How to Change Bolt touchscreen Ruida GT5 to English from displaying Chinese

How to Change Bolt touchscreen Ruida GT5 to English from displaying Chinese

Preface: This article covers how to change the language back to English.

If your touchscreen is not in English, do not worry. You are only a few clicks away from having it back in English.

Quick Start Video:




Complete Guide Step by Step:


1. Power off your Bolt and then power it back up, we need to get the Bolt to Reboot to the home screen

Turn the machine Off, Wait 30 Seconds
Then turn it back On



2. Acknowledge the initial prompt

Initial Power Up Prompt To Home
Acknowledge the Prompt

3. Let the machine finishing homing, then select the button with the gear Icon

Machine Initializing Message
Once done with initialization Press the Gear Button



4. Select the Top Left menu option, it will be the one to Open the Language Selection Menu

Top Left Icon is the one to change Languages:


5. Pick your language

Select your language, in this case English




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