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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 on the remote control. Teletext will display the last page selected, or if you have
changed channel, the index page (usually 100).
To display a page, enter its 3-digit number or use the
PR+/PR-
buttons. The page appears after a few
moments.
Navigation bar
The navigation bar, located at the bottom of the screen, provides access to the next three pages and the
previous page by pressing the relevant colour button on the remote control.
Press the
MENU
button to display the functions bar and access the following options:
STOP
: this function is used to stop pages from following on in succession. Press the red button to select this
function. The word
STOP
appears in place of the page number.
Press the red button again to allow the pages to follow on again.
???
(hidden answers): press the green button to reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games). Press the
green button again to hide the answer.
ZOOM
: press the yellow button: once to zoom in on the top part of the screen, a second time to zoom in on
the bottom part of the screen and a third time to return to normal display.
MIX
(mixed display): press the blue button to display Teletext against a transparent background. Press this
button again to return to normal display.
Changing the character set temporarily
You can change the character set used for Teletext, if the existing one is not suitable for the channel you are
watching. You do this by pressing the
MENU
button to display the navigation bar.
Then press
OK
to display the number of the character set currently being used in place of
???.
Use the green button to select another character set.
The character set selected in the INSTALLATION menu is restored when the TV set is switched off or enters
standby mode, or when you change channels.
In Teletext mode the volume control and sound mute functions are still available.
Press the
EXIT
button to quit the Teletext function.
Other Teletext functions
Newsflash
When a newsflash is detected,
MIX
is replaced by
N
in the navigation bar. Press the blue button to display the
newsflash. In the case of an update, the Teletext function is enabled and displays the new information.
This function is disabled if the TV set enters standby mode or is switched off.
Press the
EXIT
button to quit the Teletext function.
