RCA B-008ATD - Manual (Page 8)

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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 information
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
right-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.
Closed captioning on the Converter Box
Advantages of closed
captioning on the Converter
Box
Using 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:
• Choose text size for standard, large, and
small-sized captions
• 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 fl ashing
• 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. Please refer to the next
section “Menu settings” for details.
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