Mitsubishi Electronics 154 manual Captions

4. TV Menus 51

Captions

Captions on Digital Channels

The TV can decode captions from the ANT input only. Broadcasters can send up to six different captioning selections or can send analog captions for a program that originated in analog format. A TV station may broad- cast only one or two types of captions or none at all.

Captions on Analog Channels

The TV can decode captions from the ANT input and the composite VIDEO jacks. Broadcasters can send either standard closed captions or text service. Standard closed captions follow the dialogue of the program and display in a small section of the screen. Text-service closed captions often contain information such as weather or news and cover a large portion of the screen.

IMPORTANT

•Analog text-service options display a large black or gray box on the screen when no caption signal is being broadcast.

•The content of captions is determined by the broadcaster. If captions show strange char- acters, misspellings, or odd grammar, it is not a malfunction of the TV.

•Closed-caption signals are not available through HDMI or component jacks. See the menus for devices connected to these inputs for closed- caption decoding.

Captions	Services
Service	On if Mute, On, Off	On if Mute: Displays digital closed-caption signal Caption 1 (digital) or CC1
		(analog) when audio from the TV speakers is muted. While watching TV,
		press MUTE to turn closed captions on/off.
Digital	Caption 1–Caption 6	Caption signals sent by the broadcaster.
Analog	CC 1–CC 4	•	CC 1–CC 4. Standard closed-caption signals
	Text 1–Text 4	•	Text 1–Text 4. Text-service signals
Captions	Font
Style	As Broadcast or	As Broadcast changes settings to those selected by the captions provider,
	choice of font styles	or, if none, to the TV’s own caption defaults. Use one of the font styles to
	(digital captions only)	give digital captions a custom appearance.
Size	Large, Medium, Small	Large is recommended.
Captions	Color

Font	White, Black, Magenta, etc.
Opacity	Translucent, Opaque, Flashing, Transparent
Background	White, Black, Magenta, etc.
Opacity	Translucent, Opaque, Flashing, Transparent
(Background)

Recommendations for digital captions:

•A white font on a black translucent back- ground makes an easy-to-read combination.

•Use contrasting colors for captions and back- ground.

For assistance call 1(800) 332-2119