RCA B27TF685 manual Viewing Closed Captions, Misspellings and unusual

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TV O P E R AT I O N

Viewing Closed Captions

Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows. These cap- tions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language translations. All VCRs record the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-recorded video tapes also provide closed captions. Most DVDs and pre-recorded commercial video tapes provide closed captions as well. Check

for the closed caption symbol in your television schedule and on the tape’s packaging: .

1

Press the MENU button to display the menu.

Press the DOWN arrow button to select the Function icon. Press the RIGHT arrow button to access the Function menu.

	Clock		Function
	Timer
CH	Caption
	V-chip
	Language		: English
	Move	Sel.	Exit

▼ Misspellings and unusual

2

Press the DOWN arrow buttons to select “Caption”, then press the RIGHT arrow button to display the Caption menu options.

3

Press the RIGHT arrow buttons to turn closed captioning on/off.

	Caption		Function
	Caption		: Off
CH	Mode		: Caption
	Channels		: 1
	Field		: 1
	Move	Sel.	Exit

characters sometimes occur during closed caption transmissions, especially those of live events. There may be a small delay before captions appear when you change channels. These are not malfunctions of the TV.

4

Press the DOWN arrow buttons to select “Mode”.

Press the RIGHT arrow button to select “Caption” or “Text.”

	Caption		Function
	Caption		: Off
CH	Mode		: Caption
	Channels		: 1
	Field		: 1
	Move	Sel.	Exit

▼ In caption mode, captions appear at the bottom of the screen, and they usually cover only a small portion of the picture.

In text mode, information unrelated to the program, such as news or weather, is displayed. Text often covers a large portion of the screen.

5

Depending on the particular broadcast, it might be necessary to make changes to “Channels” and “Field”:

Use the UP/DOWN arrow buttons and LEFT/RIGHT arrow buttons to make the changes. (Follow the same procedure as in steps 3~4 above.)

Press the MENU button to exit.

▼ Different channels and fields display different information: Field 2 carries additional information that supplements the information in Field 1. (For example, Channel 1 may have subtitles in English, while Channel 2 has subtitles in Spanish.)

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