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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.
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.
AS the picture for example:
Press
red
to page 201; Press
green
to page 202; press
yellow
to page 203; press
blue
to page 199
Press the
MENU
button to display the navigation bar and access the following functions:
STOP
: this function is used to stop pages from following on in succession. Press the
red
button to select this
function. The word
STOP
(or an icon) 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:
1st key press: page is zoomed in and displays rows 1 to 12
2nd key press: the page is zoomed and displays rows 13 to 24
3rd key press: the page returns normal size and displays full page.
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 will be restored when the TV set is switched off or
enters standby mode, or when you change channels.
Press the
EXIT
button to quit the Teletext function.
Note
: In teletext mode, the Vol+/Vol and Mute are still functional but on screen will not show volume bargraph and mute
symbol
