Part III: Setup

Captions Menu: Closed Captions

Captions

Captions Menu

(Figure 1)

Broadcasters can send either Standard or Text closed captioning. Standard closed captioning follows the dialogue of the characters on-screen and displays in a small section of the screen. Text closed captioning often contains information such as weather or news and covers a large portion of the on-screen program. Your TV can decode four different standard and four different text closed captioning signals from each TV sta- tion. However, each TV station may broadcast only one or two closed captioning signals, or none at all.

Within the Captions menu, you can turn on or off the closed caption decoder, select the type of captions or text, and choose black or translucent gray as the background color for the closed caption area.

Figure 1. Captions menu.

When Text closed captioning is selected, a large black or gray box will appear on your TV screen if no signal is broadcast.

Closed

Closed Captions

(Figure 1)

The TV can display one of the following:

CC1, CC2, CC3, or CC4: Standard closed captioning signals.

Text1, Text2, Text3, or Text4: Text closed captioning signals.

On if mute: Closed captions when mute. When selected, the standard closed captioning signal (CC1) will turn on/off by pressing the MUTE button on the TV remote control.

Off: No closed captions.

CC Background

(Figure 1)

To make the closed captions easier to read, you can choose to display the background color as either black or translucent gray.

The content of captions is determined by the broadcaster. If your captions show strange characters, misspellings, or odd grammar, it is not a malfunction of the TV.

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