60 Chapter 4
Using the TV’s Menu System
Caption Style
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Caption PriorityCaption Priority
4
Digital Captions
3
Analog Captions
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Caption Display
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Main Menu Preferences Closed Captioning
Press 5 or 6 to point to an option, then press OK to
select it. Press 3to return to the menu.
A digital TV program may include analog-TV captions and
digital-TV captions, either one of the two, or neither of the
two. The setting above will determine which type of
captions the TV will display.
Analog captions will be used more often in the early years
of digital TV broadcasting. Digital captions are more
advanced and have new capabilities.
If a digital TV program has both analog and digital captions:
Use the analog captions at all times.
Use the digital captions if available, otherwise use analog.
Caption StyleCaption Style
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Caption Priority
4
Digital Captions
3
Analog Captions
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Caption Display
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Main Menu Preferences Closed Captioning
Press OK to select one of the three Caption sizes. Press3to
return to the menu.
When available digital captions can be displayed using:
The caption provider's default settings.
Your custom settings below.
Translucent Caption Opacity
Aa Bb Cc
Transparent Background Opacity
Yellow Background Color
Magenta Caption Color
Font 1 Caption Font
Standard Caption Size
• CC1 and Text 1 are the primary caption and text services. The captioning or text is
displayed in the same language as the program’s dialog.
• CC3 and Text 3 serve as the preferred data channels. The captioning or text is often
a secondary language translation, simplified English, or displayed at a slower rate.
• CC2 and CC4 and Text 2 and Text 4 are rarely available and broadcasters use them
only in special conditions, such as when CC1 and CC3 are not available, or Text1 and
Text3 are not available.
Caption Style
5
Caption Priority
4
Digital CaptionsDigital Captions
3
Analog Captions
2
Caption Display
1
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Main Menu Preferences Closed Captioning
Press 5 or 6 to point to an option, then press OK to
select it. Press 3to return to the menu.
You can select a mode or source of
closed captions for digital-TV
programs.
If the "Caption Priority" feature is set
to "Use the digital captions", then the
digital caption mode you select is
used for digital-TV programs.
Note: Services 1 and 2 usually have
the primary and secondary language
captions for an area, respectively.
Service 6
Service 5
Service 4
Service 3
Service 2
Service 1
Digital Captions
You can select a closed caption, service mode (1-6) for digital channels.
Service 1 and Service 2 are the primary and secondary languages, respectively.
Service 3 and Service 4, 5, 6 are additional caption sources that may be
available. Specific label names may be displayed (e.g., Spanish) instead of a
generic label (e.g., Service 1), if available.
Caption Priority
You can choose whether the TV uses digital or analog captions for digital TV
programs that have both or either. The captions are displayed if turned on in
Caption Display.
Caption Style
Customize closed captioning for the digital captions by choosing the settings for
the following options:
Caption Size is the font size (Standard, Large, Small) of the text
characters.
Caption Font is a complete assortment of letters, numbers, punctuation
marks, etc. of a given font design. You have eight fonts with varying styles
of spacing from which to choose.
Note: A preview graphic of the caption font appears on the right of the screen.
Caption Color allows you to choose the font color: White, Black, Red,
Green, Blue, Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan.
Background Color allows you to choose the background color: White,
Black, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan.
Background Opacity allows you to change the see-through background
options: Solid, Transparent, Translucent, and Flashing.
Caption Opacity allows you to change the see-through caption options:
Solid, Transparent, Translucent, and Flashing.