Advanced functions, Teletext, Accessing teletext – Technicolor - Thomson ITC250S User Manual

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Advanced functions

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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.

Accessing Teletext

Press the

TEXT

button 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

PR

+/

PR

-

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

buttons will allow you to step through all the available subpages.

You can select a specific subpage number by pressing 0 to enter 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

and press

OK

. Press

OK

to allow the

information to move again.

If you select

and the symbol changes colour, this means that there are no subpages.

Hidden answers

To reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games), select

and press

OK

. Press

OK

once

more to hide the answer again.

Zoom

Select and

press

OK

: once to zoom in on the top part of the 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

OK

button to display Teletext in the right half of the screen.

Press the

EXIT

button to quit Teletext.

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.

STOP

STOP

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