Technicolor - Thomson EFC030 - Manual (Page 13)

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Operation
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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).
To display a page, enter its 3-digit number or use the PR +/ PR - buttons.The page appears after a few moments.
Navigation bar
The navigation bar, located at the bottom of the screen, provides access to the next three pages and the previous page by
pressing the relevant colour button on the remote control.
Press the MENU button to display the navigation bar and access the following functions:
STOP : this function is used to stop pages from following on in succession. Press the red button to select this function.The
word STOP appears in place of the page number.
Press the red button again to allow the pages to follow on again.
??? (hidden answers): press the green button to reveal a hidden answer (for example, in games). Press the green button again
to hide the answer.
ZOOM : press the yellow button: once to zoom in on the top part of the screen, a second time to zoom in on the bottom
part of the screen and a third time to return to normal display.
MIX (mixed display): press the blue button to display Teletext against a transparent background. Press this button again to
return to normal display.
Changing the character set temporarily
You can change the character set used for Teletext, if the existing one is not suitable for the channel you are watching.You
do this by pressing the
MENU button to display the navigation bar.Then press OK to display the number of the character set
currently being used in place of ???. Use the green button to select another character set.
The character est selected in the INSTALLATION menu is restored when the TV set is switched off or enters standby
mode, or when you change channels.
In Teletext mode the volume control and sound mute functions are still available.
Press the purple, EXIT or RETURN button to quit the Teletext function.
TEXT+ : In some cases this function will improve the teletext display.
If the teletext you are watching seems to have any of the following faults:
- teletext subtitles are not displayed or are frozen.
- certain lines of a teletext page are not displayed.
Call up the OVERVIEW screen by pressing the MENU button. Select the Installation line and press OK to continue.
In the INSTALLATION menu, go to the TEXT+ line and tick or untick the OK box as appropriate.
The box is ticked by default.
Then go back to the page on which you noticed the faults.
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