User Manual NuWave 33201 Nutri-Pot Digital Pressure Cooker 8-quart

It is more than just a pressure cooker. It has a "sear" function, canning, rice cooker, and slow cooker functions. It has settings to do soups, meats, potatoes, poultry and several other presets.

With the lid sealed, move your free hand clockwise 1quarter. Lift up the top of that plastic protrusion.

This pressure cooker has 11 preset cooking functions: Rice, Multigrain, Soup, Meat/Stew, Poultry, Beans, Fish, Steam/Veggies, Potatoes, Bake, and Canning
It also has these functions:
Slow Cook, Sear, Delay, and Warm settings
It comes with an instruction book.

No, it will set the setting automatically depending on what you are cooking