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Teletext

Used in many countries under various names (TOP Text, Fastext, FLOF text,Videotext),Teletext is a free service offered by television channels.The service consists of information database (weather, sports results, news, games, etc.) available at all times.

EN

1 0 2 E u r o N e w s 16 : 02 : 99 12 : 00 : 40

DEUTSCH 101

FRENCH102

ENGLISH 103

SPANISH 104

Wintersport

Press the TEXT button to display the Teletext Index page (page 100) or the last called page. A message will tell you if there is no Teletext on the channel that you are watching.

Display a page: key in the 3 figures of its page number.

After a moment the page appears.

Use or PR + / PR - buttons to display following or previous pages.

Display the Index page: using or buttons select 100 in the bottom left window of the page and confirm with OK.

Rolling pages: some types of information may take several pages.

 

 

They appear on the screen as become available.

 

 

 

Using or

buttons select STOP in the bottom left window of the page

 

and confirm with OK to stop paging.

 

 

 

To resume paging, press OK.

 

 

 

Hidden message: to reveal a hidden answer (games), using

or

buttons select ? ? ? in the bottom left window of the page

and press OK. Press ok, to hide it again.

 

 

 

Zoom : using

or buttons select ZOOM in the bottom left window of the page and press OK,

once to enlarge the top of the screen, twice to enlarge the bottom of the screen, or three times to restore the original size.

Mixed screen: to overlay a teletext page onto the channel picture, using

or

buttons select MIX in the bottom left window of the

page and confirm with OK.

 

 

 

One further press on OK returns to normal display.

 

 

 

Sub-page: to access a sub-page directly, using or

buttons select

- - - -

in the bottom left window of the page.

Key in the sub-page’s 4-digit number (e.g. : 0003).

 

 

 

With some channels, it may take several minutes to display the sub-page on the screen.

Some channels transmit warning pages which may be displayed in a desired time.

Example: dial 1530 as a sub-page number for 15:30, then press EXIT.

The unit should be on, tuned at the station transmitting the warning page.

The display of the last line differs according to the type of teletext received. Your TV automatically detects the type of teletext received. Direct access: the yellow and blue buttons allow direct access to the pages whose numbers are displayed in yellow and blue at the bottom of the screen.

Fastext: Fastext contains 4 colour subject headings which appear at the bottom of the screen.

Select the desired page by the colour buttons on remote control.

After you have made your choice, additional subject headings may appear.

TOPtext:TOP text contains pages arranged in subject headings with articles.

Press blue button to select the heading displayed at the bottom of the page.

The following heading is then displayed in blue at the bottom of the page.

Press yellow button to select the article displayed at the bottom of the page.

The following article is then displayed in blue at the bottom of the page.

Additional functions

Some channels transmit via teletext subtitles of their programmes, as well as the latest newsletters. The numbers of appropriate pages are to be found in the Teletext table of contents.

Once found, the subtitles or a newsletter are overlaid onto the picture.The reference line will vanish in seconds. To recall it up, press TEXT button.

To leave Teletext, press EXIT.

Page mode

This mode allows a quick access to the pages whose numbers are displayed on the screen.

If the current page contains references to other page numbers, press TEXT to switch to the Page mode.

Select the desired page number by pressing or button. Confirm your choice by OK.

You can call up the next or previous page by pressing the buttons.

Press TEXT button to leave the page mode.

To leave Teletext, press EXIT.

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Technicolor - Thomson ETC210 Teletext, Following heading is then displayed in blue at the bottom, Additional functions