Watching TV

Teletext

What is Teletext?

Teletext broadcasts pages of information and entertainment to specially equipped television sets. Your TV receives Teletext signals broadcast by a TV network, and decodes them into graphical format for viewing. News, weather and sports information, stock exchange prices and programme previews are among the many services available.

Turning on and off Teletext

1 Select a TV channel or external source providing a Teletext programme.

2 Press M to display the Teletext.

Many stations use the TOP operating system, while some use FLOF (e.g. CNN). Your TV supports both these systems. The pages are divided into topic groups and topics. After switching on the teletext, up to 2000 pages are stored for fast access.

Each time you press M, the screen switches as shown below.

Press M again to display the Teletext on the right screen and the normal image on the left screen.

If you select a programme with no Teletext signal, “No Teletext available.” displays.

The same message displays during other modes if no Teletext signal is available.

TELETEXT

TELETEXT

NOTE

Teletext will not work if the selected signal type is RGB. (See page 32)

Buttons for teletext operations

Buttons

 

Description

 

 

P (R/S)

Increase or decrease the page number.

 

 

Colour

Select a group or block of pages displayed

(R/G/Y/B)

in the coloured brackets at the bottom of the

 

screen by pressing the corresponding Colour

 

(R/G/Y/B) on the remote control unit.

 

 

0 - 9

Directly select any page from 100 to 899 by

 

using 0 - 9.

 

 

V (Top/

Switch the Teletext image to Top, Bottom or

Bottom/Full)

Full.

 

 

K (Reveal

Reveal or hide hidden information such as an

hidden Teletext)

answer to a quiz.

 

 

3 (Freeze/

Stop updating Teletext pages automatically or

Hold)

release the hold mode.

 

 

[ (Subtitle for

Display the subtitle or exit the subtitle screen.

Teletext)

Subtitles will not be displayed when

 

 

the service does not contain subtitle

 

 

information.

 

 

1 (Subpage)

Reveal or hide subpages.

 

R button: Move to the previous subpage.

 

G button: Move to the following subpage.

 

These two buttons are shown on the

 

 

screen by the signs l and k.

 

 

 

Using the MHEG5 application (UK only)

Some services bring you programmes with the MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group) application encoded, letting you experience DTV interactively.

When provided, the MHEG5 application will start when you press M.

Sample MHEG5 screen

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Sharp LC-37B20S, LC-37G20E, LC-37B20E, LC-37G20S, LC-32G20S, LC-32G20E, LC-32B20S Teletext, Using the MHEG5 application UK only