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Teletext
Used in many countries under various names (TOP Text, Fastext, FLOF text, Videotext), Teletext is a free service offered by
television channels. The service consists of information database (weather, sports results, news, games, etc.) available at all times.
The different headings shown on-screen by blocks of colour are accessed by a single press on the key of the same colour on the
remote control unit.
Sub-page: some channels broadcast Alarm pages that can be
displayed at a chosen time.
E.g. for 3.30 p.m. key in 15.30 as the sub-page number then press
exit. Of course it is necessary to leave the TV/DVD on, on the
channel that broadcasts the Alarm page.
Additional functions: some channels provide teletext subtitles
for some of their programmes and also updated news flashes.The
corresponding page numbers are shown in the Teletext index. Once
the page is found, the subtitle or news flash will be incorporated
into the picture.The navigation strip disappears after a few
seconds.To make it reappear, press the text key.
Page mode: this operating mode enables quick access to the
pages whose numbers are displayed. If the page displayed refers
back to other page numbers, press the text key to go to page
mode. Select the number of the page you want using the
or
.
Display the page with the ok key. You can display the next or
previous page using the
or keys.
Leave page mode with the text key.
Leave Teletext with the exit key.
Press the text key to display the Teletext Index page (page 100).A message will tell you if
there is no Teletext on the channel that you are watching.
Index: to call up the Index page, select 100 with the or keys and confirm with
ok.
Display a page by keying in the three figures of its page number (e.g. 170).After a
moment, the page appears. Refer to the following or previous pages with the
.
Scrolling pages: some information takes up several pages.They scroll on-screen as they
are received.To stop them scrolling, select STOP with the
or keys and confirm
with ok. Restart scrolling with ok.
Hidden answers: to show or hide an answer (games), select ? ? ? with the or
keys and confirm with ok.
Zoom: select ZOOM with the or keys and press ok once to enlarge the top of
the screen, twice to enlarge the foot of the screen, or three times to return to normal
display.
Display: to superimpose the Teletext on top of the programme picture, select MIX with
the
or keys and confirm with ok. One further press on ok returns to normal
display.
Sub-page: to access a sub-page directly, select “----” with the or keys.
Key in the sub-page’s four figure number (e.g. 0003).
According to the channel, displaying the page sub-code may take several
minutes.
Direct access: the yellow and blue keys allow direct access to the pages whose
numbers are displayed in yellow and blue at the foot of the screen.
Fastext: Fastext broadcasts 4 headings in colour that appear at the foot of the screen.
Use the colour keys on the remote control unit to choose the heading.
TOP text:TOP Teletext broadcasts pages grouped into headings containing articles.
Select the first page of a heading by pressing the blue key or select the first page of an
article by pressing the yellow key.
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