Toshiba 50PH18P, Owner'S Manual

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TELETEXT

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VTR/DVD

Teletext – setting up

Selecting the character set and viewing mode and general information

About teletext

Selecting characters and modes

This TV has a 500 page teletext memory, which takes a few moments to load and it offers two ways of viewing
text – 

AUTO

and 

LIST

which are explained on the next page.

The TEXT TV button:

Pressing the 

TEXT TV

button once will bring up

the teletext screen. Press again to superimpose the
teletext over a normal broadcast picture. Press

again to return to normal TV mode. You need to return to
normal viewing if you wish to change channels.

When you first press the 

TEXT TV

button to access the text

service, the first page you see will be the 

initial

page. 

In 

AUTO

mode this displays the main subjects available and

their relevant page numbers.

In 

LIST

mode you will see whichever page number is

currently stored on the 

RED 

button.

To access any teletext page, enter the 3 digit page number,
using the numbered buttons on the remote control, 

e.g. 430

.

To advance to the next page of teletext, press the 

P 

f

button,

to go back to the previous page press the

P 

e

button.

Sub-pages

Once in this chosen page, there may be 

sub-pages

. In this

case, a bar with numbers will appear along the bottom of the
screen.

The 

sub-page

you are 

viewing

will be highlighted and, as the

television loads any additional 

sub-pages

the colour of the

numbers will change, indicating that these pages have been
loaded and can be accessed. 

You will then be able to view these loaded pages as  you wish
using the

S

and

R

buttons.

These 

sub-pages

will remain available to view until you

choose another page or, in normal TV mode, you change
channel.

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Teletext

To select the 

Mode

, with the 

Q

button highlight

Mode

.

With the 

S

or 

R

button choose 

AUTO

or

LIST

.

Press 

EXIT

to finish.

Back

Character

CHARACTER-1

Mode

AUTO

From the

Set up 

menu, use the

P

or 

Q

button

to highlight 

Teletext

and then the 

R

button to

select.

With 

Character

highlighted, use the 

R

button to

select your required character set: 

CHARACTER-1 

or

CHARACTER-2

:

Before using teletext you can choose the correct alphabet

(

Character

)

and whether to view in 

LIST 

or 

AUTO 

mode,

(explained on the next page).

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Teletext continued over the page…

CHARACTER-1 

for Western European countries

and Turkey

CHARACTER-2 

for Eastern European countries