Changing the Display Language

The terminal can display text in English or French. There are four options for changing from one language to the other:

The following two options change the default display language of both the merchant prompts and the cardholder prompts. This change is permanent until this function is used again. These options can only be used from the READY screen. They cannot be used during a transaction.

 

Use Admin Code 04 to Change Language

From the READY screen or the TERMINAL SETUP REQUIRED prompt:

To navigate through the menus:

- Scroll down: press the
F1 key to move the highlight bar down.
- Scroll up: press the
F3 key to move the highlight bar up.
- Select a
highlighted item: press OK.

1. Press the Admin key twice.

2. Key in 04, and press OK.

3. Select the language you wish the terminal to display.

4. Press the Can/Ann key once.

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Use the ADMIN menu to Change Language

From the READY screen or the TERMINAL SETUP REQUIRED prompt:

To navigate through the menus:

- Scroll down: press F1 to move the highlight bar down
- Scroll up: press
F3 to move the highlight bar up
- Select a
highlighted item : press OK.

1. Press the Admin key.

2. Scroll down to ADMIN, and press OK.

3. Scroll down to LANGUAGE, and press OK.

4. Select the language you wish the terminal to display.

5. Press the Can/Ann key twice.

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The following two options change the language for the duration of the current transaction:

- Swipe or Insert the cardholder's card

- Press the F3 key

The next transaction will be displayed in the default display language set up during the initial configuration of the terminal.

 

Swipe or Insert the cardholder's card

If the cardholder's card has a different language code on its magnetic stripe or chip, the cardholder prompts will be in the language indicated on the card.

 

Press the F3 key

If FRANCAIS or ENGLISH is displayed on the screen above the F3 key, press the F3 key to change the language of the remaining cardholder prompts. This will only appear during cardholder prompts.

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