Franklin WNG-110 User manual

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WNG-110

Wine Guide

PARKER’S

ELECTRONIC

User’s Manual

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.)

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.

PRICE

RATING

ON/OFF

HELP

BACK

CLEAR

ENTER

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.

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).

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

Small Font

the Other menu.

2. Press ENTER to select a font size.

3. Press CLEAR when done.

▼▼

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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