Menu control
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1. A menu control for electrical appliances having a screen menu (1) which can be operated by means of direction buttons (8) and a selection button (9), wherein the screen menu has a list area (3) for menu objects, and an instruction area (4) for the menu instructions for the selected menu object.
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Abstract
A menu control for an electrical appliance having a screen menu (1) which is subdivided into an information area (2), a list area (3) for menu objects and a command area (4) for menu commands.
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1. A menu control for electrical appliances having a screen menu (1) which can be operated by means of direction buttons (8) and a selection button (9),
wherein the screen menu has a list area (3) for menu objects, and an instruction area (4) for the menu instructions for the selected menu object.
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10. A menu control method for electrical appliances having a screen menu (1) which can be operated by means of direction buttons (8) and a selection button (9), comprising:
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providing a screen menu arrangement having a list area (3) for menu objects and a command area (4) for menu commands for a selected menu object, and operating substantially all menu-controllable appliance functions with the direction buttons (8) and the selection button (9) via the list area (3) and the command area (4), using the same screen menu arrangement.
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