User manual FRANKLIN 415-05

[. . . ] wine&spirits master040804. qxd 2006/9/15 6:28 PM Page 1 Wine Master Deluxe OPERATING MANUAL www. ExcaliburElectronics. com Model 415-04 wine&spirits master040804. qxd 2006/9/15 6:28 PM Page 2 The Wine Enthusiast Wine Master Deluxe TABLE OF CONTENTS The Wine Enthusiast Wine Master Deluxe gives you the information you need to make the best choices! 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 Installing Batteries . page Suggested Retail Price Wine Rating Winery Vintage Bottle Size Select for an official Wine Enthusiast ® review! You can scroll down to see three lines at a time to reveal complete information on more than 10, 500 wines! Do not drink unless you are of legal age. NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE! 3 2 wine&spirits master040804. qxd 2006/9/15 6:28 PM Page 4 ongratulations on your purchase of The Wine Enthusiast Wine Master Deluxe!You've acquired the f inest electronic guide to wine and spirits available--thanks to the team effort of Wine Enthusiast Magazine and Excalibur Electronics. [. . . ] Or if you select GRAPE-VARIETALS, yo u 'll get an alphabetical list of wine varietals to further choose from, such as BARBARESCO, BARBERA, BAROLO, etc. Selecting COUNTRY g ives an alphabetical list of countries or continents to choose from. If yo u search by PRICE you narrow your search by choosing among price categories, such as wines costing $9 or under, or those costing $100 or over. Selecting ONLY REVIEWS lets you choose from an alphabetical listing of all wines of that color for which reviews are provided. Note: If you select, for example, RED as the TYPE of wine with PINOT BLANC as the GRAPEVARIETAL, when you choose VIEW --SEARCHING BY RATING-- If you select RATING after choosing RATED WINES on the starting menu, yo u 'll see the following screen: For example, if you know what type of wine (red, white or rose) you are looking for, select RATED WINES on the starting menu, and then select TYPE. Selecting TYPE on the RATED WINES menu produces the following screen: RED WHITE ROSE SPARKLING DESSERT PORT-SHERRY If you scroll down, you'll find additional options on this screen: BEST BUYS EDITORS PICK CELLAR BUYS 98-99 CLASSIC 94-97 SUPERB 90-93 EXCELLENT 87-89 VERY GOOD 83-86 GOOD 80-82 ACCEPTABLE BEST BUYS provides you with an alphabetical list of the wines which Wine Enthusiast Magazine considers the best values. EDITORS PICK is the magazine's favorite wines s p e c i a l ly selected for delive r i n g high quality. And there's no need to worry, because Wine Master Deluxe lets you know how long to store the wine as well. By selecting 98-99, 94-97, 90-93, 13 The review is offered to give you a good idea of the wine's taste and special qualities. Use the SELECT or DOWN ARROWS to view the nex t three lines of a review. The first three lines of a review appear first on your screen, along with a small "+" after the third line if there are more lines in the review. C o n t i n u a l ly pressing the DOWN ARROW lets you read down the entire review. To return to the previous menu, press the LEFT button. 12 After selecting one of the above types, you then can choose from the following items: VIEW RESULTS GRAPEVARIETAL COUNTRY RATING PRICE ONLY REVIEWS Selecting VIEW RESULTS gives you a listing of wines of the color RESULTS, Wine Master Deluxe will search its entire database and eve n t u a l ly display SORRY NO WINE FOUND, because Pinot Blanc is not a red wine. During a lengthy search such as this, you may abort the search by simply pressing the LEFT key. wine&spirits master040804. qxd 2006/9/15 6:28 PM Page 14 87-89, 83-86 or 80-82, you are choosing to see information only about wines of one of those Wine Enthusiast Magazine's rating categories. After selecting a rating from the list, you can then select VIEW RESULTS to see an alphabetical list of those wines. You can also select to have those wines grouped according to PRICE, or you can choose to see only the wines of that category for which reviews have been provided. --WINES SAVED TO MEMORY-- The home menu also allows you to save up to 25 wines in Wine Master Deluxe memory for easy access and review. If you have nothing saved in Wine master Deluxe memory, [00] will appear next to SAVE on the menu. go to the wine of your choice and then press SAVE. MEM will appear at the top of the screen which lists the information for that wine. (If you change your mind about saving the information on this wine at this point, simply push SAVE a second time. The wine's information will be removed from your saved list, and MEM will disappear from the top of the screen. ) After saving a wine to Wine Master Deluxe's memory, if you return to the starting screen, you will see that [01] now appears next to SAVE on the menu. To retrieve the information for a wine which you have saved in Wine Master Deluxe's memory, simply select SAVED from the starting menu and then choose from the list of wines saved to memory by scrolling and then pressing SELECT. If you try to save a wine to Wine WINE RATINGS Master Deluxe's memory after having saved 25 wines, you will hear a sound indicating that the memory is full. [. . . ] Do not use cleaners with chemical agents. vocabulary becomes second nature to you as you learn to assess the wines you are drinking. --USING THE GLOSSARY-- Still another helpful feature of Wine Master Deluxe is the wine GLOSSARY, which can be selected from the starting menu. Here you can select from an alphabetical list of words used to discuss wine and quickly get a definition for a word. (Remember to press 3X or ABC in order to scroll more quickly. ) Choose BRUT, for example, and the term will be defined as follows: TERM FOR DRY CHAMPAGNE OR SPARKLING WINE. BATTERY INFORMATION · CAUTION: Batteries should be removed and replaced by adults only. · Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries. [. . . ]