Hauppauge WinTV USB, Installation And Reference Manual

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Teletext Data Reception using VTPlus
(European WinTV boards
)
Teletext is used in Europe and other parts of the world to transmit digital
data along with a television picture. Teletext data is transmitted in an
invisible part of the TV picture called the "Vertical Blanking Interval" or
VBI.
Teletext data is normally formatted into pages. A master index is also
transmitted which lists the various categories that can be received, and
which Teletext page they are being transmitted on. Teletext data must
be inserted into the VBI by your TV broadcaster, and can only be
received on the Win/TV boards if the Hauppauge Teletext decoder is
installed.
An example of a Teletext page follows. Each Teletext page has a page
number, a date and the current time in the right hand corner:
VTPlus for Win/TV is a sophisticated Teletext software application which
runs exclusively on the Hauppauge Win/TV card. VTPlus allows you to
view multiple Teletext pages, save or print Teletext pages and create
Dynamic Data Links so that Teletext data can be used in other Windows
applications. The Win/TV application does not have to be active while
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