Teletext, Using the MHEG5 application UK only

Watching TV

Teletext

What is Teletext?

Teletext broadcasts pages of information and entertainment to specially equipped television sets. 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 on and off Teletext

1Select a TV channel or external source providing a Teletext programme.

2Press mto display the Teletext.

100 100 ARD-Text		10.09.04	14:14:42
	ARD TEXT
	ARD TEXT			Index
	Teletext im Ersten			> 101

Bulmahn: Bildung statt Eigenheim . . . . . . . . 120

Wird auch der Nahverkehr teurer? . . . . . . . . 121

Australien: Keine Zugeständnisse . . . . . . . . 122

Tote bei Zugunglück in Schweden . . . . . . . . 532

Tennis: Haas unterliegt Hewitt . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Formel 1: Schumacher erneut vorne . . . . . . . 213

Tagesschau		. .	110/112		. .Kultur. .	. . . . .	500
Wetter		. .	. . . . 170		Gesellschaft . . .		530
Sport	. .		200/600		Lotto/Toto	. .	666
TV Guide .	.	.	300/400		Wirtschaft		700
	Internet: www.ard-text.de
–		+
				Inhalt		tagesschau

•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 2000 pages are stored for fast access.

•Each time you press m, the screen switches as shown below.

•Press magain to display the Teletext on the right screen and the normal image on the left screen.

•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

NOTE

•Teletext will not work if the selected signal type is RGB. (See page 32)

Buttons for teletext operations

Buttons		Description

P (r/s)	Increase or decrease the page number.

Colour	Select a group or block of pages displayed
(R/G/Y/B)	in the coloured brackets at the bottom of the
	screen by pressing the corresponding Colour
	(R/G/Y/B) on the remote control unit.

0 - 9	Directly select any page from 100 to 899 by
	using 0 - 9.

v(Top/	Switch the Teletext image to Top, Bottom or
Bottom/Full)	Full.

k(Reveal	Reveal or hide hidden information such as an
hidden Teletext)	answer to a quiz.

3(Freeze/	Stop updating Teletext pages automatically or
Hold)	release the hold mode.

[(Subtitle for	Display the subtitle or exit the subtitle screen.
Teletext)	•	Subtitles will not be displayed when
		the service does not contain subtitle
		information.

1(Subpage)	Reveal or hide subpages.
	•	R button: Move to the previous subpage.
	•	G button: Move to the following subpage.
	•	These two buttons are shown on the
		screen by the signs l and k.

Using the MHEG5 application (UK only)

Some services bring you programmes with the MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group) application encoded, letting you experience DTV interactively.

When provided, the MHEG5 application will start when you press m.

Sample MHEG5 screen

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