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TV OPERATION
Viewing Closed Captions
Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows. These cap-
tions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language translations. All VCRs record
the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-recorded video tapes also provide closed
captions. Most DVDs and pre-recorded commercial video tapes provide closed captions as well. Check
for the closed caption symbol in your television schedule and on the tape’s packaging: .
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In caption mode, captions appear
at the bottom of the screen, and they
usually cover only a small portion of the
picture.
In text mode, information unrelated to
the program, such as news or weather,
is displayed. Text often covers a large
portion of the screen.
Different channels and fields
display different information: Field 2
carries additional information that
supplements the information in Field 1.
(For example, Channel 1 may have
subtitles in English, while Channel 2 has
subtitles in Spanish.)
1
Press the MENU button to
display the menu.
Press the DOWN arrow
button to select the
Function icon. Press the
RIGHT arrow button to
access the Function menu.
2
Press the DOWN arrow
buttons to select “Caption”,
then press the RIGHT arrow
button to display the Caption
menu options.
3
Press the RIGHT arrow
buttons to turn closed
captioning on/off.
5
Depending on the particular broadcast, it might be necessary to
make changes to “Channels” and “Field”:
Use the UP/DOWN arrow buttons and LEFT/RIGHT arrow buttons
to make the changes. (Follow the same procedure as in steps
3~4 above.)
Press the MENU button to exit.
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Misspellings and unusual
characters sometimes occur during
closed caption transmissions, especially
those of live events. There may be a
small delay before captions appear
when you change channels. These are
not malfunctions of the TV.
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