RCA STB7766C - Manual (Page 17)

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Closed captions allow people who are deaf or hard of hearing to enjoy TV programming. Captions
are also a helpful tool for those learning English or watching TV in a noisy environment.
The Converter Box provides two ways for you to view captions. You should choose one method or
the other.
Method 1
First, you can continue receiving standard TV captions (basic white text on a black background)
through your analog TV set. The Converter Box will automatically send the closed-captioning in
formation to your television for the TV to decode and display. All you need to do is turn on the
closed captioning function on your TV as you always have (if your TV has this capability, as newer
TV sets do.)
Method 2
Alternatively, the Converter Box can be used to decode captions and display them on your TV
screen. If you use this method, you will be able to enjoy the enhancements made possible by digital
technology.
To use the converter box to display closed captions:
1. Turn OFF your television’s closed-caption decoder.
2. Turn on the Converter Box’s captioning decoder by pressing the CC button at the lower left-hand
side of the remote control.
• When you use the converter box to display closed captions in this way, you can choose different
types (languages) of captions, depending on what information broadcasters are sending.
Advantages of closed captioning on the Converter Box
AUsing the Converter Box to decode captions gives you more choices and more fl exibility when
viewing captions on digital TV shows. If you choose this method, you can personalize your captions
by making the following choices:
• Select different types of fonts.
• Choose between eight background colors and foreground colors for the captioning text (white,
black, red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, and cyan).
• Make the caption background transparent, translucent, solid, or fashing.
• Set edges of font characters with raised edges, depressed edges, uniform edges, left shadow or
right
shadow.
Each of these enhancements to standard digital captions can be accessed from the main menu of
the Converter Box by pressing the MENU button.
To use Closed Captioning, please frst try turning ON Closed Captioning feature on your TV (this
setting can normally be found in TV’s setup menu). If not satisfed with the results, try turning
OFF Closed Captioning feature on your TV, and turning ON Closed Captioning feature on your
Converter Box.
Note: DO NOT enable closed captions on both TV and the converter box. Otherwise, both captions
will be overlapped.
CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE CONVERTER BOX