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Captions Menu, continued:
Customizing Digital Settings
Fonts
You can customize the text of digital captions by
selecting the font of your choice. The available Font
options are as follows:
• Default - Selected by the Closed Captions provider
• Font 1 - Mono-spaced font with Serifs
• Font 2 - Proportional spaced font with Serifs
• Font 3 - Mono-spaced font without Serifs
• Font 4 - Proportionally spaced without Serif
• Font 5 - Casual font
• Font 6 - Cursive font
• Font 7 - Small Capitals font
Size
You can also customize the text of digital captions
by selecting your desired size of font. Large is the
recommended font size.
Color
You can customize the text of digital captions by
selecting the color of font. The available font colors are
as follows:
• White
• Yellow
• Black
• Green
• Magenta
• Cyan
• Red
• Blue
Background
To make the digital closed captions easier to read,
you can choose the background color. The available
background colors are as follows:
• White
• Yellow
• Black
• Green
• Magenta
• Cyan
• Red
• Blue
Opacity (Font)
You can customize the visibility of your fonts using the
following categories:
• Transparent - See-through text to the TV program
• Translucent - TV program is visible behind the text
• Opaque - Solid color text; blocks the TV program
• Flashing - Text flashes in intervals
We recommend you use contrasting colors
between captions and background. In
particular, Black background with translucent
opacity and White font are best.
Care must be exercised when selecting
customized colors. Your choice may change
the legibility or readability of captions.
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Background Opacity
You can customize the background for digital captions
using the following categories:
• Transparent - See-through background to the TV
program
• Translucent - TV program is visible behind the
background
• Opaque - Solid background; blocks TV program
• Flashing - Background flashing in intervals
The content of captions is determined by the
broadcaster. If your captions show strange
characters, misspellings or odd grammar, it
is not a malfunction of the media center .
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