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Advanced functions
EN
Teletext
The Teletext service is available in many countries under a variety
of names (TOP Text, Fastext, FLOF text,Videotext). It is provided
as a free service by television broadcasters.This service provides a
real wealth of information, available at any time, on weather, sports
results, news, games, etc.The information is presented in pages or
organised in topics specified in colour on the screen and you can
access this information by simply pressing the buttons of the
relevant colour on the remote control.
Accessing Teletext
Press the
TEXT
button (purple) on the remote control.Teletext
will display the last page selected, or if you have changed channel,
the index page (usually 100). If the particular programme does not
provide a Teletext service, a message will appear to this effect.
To display a page, enter its 3-digit number or use the
PR+/PR-
buttons.The page appears after a few moments.The entered
number appears:
- red if the page does not exist,
- white if the page has been found,
- green when a sub-page has also been found for this page,
- yellow when the page exists but has not been found yet.
If the current page includes subpages, the page number is displayed
in green. In this mode, pressing the
buttons will allow you to
step through all the available subpages.
You can select a specific subpage number by pressing
0
to enter
subpage direct access mode.The display will look like this: 120 ----.
You can then enter the four digits of the sub-page number using
the numeric buttons (e.g. 0003).
Navigator
In the navigator use the
buttons to select one of the
following functions:
Stop
Some information is spread over several subpages which will be
displayed one after the other.To stop subpage scrolling, select
and press
OK
. Press
OK
to allow the information to move
again.
If you select
and the symbol changes colour, this means that
there are no subpages.
Hidden answers
To reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games), select
and
press
OK
. Press
OK
once more to hide the answer again.
Zoom
Select and
press
OK
: once to zoom in on the top part of the
screen, twice to zoom in on the bottom part of the screen and
three times to return to normal display.
Mixed display
Select and
press
the
OK
button to display Teletext in the
right half of the screen. Use the
TEXT
button to toggle between
full screen and mixed display modes.
Other Teletext functions
Newsflash
When a newsflash is detected, the
icon is replaced with a
N
in the navigator. Select it and press
OK
to display the newsflash. In
the case of an update, the Teletext function is enabled and displays
the new information.
Subtitles
Some channels provide subtitles for some of their programmes.
The number of the relevant pages is specified on the Teletext
index page.
To display subtitles, enable the Teletext function, find the number of
the page displaying the subtitles and enter it. Once the relevant
page is found, the subtitles appear in the TV picture.The navigator
disappears after a couple of seconds.To display it again, press the
TEXT
button (purple).
Alarm page
In some countries (Spain, Benelux, etc.), you can set a time to
display certain Teletext pages (alarm pages).
To do this, display the relevant alarm page and enter subpage
mode. Enter the time instead of the subpage number (e.g. 1705 for
17:05) and press
EXIT
.The page will disappear and will appear
again at the set time, as long as you do not change channels or
switch off the TV beforehand.
Direct access
The yellow and blue buttons on the remote control allow you to
access directly those pages whose numbers are displayed in yellow
and blue at the bottom of the screen.
Fastext (FLOF)
There is a band displayed at the bottom of the screen in Fastext
teletext, which is divided into coloured sections, which represent
links to the topics which you can access by pressing the button of
the relevant colour. Other topics accessible in the same way can
also be displayed.
TOPtext
TOPtext displays a bar at the bottom of the page divided into two
coloured sections (yellow and blue).The blue section displays a
topic you can access directly by pressing the blue button.The next
topic will then appear in the blue section.
The yellow section displays an article you can access directly by
pressing the yellow button.The next article will then appear in the
yellow section.
Storing the programme page
If the broadcasting company amends the pages of its Teletext you
need to save the new programme page to be able to obtain
information when you press the
GUIDE
button (see page 8).
To do this, go to the programme page for the current day and
select the
function in the navigator. Press the
OK
button until
the message “
Store for programme info: OK. Reset: 0
”
appears at the bottom of the screen. Press
OK
.
Press the
EXIT
button to quit Teletext.
STOP
STOP
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