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 program previews are among the many services available.
Turning on and off Teletext
1.Select a TV channel or external source providing a Teletext program.
2.Press Teletext to display Teletext.
•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 1000 pages are stored for fast access.
•If you select a program with no Teletext signal, “No Teletext ” displays.
•The same message displays during other modes if no Teletext signal is available.
NOTE
•Teletext will not work if the selected signal type is RGB.
Buttons for teletext operations
Buttons | Description | |
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P (R/S) | Increase or decrease the page | |
number. | ||
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Colour | Select a group or block of | |
(R/G/Y/B) | pages displayed in the coloured | |
| brackets at the bottom of | |
| the screen by pressing the | |
| corresponding Colour (R/G/ | |
| Y/B) on the remote control unit. | |
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0 - 9 | Directly select any page from | |
| 100 to 899 by using 0 - 9. | |
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MIX | Press this button to activate | |
| Teletext with TV. | |
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SIZE | Switch the Teletext image to | |
| Top, Bottom or Full. | |
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INDEX | Press this button to return to | |
| page 100 or index page. | |
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HOLD | Stop updating Teletext pages | |
| automatically or release the hold | |
| mode. | |
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REVEAL | Reveal or hide hidden | |
| information such as an answer | |
| to a quiz. | |
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Buttons | Description |
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SUBPAGE | Select the subpage when |
| the current page contains |
| subpage(s). |
| Press number buttons on the |
| remote control to access the |
| subpage directly. (four digits) |
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Using the MHEG5 application (UK only)
Some services bring you programs 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 the R button.
Sample MHEG5 screen
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