Philips 8601 Series User Manual page 78

Hard of Hearing
Some digital TV channels broadcast special audio and
subtitles adapted for the hard of hearing or deaf
people. With Hearing impaired switched on, the TV
automatically switches to the adapted audio and
subtitles, if available. Before you can switch on
Hearing impaired, you have to switch on Universal
Access.
To switch on Hearing impaired...
1 - While watching a TV channel, press  OPTIONS,
select Universal Access and press OK.
2 - Select Hearing impaired, select On and press OK.
To check whether a hearing impaired audio language
is available, press  OPTIONS, select Audio
Language and look for an audio language marked
with a  .
If Accessibility does not appear in the Options menu,
switch on Universal Access in Settings. For more

information, press Keywords and look up
Universal Access, switch on.
Audio Description
Switch On
Digital TV channels can broadcast special audio
commentary describing what is happening on screen.
To be able to set the visually impaired audio and
effects, you have to switch on Audio Description first.
Also, before you can switch on Audio Description, you
have to switch on Universal Access in the Settings
menu.
With Audio Description, a narrator's commentary is
added to the normal audio.
To switch on the commentary (if available)...
1 - While watching a TV channel, press  OPTIONS.
2 - Select Universal Access > Audio Description and
press OK.
3 - Select On and press OK.
You can check if an audio commentary is available.
In the Options menu, select Audio Language and look
for an audio language marked with a  .
Mixed Volume
You can mix the volume of the normal audio with the
audio commentary.
To mix the volume...
1 - Press  SETTINGS, select All Settings and
press OK.
2 - Select Universal Access , select Audio
Description and press OK.
3 - With Audio Description switched on, you can
select Mixed Volume and press OK.
4 - Press  (up) or  (down) to adjust the value.
5 - Press  (left) to go back one step or press 
BACK to close the menu.
If an audio language with added audio commentary is
available, you can also find this setting
in  OPTIONS > Accessibility > Mixed Volume.
Audio Effects
Some audio commentary can hold extra audio
effects, like stereo or fading sound.
To switch on Audio Effects (if available)...
1 - Press  SETTINGS, select All Settings and
press OK.
2 - Select Universal Access , select Audio
Description and press OK.
3 - With Audio Description switched on, you can
select Audio Effects and press OK.
4 - Select On and press OK.
5 - Press  (left) to go back one step or press 
BACK to close the menu.
Speech
The audio commentary can also hold subtitles for the
words which are spoken.
To switch on these subtitles (if available) . . .
1 - Press  SETTINGS, select All Settings and
press OK.
2 - Select Universal Access , select Audio
Description and press OK.
3 - With Audio Description switched on, you can
select Audio Effects and press OK.
4 - Select Descriptive or Subtitles and press OK.
5 - Press  (left) to go back one step or press 
BACK to close the menu.
22.9
Child Lock
Parental Rating
To prevent children from watching a programme not
suitable for their age, you can set an age rating.
Digital channels can have their programmes age
rated. When the age rating of a programme is equal to
or higher than the age you have set as age rating for
your child, the programme will be locked. To watch a
locked programme, you must enter the Child Lock
PIN code first.
To set an age rating...
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