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Old January 06, 2009, 01:35 PM
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setting the temperature

Tengo un negocio de aire aconditionado y tuve que explicar un cliente como usar el termostato. Pero no se como explicar, pueden ayudarme....Gracias......."you have to hold down the up or down arrows untill the set botton blinks, then you can set the tempeture". I am not looking for an exact translation, one that would make sence in espanol.
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Old January 06, 2009, 02:11 PM
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Tengo un negocio de aire aconditionado y tuve que explicar un cliente como usar el termostato. Pero no se como explicar, pueden ayudarme....Gracias......."you have to hold down the up or down arrows untill the set botton blinks, then you can set the tempeture". I am not looking for an exact translation, one that would make sence in espanol.
Here's what I would say. It may not be the most correct way but I am sure it would be understood.
Para seleccionar la temperatura que deseas, tienes que apretar la flecha para subir o bajar temperature empieza a pavilar. Cuando veas eso está lista cambiar la temperatura.
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Old January 06, 2009, 02:44 PM
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Yo lo diría:
Hay que apretar la flecha arriba o abajo hasta que la luz del botón 'set' empiece a
oscilar de forma intermitente. -or-
ser intermitente. -or-
parpadear.
Entonces, puede poner la temperatura (que desea).
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......."you have to hold down the up or down arrows untill the set botton blinks, then you can set the tempeture".
another option
Pulsa las botones "arriba" y "abajo" (los de las flechas) hasta que parpadee el botón "set", entonces puedes ajustar la temperatura.

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Old January 07, 2009, 05:29 PM
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As a side note, "push the button" in Mexican Spanish is best rendered "apachurrar el botón"-- you will even hear Anglicization "puchar el botón". Also in Mexico, parpadear is the best verb for "to blink" in terms of a light (foquito) blinking.
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Yes, as David said, the word Purchar or precionar, you can use the word inclusive apretar, but the way more correct is precionar, but anyhow you can use the best chose said in this post.
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Presionar se deletrea con s.

Hay otras palabras que se usa también, tales como pulsar y oprimir.
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My two cents, from what Poli said:

Para seleccionar la temperatura que deseas, tienes que apretar la flecha para subir o bajar temperature empieza a pavilar. Cuando veas eso está lista cambiar la temperatura.

Para ajustar la temperatura a la que quiera usted poner el termostato, mantenga pulsadas las flechas hacia arriba o abajo segun desee hasta que la luz del boton 'set' parpadee. En ese momento, ajuste la temperatura al numero de grados exacto y disfrute de su aire acondicionado.
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Old January 08, 2009, 08:35 AM
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Yea, the word presionar is with S, I make it up, but well, as I said before there are much choses, the person cans take inside the structure at Spanish.
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