Franklin TES-106 User Manual

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TES-106

ENGLISH-

SPANISH

TRANSLATOR

ENGLISH • ESPAÑOL

User’s Guide •

Manual del usuario

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1

LANG

BACK

CALC

CLEAR

ENTER/TRANS

GAMES

MENU

ON/OFF

PHRS

Key Guide

Language Key

Toggles the source language be­tween English and Spanish.

Function Keys

Erases a typed character or goes
back to the previous screen.

Selects the calculator.
Clears all operations and returns to

the source language screen.
Goes to the Databank menu.
Toggles between the source lan-

guage and the target language, se­lects a menu item, calculates math
functions or toggles between name
and phone number in the
databank.

Goes to the Games menu.
Displays the main menu.
Turns the translator on and off.
Goes to the Phrases menu.

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Key Guide

Calculator Keys

A

(+), S(–), Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or

D

(x), F(÷) divides numbers.
(√ ) Calculates square roots.

B

(C) Clears the calculator.

C

(MC) Clears the calculator memory.

H

(MR) Retrieves total from the memory.

J

(M -) Subtracts a number from the memory.

K

(M +) Adds a number to the memory.

L

(•) Types a decimal point.

N

(0-9) Types numbers.

Q-P

(%) Calculates percentages.

V

(+/-) Changes the sign (+/-) of a number.

X

(

CONV

) Displays conversion menu.

Z

Direction Keys

Scrolls right or types a space.
Scrolls left or deletes typed letters.
Scrolls up or accents typed letters.
Scrolls down or accents typed letters.

✓ Auto-Shutoff

If you forget to turn this translator off, it will shut off in two
minutes. When you turn on your translator again, opera­tion resumes with your current settings.

3

Getting Started

To V iew the Demo

When you first use this product, you will see a demonstration of
what it can do.

ON/OFF

1. Press

The demonstration automatically appears.

2. To stop the demonstration, press

To Disable or Re-enable the Demo

Y ou probably do not want to view the demonstration every time you
use this product. Here is how to disable and re-enable the demon­stration:

1. Press

2. Use to select

3. Press

4. To re-enable the demonstration, repeat the above steps.

Enable Demo

above.

To Change the Message Language to Spanish

1. Press

2. Press to scroll to

3. To change the message language back to English, repeat
Steps 1 and 2.

✓ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide may dif­fer from what you see on the screen. The examples in
the English section of this User’s Guide use English as
the message language.

.

CLEAR

MENU

.

ENTER/TRANS

Disable Demo

.

.

will appear as the selection in Step 2

MENU

.

Español

, and then press

4

.

ENTER/TRANS

.

T ranslating Words

You can use this translator to translate a word
from English to Spanish. You can change the
source language at a source language screen by
pressing

1. Press

2. T o change the source language, press

3. T ype a word or a word in a phrase you want

4. Press

5. If needed, use

6. Press

7. Press

LANG

.

CLEAR

.

LANG

.

to look up.

To type a space, press .
To erase a letter, press

ENTER/TRANS

to translate the word into

BACK

or .

Spanish.

or to select a desired

form or phrase and press

ENTER/TRANS

.

T o see a word or phrase that does not fit on the
screen, press

ENTER/TRANS

repeatedly.

to toggle between English

and Spanish.

Or press

BACK

to go back to the previous screen.

CLEAR

when finished.

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Translating Words

✓ Correcting Misspellings

If you misspell a word in any language, or if
you enter a word that is not contained in this
translator, a list of corrections appears. Use
or to scroll to a correctly spelled word and
press

ENTER/TRANS

.

✓ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press to move
around the screen.

✓ Typing Special Characters

You can type accent marks, diacritical marks,
non-English letters, and capital letters, but
they are not needed to find matches.

Special characters can be typed by first typing
the desired letter and then repeatedly pressing

or until the desired character is displayed.

T o type a punctuation mark, press , then press

or repeatedly until the desired character

is displayed.

✓ Changing Screen Contrast

T o adjust the screen contrast, press

CLEAR

to go
to a source language screen and then press
or repeatedly to change the contrast.

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T ranslating Phrases

NOTE: The phrases in this product will be listed
in the current source language.

PHRS

1. Press

2. Use

For example, choose

3. Press

4. Use

For example, choose

3. Press

4. Use
typing it.

T o see a phrase that does not fit on the screen,
press

5. Press

6. Press

.

or to scroll to a category.

ENTER/TRANS

Doing business

.

.

or to scroll to a phrase.

ENTER/TRANS

Doing business

.

.

or to scroll to a phrase or start

repeatedly.

ENTER/TRANS

CLEAR

to translate the phrase.

when finished.

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Storing Names & Phone Numbers

This product has a data bank that can save ap­proximately 100 names and phone numbers. The
total amount of names and numbers that you can
save depends upon the number of characters in
each entry.

To Add an Entry to the Phone List

1. Press .

2. Use

3. Type a name and then press

4. Use the numbered keys to type a phone

or to see

then press

ENTER/TRANS

Add a new entry

.

ENTER/TRANS

and

.

Each name can contain up to 23 characters (with
letters appearing as capitals only) and spaces.

T o delete a character , press
a space, press

.

number and then press

BACK

ENTER/TRANS

or . To type

.

To type a hyphen between parts of a phone
number, press

, then press repeatedly until

the hyphen appears.
You cannot type letters in the phone number.

✓ Checking the Memory

To see how much memory is free in the phone
list to add more names and numbers, press

and then use to see

% Free: XX%

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.

Storing Names & Phone Numbers

T o V iew the Phone List

1. Press .

2. Use

3. To view a name, type it or use

4. Press

5. To view another name and number, use

T o Edit Phone List Entries

1. Press .

2. Use

3. Type the name you want to edit or use

or to highlight

and then press

ENTER/TRANS

View phone list

.

.

BACK

To delete a letter, press

ENTER/TRANS

to see the phone number.

.

or , or type a name, and then press

ENTER/TRANS

press
or to select it, then press

Follow the screen instructions. Use

.

or to highlight

ENTER/TRANS

.

Edit entry,

ENTER/TRANS

BACK

then

.

to delete characters. Type your changes and
then press

press

ENTER/TRANS

until the entry is saved. Or

to cancel the edit.

or

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Storing Names & Phone Numbers

T o Delete an Entry from the Phone List

1. Press .

2. Use

press

3. Press

or to see

ENTER/TRANS

until you see the entry that you

Delete entry

.

and then

want to delete.

4. Press

3. Press

ENTER/TRANS

Y

.

to erase the entry or N to cancel

the operation.

T o Erase All the Phone List Entries

Warning! This procedure permanently erases all

the names and numbers in your phone list.

1. Press

2. Use

press

3. Press

.

or to see

ENTER/TRANS

to erase all the entries or N to

Y

Erase all data

.

and then

cancel the operation.

✓ Keep Copies of Important Data

Warning! Your phone list information is safely

stored in memory as long as the battery supplies
power. However, if the battery loses all power,
this information will be permanently lost. You
should always keep written copies of your im­portant information.

10

Using a Password

You can use a password to keep the information
in your phone list private. Your password will be
requested whenever anyone turns on the unit

and presses
Warning! After you have set the password, it will

be required whenever you try to access the phone
list for the first time during a session. So always
record your password and keep it in a separate
place.

1. Press

2. Use

press

3. T ype a password and then press

You will be asked to confirm it. Type the pass­word exactly as you typed it the first time and
press
exact password and keep it in a separate place.

4. T o test the password, press

press
press

5. T o disable the password, repeat Steps 1

and 2 above, and then press
when

.

.

to see

ENTER/TRANS

ENTER/TRANS

Set the password

.

. Remember to write down your

ON/OFF

, type the password, and then

ENTER/TRANS

Enter password

.

ENTER/TRANS

appears.

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and then

ENTER/TRANS

twice,

.

Calculator and Conversions

T o Use the Calculator

1. Press

2. Use the numbered keys to type a number.

3. Press

4. Type another number.

5. Press

6. To clear the calcultor, press

T o Use the Calculator Memory

1. Perform a calculation as shown above, or simply

2. Press

3. Press

4. To retrieve the figure from the memory, press

5. To clear the entire calculator memory, press

CALC

.

T o type a decimal point press

. NOTE: in this prod-

N

uct, a (•) is used as a decimal indicator.
T o erase a single digit, press
To clear the calculator, press

A

(+), S (–), D (x), or F (÷) to add, sub-

BACK

(C).

C

.

tract, multiply, or divide.

ENTER/TRANS

Or press

(=) to calculate the equation.

(%) to calculate the percentage.

V

(C).

C

type a number in the calculator.

L

(M +) to add the number to the calculator

memory as a positive number or

K

(M -) to add it

to the memory as a negative number.

The total in the memory flashes on screen.

to clear the calculator, or continue per-

C

forming a calculation.
(MR).
(MC).

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J

H

Calculator and Conversions

T o Use Conversions

1. If not already at the calculator press

and then press Z (CONV).

Or press
appears, and then press

MENU

, press until

Conversions

ENTER/TRANS

.

2. Use to scroll to a category, and then

ENTER/TRANS

press

3. Use

sions (i.e.,

repeatedly to scroll to the conver-

to select it.

o

o

F

→

C

) and then press

ENTER/TRANS

4. Follow the screen directions to convert

and press

5. Press

ENTER/TRANS

CLEAR

when finished.

.

✓ Converting Money

The first time you select the money converter,
you will be asked to set the exchange rate
equal to one unit of the home currency. Type
an exchange rate and press
press

Home→Other

or to select a conversion (e.g.,

). Press

ENTER/TRANS

ENTER/TRANS

. Next,

, then enter

the amount to be converted.
To change the conversion rate, select

from the

Conversions

menu, select

Money

Set Rate

and type a new exchange rate.

CALC

.

,

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Playing the Games

To Play Hangman

Hangman selects a mystery word and lets you try
to guess it letter by letter.

1. To change the language of the mystery

word, press

2. Press

3. Press

ENTER/TRANS

4. Type your guesses.

The ?’s represent letters of the mystery word.
The numbers show how many guesses remain.

5. To show the word and end the round, press

ENTER/TRANS

6. Press

To Play Quiz

Quiz tests your translation skills. Note: To change
the language for Quiz, you must change the
source language before you play. See “Translat­ing Words” for more information.

1. Press

2. Press

Say the word and try to guess its translation.

3. Press

4. Press

GAMES

.

until

.

.

ENTER/TRANS

GAMES

.

until

ENTER/TRANS

ENTER/TRANS

LANG

.

Hangman

appears and press

again to play a new round.

Quiz

appears and press

ENTER/TRANS

to see its translation.
again to start a new round.

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Product Care

Model TES-106:

• Battery: 1 CR2032, lithium

• Size: 2.7 x 3.9 x 0.3 in

• Weight: 1.6 oz

English-Spanish Translator

Replacing the Battery

Specifications

This product uses one CR2032, 3-volt lithium battery. Should you
need to replace the battery, unscrew the screws on the back with
a very fine screwdriver and carefully remove the back cover. Then
install a new battery, plus sign (+) facing you, and replace the
cover.

Contacts

For registration and sales call 1-800-266-5626 (U.S. only) or visit
us at www.franklin.com. Please have your product number (

106

) and date of purchase handy when you call to register. For
customer service call 609-239-4333. For technical support call
609-386-8997.

TES-

Cleaning, Storage, Problems

To clean, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its
surface. Do not spray liquids directly on this product. Do not use
or store this product in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humid­ity, or other adverse conditions. If you have a problem with this

product, refer to the warranty.
This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-static Dis-

charge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by

ON/OFF

pressing

, or by removing/replacing batteries.

Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks

© 1999 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved.
U.S. PATENTS; 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775; 5,113,340;
5,218,536; 5,396,606. EURO. PAT. 0 136 379. Patents Pend­ing.
ISBN 1-56712-462-3

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Product Information

This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of
one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at
Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship
or materials.

Products purchased outside the United States that are returned under war­ranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and
description of fault. Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof
of purchase is provided.

This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse, accidental dam­age, or wear and tear. This guarantee does not affect the consumer’s
statutory rights.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim­its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in ac­cordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful inter­ference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turn­ing the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

NOTE: This unit was tested with shielded cables on the peripheral devices.
Shielded cables must be used with the unit to insure compliance.

NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interfer­ence caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modi­fications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

FCC Notice

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be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date
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end user on determination by Franklin, in its sole discretion, that the product was defective
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