Useful adjustment settings
Your TV is equipped with an internal Closed Caption
decoder. Itallows you toview conversations, narration
and sound effects as subtitles on your TV. Closed
Captions are available on some TV programs and on
some VHS home video tapes at the discretion of the
program provider.
Digital Closed Caption service isa new caption service
available only on digital TV programs (also atthe
discretion of the service provide0. It is a more flexible
system than the original Closed Caption system,
because it allows for a variety of caption sizes and font
styles. When the Digital Closed Caption service is in
use, itwill be indicated by the appearance of a 3-letter
abbreviation that also indicates the language of the
Digital Closed Captions: ENG (English), SPA (Spanish),
FRA (French) or other language codes.
Not all programs and VHS videotapes offer closed
captions. Please look for the "[_]" symbol to ensure
that captions will be shown.
Inthe Closed Caption system, there can be more than
one caption service provided. Each is identified by its
own number. The "CC1" and "002" services display
subtitles of TV programs superimposed over the
program's picture.
Inthe Closed Caption system, the "Text1" or "Text2"
services display text that is unrelated to the program
being viewed (e.g., weather or news). These services
arealso superimposed over the program currently
being viewed.
Press CO.
,, This will present the Closed Caption information
display.
Press CC while the Closed Caption information
isstill on the screen.
,, Pressrepeatedlyuntil you select thedesired
closedcaption service.
Closed Caption
information
,, Dependingonthe numberof caption services[n
thesignal being received,you willseeinformation
suchas 1/2or 1/4 displayed.
1/2means "the first of two services".
Example:
ifa programhasthree services(DigitalCC(ENG),
CC1and Text1), the closed captiondisplay will
toggle[n this sequence:
,, TheCC button keeps a recordof the last service
selected[n its memory.
ifthe last closed caption mode (e.g. 1/3ENG)you
selected[s not availablefor the next program,or
onanother channel,the closedcaptionservice
thatis available isautomatically selected,and this
serviceappears [nparentheses,e.g. "1/3(CC1)".
ClosedCaption servicesthat appear in
parentheseswillnot be stored [nthe CCbutton's
memoryas your last selected service. Only
servicesthatyou haveselectedwith the CC
buttonare stored.
Examples:
Ina case where there are two closed caption
services provided, (for instance, Digital
CC(ENG) and CO1),and Digital CC(ENG)
isdisplayed as your current selection, if
Digital CC(ENG) isnot broadcast for the next
program, the other closed caption service,
OO1, will be displayed in parentheses.
A closed caption service appears in
parentheses because the service you selected
isnot available and a different service is
displayed on your screen. "1/1 (CC1)" is
displayed instead of "I/2/ENG".
,, See page 40 for detailed closed caption settings.
,, When the program contains no closed caption, "--"
displays in the closed caption information.
,, Ifthe language code, e.g. "ENG", [s not found on Digital TV
programs, ''-_'' will beshown.
Four kinds of closed caption service (CC1, CC2, Text1,
Text2) are potentially available, but a broadcast may contain
none or only some of these services at the discretion of the
program provider.
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