Using Teletext

Teletext is an information system that displays text on your TV screen. Using the teletext control buttons you can view pages of information that are listed in the teletext index (Teletext reception is optional).

Please Note

No on screen display is available in text mode. The contrast, brightness and colour cannot be changed but the volume control is still available.

To enter Text mode

Please Note

Make sure the TV channel you are watching transmits teletext.

Press the TXT button. The text page will appear, normally the index page.

To exit Text mode

Press the TXT button. The TV will return to the channel you were watching.

To select a page of text

Find the number of the page in the index and enter it using the Numeric buttons. The number of the page will appear in the top left hand corner of the screen.

The page counter will search for your page. When it finds it, the page will be displayed.

To move to the next page of text press the Program up button.

To move to the previous page press the Program down button.

TV/text mix

To view a page of text whilst watching a TV programme press the Mix button. The text will be superimposed over the TV programme.

Press the Mix button again to return to the text page.

Page search whilst watching TV

In Text mode press the Update button. The TV will return to TV mode with the text page number in the top left hand corner of the screen.

Enter the page number you want using the Numeric buttons. The top line of the text page will appear whilst the text searches for your page. When the page is found the number will remain in the top left hand corner of the screen.

Press the Update button to view your selected page of text.

Double height text

If you have difficulty reading the text on the TV you can double the height of the text.

Press the Double button. The top half of the page will be displayed in double height text.

Press the Double button again. The bottom half of the page will be displayed in double height text.

Press the Double button again to return to the full page.

Page hold

If the page of text you have selected contains sub pages, these sub pages will automatically be displayed in order with a delay to allow you to read the page.

To stop the move to the next sub page press the Stop button. STOP will appear in the top left hand corner.

To continue moving through the sub pages press the Stop button again.