Operation Manual

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Videotext
Videotext is a free service broadcast by most channels and contains the latest news, weather, TV programmes,
share prices, sub-titles and other information.
Using the videotext
Your remote control has special buttons for operating the video text.
` Select a TV channel that broadcasts videotext.
` Press
TEXT once to display the start/index page.
` Press
TEXT again to make the text transparent (the TV image can be seen in the background).
` Press
TEXT again to switch back to TV mode.
Selecting a page
` Enter the number of the desired videotext page as a three digit number using the number keys. The
selected page number is displayed in the top left corner of the screen. The videotext counter searches as
long as it takes to find the selected page number.
` Use the channel selector buttons
CH+/– to scroll forward and backward through the videotext pages.
` You can also use the buttons
PG UP or PG DW to scroll through the pages.
Colour buttons
If coloured text entries are displayed at the lower edge of the screen then you can select the contents directly
by pressing the appropriately coloured button RED (
PROGRAM) , YELLOW ( REPEAT) , BLUE ( A-B) and GREEN
(
INTRO).
SUBPAGE
Some videotext pages have subpages. The lower edge of the screen may contain something like 1/3, for
example. The subpages are displayed one after another at an interval of about half a minute. You can access
these subpages by pressing the
SUBPAGE button. You can also scroll through the subpages using the
direction buttons .
INDEX
` The INDEX button select the main videotext page.
Useful videotext functions
HOLD
The videotext page that you have selected may contain more information than can fit on a single screen. In this
case the information will be divided up over several subpages. The subpages are scrolled at regular time
intervals.
` Press the
HOLD button to prevent the page changing automatically. The HOLD symbol is displayed in the
top left hand corner of the screen and prevents the page changing automatically.
` Press the
HOLD button once more to allow the pages to change automatically.
REVEAL
` Press the REVEAL button once to display hidden information such as the solutions to puzzles or quizzes.
` Pressing the
REVEAL button again hides the answers.