Viewing Teletext

TV stations broadcast an information service called Teletext via a TV channel.

Teletext service allows you to receive various information such as weather forecasts or news at any time you want.

DISPLAY/REVEAL

 

TEXT

VIDEO/HOLD

TV

 

Number

SLEEP/INDEX

 

A/B/ENLARGE

FASTEXT

 

 

PROGR/PAGE +/–

Displaying Teletext

1 Select a TV channel which carries the Teletext broadcast you want to watch.

2 Press TEXT to display the Teletext.

A Teletext page is displayed (normally the index page). If there is no Teletext broadcast, P100 is displayed at the top left corner of the screen.

To cancel the Teletext display, press TV.

Superimposing a Teletext page on the TV picture

Press TEXT.

Each time you press TEXT, the screen changes as follows:

Teletext nTeletext and TV nTV

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Checking the contents of a Teletext service (INDEX)

Press SLEEP/INDEX to display an overview of the Teletext contents and page numbers.

Using FASTEXT

This feature allows you to quickly access a Teletext page that uses FASTEXT. When a FASTEXT page is broadcast, a color-coded menu appears at the bottom of the screen. The colors of the menu correspond to the RED, GREEN, YELLOW, and CYAN buttons on the remote commander. These color buttons function as the FASTEXT buttons in Teletext mode.

Press the color button which corresponds to the color-coded menu.

The page is displayed after a few seconds.

Selecting a Teletext page

To input the three-digit page number of the Teletext page, press the number buttons.

If you make a mistake, key in the correct page number again.

To access the next or previous page, press PROGR/PAGE +/–.

Holding a Teletext page

A Teletext page may consist of several subpages. You can stop the page scrolling in order to read the text at your own pace.

Press VIDEO/HOLD.

The HOLD symbol “˝ ” is displayed at the top left corner of the screen.

To resume normal Teletext operation, press TEXT.

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