3.2
Interactive TV
?What is iTV
With interactive TV, some digital broadcasters combine their
normal TV programme with information or entertainment pages.
On some pages, you can respond to a programme or vote, do
.online shopping or pay for a video-on-demand programme
. . . ,HbbTV, MHEG, MHP, DTVi
Broadcasters use various interactive TV systems : HbbTV (Hybrid
Broadcast Broadband TV) or iTV (Interactive TV - MHEG).
Interactive TV is sometimes referred to as Digital Text or Red
.button. But each system is distinct
.Visit the broadcasters Internet website for more information
What you need
Interactive TV is only available on digital TV channels. To enjoy
the full benefits of Interactive TV, you need a high-speed
.(broadband) Internet connection to the TV
Read more about connecting to the network in
Help
>
Setup
>
.
Network
Open iTV pages
Most channels that offer HbbTV or iTV invite you to press the
.
red
key or
OK
key to open their interactive programme
Close iTV pages
.Most iTV pages inform you which key to use to close
.(For Digital Text and Red button, press
È
(Back
To force an iTV page to close, switch to the next TV channel
.and switch back
Navigate iTV pages
You can use the navigation and colour keys, the number keys and
the
È
(Back) key to navigate the iTV pages. You can use the
x
(Play),
U
(Pause) and
S
(Stop) keys to watch videos within iTV
.pages
(Digital Text (UK only
.(To open Digital Text, press
TEXT
. To close, press
È
(Back
HbbTV links
Some HbbTV pages have links to the Internet. Your TV switches
to Net TV to view these Internet websites. To switch back to
normal TV viewing, you might need to press
h
(Home) and
.select
Watch TV
again to continue watching the TV channel
Block HbbTV pages
To block the HbbTV pages from a specific channel, tune to the
channel, press
r
OPTIONS
and select
HbbTV on this channel
.and select
Off
To block HbbTV on all channels, press
h
(Home), select
Setup
.and select
TV settings
>
HbbTV
and select
Off
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