Viewing Closed Captions - Curtis Mathes CM27020S Owner's Manual

SPECIAL FEATURES
Viewing Closed Captions
Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that am broadcast with certain TV shows.
These captions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreignqanguage trans-
lations. All VCRs record the closed caption signal fi'om television programs, so home-record-
ed video tapes also provide closed captions. Most pre-recorded commercial video tapes pro-
vide closed captions as well. Check for the closed caption symbol in your television schedule
and on the tape_ packaging: _.
Press the MENU our[onto
display the menu.
Press the CH • button
three times to select the
Function" menu.
Press the VOL+ _urmn.
2
Press the CH• button
twice to se em the
"Caption" menu. then
press the VOL+button.
Press the VOL+ or VOL-
ou[mn to turn closed
CaD-
tioning onloff,
_'q Misspellings and unusual
characters
sonletinles occur during
closed caption transmissions, especial-
ly those of live events. There may be a
small delay before captions appear
when you change channels. These are
not malfimctions of the T_d
4
Press the CH • buzron to
select "Mode."
PresstheVOL- orVOL+
button to select "Caption"
or "Text
5
Depending on the particular broadcast, it mignr Denecessary to
make changes to "Channels" and "Field":
Usethe Ctt A Ctt •, VOL+ and VOL. bu[mns to make the
changes. {Follow the same Droceuure as in steps 3_4 above
Press the MENU button three times to exit.
<1 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.
<1 Different chaimels and fields
display different inforlnation: FieM 2
carries additional information that
supplements the information in
FieM 1. (For exalnple, Channel 1
may have subtitles in English, while
Chaimel 2 has subtitles in Spanish.)
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