3.26 CHAPTER THREE : TV OPERATIONT V O P E R AT I O NViewing Closed CaptionsYour TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows.These captions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language trans-lations. All VCRs record the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-recordedvideo tapes also provide closed captions. Most DVDs and pre-recorded commercial video tapesprovide closed captions as well. Check for the closed caption symbol in your television sched-ule and on the tape’s packaging: .▼▼ In caption mode, captionsappear at the bottom of the screen,and they usually cover only a smallportion of the picture.In text mode, information unrelatedto the program, such as news orweather, is displayed. Text oftencovers a large portion of the screen.Different channels and fieldsdisplay different information: Field 2carries additional information thatsupplements the information inField 1. (For example, Channel 1may have subtitles in English, whileChannel 2 has subtitles in Spanish.)1Press the MENU button todisplay the menu.Press the UP/DOWN▲▼buttons to select“Function”, then press theLEFT/RIGHT œœ√√ buttons.2Press the UP/DOWN▲▼buttons to select “Caption”,then press the LEFT/RIGHTœœ√√ buttons.3Press the LEFT/RIGHT œœ√√buttons to turn closed cap-tioning on/off.4Press the UP/DOWN▲▼buttons to select “Mode”.Press the LEFT/RIGHT œœ√√buttons to select “Caption”or “Text.”5Depending on the particular broadcast, it might be necessary tomake changes to “Channels” and “Field”:Use the UP/DOWN▲▼, LEFT/RIGHT œœ√√ buttons to make thechanges. (Follow the same procedure as in steps 3~4 above.)Press the MENU button to exit.▼ Misspellings and unusualcharacters sometimes occur duringclosed caption transmissions, especial-ly those of live events. There may be asmall delay before captions appearwhen you change channels. These arenot malfunctions of the TV.03233A(E)-CHAPTER 3 12/9/03 9:57 AM Page 26
