Using The Closed Caption Decoder - Mitsubishi VS-50800 Owner's Manual

⁄Important: The content of captions are determined by the broadcaster. If your
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Using the Closed Caption Decoder

Closed captioning was initially designed so that those with hearing impair-
ments could more fully enjoy viewing television. However, closed captioning
can be used in other ways, such as:
• helping children learn to read
• learning a foreign language
• using the television without disturbing others
There are two types of captioning that broadcasters can send: standard and
text.
Standard captioning is related to the program that is being shown. Stan-
dard captioning usually follows the dialogue of the characters on-screen and
displays in a small section of the screen when the broadcaster is sending the
closed captioning.
Text captioning often contains information such as weather or news. Text
captioning blocks out your view of the program you are watching.
Your TV can decode four different standard captioning signals and four
different text captioning signals from each TV station. However, each station
may be broadcasting only one or two captioning signals, or none at all.
When setting the decoder you can choose to display:
• captions when muting (On if mute)
• one of four standard captioning signals (CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4)
• one of four text captioning signals (Text 1, Text 2, Text 3,
Text 4)
• turn the captions off (Off)
If you select "On if mute," the standard captioning signal (CC1) will appear
whenever you use the MUTE button.
If you set the decoder to a "standard" caption setting or "On if mute" and tune
to a broadcaster that is not sending a caption signal, no captions will appear.
captions show strange characters, misspellings, or odd grammar, it
is not a malfunction of the television. If you cannot display any
captions on the screen, please keep in mind that not all broadcasts,
video tapes, or laserdiscs supply closed caption signals. Addition-
ally, captions might not appear if you are playing a video tape that
is worn or deteriorated, or starting to play a laserdisc or video tape
from still or search mode.
Chapter 2: Operating Your TV