Sharp LED TV operation manual Teletext, Text language, What is teletext?, Turning teletext on/off

Watching TV

Teletext

What is teletext?

Teletext broadcasts pages of information and entertainment to specially equipped TV. 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 teletext on/off

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

View setting

Text language

If Teletext information does not display correctly, perform the procedure below.

Select from among six kinds of language tables: West Europe, East Europe, Greek/Turkish, Cyrillic, Arabic and Farsi.

Each table is compatible with the Teletext languages listed below.

1Go to “HOME” > “TV Menu” > “Setup” > “View setting” > “Individual setting” > “Text language”.

2Press mto display the teletext.

3Press magain to display the teletext on the right screen and the normal image on the left screen.

•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 2,000 pages are stored for fast access.

•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

• Each time you press m, the screen switches as shown above.

NOTE

• Teletext will not work in 3D mode.

Buttons for teletext operations

Buttons		Description
CHr/s	Increase or decrease the page number.
	Select a group or block of pages displayed
Colour	in the coloured brackets at the bottom of
	the screen by pressing the corresponding
(R/G/Y/B)
	colour (R/G/Y/B) on the remote control
	unit.
Numeric	Directly select any page from 100 to 899 by
buttons 0–9	using the 0–9numeric buttons.
k(Reveal	Reveal or hide hidden information such as
hidden teletext)	an answer to a quiz.
3(Freeze/	Stop updating teletext pages automatically
Hold)	or release the hold mode.
	Display the subtitle or exit the subtitle
[(Subtitle for	screen.
	Subtitles will not be displayed when
teletext)
	the service does not contain subtitle
	information.
	Reveal or hide subpages.
	Selects directly the desired subpage (0-9).
1(Subpage)	•	Move to the previous subpage (R).
	•	Move to the following subpage (G).
	•	These two buttons are shown on the
		screen by the symbols “e” and “f”.
v(Top/	Switch the Teletext image to Top, Bottom
Bottom/Full)	or Full.

Display the top menu.

?• The top menu will not be displayed when the service does not support top menus.

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Text language

Teletext language settings

West Europe

East Europe

Greek/Turkish

Cyrillic

Arabic

Farsi

Select Back

•West Europe — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian

•East Europe — Polish, French, Scandinavian, Czech, German, Slovenian/Croatian, Italian, Rumanian

•Greek/Turkish — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek

•Cyrillic — English, Russian, Estonian, Czech, German, Slovenian/Croatian, Ukrainian, Lettish

•Arabic — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Arabic

•Farsi — English, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Farsi

NOTE

•Teletext can be displayed only when it is sent by a network. Not used to convert between languages.