Watching TV
Teletext
What is teletext?
Teletext broadcasts pages of information and entertainment to specially equipped TV. Your TV receives teletext signals broadcast by a TV network, and decodes them into graphical format for viewing. News, weather and sports information, stock exchange prices and programme previews are among the many services available.
Turning teletext on/off
1Select a TV channel or external source providing a teletext programme.
View setting
Text language
If Teletext information does not display correctly, perform the procedure below.
Select from among six kinds of language tables: West Europe, East Europe, Greek/Turkish, Cyrillic, Arabic and Farsi.
Each table is compatible with the Teletext languages listed below.
1Go to “HOME” > “TV Menu” > “Setup” > “View setting” > “Individual setting” > “Text language”.
2Press mto display the teletext.
3Press magain to display the teletext on the right screen and the normal image on the left screen.
•Many stations use the TOP operating system, while some use FLOF (e.g., CNN). Your TV supports both these systems. The pages are divided into topic groups and topics. After switching on the teletext, up to 2,000 pages are stored for fast access.
•If you select a programme with no teletext signal, “No Teletext available” displays.
•The same message displays during other modes if no teletext signal is available.
TELETEXT | TELETEXT |
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• Each time you press m, the screen switches as shown above.
NOTE
• Teletext will not work in 3D mode.
Buttons for teletext operations
Buttons | Description | |
CHr/s | Increase or decrease the page number. | |
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| Select a group or block of pages displayed | |
Colour (R/G/Y/B) | in the coloured brackets at the bottom of the | |
screen by pressing the corresponding colour | ||
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| (R/G/Y/B) on the remote control unit. | |
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Numeric buttons | Directly select any page from 100 to 899 by | |
using the | ||
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k(Reveal | Reveal or hide hidden information such as an | |
hidden teletext) | answer to a quiz. | |
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3(Freeze/Hold) | Stop updating teletext pages automatically or | |
release the hold mode. | ||
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[(Subtitle for | Display the subtitle or exit the subtitle screen. | |
Subtitles will not be displayed when the service | ||
teletext) | ||
does not contain subtitle information. | ||
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| Reveal or hide subpages. | |
| Selects directly the desired subpage | |
1(Subpage) | • Move to the previous subpage (R). | |
• Move to the following subpage (G). | ||
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| • These two buttons are shown on the screen | |
| by the symbols “e” and “f”. | |
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v(Top/Bottom/ | Switch the Teletext image to Top, Bottom or | |
Full) | Full. |
Display the top menu.
?• The top menu will not be displayed when the service does not support top menus.
Text language
Teletext language settings
West Europe
East Europe
Greek/Turkish
Cyrillic
Arabic
Farsi
Select 
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•West Europe — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian
•East Europe — Polish, French, Scandinavian, Czech, German, Slovenian/Croatian, Italian, Rumanian
•Greek/Turkish — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek
•Cyrillic — English, Russian, Estonian, Czech, German, Slovenian/Croatian, Ukrainian, Lettish
•Arabic — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Arabic
•Farsi — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Farsi
NOTE
•Teletext can be displayed only when it is sent by a network. Not used to convert between languages.
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