VIEWING TELETEXT(OPTION) / USE OF THE TELETEXT BUTTONS

MThe teletext service is carried on a TV transmission signal, therefore it is only available when a TV program can be received on your TV.

Your choice of TV program also governs which Teletext service you will receive.

TO SELECT THE TEXT MODE

First, turn on your TV SET and choose your TV program.

Then press the TEXT()button to switch the receiver to Teletext mode.

To select any other page, simply press the three of the PAGE SELECTOR buttons or PR y/x buttons. The page number requested is displayed on the upper left hand side of the screen.

To return to normal TV operation, the TEXT()button is pressed.

Note that if the new page requested is a news flash or a subtitle page, the normal TV picture is automatically turned on and the news flash or subtitle displayed in a box within the picture.

SPLIT SCREEN

In Teletext mode, press the TEXT( )button to select the SPLIT

SCREEN mode and then to be displayed split screen.

PAGE SELECT

In Teletext mode, the PAGE SELECTOR buttons are used to enter a page number or a subcode.

During digit entry page, acquisition is stopped.

Or PR y/x buttons decrease or increase the current page number by 1.

INDEX

When the INDEX( ) button is pressed in the FLOF mode, the Teletext decoder is set up to display the index page.

Press once for Main Index Page : press again for full index. When the TV is in LIST mode, the teletext decoder is set up to display the Red Bank.

MIX

In normal Teletext mode, TV picture and character data are not displayed simultaneously.

The MIX( ) button allows a combined display of TV picture and charater data.

PICTURE

In Teletext mode, if you press the PICTURE( ) button, you can control brightness by pressing C/B buttons.

SIZE

By pressing the SIZE button, either the top half or the bottom half of the Text display can be expanded.

Press the SIZE( ) button once and the top half of the display expanded.

Press again and the bottom half is expanded.

Press again and the display return to normal size characters.

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REVEAL

Some Teletext pages play a role in concealing part of the display in, for example, a quiz page with concealed answer.

The REVEAL( ) button releases the concealed text as long as the REVEAL( ) button is not again.

HOLD

Some Teletext pages contain more information than can be displayed simultaneously and are therefore sub-divided into a series of two or more pages.

The first sub-page of a series of four sub-pages will. For example, be indicated by a 1/4 displayed on the top right hand side of the next page. These sub-pages are automatically rotated, each page being displayed for a set time before being replaced by the next page. If you need to read a certain page for longer than allowed, or retain a particular sub-page, then the HOLD( ) button should be pressed. The HOLD( ) symbol will be displayed on the top left hand side instead of the page number and page acquisition will be stopped.

Normal operation is restored by pressing the HOLD( ) button again or by entering a new page number.

CANCEL

The CANCEL( ) button suppresses the Text display and restores the normal TV picture while the receiver remain in the Teletext mode. This function allows you to request Teletext page and after Teletext controls without interrupting a TV program.

To return to normal TV operation, the CANCEL() button is pressed again.

SUBCODE

For Teletext information witch is longer than one page, it may take some time for the automatically changing of sub-pages to reach the sub-page you require.

It is possible, however, to enter the sub-page you require and continue watching a normal TV program until the correct sub-page has been reached.

Press SUBCODE( ) button, the character S----will appear in the

left side, while character --:-- will appear on the right. Enter the desire sub page number. EG. To select sub page 10, press 0,0,1,0.

Press CANCEL(

) button to return to normal TV program. When the

requested sub-page is reached, the main page number will

be super-

imposed on the normal TV picture. Press the Teletext(

 

 

) button to

 

 

 

display the stored sub-page.

 

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NEC PF32W503 To Select the Text Mode, Split Screen, Index, Mix, Picture, Size, Reveal, Hold, Cancel, Subcode