Setting Up Closed Captioning

Your TV can display closed captions for programs that include them. Closed captions display a transcription of a program’s dialogue.

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Changing the Appearance of Digital Closed Captions

Digital closed captions can be displayed according to your preference. See the diagram on the next page for an explanation of the parts of the closed caption area.

To change the appearance of digital closed captions:

If the program you are viewing is not being broadcast with closed captions, the TV will not display them.

The Closed Captioning menu only appears when the input is an antenna for Over-the-Air signals, cable TV directly from the wall (no cable box), or a device with a composite video connection.

1.

From the Closed Captions

 

menu, use the Arrow buttons

 

to highlight Digital Closed

 

Captions Style and press OK.

2.

Use the Left/Right Arrow

 

buttons on the remote to select

 

Custom. The Digital Closed

VIZIO

 

Digital Closed Captions Style

Caption Style

Custom

Text Style

As Broadcast

Text Size

Large

Text Color

As Broadcast

To activate or deactivate closed captions:

1.

Press the MENU button on the

 

remote. The on-screen menu is

 

displayed.

2.

Use the Arrow buttons on the

 

remote to highlight Closed

 

Captions and press OK. The

 

Closed Captions menu is

 

displayed.

3.

Use the Arrow buttons on the

 

remote to highlight the type

 

of closed captions you wish to

 

see:

VIZIO

 

Closed Captions

 

Analog Closed Captions

CC1

Digital Closed Captions

CS1

Digital Closed Captions Style

 

Captions Style menu appears

as shown.

3. Use the Up/Down Arrow

buttons on the remote to

highlight the setting you wish

to change, then use the Left/

Right Arrow buttons to change

the setting:

Caption Style - Choose As Broadcast to keep default settings or Custom

to manually change each setting.

Text Opacity

As Broadcast

 

 

Text Edges

As Broadcast

 

 

Background Color

Black

 

 

Background Opacity

As Broadcast

 

 

Window Color

As Broadcast

 

 

Window Opacity

As Broadcast

• Analog Closed Captions for

analog (NTSC) TV channels.

• Digital Closed Captions for

digital (ATSC) TV channels.

4. After highlighting the type of

closed captions you wish to

see, use the Left/Right Arrow

buttons on the remote to select

the caption channel you wish

to display, then press EXIT.

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Text Style - Change the font used for the closed captioning text.

Text Size - Make the text larger or smaller.

Text Color - Change the color of the text.

Text Opacity - Change the transparency of the text.

Text Edges - Change the effects at the edges of the text, such as raising the edges or adding drop shadows.

Background Color - Change the color of the

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Vizio E221-A1 user manual Setting Up Closed Captioning