Teletext; Accessing Teletext; Navigator; Other Teletext Functions - THOMSON 23LB220S4 Manual

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Advanced functions

Teletext

The Teletext service is available in many countries under a variety
of names (TOP Text, Fastext, FLOF text,Videotext). It is provided
as a free service by television broadcasters.This service provides a
real wealth of information, available at any time, on weather, sports
results, news, games, etc.The information is presented in pages or
organised in topics specified in colour on the screen and you can
access this information by simply pressing the buttons of the
relevant colour on the remote control.
EN Note:Your television can receive Teletext level 2.5. Teletext level 2.5
information is displayed automatically when available. This version of
Teletext offers better quality graphics and can be used by
broadcasting companies to provide additional columns.

Accessing Teletext

Press the TEXT button (purple) on the remote control.Teletext
will display the last page selected, or if you have changed channel,
the index page (usually 100). If the particular programme does not
provide a Teletext service, a message will appear to this effect.
To display a page, enter its 3-digit number or use the
buttons.The page appears after a few moments.The entered
number appears:
- red if the page number has not yet been found,
- white if the page has been found,
- green when a sub-page has also been found for this page,
- yellow when the page exists but has not been found yet.
If the current page includes subpages, the page number is displayed
in green. In this mode, pressing the
step through all the available subpages.
You can select a specific subpage number by pressing
subpage direct access mode.The display will look like this: 120 ----.
You can then enter the four digits of the sub-page number using
the numeric buttons (e.g. 0003).

Navigator

The navigator, located on the left of the screen, provides access to
the following functions:
Stop
Some information is spread over several subpages which will be
displayed one after the other.To stop subpage scrolling, select
OK
and press . Press
STOP
again.
If you select and the symbol changes colour, this means that
STOP
there are no subpages.
Hidden answers
To reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games), select
OK OK
press . Press once more to hide the answer again.
Zoom
OK
Select and press
screen, twice to zoom in on the bottom part of the screen and
three times to return to normal display.
Mixed display
Select and press the
right half of the screen. Use the
full screen and mixed display modes.
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PR+/PR-
buttons will allow you to
0
to enter
OK
to allow the information to move
: once to zoom in on the top part of the
OK
button to display Teletext in the
TEXT
button to toggle between

Other Teletext functions

Newsflash
When a newsflash is detected, the
in the navigator. Select it and press
the case of an update, the Teletext function is enabled and displays
the new information.
Subtitles
Some channels provide subtitles for some of their programmes.
The number of the relevant pages is specified on the Teletext
index page.
To display subtitles, enable the Teletext function, find the number of
the page displaying the subtitles and enter it. Once the relevant
page is found, the subtitles appear in the TV picture.The navigator
disappears after a couple of seconds.To display it again, press the
TEXT
button (purple).
Alarm page
In some countries (Spain, Benelux, etc.), you can set a time to
display certain Teletext pages (alarm pages).
To do this, display the relevant alarm page and enter subpage
mode. Enter the time instead of the subpage number (e.g. 1705 for
17:05) and press EXIT
again at the set time, as long as you do not change channels or
switch off the TV beforehand.
Direct access
The yellow and blue buttons on the remote control allow you to
access directly those pages whose numbers are displayed in yellow
and blue at the bottom of the screen.
Fastext
Fastext displays a bar at the bottom of the page divided into four
coloured sections (red, green, yellow and blue), which provide links
to the topics you can access by pressing the relevant colour
button. Other topics accessible in the same way can also be
displayed.
TOPtext
TOPtext displays a bar at the bottom of the page divided into two
coloured sections (yellow and blue).The blue section displays a
topic you can access directly by pressing the blue button.The next
topic will then appear in the blue section.
The yellow section displays an article you can access directly by
pressing the yellow button.The next article will then appear in the
yellow section.
and
Storing the programme page
If the broadcasting company changes its Teletext pages, you have to
store the new programme page to be able to access the
programme guide (see page 21).
To do this, display the current programme page and select the
symbol. Press the OK button until the message "
Program Info: OK. Cancel: 0
screen. Press OK . Press
programme guide.This should appear within a few moments.
Press the EXIT button to quit Teletext.
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icon is replaced with a
OK
to display the newsflash. In
.The page will disappear and will appear
Store for
" appears at the bottom of the
EXIT to quit Teletext and display the
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