425. TV Menus

Captions Menu

Captions on Analog Channels

The TV can decode captions from ANT 1/ANT 2 and the VIDEO composite and S-VIDEOjacks. Broadcasters can send either standard closed captions or text service. Stan- dard closed captions follow the dialogue of the program and display in a small section of the screen. Text-service closed captions often contain information such as weather or news and cover a large portion of the screen.

IMPORTANT

Analog text-service options display a large black or gray box on the screen when no signal is being broadcast.

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

Closed caption signals are not available through HDMI or component jacks. See the menus for these devices for closed-caption decoding.

Captions Menu Options

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 caption test area (upper right) to see how custom settings look.

 

Analog

On if Mute

On if Mute: Displays analog closed captions signal CC 1

 

Captions

CC 1–CC 4

 

when audio from the TV speakers is muted. When watching

Closed

 

Text 1–Text 4

 

TV, press MUTE to turn captions on/off.

 

Off

CC 1–CC 4: Standard closed-caption signals

Captions

 

 

 

• Text 1–Text 4: Text-service signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog

Gray, Black

Selects either a gray or black text background to make analog

 

Background

 

closed captions easier to read.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital

On if Mute

On if Mute: Displays digital closed caption signal Caption 1

 

Captions

Caption 1–

 

when audio from the TV speakers is muted. When watching

 

 

Caption 6

 

TV, press MUTE to turn closed captions on/off.

 

 

Off

Caption 1–Caption 6: Caption signals sent by the broad-

 

 

 

 

caster

 

 

 

 

 

Font

Default

Default changes settings to those selected by the captions pro-

 

 

Font 1–Font 7

vider, or, if none, to the TV’s own captions defaults. Use Fonts 1

Digital

 

 

through 7 to give captions a custom appearance.

 

 

 

 

Settings

Font Size

Large

Large is the recommended size.

 

Standard

Small

Font Color

White, Black, Magenta, etc.

 

 

Font Opacity

Translucent, Opaque, Flashing,

 

Transparent

 

 

Background

White, Black, Magenta, etc.

Color

 

 

 

Background

Translucent, Opaque, Flashing,

Opacity

Transparent

Guidelines for setting digital captions:

A white font on a black translucent background makes an easy-to-read combination.

Use contrasting colors for captions and background.

Check readability of captions using the sample text in the upper right corner of the menu.

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Mitsubishi Electronics WD-60C8 manual Captions Menu, Captions on Analog Channels, Captions on Digital Channels