Using the text function – Tandy 16-289 User Manual

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Select the caption function for ei-
ther the TV or the VCR, but not
both. If both are decoding caption
signals, captions might overlap or
reception might be poor.

Selecting the Caption
Function

1. Press

CAPTION

on the remote

control or

FUNCTION

on the front

panel so

DECODER

appears.

Then press

VOL

+ or – so the ar-

row points to

ON

.

2. Press

CAPTION

or

FUNCTION

so

DECODER MODE

appears. Then

press

VOL

+ or so the arrow

points to

CAPTION

.

3. Press

CAPTION

or

FUNCTION

until

MODE SELECTION

appears.

Press

VOL

+ or so the arrow

points to

MODE 1

or

MODE 2

.

4. To turn off captions, press

CAP-

TION

or

FUNCTION

so

DECODER

appears, then press

VOL

+ or so

the arrow points to

OFF

.

Note: If you select captioning and then
turn off the TV, captioning is still active
when you turn on the TV again.

USING THE TEXT
FUNCTION

Text is information presented in a
black box on the television screen as a
service to viewers. Some examples of
text broadcasts are captioned program
lists, weather forecasts, stock ex-
change reports, and wire-service
news.

Some television stations provide two
different text services. You can choose
between the two text signals by select-
ing

MODE

1

or

MODE

2

under

MODE

SELECTION

.

Note: Not all television stations pro-
vide text services.

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