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. The different headings shown on-screen by blocks of colour are accessed by a single press on the key of the same colour on the remote control unit.

 

 

Press the text key to display the Teletext Index page (page 100).A message will tell you if

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there is no Teletext on the channel that you are watching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Index: to call up the Index page, select 100 with the

or

keys and confirm with

 

 

ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Display a page by keying in the three figures of its page number (e.g. 170).After a

 

 

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moment, the page appears. Refer to the following or previous pages with the

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ENGLISH

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SPANISH

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Scrolling pages: some information takes up several pages.They scroll on-screen as they

 

 

are received.To stop them scrolling, select STOP with the

or

keys and confirm

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with ok. Restart scrolling with ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hidden answers: to show or hide an answer (games), select ? ? ? with the

or

 

 

keys and confirm with ok.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom: select ZOOM with the

or

keys and press ok once to enlarge the top of

 

 

the screen, twice to enlarge the foot of the screen, or three times to return to normal

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Display: to superimpose the Teletext on top of the programme picture, select MIX with

 

 

the

or

keys and confirm with ok. One further press on ok returns to normal

 

 

display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-page: to access a sub-page directly, select “----” with the

or

keys.

 

 

 

Key in the sub-page’s four figure number (e.g. 0003).

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to the channel, displaying the page sub-code may take several

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct access: the yellow and blue keys allow direct access to the pages whose numbers are displayed in yellow and blue at the foot of the screen.

Fastext: Fastext broadcasts 4 headings in colour that appear at the foot of the screen.

Use the colour keys on the remote control unit to choose the heading.

TOP text:TOP Teletext broadcasts pages grouped into headings containing articles. Select the first page of a heading by pressing the blue key or select the first page of an article by pressing the yellow key.

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Sub-page: some channels broadcast Alarm pages that can be displayed at a chosen time.

E.g. for 3.30 p.m. key in 15.30 as the sub-page number then press exit. Of course it is necessary to leave the TV/DVD on, on the channel that broadcasts the Alarm page.

Additional functions: some channels provide teletext subtitles for some of their programmes and also updated news flashes.The corresponding page numbers are shown in the Teletext index. Once the page is found, the subtitle or news flash will be incorporated into the picture.The navigation strip disappears after a few seconds.To make it reappear, press the text key.

Page mode: this operating mode enables quick access to the pages whose numbers are displayed. If the page displayed refers back to other page numbers, press the text key to go to page mode. Select the number of the page you want using the

or .

Display the page with the ok key. You can display the next or

previous page using the

or

keys.

Leave page mode with the text key.

Leave Teletext with the exit key.

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