Franklin EST-5014 Owner's manual

14-Language

Speaking Global

Translator

EST-5014

User’s Guide

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this User’s Guide should be read to them by an adult and their use of

the device should be monitored. Failure to do so may cause injury.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................... 3

Battery Precautions ................... 4

Product Care .............................. 5

Replacing the Batteries ............. 6

Resetting Your Product ............. 7

Understanding Your Device ...... 8

Using the Special Features ........ 9

Key Guide ................................. 10

Getting Started ........................ 12

Changing the Source

and Target Languages ............. 13

Changing the Settings ............ 14

Translating Words .................... 15

Finding Letters in Words ......... 17

Other Input Methods ............... 17

Translating Phrases ................. 19

Using the Dictionary ............... 19

Using Phone Book,

Schedule and Memo ................ 21

Using a Password ..................... 24

Timer ......................................... 25

Stopwatch ................................ 26

Using the Clock ........................ 27

Calculator ................................. 28

Using the Metric Converter ..... 29

Using the

Currency Converter ................. 30

Playing the Games ................... 31

Using Personal Dictionaries ..... 34

Connecting Your Device .......... 36

Copying Files to Your Device ......37

Specications ........................... 40

Recycling and Disposal ........... 40

FCC Notice (U.S. only) .............. 41

Disclaimer of Warranties ......... 42

Limited Warranty

(EU and Switzerland) ............... 42

Limited Warranty (outside

U.S., EU and Switzerland) ........ 42

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .... 43

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the 14-Language Speaking Global Translator!

With your translator, you can:

• translatetoandfrom14languages,including:Arabic,Chinese,Dutch,

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese,

Russian, Spanish, and Turkish;

• lookuptranslationsofthousandsofwords;

• findtranslationsofhundredsofconversationalphrases;

• hearrecordedpronunciationsofwordsandphrasesineachlanguage;

• changeeasilybetweensourceandtargetlanguages;

• inputlettersinRussian,KoreanandArabic;

• lookupdefinitionsofEnglishwordsusingMerriam-Webster's

Paperback Dictionary;

• saveyourownwordsanddefinitionsintheUserDictionary;

• connectyourdevicetoaPCtobackupandedityourUserDictionary;

• usethebacklightandadjustthefontsizeoftranslationforclearer

viewing;

• performbasicarithmeticusingthebuilt-incalculator;

• convertmeasurementsandcurrencyusingthemetricandcurrency

converters;

• keepthetimewithlocalandworldclock.

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Your product is powered by two AAA batteries.

• Differenttypesofbatteriesornewandusedbatteriesshouldnotbe

mixed.

• Non-rechargeablebatteriesarenottobere-charged.Neverrecharge

batteries that come with the device.

• Rechargeablebatteriesaretoberemovedfromthedevicebefore

being charged.

• Rechargeablebatteriesareonlytobechargedunderadult

supervision.

• Onlybatteriesofthesameorequivalenttypeasrecommendedareto

be used.

• Thesupplyterminalsarenottobeshort-circuited.

• Donotexposebatteriestodirectheatortrytotakebatteriesapart.

Follow the battery manufacturer’s instructions for battery use.

• Alwaysremoveaweakordeadbatteryfromthedevice.

• Toavoiddamagecausedbyleakageofthebatteryfluid,replacethe

battery or batteries once every two years regardless of how much the

device has been used during that time.

• Shouldabatteryleak,thedevicemaybecomedamaged.Cleanthe

battery compartment immediately, avoiding contact with your skin.

• Keepbatteriesoutofreachofsmallchildren.Ifswallowed,consulta

physician immediately.

Battery Precautions

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Product Care

Your device is designed to be light, compact and durable. However, it is

an electronic device and must be treated carefully. Putting unnecessary

pressure on it or striking the device against other objects can cause

damage.

To avoid damage to your device, please:

• Keepthelidclosedwhenyouarenotusingit.Thiswillprotectthe

screen from being broken, scratched or marred in any way.

• Donotdrop,crush,bend,orapplyexcessiveforcetothedevice.

• Donotexposeyourdevicetomoisture,extremeorprolongedheat,

cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions. Avoid storing it in damp,

humid or wet places. It is not waterproof.

• Cleanthedevicebysprayingamildglasscleanerontoaclothand

wipe its surface. Do not spray liquids directly on your device.

• Shouldthedevice’sdisplayglassbreak,properlydisposeofthe

product avoiding contact with your skin, then wash your hands

immediately.

• Pleasekeepscreenprotectorsandplasticbagsawayfrombabiesand

children to avoid danger of suffocation.

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Replacing the Batteries

Your product is powered by two AAA batteries. When the battery power

is low, an alert will appear on the screen. Follow these easy instructions

to install or replace them. Please have the new batteries at hand before

you remove the old ones.

1. Turn your product off and turn it over.

2. Open the battery cover on the back of your unit by pushing in the

direction of the arrow.

3. Remove the old batteries.

4. Install the batteries following the +/- markings in the battery

compartment.

AAA

Important: Be sure that the batteries are installed correctly. Wrong

polarity may damage the unit.

5. Replace the battery cover.

Warning:Ifthebatterieswear-outcompletelyorifyoutakemorethana

few seconds while changing the batteries, any information that was

enteredinthebuilt-inbooksmaybeerased.Youshouldalwayskeep

written copies of your important information.

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If the keyboard fails to respond, or if the screen performs erratically,

perform a system reset by following the steps below.

1. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit.

Theresetbuttonisrecessedinapin-sizedholeonthefrontofyour

device.

Warning! Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure may

permanently disable your product. In addition, resetting the product

erases settings.

Resetting Your Product

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1) Screen 2) Speak Source and Target Keys

3) DictionaryKey 4) TranslatorKey

5) Power Key 6) Source and Target Language Keys

7) Menu Key 8) Font/Volume Key

9) Accent/Symbol Key 10) Navigation Keys

11) Function Key 12) Enter/Backlight Key

Understanding Your Device

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3

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Your unit is equipped with several special features:

Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm

impedance stereo headphones. Caution: Monophonic headphones will

not work with this unit.

USB Port: Located on the top of the device, the USB Port is designed for

amini-USB1.1compatibleconnection.Plugthemini-USBjackofaUSB

cableintothisportandthestandard-sizeUSBjackintoyourPCto

connect your device to your PC.

Battery Compartment: The battery compartment is located on the back

of the unit. It holds two AAA batteries.

Speaker: The speaker is located on the back of the unit, below the

battery compartment.

Using the Special Features

Speaker

Battery Compartment

USB Port

Headphone

Jack

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Function Keys

Turns the device on or

off.

Pronounces the source

language's word.

Pronounces the target

language's word.

Goes to the word search

screen of the dictionary.

Goes to the word search

screen of the translator.

Changes the source

language (the language

you already know).

Changes the target

language (the language

you want to find).

Goes to the main menu.

Shifts letter keys to type

uppercase letters and

other special characters.

Backs up or erases a

letter.

Key Guide

Types a question mark to

stand for a letter in a

word.

Shifts to type special

characters and perform

additional functions.

While in text, cycles

through the available

type sizes.

After a letter, press

repeatedly to cycle

through the available

accents.

Clears to the top of the

current function.

Types a space.

Enters a word or selects

an item.

Combination Keys*

+ Scrolls up or down one

screen at a time.

*Hold the first key while pressing

the second.

or

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or

+ In a series of entries,

displays the previous or

next entry.

+ At a menu, goes to the

first or last menu item.

At an entry, goes to the

start or end of the entry.

+ Types the special

character shown on the

number key.

+ Displays a menu of

options, where available.

+ In the organizer, displays

a menu of special

characters: ! @ # $ % ^ &

* ( ) – / \ ; : ‘ “ , . ? _ = ¡ ¿ [ ]

+ At a word entry screen,

types an asterisk (]) to

stand for any series of

unknown letters or

characters in a word.

+ Turns the backlight on or

off.

+ Displays the volume bar.

Press

or to adjust it.

Direction Keys

Moves up ( ), down ( ),

left (

), or right ( ).

Calculator Keys

1–0 Types numbers.

A(√x) Calculates a square root.

S(x) Squares a number.

D(1/x) Calculates a reciprocal.

F(%) Calculates a percentage.

G(+) Adds one value to

another.

H(-) Subtracts one value from

another.

J(x) Multiplies two values.

K(÷) Divides one value by

another.

L(.) Inserts a decimal point.

Key Guide Key Guide

1-0

or

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C(+/-) Changes the sign of the

number on the screen to

negative or positive.

V(

m+) Adds the currently

displayed value to the

number stored in

memory.

B(

m-) Subtracts the currently

displayed value from the

number stored in

memory.

N(

mr) Recalls the number

stored in memory.

M(

mc) Clears the number

stored in memory.

(ac) Clears the calculator.

(ce) Clears the current value

but maintains the

operation.

(=) Performs an operation.

Key Guide

Getting Started

The first time you use this

translator (or following a product

reset), you will be prompted to set

the message language used for

on-screenpromptsandmenu

items.

Press the letter for the language

you want:

A = Arabic H = Japanese

B = Chinese I = Korean

C = Dutch J = Polish

D = English K = Portuguese

E = French L = Russian

F = German M = Spanish

G = Italian N = Turkish

Note: You can change the

message language at any time in

the Settings menu.

✓ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right

of the screen show which arrow

keys you can press to move

around menus or view more

text.

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The source language is the

language in which you enter a

word at the translator entry

screen. The target language is the

language in which you wish to

view the translation.

The initial source and target

languages are assigned when you

select a message language. The

source language is the same as the

message language. If you select

Arabic message language, the

target language is Chinese. If you

select any other message

language, the target language is

Arabic.

Changing the Source and Target Languages

To change the source and target

languages, do the following.

1. Press

.

The list of source languages is

displayed.

2. Press

or to highlight the

one you want and then press

.

3. Press

.

The list of target languages is

displayed.

4. Press

or to select a target

language. Press

.

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At any time, you may adjust

settings for your device using the

basic steps below:

1. Press MENU.

2. Press

to highlight Settings

and then press

.

3. Press

or to move to

the setting you want.

Shutoff determines how long

your product stays on if no key

is pressed.

Contrast determines how dark

or light the screen is.

Font size determines the size of

screen type.

Message Language determines

the language used to display

prompts and other messages in

your device.

Time Setup allows you to set the

clock.

4. Press

or to adjust the

selected setting.

Note: Your changes are

automatically saved.

For Message Language, a menu

is displayed listing the available

languages. Press the letter of

the choice you want, or use the

arrow keys to highlight the

language and then press

.

For Time Setup a menu is

displayed listing the available

options. Set the time and date

as described below. Press

when done.

✓ Setting the Time and

Date

When you press when is

at Time Setup the Time setup

menu is displayed.

1. Press

or to move

to the setting you want.

You can adjust the date,

time, home city, world city,

home and world city

daylight saving time (DST),

and time format.

Changing the Settings

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2. Press

to adjust the

selected setting.

The Date and Time settings

openpop-upwindows.

Press

or to adjust the

highlighted setting. Press

or

to move between the

settings. Press

when

done.

The Home City and World

City settings display a list of

cities. Press

or to

highlight the city you want.

You can also press a letter

to go directly to that part of

the list. Press

when

done.

For the DST and Time

Format settings, pressing

toggles the setting

between its respective

options.

3. Press

when done.

Changing the Settings

Translating Words

Use your device to translate words

from a source language to a target

language. Remember, you can

change the source and target

languages at any time using

and

, respectively.

1. Press

to go to the

translator word search

screen.

2. Type a word to look up.

As you type letters, the first

word in the list that matches

the letters you type moves to

the top of the list. You may not

have to type the entire word in

order to find the one you want.

You can type accents, umlauts,

diacritical marks, and capital

letters, but they are not

required to find matches.

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To type accents, umlauts and

diacritic marks, type a letter first

then press

repeatedly. To

type a capital letter, press

and then the letter key.

Hold

and then press 2, 3 or

6totype.'or-,respectively.

Press

to delete a letter.

3. When the word you want is

on the screen, press

until

the word you want is

highlighted.

Or you can continue typing

letters until the word is

complete and the matching

word in the list is automatically

highlighted.

4. Press

.

The message “Found: n” flashes

on the screen followed by the

list of words and/or phrases. n

is the total number of matches.

5. Press

or to highlight the

entry you want, if necessary.

6. Then press

to see the

translation.

Press

or to hear the

entry pronounced in the source

or target languages,

respectively.

7. Press

, if necessary, to read

the entry.

Hold FN and press

or to go

to the next or previous entry, if

available.

8. Press CLEAR when done.

✓ Misspelling Words

If you enter a misspelled word,

a list of corrections appears.

Press

or to highlight the

word you want and then press

to see its entry.

Translating Words Translating Words

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Finding Letters in Words Other Input Methods

When entering a word in Arabic,

Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or

Russian source language, there are

a few differences from the

languageswithRoman-based

alphabets.

• ForArabic, type characters

according to how they are

indicated on your device. Note:

Arabic characters are indicated

at the bottom right of the keys.

Because the Arabic alphabet

contains more characters than

a Roman alphabet, some keys

contain two Arabic characters.

To enter one of these letters,

press the letter key and then

press

.

• ForChinese, type Roman

letters to search for words. Your

list of results is also displayed

using Roman letters. It is only

when you select an entry to

view that you will see the word

If you are uncertain about how to

spell a word, type a question mark

(?) in place of each unknown letter.

To find prefixes, suffixes, and other

parts of words, type an asterisk (])

in a word. Each asterisk stands for a

series of letters. Note: If you type

an asterisk at the beginning of a

word, it may take a little while to

find the matching words.

1. Go to the translator or

dictionary word entry screen.

2. Type a word with ?’s and ]’s.

To type an asterisk, hold down

and press .

3. Press

.

4. Press

to move the highlight

to the word you want and

press

to view its entry.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Press MENU to go to the main

menu.

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written in Chinese. Note: For

best results, type the entire

word at the entry screen. Do

not try to find words by

entering them character by

character.

• ForJapanese, type Roman

letters. As you type letters, the

Japanese characters matching

what you type will be displayed

at the entry screen. Note: To

enter the long vowel character,

hold

and press 6.

• ForKorean, type characters

according to how they are

indicated on your device. Note:

Korean characters are indicated

at the upper left of the keys.

Because the Korean alphabet

contains more characters than

Other Input Methods Other Input Methods

a Roman alphabet, some keys

contain two Korean characters.

To enter one of these letters,

press the letter and then press

to select it.

• ForRussian, type letters

according to your device’s

keyboard. Note: Russian letters

are indicated at the upper right

of the keys. Because the Cyrillic

alphabet contains more letters

than a Roman alphabet, some

keys contain two Cyrillic

characters. To enter one of

these letters, press the letter

and then press

.

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Translating Phrases Using the Dictionary

You can look up definitions of

English words using Merriam-

Webster’s Paperback Dictionary.

1. Press MENU.

2. Press

to highlight The MW

English Dictionary and then

press

.

Or you can press

.

3. Type a word (e.g., poignant).

As you type letters, the first

word in the list that matches

the letters you type moves to

the top of the list. You may not

have to type the entire word in

order to find the one you want.

You can type accents, umlauts,

diacritical marks, and capital

letters, but they are not

required to find matches.

To type accents, umlauts and

diacritic marks, type a letter first

then press

repeatedly. To

type a capital letter, press

and then the letter key.

The common phrases in this

product are always listed in the

current source language. Follow

these steps to translate a phrase

from the source language to the

target language:

1. Press MENU.

2. Press

to highlight Travel

Phrases and then press

.

3. Press

or to select a

category and press

.

Note: You can also begin typing

a word to search for phrases that

contain that word. Type the word

you want and then press

.

4. Press

or to select the

phrase you want to translate.

5. Press

to see the

translation.

6. Press

, if necessary, to read

the entry.

Hold FN and press

or to go

to the next or previous entry, if

available.

7. Press CLEAR when done.

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