38 5. TV Menu Settings

Captions Menu

Captions on Analog Channels

TheTVcandecodecaptionsfrom
ANT 1
/
ANT 2
and
INPUT 1
/
INPUT 2
.Broadcasterscansendeitherstan-
dardclosedcaptionsortextservice.Standardclos ed
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.
IMP ORTA NT
• Analog text-servic e options display a large
black or gray box on the scre en when no
signal is being broad cast.
• Thecontentofcaptio nsisdeterminedby
the broadcaster. If capt ions show strange
characters, mis spellings, or odd grammar,
it is not a malfunction o f the TV.
Captions Menu Options
Closed
Captions
Analog
Captions
On if Mute
CC 1–CC 4
Text 1–Text 4
Off
• OnifMute:Displayanalogclosedcaptionssi gnal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-servicesignals
Analog
Background
Gray, Black S elect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:Displaydigitalclosedcaptionsigna l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referstothesettingsselectedbytheclosed-captions
provider.UseFonts1through7togivecaptionsacustom
appearance.
Font Size
Large
Standard
Small
Largeistherecommendedsize.
Font Color White, Black, Magent a, etc. G uidelinesforsettingdigitalcaptions:
• Usecontrastingcolorsforcaptionsand
background.
• Checkreadabilityofcaptionsusingthe
sampletextintheupperrightcornerof
themenu.
• A white font on a black tra nslucent
background makes an easy-to-r ead
combination.
Font Opacity Transluce nt, Opaque, Flashing,
Transparent
Background
Color
White, Black, Magent a, etc.
Background
Opacity
Translucent, Opaque, Fl ashing,
Transparent

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 will lo ok.