Magnavox 42MF237S user manual Features menu

Features menu

TV menu	Features
TV Settings	Closed captions
Features	Caption service
Installation	Digital caption service
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Note: The captions do not always use correct spelling and grammar. Not all TV programs and product commercials are made for broadcast with Closed Caption informations included. Refer to your area’s TV program listings for the TV channels and times of Closed Caption shows. The captioned programs are usually noted in the TV listings with service marks such as ‘CC’.

Features menu

&Select Features in the TV menu.

éPress the cursor right to enter the features menu.

“Select the menu items with the cursor up/down and adjust the settings with the cursor left/right.

Closed captions

This displays the transmitted CC- or CS-text on the screen according to your chosen CC or CS service in the caption service. This text can either be permanently displayed (assuming that the service is available in the broadcast) or only when mute is active.

&Press the cursor right after having selected Closed captions.

éSelect On, Off or On during mute.

Caption service

This allows you to select the Closed Captions service levels of analog broadcasting to be displayed.

Closed Captioning allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, this feature uses on- screen ‘text boxes’ to show dialogue and conversations while the TV program is in progress. Captions will appear on the screen during captioned broadcasts.

&Select Captions service.

éPress the cursor right.

“Select the desired Caption service:

•CC 1, 2, 3 or 4

Dialogue (and descriptions) for the action on the captioned TV program shows on screen.

Usually CC 1 is the most used. CC 2 may be used for alternate languages if they are being transmitted.

•T 1, 2, 3 or 4

Often used for channel guide, schedules, bulletin board information for Closed Captions programs, news, weather informations or stock market reports. Not all Caption services are necessarily being used by a TV channel during the transmission of a Closed Caption program.

‘See Closed Caption in the TV, Features menu, see above, to turn the Caption service On or Off.

Note: This television provides display of television closed captioning conforming with the EIA-608 standard and in accordance with Sections 15.119 of the FCC rules.

How to switch on.

To switch ON the closed caption feature, go to feature ==> closed caption and select 'On' or 'On during mute'.

If you connect your set-top box via HDMI or component video input, you cannot select closed caption through the TV. You can select closed caption through the set-top box only.

Digital caption service

This allows you to configure the way you choose to view the digital captioning. Select one of the digital service channels made available by the caption provider. There are 6 standard services. Service 1 is designated as the Primary Caption Service. This service contains the verbatim, or near-verbatim captions for the primary language being spoken in the accompanying program audio.

Service 2 is designated as the Secondary Language Service. This service contains captions in a secondary language which are translations of the captions in the primary Caption Service. The other service subchannels are not pre-assigned. It is up to the discretion of the individual caption provider to utilize the remaining service channels.

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