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Misspellings and unusual
characters sometimes occur during
closed caption transmissions, especially
those of live events. There may be a
small delay before captions appear
when you change channels. These are
not malfunctions of the TV.
3
Press the
LEFT/RIGHT
buttons to turn closed
captioning on/off.
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In caption mode, captions appear
at the bottom of the screen, and they
usually cover only a small portion of
the picture.
In text mode, information unrelated
to the program, such as news or
weather, is displayed. Text often
covers a large portion of the screen.
4
Press the
DOWN
button
to select “Mode”.
Press the
LEFT/RIGHT
buttons to select
“Caption” or “Text”.
Viewing Closed Captions
Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows.
These captions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language translations.
All VCRs record the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-recorded video
tapes also provide closed captions. Most pre-recorded commercial video tapes provide closed
captions as well. Check for the closed caption symbol in your television schedule and on the
tape’s packaging:
.
Note: The Caption feature does not work with DVD or DTV signals.
1
Press the
MENU
button
to display the menu.
Press the
DOWN
button to select
“Function”, then press
the
RIGHT
button.
2
Press the
DOWN
button to select
“Caption”, then press
the
RIGHT
button.
5
Depending on the particular broadcast, it might be
necessary to make changes to “Channels” and “Field”:
Use the
UP
, DOWN
, RIGHT
and
LEFT
buttons
to make the changes. (Follow the same procedure as in
steps 3~4 above.)
Press the
MENU
button to exit.
Different channels and fields display
different information: Field 2 carries
additional information that
supplements the information in
Field 1. (For example, Channel 1
may have subtitles in English, while
Channel 2 has subtitles in Spanish.)
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