GE RCA High Definition Television - Manual (Page 32)

Using the TV’s Features
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Channel Banner
There are several indicators that might appear when you press the TV or INFO button on the
remote. What you see depends on the tuner you're watching (digital or analog) and the information
available for the current program. This display is called the Channel Banner. The list at the bottom
of this page describes the items on the Channel Banner screen (left to right and top to bottom).
Sample channel banner on the digital tuner.
4/3 format Current screen format.
Mono (or Stereo) Mono appears when the current channel is broadcasting in mono.
Stereo appears when the current channel is broadcasting in stereo.
English (Digital tuner only) The current audio language.
SAP (Analog tuner only) The current channel is broad cast ing SAP
(Second Audio Program) information.
Parental Controls are locked.
CC On the digital tuner, shows that Closed Captioning is turned on. On
the analog tuner, shows that Closed Captioning is available on the
current channel.
03:45 pm Current time.
Program title (Digital tuner only) The title of the current program (if this
information is available).
Program description (Digital tuner only) A brief description of the current program (if
this information is available).
Shows that you're currently viewing a channel on the digital tuner.
Shows that you're currently viewing a channel on the analog tuner.
15 NBC-HD Current channel and subchannel (subchannels are available on the
digital tuner only), plus the channel label.
Note: Channel labels for digital channels are part of the signal
sent by the broadcaster, so you cannot change them. Channel
labels for analog channels do not always come from the
broadcaster, so you can create them and change them as you like.
Commercial skip 0:30 Shows the time remaining on the commercial skip (SKIP) timer.
Sound is muted.
Sample channel banner on the analog tuner.
4/3 format Stereo English cc 03:45 pm
15-1 NBC-HD
Program title
Program description...
Commercial skip 0:30
4/3 format Mono SAP cc 03:45 pm
15 NBC
Commercial skip 0:30