—USING THE ABC
BUTTON—
If you’d like to scroll through the cat and dog indexes more quickly by alphabetical first letter, press ABC. “ABC MODE ON” will flash on the screen. Then use the UP or DOWN buttons to proceed through the list by alphabetical first letter. (Note that the list begins again with the initial letter “A” after you have scrolled through the “Z” listings.)
When you reach the desired initial letter, press ABC again to turn this mode off. Then press the UP or DOWN ARROW to scroll line by line until you have found the item you are searching for. Press ON/ENTER to select that entry.
ABC is also available for scrolling the list of common cat illnesses.
—FINDING PET- FRIENDLY HOTELS AND
MOTELS WHEN YOU
NEED ONE!—
Many pet owners have awakened to the fact that the more they involve a pet in their lives, the greater the rewards. Today it's not at all unusu- al for a pet to be included in the family's vacation plan, rather than be left behind wearing a long face in some kennel. With this in mind,
Pet Master provides you with:
1.Names, addresses and phone numbers of pet motels across the US and Canada, and
2.Names, addresses and phone numbers of hotels in major metro- politan centers where you and your pet will be welcomed.
To find a
—FINDING EMERGENCY
VETERINARY HELP
WHEN YOU’RE AWAY
FROM HOME—
Again with pet travel in mind, Pet Master also gives you addresses and phone numbers for emergency veterinary contacts across the United States and Canada, in the hope of assisting you should you and your pet suddenly find your- selves in need of medical help. The
US facilities are grouped by state and then alphabetically by town. The Canadian listings are grouped by province and then aphabetically by town.
Begin by selecting “EMERGENCY VET” from Pet Master’s starting menu, and then press UP or DOWN, and ON/ENTER to find assistance nearest to your location.
—STORING IMPORTANT
PHONE NUMBERS—
Selecting “MY INFORMATION” from the starting menu lets you keep important phone numbers handy for calling your vets, groomers, pet stores and others when you need to. (It also gives you a place to keep track of your pet’s birthday and year!)
Use UP or DOWN to scroll to “MY INFORMATION,” then select it by pressing ON/ENTER. You’ll see the following submenu:
VETS
BIRTHDAYS
BOARDING
GROOMERS
PET STORES
SHELTERS
SITTERS
TRAINERS
TO STORE PHONE NUMBERS
If, for example, you’d like to store a phone number for one of your vet- erinarians, first scroll to ”VETS” and then press ON/ENTER to select it. Then press ON/ENTER again to select ”VET 1:.” On the screen you’ll see ”NAME:” flashing. Press ON/ENTER, and you’ll see that a screen appears showing a keyboard like on typewriters and computers.
Use any of the arrow buttons to move around the letters. When you stop at the first letter of the veteri- narian’s name you want to enter, the letter will flash and you should press ON/ENTER. Now you’ll see that that first letter is stored below on your screen. Continue using the arrow keys and ON/ENTER to spell out the name of your veterinarian. When you have spelled the name, press SAVE.
Pet Master will return now to the previous screen, and the first of 10 “0’S” will be flashing. Press UP or DOWN until the first digit of the telephone number you want to enter appears, then press ON/ENTER to confirm. Then the next zero will flash. Continue in this manner to enter all the digits of the phone number you want to store. When you come to the last digit, after
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