Caption settings
Closed captions displays the audio portion of the program as
superimposed text over the video.
1
Use
H
I
to select
Caption settings
, then press
OK
.
CC w/ mute
On
Off
Digital caption options
Digital caption service
Caption service
Closed captions
Digital audio preferences
Caption settings
Voice guide
Closed captions
Off
Closed caption is not displayed.
On
Closed caption is always
displayed.
CC w/mute
Closed caption is displayed
when the sound is off.
Digital TV operation
In addition to the basic closed caption, DTV has its own closed
caption called digital caption service. Use this menu to change the
settings for digital caption service.
Digital caption
service
CS-1
to
CS-6
Select one of these before
changing any other item in
Caption settings
menu. Choose
CS-1
under normal conditions.
You can choose the size, font, color, background and other
characteristics of the caption text.
Digital caption
options
Reset to
default
You can reset the status of
digital caption options.
You can change closed captioning font style,
size, color and transparency.
(
Font style
,
Font size
,
Font color
and
Font
opacity
)
You can change background color and
transparency of the displayed caption.
(
Background color
and
Background opacity
)
You can change edge color and type of the
displayed caption text.
(
Edge color
and
Edge type
)
Picture display
Text font
(
Font style
,
Font size
,
Font color
and
Font opacity
)
Text edge
(
Edge color
and
Edge type
)
Background
(
Background color
and
Background opacity
)
●
Review your setting choice made above by looking in the upper
left corner of the displayed setting box (not all selections show
the differences selected).
Cable / NTSC (Analog) TV operation
Caption service
CC-1
and
T-1
The primary closed captions
and text services. The closed
captions or text is displayed in
the same language as the
program’s dialog (up to 4 lines
of script on the TV screen).
CC-3
and
T-3
Serve as the preferred data
channels. The closed captions
or text is often a secondary
language.
CC-2
,
CC-4
,
T-2
and
T-4
Rarely available and
broadcasters use them only in
special conditions, such as
when
CC-1
and
CC-3
or
T-1
and
T-3
are not available.
●
There are 3 display modes according to programs:
Paint-on
Displays characters on the TV screen
immediately.
Pop-on
Once characters are stored in memory, they
are displayed all at once.
Roll-up
Displays the characters continuously by
scrolling (max. 4 lines).
Note(s)
●
Digital caption service
that you can switch differs depending on the
broadcast description.
●
Closed captioning service may not be controlled by this unit’s menu options
if you are watching television through an external cable or satellite set-top
box. In which case you will need to use the menu options on the external
set-top box to control closed captioning.
●
The captions do not always use correct spelling and grammar.
●
Not all TV programs and product commercials include closed caption
information. Refer to your area TV program listings for the TV channels and
times of closed caption shows. The captioned programs are usually noted
in the TV listings with service marks such as
CC
.
●
Not all captioning services are used by a TV channel during the transmission
of a closed caption program.
●
Closed caption will NOT be displayed when you are using an HDMI or a
component connection.
●
To show the closed caption on your TV screen, broadcast signal must
contain the closed caption data.
●
Not all TV programs and commercials have the closed caption or all types
of the closed caption.
●
Caption's and text may not exactly match the TV voice.
●
Changing channels may delay the closed caption for a few seconds.
●
Adjusting or muting the volume may delay the closed caption for a few
seconds.
●
Abbreviations, symbols and other grammatical shortcuts may be used in
order to keep pace with the on-screen action. This is not a malfunction.
●
The caption or text characters will not be displayed while the Main menu or
functions display is shown.
●
If a black box appears on the TV screen, this means that the closed caption
is set to the text mode. To clear the box, select
CC-1
,
CC-2
,
CC-3
or
CC-4
.
●
If the unit receives poor quality television signals, the captions may contain
errors or there might be no captions at all. Some possible causes of poor
quality signals are:
–
Automobile ignition noise
–
Electric motor noise
–
Weak signal reception
–
Multiplex signal reception (ghosts or screen flutter)
–
Data dropout and pixelation (for DTV only)
●
The unit retains the closed caption setting if the power fails.
●
When the unit receives special effects playback signal (e.g. search, slow
and still) from a VCR’s video output channel (ch3 or ch4), the unit may not
display the correct caption or text.
●
The EUT setting that satisfies § 79.102 (e) is as follows:
–
Font: Mono-font
–
Character size: Large
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