Samsung HCM553WB Viewing Closed Captions, Different channels and fields, Select Mode, then press

S P E C I A L F E AT U R E S

Viewing Closed Captions

Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows. These captions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language trans-

lations. All VCRs record the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-record- ed video tapes also provide closed captions. Most pre-recorded commercial video tapes pro- vide 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.

Press the CH button to select “Function”, then press the VOL + button.

2

Press the CH button to select “Caption”, then press the VOL + button.

3

Press the VOL + or VOL - button to turn closed cap- tioning “on” or “off”.

Function

Language : English

Plug & Play

Convergence

Caption

Time

Auto Clock Set

V-Chip

Function

Language : English

Plug & Play

Convergence

Caption

Time

Auto Clock Set

V-Chip

Caption

Caption	: On
Mode	: Caption
Channels	:	1
Field	:	1

▼ Quick way to access captions menu: Simply press the “Caption” button on the remote control:

▼ Misspellings and unusual

characters sometimes occur dur- ing closed caption transmissions, especially those of live events.

There may be a small delay before captions appear when you change channels. These are not malfunc- tions of the TV.

▼ In caption mode, captions

4
Press the CH button to			Caption
	Caption		: On
select “Mode”, then press	Mode		: Text
the VOL + or VOL - button to	Channels	: 1
	Field	: 1
select “Caption” or “Text.”

appear at the bottom of the screen, and they usually cover only a small portion of the pic- ture.

In text mode, information unre- lated 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 CH , CH , VOL + and VOL - 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.)

Note: The Caption feature doesn’t work in Component1(480p, 1080i), Component2 or Component3 mode.

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