Closed captioning on the Converter Box
Closed captions allow people who are deaf or hard of hearing to enjoy TV programming. Captions are also a helpful tool for those learning English or watching TV in a noisy environment.
The Converter Box provides two ways for you to view captions. You should choose one method or the other.
Method 1
First, you can continue receiving standard TV captions (basic white text on a black background) through your analog TV set. The Converter Box will automatically send the
Method 2
Alternatively, the Converter Box can be used to decode captions and display them on your TV screen. If you use this method, you will be able to enjoy the enhancements made possible by digital technology.
To use the converter box to display closed captions:
1.Turn OFF your television’s
2. Turn on the Converter Box’s captioning decoder by pressing the CC button at the lower
•When you use the converter box to display closed captions in this way, you can choose different types (languages) of captions, depending on what information broadcasters are sending.
Advantages of closed captioning on the Converter Box
Using the Converter Box to decode captions gives you more choices and more flexibility when viewing captions on digital TV shows. If you choose this method, you can personalize your captions by making the following choices:
•Choose text size for standard, large, and
•Select different types of fonts
•Choose between eight background colors and foreground colors for the captioning text (white, black, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, and cyan)
•Make the caption background transparent, translucent, solid, or flashing
•Set edges of font characters with raised edges, depressed edges, uniform edges, left shadow or right shadow
Each of these enhancements to standard digital captions can be accessed from the main menu of the Converter Box by pressing the MENU button. Please refer to the next section “Menu settings” for details.
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17/01/2008