MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC 838 SERIES - Manual (Page 55)

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Captions
Captions on Digital Channels
The TV can decode captions from the ANT input only.
Broadcasters can send up to six different captioning
selections or can send analog captions for a program
that originated in analog format. A TV station may broad-
cast only one or two types of captions or none at all.
Captions on Analog Channels
The TV can decode captions from the ANT input and
the composite VIDEO jacks. Broadcasters can send
either standard closed captions or text service. Standard
closed captions follow the dialogue of the program and
display in a small section of the screen. Text-service closed
captions often contain information such as weather or
news and cover a large portion of the screen.
IMPORTANT
• The content of captions is determined by the
broadcaster. If captions show strange char-
acters, misspellings, or odd grammar, it is not
a malfunction of the TV.
• Closed-caption signals are not available through
HDMI or component jacks. See the menus for
devices connected to these inputs for closed-
caption decoding.
• The Captions menu has no effect on captions
displayed in programming received over the
internet.
Captions Services
Service On if Mute, On, Off On if Mute: Displays digital closed-caption signal Caption 1 (digital) or CC1
(analog) when audio from the TV speakers is muted. While watching TV,
press
MUTE to turn closed captions on/off.
Digital Caption 1–Caption 6 Caption signals sent by the broadcaster.
Analog CC 1–CC 4
Text 1–Text 4 • CC 1–CC 4. Standard closed-caption signals
• Text 1–Text 4. Text-service signals
Captions Font
Style As Broadcast or
choice of font styles As Broadcast changes settings to those selected by the captions provider,
or, if none, to the TV’s own caption defaults. Use one of the font styles to
give digital captions a custom appearance.
Size Large, Medium, Small Large is recommended.
Captions Color
Font White, Black, Magenta, etc. Recommendations for digital captions:
•
A white font on a black translucent back-
ground makes an easy-to-read combination.
• Use contrasting colors for captions and back-
ground.
Opacity Translucent, Opaque, Flashing, Transparent
Background White, Black, Magenta, etc.
Opacity
(Background)
Translucent, Opaque, Flashing, Transparent