5. TV Menus 43
Captions Menu

Captions on Analog Channels

The TV can decode captions from
ANT 1
/
ANT 2
and the
VIDEO
composite and
S-VIDEO
jacks. Broadcast
ers can
send either standard closed captions or text ser vice. Stan-
dard closed captions follow the dialogue of the program and
display in a small section of the screen. Text-service closed
captions often conta
in information such as weather or
news and cover a large portion of the screen.
IMP ORTA NT
• Analog text-servic e options display a large
black or gray box on the scre en when no signal
is being broadcast .
• Thecontentofcaptio nsisdeterminedbythe
broadcaster. If caption s show strange charac-
ters, misspellin gs, or odd grammar, it is not a
malfunction of th e TV.
•
Closed caption sign als are not available through
HDMI or component jacks . See the menus for
these devices for close d-caption decoding.

Captions on Digital Channels

The TV can decode captions from ANT 1/ANT 2 only.
Broadcasters can send up to six different captioning
selections or can send analog captions that match those
sent by the analog station. A TV station may broadcast
only one or two types of captions or none at all
.
Digital Settings menu. Check the c aption test area
(upper right) to see how custom settings look .
Captions Menu Options
Closed
Captions
Analog
Captions
On if Mute
CC 1–CC 4
Text 1–Text 4
Off
• OnifMute:Displays analog closed captions s ignal CC 1
when audio from the TV speakers is muted. When watching
TV, press
MUTE
to turn captions on/off.
• CC1–CC4:Standard closed-caption s ignals
• Text1–Text4:Text-ser vice signals
Analog
Background
Gray, Black Selects either a gray or black text background to make analog
closed captions easier to read.
Digital
Captions
On if Mute
Caption 1–
Caption 6
Off
• OnifMute: Displays digital closed caption sign al Caption 1
when audio from the TV speakers is muted. When watching
TV, press
MUTE
to turn closed captions on/off.
• Caption1–Captio n6:Caption signals sent by the broad-
caster
Digital
Settings
Font
Default
Font 1–Font 7
Default changes settings to those selected by the captions pro-
vider, or, if none, to the TV’s own captions defaults. Use Fonts 1
through 7 to give captions a custom appearance.
Font Size
Large
Standard
Small
Large is the recommended size.
Font Color White, B lack, Magenta, etc. Guidelines for setting digital captio ns:
• A white font on a black tra nslucent
background makes an easy-to-r ead
combination.
• Usecontrastingcolorsforcaptionsand
background.
• Checkreadabilityofcaptionsusingthe
sample text in the upper right corner of
the menu.
Font Opacity Transluce nt, Opaque, Flashing,
Transparent
Background
Color
White, Black, Magent a, etc.
Background
Opacity
Translucent, Opaque, Fl ashing,
Transparent