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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.

Press the text button to display theTeletext 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.

The last line of the teletext page can be used in 2 ways: either in "Function" mode or in "Link" mode.

To go from one mode to the other, press the tv menu key.

Function Mode

Display the Index page: using / 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 / 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

/ buttons select ? ? ? in the bottom left window of the page and press ok.

Press ok, to hide it again.

Zoom: using / 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 / 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 / buttons select - - - - in the bottom left window of the page and confirm with ok. 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 warming 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 warming page.

Favourite pages: To memorise 4 of your favourite pages, use the / keys and select ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ in the grey window on the bottom left of the page.

Press OK to tick the box.

Type in the number of the page to be saved and as soon as the page is displayed, press STOP on the remote control to save it.

The number memorised is displayed at the bottom of the page.

You can memorise up to 4 page numbers.To return to these pages in the future, just press the colour-coded key corresponding to the page number. If you change channel, you need to select ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ again in the grey window at the bottom of the screen and then press twice on the OK key to call up the numbers of the pages saved.

Character set: if the characters on the teletex page are faulty, you can select another set of characters.

Using the / keys, select ABCDE in the grey window on the bottom left of the page.

Press ok to check or uncheck the box.

Link Mode

The display of the last line differs according to the type of teletext received. Your TV automatically detects the type of teletext received.

If however the reception conditions do not allow such automatic detection, you can manually carry out this selection.

Using the / keys, display FORCE AUTO in the grey window at the bottom left of the page.

Then press OK to select FORCE FASTEXT or FORCE TOP depending on the case.

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.

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To leave Teletext, press exit.

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Technicolor - Thomson TV/DVD Combo manual Teletext, Function Mode, Link Mode, Additional functions