USING TELETEXT FOR THE FIRST TIME
Using Teletext for the first time can be a bad experience. Follow these hints and tips to gain
confidence. If something unexpected happens, read these tips first. It is very unlikely that the
set is faulty, Your answer may be here.
The most important button on the Remote Control is Button (14) (the blank screen
symbol). This returns the display to TV. If anything goes wrong, push (14) and you go
back to TV with the channel number showing on the screen to tell you where you are.
Then you can try again.
If you push a button that asks the set to do something impossible, it shows a short yellow
dash on the screen.
If you push the Teletext button (15) (the screen symbol with lines) on a station that is not
sending Teletext, you get a black screen with a white number at the top and coloured
numbers at the bottom. This number is usually 100 (the page number of the main index).
Do not worry, It means that the system is working. If this is all you get, it probably means
that the TV station is not sending Teletext.
There is no need to look at a blank screen while you are waiting, Push the MIX button
(17) and watch the TV with Teletext mixed on top. You may want to test if the station is
sending subtitles.
Page 801 is the subtitles page. If you enter "801" on the keypad by pressing "8" then
"0" then "1" in turn; Teletext will search for that page. The number 801 is entered in the
black &white section at the top of the screen and echoed in the black & red number at the
bottom. The other colours are the colour memories. Push the (PR-) button to remove the
colours.
If you press the buttons and the number ends up wrong, do not worry. Just press "8" until
it appears as the first number and try again. The trick to entering numbers is to push the
button slowly. There is no need to push them hard; just slowly. It takes a moment the
register .
If the station is not sending Teletext, the numbers will return to 100. This takes a little
while (20 seconds, say). If you get sick of waiting, press button (14) and go back to
TV.
If the station is sending subtitles, the number "801" will remain and subtitles will appear
on the screen eventually. It may take a minute or so, depending on how many pages are
being sent, This varies with each station.
If you press the Teletext button (15) again, you may see a number alongside the original
black & white number that you entered, counting up one at a time. This means that
Teletext is trying to match your page number, If the three numbers are all the same, then it
means that it has found the subtitle page (801) but that no subtitles are available. This is
bad luck. It depends on the program itself.
If the numbers remain unchanged for a while, forget it. Each station has its own way of
presenting Teletext and this is sometimes confusing. If it dose not happen in a minute or
so, it will never happen. This does not mean that the set is faulty; just that the station is
not sending a Teletext signal. Try again later. If the set is working correctly, it shows a
black screen with the numbers on it. What happens next depends on the TV station.
The exception to this is a weak and noisy TV signal. Teletext needs a good signal to work.
If you have a weak and noisy signal with interference, all you will get is a black screen
with the two numbers. On Channel 7 with the Austext presentation, you may see half a
page with false letters and missing lines. A better antenna is needed. If you are using an
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