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TELETEXT
The Teletext service is carried on a TV transmission signal, therefore it is only available when a
TV programme can be received on your TV. Your choice of TV programme also governs which
Teletext service you will receive (CEEFAX for BBC 1 and 2, Oracle 1TV and Channel 4).
First, turn on your TV and choose your TV pro-
gramme. Then press the Text button
q
to
switch the receiver to Teletext mode.
To select any other page, simply press the three
of the PAGE SELECT
o
buttons or PAGE
DOWN
e
or
d
UP button. The Page number
requested is displayed on the upper left hand
side of the screen and when the third digit (each
main page number consists of three digits) is
entered, the page header display changes
colour from white to green to indicate that the
page currently being displayed is not yet the
requested page. On receiving the new page the
header changes to white, and the rolling num-
ber in the centre is stationary.
To return to normal TV operation, the TV
i
but-
ton is pressed.
In Teletext mode, the PAGE SELECTOR
o
buttons are used to enter a page number or a
subcode.
During digit entry page, acquisition is stopped.
Page Number
e
and UP
d
buttons decrease
or increase the current page number by 1.
When the Index
u
button is pressed in the
FLOF mode, the Teletext decoder is set up to
display the index page. Press once for Main
Index Page : press again for full index. When
the TV is in LIST mode, the teletext decoder is
set up to display the Red Rank.
In normal Teletext mode, TV picture and char-
acter data are not displayed simultaneously.
The MIX
h
button allows a combined display of
TV picture and character data.
By pressing the SIZE
t
button, either the top
half or the bottom half of the Text display can be
expanded.
Press the Size button
t
once and the top half
of the display expanded.
Press again and the bottom half is expanded.
Press again and the display returns to normal
size characters.
Getting Started
Page Down/Page Up
d
/
e
Index
u
Mix
h
Size
t
Page Selector 0-9
o
Note that when Teletext is first selected,
Index page is automatically obtained when
the TV is in the FLOF mode. If the TV is in
LIST mode, then the Teletext page which is
stored in the RED rank is obtained.
Note that if the new page requested is a
newsflash or a subtitle page, the normal TV
picture is automatically turned on and the
news flash or subtitle displayed in a box
within the picture.
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