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

For information about the keys...

1. Press the Admin key twice.

2. Key in 04, and press the green key.

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

4. Press the red 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
the key to move the highlight bar down.
- Scroll up: press
the key to move the highlight bar up.
- Select a
highlighted item: press the  key.

1. Press the Admin key.

2. Scroll down to ADMIN, and press the green key.

3. Scroll down to LANGUAGE, and press the green key.

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

5. Press the red key twice.

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

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

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