Captions Menu, continued: Customizing Digital Settings

Fonts

You can customize the text of digital captions by selecting the font of your choice. The available Font options are as follows:

Default - Selected by the Closed Captions provider

Font 1 - Monospaced font with Serifs

Font 2 - Proportional spaced font with Serifs

Font 3 - Monospaced font without Serifs

Font 4 - Proportionally spaced without Serif

Font 5 - Casual font

Font 6 - Cursive font

Font 7 - Small Capitals font

Size

You can also customize the text of digital captions by selecting your desired size of font. Large is the recommended font size.

Transparent - See-through text reveals the TV program

Opaque - Solid color text; blocks the TV program

Flashing - Text flashing in intervals

IMPORTANT

We recommend you use contrasting colors between captions and background. In particular, Black background with translucent opacity and White font are easy to read.

Care must be exercised when selecting customized colors. Your choice may change the legibility or readability of captions.

Color

You can customize the text of digital captions by selecting the font color. The available font colors are listed below. Black text is available only when the background is a color other than black.

• White

• Yellow

• Black

• Green

• Magenta

• Cyan

• Red

• Blue

Background

To make the digital closed captions easier to read, you can choose the background color. The available background colors are listed below. White background is available only when the text is a color other than white.

• White

• Yellow

• Black

• Green

• Magenta

• Cyan

• Red

• Blue

NOTE: If you choose the same color for the fonts and background, Closed Captions will not be visible.

Opacity (Font)

You can customize the visibility of your fonts using the following categories:

• Translucent - TV program is faintly visible behind the text

Background Opacity

You can customize the background for digital captions using the following categories:

Translucent - TV program is dimly visible behind the background

Transparent - See-through background reveals the TV program

Opaque - Solid background; blocks TV program

Flashing - Background flashing in intervals

IMPORTANT

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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