Franklin ET-4012 Manuale Utente

your unit. In addition, resetting the unit may 

erase settings and other information you may 

have entered.

 

Turns the device on or off.

 

Shifts letter keys to type 

uppercase letters and special 

marks.

 

Displays options for enhancing 

your personal interactive 

experience.

 

Displays text entry field. Search 

the entire translation book by 

typing a search term or phrase.

 

Displays a list of the most 

commonly used phrases arranged 

by topic.

 

Displays a menu of available 

source languages (the language

you already know).

 

Displays a menu of available 

target languages (the language

you do not know).

 

Displays a menu of available 

games.

 

With each repeated keypress, 

toggles through date and time 

settings for your home city and 

one world city you select from a 

list of 50 world cities.

 

Reverts to the main menu or 

screen within a given mode. Clears 

the text entry field or calculator. 

 

Backs up or erases a letter.

 

With each keypress, cycles 

through available type sizes. Not 

available in all modes.

 

Turns the backlight on or off. 

The backlight helps you view 

the screen in temporary low 

light conditions. The backlight 

automatically turns itself off after 

use to conserve power.

 

Displays the Databank menu for 

organizing names and numbers.

 

Displays the calculator input field 

for mathematical computations. 

Refer to the numeric images on 

the keypad when using letter keys 

in this mode.

 

Displays the Conversions menu for 

currency, distance, temperature, 

weight, and liquid volume 

conversions.

 

Inserts blank space, for example, 

in between words of a phrase. 

In lists and menus, jumps to the 

next screen or page until the last 

available item is selected.

 

When entering letters, press this 

key to cycle through available 

diacritical marks before selecting 

one.

 

When entering letters, press this 

key to cycle through common 

punctuation marks before 

selecting one.

 

Confirms the current selection, 

input, or menu item, and 

continues to the next screen 

in a sequence. Also performs a 

calculation and returns a result.

 

Scrolls up to the previous page in 

a list.

 

Scrolls down to the next page in a 

list.

 Press the up (   ), down (   ), left (

), or right (   ) portion of this key 

to move in the direction indicated. 

Note: Flashing arrows along the 

right edge of each screen show 

which navigation keys you can 

press to move around menus or 

view more text.

Q–P = 1-0, A = 1/x, S = √x, D = x

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, F = %, G = 

. (decimal point), H = +, J = –, K = x, L = ÷, Z 

= +/-, X = (MC) clears the number stored in

memory, C = (MR) recalls the number stored

in memory,  V = (M-) subtracts the currently

displayed value from the number stored 

in memory, B = (M+) adds the currently

displayed value to the number stored in 

memory.

The first time you use this translator, you will 

be prompted to set the message language 

used for on-screen instructions and menu

items. Press the letter for the language you 

want: English (E), Czech (C), Dutch (N), French 

(F), German (D), Hungarian (M), Italian (I), 

Polish (O), Portuguese (P), Russian (R), Spanish 

(S), and Turkish (T). 

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 English 

message language, the target language 

is French. If you select any other message 

language, the target language is English. To 

change the source and target languages, do 

the following.

The list of source languages is displayed.

The list of target languages is displayed.

At any time, you may adjust settings for your 

device using the basic steps below:

Contrast — adjust the light or dark 

appearance of your screen.
Message Language — change the language 

of the menus, prompts, and help messages 

on your device.
Type Size — set the size of display text.
Shutoff — specify the length of idle time 

permitted before the device automatically 

powers off. This feature prolongs battery 

life if you forget to turn off your device 

after use.
Demo — view a brief on-screen

demonstration about your device.

Or, press   to leave the setting 

unchanged. The demo will auto-play. Press

CLR to stop it.

Use your device to translate words from a 

source language to a target language. Change 

the source and target languages at any time 

(see “Source and Target Languages” to learn

how).

If you type an inflected word form 

(e.g., “went”) matching root entries

automatically appear (e.g., “go”).
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   or   

repeatedly. To type a capital letter, press   

and then the letter key.

Note: When typing Russian words, follow 

the Cyrillic alphabet as indicated on the 

keyboard. For keys with mulitple letters, 

press the letter key and then press   or 

until you see the letter you want.
To type a punctuation mark, press SYMB 

repeatedly until you see the one you want.

The message “Found: n” flashes on the 

screen followed by the list of words and/or 

phrases. n is the total number of matches.

Note: If you enter a misspelled word 

or a word not in this translator, a list of 

corrections appears. Select the one you 

want and then press 

.

Note: If there is more than one screen of 

data, use   or 

 to read.

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: