Text / Teletext - Philips 8949 Series User Manual

Reorder Channels
You can reorder — reposition — channels in the
Favourite channel list (only available for certain
countries).
1 - While watching a TV channel, press OK
>  OPTIONS > Select channel list.
2 - Select Antenna favourite, Cable Favourite or
Satellite favourite*, and press  OPTIONS.
3 - Select Reorder channels, select the channel you want
to reorder, and press OK.
4 - Press the Navigation buttons to move the
highlighted channel to another location and press OK.
5 - Once completed, press
* Satellite channel only can be searched on xxPxSxxxx TV
models.
Favourites List on TV Guide
You can link the TV Guide for your Favourite List.
1 - While watching a TV
channel, press OK >  OPTIONS > Select channel list.
2 - Select Antenna favourite, Cable Favourite or
Satellite favourite*, and press OK.
3 - Press  TV GUIDE to open it.
With the TV Guide you can view a list of the current and
scheduled TV programmes of your favourite channels.
Along with your favourite channels, the first 3 most used
channels from the broadcasters' default list will be
appended after your favourite channels for your preview.
You need to add these channels into your favourite list
to enable its operation (refer to "TV Guide" chapter).
On each page of TV Guide, there is a "Did you know" grid
inserted on your favourite channel list. The "Did you
know"-channel provides useful tips to improve the way
you use your TV.
* Satellite channel only can be searched on xxPxSxxxx TV
models.

7.5. Text / Teletext

Subtitles from Text
If you tune to an analogue channel, you need to make
the subtitles available for each channel manually.
1 - Press OPTIONS while you are watching TV channels,
select Teletext to open Text/Teletext.
2 - Enter the page number for subtitles, usually 888.
3 - Press  (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the
menu.
Done.

If you select On in the Subtitle menu when watching this
analogue channel, subtitles will be shown if available.
To know if a channel is analogue or digital, switch to the
channel and press INFO.
Text Pages
If your remote control is with TEXT key, you can
press TEXT to open Text/Teletext while you are watching
TV channels. To close Text, press TEXT key again.
If your remote control is not with TEXT key, press
OPTIONS while you are watching TV channels, select
Teletext to open Text/Teletext.
Select a Text page
To select a page . . .
1 - Enter the page number with the number keys.
2 - Use the arrow keys to navigate.
3 - Press a colour key to select a colour-coded subject at
the bottom of the screen.
Text sub-pages
A Text page number can hold several subpages. The
subpage numbers are shown on a bar next to the main
page number.
To select a subpage, press  or .
T.O.P. Text pages
Some broadcasters offer T.O.P. Text.
To open T.O.P. Text pages within Text, press
OPTIONS and select T.O.P. overview.
* The teletext can only be reached when the channels
are installed directly on the TV's internal tuner and the
set is on TV mode. If a set-top box is being used, the
teletext will be unavailable via TV. In that case, the set-
top box's teletext can be used instead.
Text Options
In Text/Teletext, press OPTIONS to select the following...
• Freeze page / Unfreeze page
To stop the automatic rotation of subpages.
• Dual screen / Full screen
To show the TV channel and Text alongside each other.
• T.O.P. overview
To open T.O.P. Text.
• Enlarge / Normal view
To enlarge the Text page for comfortable reading.
• Reveal
To unhide hidden information on a page.
• Cycle subpages
To cycle subpages when these are available.
• Language
To switch the group of characters that Text uses to
display correctly.
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