwin
M. Borsuk. Used under license.
FCC Notice: Complies with the limits
for a Class B computing device pursu-
ant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause
harmful interference; and (2) This device
must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618;
5,113,340; 5,218,536; 5,249,965.
European Patent 0 136 379.
PATENTS PENDING
ISBN 1-56712-142-X
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In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN
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of purchase. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund your
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Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under
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Index
?* key 10
Arrow keys 6
Asterisks 7
Auto-resume 4
Cartridges
caring for 12
installing 4
Changing settings 5
Color keys
using 5
Demonstration 6
Deselecting a subtopic 11
FCC notice 13
Finding wines
by criteria 7
by name 6
Help, finding 6
Highlighting 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
FRB-28008-00 Printed in U.S.
P/N 7201498 Rev. A


Electronic Publishers
™
User’s Guide
WNG-2009

Electronic Publishers
Cartridge
Wine Guide
Based on Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide
P ARKER ’ S