Closed Captions - Magnavox 19MD358B User Manual

6.9

Closed captions

The caption service displays transmitted CC-, T-,
and CS- text. The caption text can be displayed
permanently or only when the TV is muted. This
section describes how to use the caption service.
Note
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• This television provides a display of television
closed captioning that conforms with the EIA-
608 standard and in accordance with Sections
15.119 of the FCC rules.
• If you connect your cable receiver box via
HDMI or component video input, you cannot
select closed caption through the TV. You
can select closed caption through the cable
receiver box only.
• The captions do not always use correct
spelling and grammar.
• Not all TV programs and product commercials
include closed caption information. Refer
to your area TV program listings for the TV
channels and times of closed caption shows.
The captioned programs are usually noted in
the TV listings with service marks such as 'CC'.
Display captions
1. Press MENU on the remote control and select
Features > Closed captions.
2. Press or to select On, Off or On during
mute, and press OK to confirm your choice.
3. Press MENU to exit.
Select caption services
For information about the caption services see
Summary of caption service on next page.
1. Turn captions on as described in
captions
on this page.
2. Select a caption service for analog channels:
• Press MENU on the remote control and
select Features > Caption service.
• Press or to select one of the listed
caption services and press OK to confirm
your choice.
Not all caption services are necessarily being
used by a TV channel during the transmission
of a closed caption program.
3. Select a caption service for digital channels:
EN-22
4.
Summary of caption services
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Choose how digital captions are displayed
You can define the size, font, color, background and
other characteristics of the caption text.
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Display
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4.
• Press MENU on the remote control and
select Features > Digital caption service.
• Press or to select one of the listed
caption services and press OK to confirm
your choice.
Press MENU to exit.
CC-1, CC-2, CC-3, and CC-4
Dialog and descriptions for the action on the
captioned TV program show on screen. Usually
CC 1 is the most used. CC 2 can be used for
alternate languages if they are being transmitted.
T -1, T -2, T -3 and T -4
Often used for channel guide, schedules, bulletin
board information for Closed Captions programs,
news, weather information, or stock market
reports.
CS-1, CS-2, CS-3, CS-4, CS-5
Service 1 is designated as the Primary Caption
Service. This service contains verbatim, or near-
verbatim captions for the primary language being
spoken in the accompanying program audio.
Service 2 is designated as the Secondary
Language Service. This service contains captions
in a secondary language which are translations of
the captions in the Primary Caption Service. The
other service subchannels are not pre-assigned.
It is up to the discretion of the individual caption
provider to utilize the remaining service channels.
Press MENU on the remote control and select
Features > Digital caption options.
Press or to highlight an option for digital
captions, and press OK to select the option.
Press or to highlight a setting for the option,
and press OK to confirm your choice.
Press MENU to exit.
and CS-6