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Chapter 5. TV Menu Screen Operations
Captions Menu: Analog and Digital Captions
Captions Menu
Figure 18
For analog channels broadcasters can send either
Standard or Text closed captioning. Standard Closed
Captions follows the dialogue of the characters on-
screen and displays in a small section of the screen.
Text Closed Captions often contain information such as
weather or news and covers a large portion of the screen.
On digital channels, broadcasters can send up to 6
different captioning selections. Each TV station may
broadcast only one or two types of captions or none at
all. The TV cannot decode Closed Captions received on
Component 1–3.
Analog Captions
The TV can display one of the following captions for
Analog sources:
• CC1, CC2, CC3, or CC4. (Standard closed
captioning signals).
• Text1, Text2, Text3, or Text4. (Text closed
captioning signals).
• On if mute. Closed captions when mute. When
selected, the standard closed captioning signal
(CC1) will turn on/off by pressing MUTE on the TV
remote control.
• Off. No closed captions.
Background
To make the analog closed captions easier to read, you
can choose to display the background color as either
black or gray behind the captions.
Digital Captions
The TV can display one of the following Captions for
Digital sources:
• Captions 1-6. Sent by broadcaster.
• On if Mute. Closed captions when mute. When
selected, the captioning signal (Caption 1) will turn
on/off by pressing MUTE on the TV remote control.
• Off. No closed captions.
Note: If the broadcaster is only sending analog
captions converted to digital, then the analog
captions settings apply.
Appearance
For digital closed captions
The closed captions provider selects the Default options
when sending digital closed captions. You may select
the Custom option to override and customize Closed
Captions appearance. These settings do not apply to
analog Closed Captioning converted to digital.
Digital Settings
Figure 19
Select Digital Settings by moving the ADJUST buttons
and pressing ENTER allows you to customize the
Closed Caption settings that are sent by the broadcaster.
Digital settings do not apply to analog closed captions
converted to digital.
When analog text closed captioning is
selected, a large black or gray box appears
on your TV screen if no signal is broadcast.
IMPORTANT
Figure 18. Captions Menu
Figure 19. Closed Captions Menu Digital Settings