Teletext
The Teletext service is available in many countries under a variety of names (TOP Text, Fastext, FLOF text, Videotext). It is provided as a free service by television broadcasters. This service provides a real wealth of information, available at any time, on weather, sports results, news, games, etc. The information is presented in pages or organised in topics specified in colour on the screen and you can access this information by simply pressing the buttons of the relevant colour on the remote control.
Accessing Teletext
Press the TEXT button on the remote control. Teletext will display the last page selected, or if you have changed channel, the index page.
To display a page, enter its
Navigation bar
The navigation bar, located at the bottom of the screen, provides access to the next three pages and the previous page by pressing the relevant colour button on the remote control.
Press the MENU button to display the navigation bar and access the following functions:
STOP: this function is used to stop pages from following on in succession. Press the red button to select this function. The word STOP (or an icon) appears in place of the page number.
Press the red button again to allow the pages to follow on again.
???(hidden answers): press the green button to reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games). Press the green button again to hide the answer.
ZOOM: press the yellow button:
1st key press: page is zoomed in and displays rows 1 to 12
2nd key press: the page is zoomed and displays rows 13 to 24
3rd key press: the page returns normal size and displays full page.
MIX (mixed display): press the blue button to display Teletext against a transparent background. Press this button again to return to normal display.
Changing the character set temporarily
You can change the character set used for Teletext, if the existing one is not suitable for the channel you are watching.
You do this by pressing the MENU button to display the navigation bar.
Then press OK to display the number of the character set currently being used in place of ???.
Use the green button to select another character set.
The character set selected in the INSTALLATION menu will be restored when the TV set is switched off or enters standby mode, or when you change channels.
Press the EXIT button to quit the Teletext function.
Note : In teletext mode, the Vol+/Vol and Mute are still functional but on screen will not show volume bargraph and mute symbol
Other Teletext functions
Newsflash
When a newsflash is detected, MIX is replaced by N in the navigation bar. Press the blue button to display the newsflash. In the case of an update, the Teletext function is enabled and displays the new information.
This function is disabled if TV changes the programme, enters standby mode or is switched off. Press the EXIT button to quit the Teletext function and return to TV mode.
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