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Using the closed caption decoder
Many broadcasters now supply closed captioning information along with their regular broadcasts. Your TV can decode that information and display it on the TV screen.
There are two types of captioning that broadcasters can send:
"standard" and "text."
Standard captioning is related to the program that is being
shown. Standard captioning usually follows the dialogue of the
characters
Text captioning often contains news. Text captioning blocks out watching.
information such as weather or your view of the program you are
Your TV can decode four different "standard captioning" signals and four different "text captioning _' signals on each TV channel.
However, each station may be broadcasting only one or two
captioning signals, or none at. all.
When setting the decoder you can choose:
•to display one of four "standard captioning" signals (
•to display one of four "text captioning" signals (
Text 2, [] : Text 3,
•to display captions when muting ( [] : _rhen Muting),
•or to turn the captions off ( [] : Off).
If you select "[] : When Muting," the standard captioning signal ( [] :1) will appear whenever you use the MUTE button.
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