Franklin CST-180 User manual

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CST-180
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User’s Guide

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Getting Started
1. Remove the battery insulation tape at
the back of the unit.
2. Press MODE/ON to turn the unit on.
Home Time is displayed.
Replacing the Batteries
This unit uses two AAA batteries.
Replace the batteries when the low bat-
tery indicator lights up. Batteries must be
replaced within one minute or all user-
entered data will be lost.
When the batteries are low, the talking
function is disabled, and the following
message is displayed: BATTERY LOW!
WARNING: Make sure the unit is off
before replacing the batteries. Replacing
batteries when the unit is on may cause
permanent damage.
1. Make sure the unit is off and turn it over.

2. Slide the cover off in the direction of
the arrow.
3. Remove the old batteries and install
two AAA batteries following the mark-
ings in the compartment.
4. Slide the cover back on.
Key Guide
/ Scrolls through the word and
phrase lists, selects fields in
Home Time mode, toggles
between English and Spanish
lookup languages.
ENTER Confirms an action, selects let-
ters and shows translation of
phrases.
ESC Clears entries, cancels an opera-
tion, or goes up one level in cate-
gory selection.
MODE/ON Turns the unit on. Cycles
between the available operational
modes.

RS (Rotary Scrolls through letters, word and
phrase lists, categories and
fields. When pushed, confirms a
selection.
TALK Speaks a phrase in the displayed
language.
Icons
AA.M.
PP.M.
DDaylight Savings Time on
Home Time
World Time
#Home City
Alarm on
Translator mode
Phrase mode; cross-reference
available
Speech data available
Key tone on
Low battery indicator
Switch)

Changing the Settings
From the Setup menu, you can select the
message language, which is the lan-
guage of the messages and prompts. You
can also adjust the screen contrast and
the volume of the spoken phrases.
1. Press MODE/ON to turn the unit on.
2. Continue pressing MODE/ON or rotate
the RS until the Setup screen is
displayed.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press or to cycle between
Language, Contrast, and Volume and
press ENTER to select the one you
want.
Language enables you to select
English or Español as the message
language. Contrast enables you to set
how light or dark the screen is. Volume
enables you to select low or high as
the volume of the spoken phrases.

5. Press or or rotate the RS to
scroll to the setting you want.
6. Press ENTER to confirm the settings.
Home Time / World Time
To set or change Home and World times
and dates, the time and date screen must
first be displayed.
1. Press MODE/ON to turn on the unit.
2. Continue pressing MODE/ON (or rotate
the RS) until the time and date are
displayed.
Setting the Home City
The current Home City is displayed with a
# next to it.
1. Press or to scroll through the
list of cities.

2. When the city you want is displayed,
press ENTER to set it as the Home
City.
appears on the screen indicating
Home time.
Setting the Home Date and Time
1. In the Time/Date screen, press and
hold ESC for about 2 seconds, until
the year field blinks.
2. Rotate the RS to change the year.
3. Use or to move to the month,
day, hour and minute fields.
4. Rotate the RS to change the number
in each field.
5. Press ENTER to confirm the date and
time changes.
To cancel any changes, press
MODE/ON before pressing ENTER.

✓Changing to 24-hour format
When setting the time as indicated
above, you can change to the 24-hour
format when the hour field is blinking.
Continue to rotate the RS until the “A”
or “P” disappears from the screen. The
24-hour format is indicated by a blank
space following the seconds indicator.
To scroll through the numbers quickly,
just hold the RS up or down. To return
to the 12-hour format, make sure the
hour field is blinking and rotate the RS
until an “A” or “P” is displayed follow-
ing the seconds indicator (for a.m. and
p.m.).
✓Activating Daylight Savings
Time (DST)
When the Home time and date are dis-
played, press ESC to toggle DST on or
off. This enables or disables DST for
home time only. Dnext to the time

indicates DST is activated. To activate
DST for a world city, use or to
display the time for another city. Then
press ESC to toggle DST on or off.
This enables or disables DST for that
world city only.
✓Viewing World City Time
Use or to view the date and
time in the list of available cities.
appears on the screen to indicate
World time.

CITY ABBREVIATION
LONDON LON
PARIS PAR
BERLIN BER
ROME ROM
HELSINKI HEL
CAIRO CAI
MOSCOW MOW
RIYADH RUH
TEHRAN THR
DUBAI DXB
KABUL KBL
KARACHI KHI
DELHI DEL
DHAKA DAC
YANGON RGN
BANGKOK BKK
HONG KONG HKG
SINGAPORE SIN
TOKYO TYO
ADELAIDE ADL
SYDNEY SYD
NOUMEA NOU
WELLINGTON WLG
HONOLULU HNL
ANCHORAGE ANC
LOS ANGELES LAX
DENVER DEN
CHICAGO CHI
NEW YORK NYC
TORONTO YYZ
CARACAS CCS
RIO DE JANEIRO RIO

Alarm
To set or change the alarm, the alarm
screen must first be displayed.
1. Press MODE/ON to turn on the unit.
2. Continue pressing MODE/ON (or rotate
the RS) until the alarm screen is displayed.
Setting the Daily Alarm
1. Press and hold ESC for about 2 sec-
onds, until the hour field blinks.
2. Use or to move between the
hour and minute fields.
3. Rotate the RS to change the hour and
minutes.
4. Press ENTER to set the alarm time.
To cancel any changes, press
MODE/ON before pressing ENTER.
5. When the alarm sounds, press any
key to stop it.
The alarm automatically stops after 30
seconds.

Press the RS to activate the snooze
function. The alarm will sound again in
10 minutes, and will do this for a maxi-
mum of three times.
✓Turning the alarm on or off
When the alarm screen is displayed,
press ENTER to turn the alarm on or off.
✓Changing the alarm sound
The daily alarm has three different
alarm sounds. When the alarm screen
is displayed, press ENTER to turn the
alarm on. Press or to select the
sound you want. For a demonstration
of the selected sound, press RS.
Press RS again to turn the sound off.
✓Automatic Shutoff
Please note that there is no OFF key.
The unit turns itself off when no key is
pressed for approximately three min-
utes. Press MODE/ON to resume.

Using the Word Translator
Searching for a Word
1. Press MODE/ON to turn the unit on.
2. Continue pressing MODE/ON (or
rotate the RS) until “WORD” and
“ENG-->SPA” are displayed.
When Spanish is the message lan-
guage, “PALABRA” and “ENG<--SPA”
are displayed.
3. Use or to toggle between
languages.
Changing the lookup language will
change the prompts for your current
search, but will not affect the message
language.
4. Press ENTER or press the RS to start
searching for a word in the selected
language.
The letter “A” is displayed.

5. Rotate the RS to scroll through the
alphabet for the first letter of the word.
6. Press ENTER or press the RS to
select the first letter.
7. Rotate the RS to scroll through the
alphabet for the second letter of the
word.
8. Press ENTER or press the RS to
select the second letter.
The first word matching the two
entered letters is displayed with its
translation.
9. Rotate the RS to scroll through the list
of matching words.
If a word is too long to fit on the screen,
a right arrow is displayed. Press to
display the rest of the word, and to
display the beginning of the word.
10.Press ESC to begin a new search.

Finding a Corresponding Phrase
When a word is included in one or more
phrases, the symbol is displayed at
the bottom of the screen.
1. Press ENTER to display the phrase in
the lookup language.
2. Press ENTER again to display the
translation.
To hear the phrase spoken, press
TALK. The language displayed is the
language spoken. appears on the
screen to indicate that phrase can be
heard.
Note: You can use standard head-
phones to listen privately. Just plug
them into the headphone jack located
at the bottom of the unit.
Press ENTER again to return to the
lookup language.
3. Rotate the RS to see the next phrase
containing that word.

4. Press ESC to return to the word list.
Press MODE/ON to go directly to the
Phrase language selection screen.
Using the Phrase Translator
Searching for a Phrase
1. Press MODE/ON to turn the unit on.
2. Continue pressing MODE/ON (or rotate
the RS) until "PHRASE" and
“ENG-->SPA” are displayed.
When Spanish is the message lan-
guage, “FRASE” and “ENG<--SPA” are
displayed.
3. Use or to toggle between
languages.
Changing the lookup language will
change the prompts for your current
search, but will not affect the message
language.

4. Press ENTER or press the RS to start
searching for a phrase in the lookup
language.
The first category is displayed.
5. Rotate the RS to scroll through the
categories.
6. Press ENTER or press the RS to
select the category you want.
You see either a list of sub-categories
or the first phrase for that category.
Rotate the RS to scroll through the list
of sub-categories and press ENTER
when you see the one you want.
7. Rotate the RS to scroll through the list
of phrases.
If a phrase is too long to fit on the screen,
an up or down arrow is displayed. Press
to display the rest of the phrase, and
to display the beginning of the phrase.
8. Press ENTER to see the translation of
the phrase.

To hear the phrase spoken, press
TALK. The language displayed is the
language spoken.
9. Press ESC to return to the previous
phrase menu.
Press MODE/ON to go directly to the
Phrase language selection screen.
Selecting Optional Words
Some phrases have optional words that
can be selected. These words are dis-
played in brackets.
1. When an optional word is displayed in
brackets, press the RS.
The word starts blinking.
2. Rotate the RS to select a different
optional word.
3. Press ENTER or press the RS to con-
firm the selection.
4. Press ENTER to translate the phrase or
press TALK to hear the phrase spoken.