Using the TV’s Menu System

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1 Picture Quality

2Audio

3Recordings

4 Parental Controls

5Connections

6Preferences

7 Assisted Setup

8 Web Browser

Main Menu

The Preferences menu has screens for setting up the TV to match your personal preferences:

•Closed Captioning: Choose the look and type of captions.

•Screen Format: How to format a picture on the 16:9 screen.

•Time Menu: Set up time-related features.

•Color Scheme: Pick a color for the menu system.

•Translucency: Pick a level of translucency for the menus.

•Menu Language: Select from English, Español, and Français.

•Power Indicator: Set the brightness level or turn it off.

•Lamp Power: Set the TV's lamp to a preferred brightness.

Press OK or￿to access the Preferences menu.

Preferences Menu

The Preferences menu allows you to change some aspects of your TV to fit your personal preferences. Features in the Preferences menu are: Closed Captioning, Screen Format, Time Menu, Color Scheme, Translucency, Menu Language, Power Indicator, and Lamp Power.

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1 ClosedText hereCaptioning

2 Screen Format

3 Time Menu

4 Color Scheme

5Translucency

6 Menu Language

7 Power Indicator

8 Lamp Power

Main Menu Preferences

The Closed Captioning menu has screens for setting closed captioning features to match your personal preferences:

•Caption Display: Select when captions should appear.

•Analog Captions: Select a default service for analog TV.

•Digital Captions: Select a default service for digital TV.

•Caption Priority: Select digital or analog caption priority.

•Caption Style: Select the appearance of digital captions.

The Closed Captioning menu lets you set preferences for how captions look and act. Press OK to continue.

Closed Captioning

You may set the type of captioning displayed. Captioning is not available from the PIP tuner. Choices within the Closed Captioning menu are: Caption Display, Analog Captions, Digital Captions, Caption Priority, and Caption Style.

 

Main Menu Preferences Closed Captioning

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On

1 TextCaptionhereDisplay

Off

2 Analog Captions

On When Muted

3 Digital Captions

You can choose when closed captioning information

4 Caption Priority

should be displayed on the screen.

 

5 Caption Style

Note: Not all programs have closed captioning and closed

 

captioning is not supported on the HDMI input.

 

Caption Display lets you select whether closed captioning is

 

displayed when it is available. Press OK to continue.

Caption Display

The Caption Display menu displays a choice list that lets you choose when closed captioning information is shown on the screen. HDMI/DVI input is not supported by Closed Captioning (CC). Try the HDMI or DVI component’s menu system for CC options.

On Captioning information is always shown, when it’s available on a channel or input.

Off No captioning information is displayed.

On When Muted Captioning information is only shown when available and the TV’s sound is muted. (To mute the sound, press the MUTE button on the remote control and captioning information will appear on the screen, if available.)

Notes: Use the CC button on the remote to toggle CC on and off. Go the remote section for more information.

If you turned off the speakers in the Audio menu (Fixed Output, Speakers Off), Closed Captioning won’t appear when you press the MUTE button on the remote even when you choose On when Muted.

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1 Caption Display

2 Analog Captions

3 Digital Captions

4 Caption Priority

5 Caption Style

Main Menu Preferences Closed Captioning

CC1

You can select a mode or source of

CC2

closed captions for analog-TV

programs.

 

CC3

If the "Caption Priority" feature is set

CC4

to "Use the analog captions", then the

 

Text 1

analog caption mode you select is

also used for digital-TV programs.

Text 2

 

Text 3

Note: CC1 and Text 1 are the

primary caption and text services.

 

Text 4

 

Press ￿ or ￿ to point to an option, then press OK to select it. Press ￿to return to the menu.

Analog Captions

You can select a closed caption mode, which is the mode or source used for displaying captioning information for analog channels or digital channels, if available. The content of CC and Text are different; you can select which one you want to see on the screen.

CCDisplays information at any position on the screen. It overlays the text on top of the picture as it is received.

Text Displays information at one particular position (such as the bottom third) of the screen. You cannot see the picture underneath the text.

You can choose between eight closed caption modes:

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