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Normally, those broadcasting stations with teletext send at least their own programming on several pages of text; in
some cases, information on the programming of other stations is also available. 

Your television is able to scan these pages and extract the information needed to tell you what program is presently on
the screen, what program will follow, or the side page of the programming TXT of the station that you are watching. 

The above operations require the following:
■

The system must be configured properly (see the relevant section). 

■

The station that you are currently watching must be sending teletext data containing pages with information on the

programming of the stations stored in the programs PR 1, PR 2, PR 3 and PR 4. 

To understand the operation of this system, the following points must be taken into account:
■

The information can only be captured starting from the station that is presently on the screen. That is why you must

view certain stations for several minutes before the data is available. Those stations that provide information only about
their own programming must be on the screen for a few moments before the data appears otherwise, you will be advised
that the data are not available.

On the other hand, when you are viewing stations whose teletext contains information about several stations, after a
few minutes you will find further information. 

■

The information written on the screen consists, in reality, of fragments of the lines that appear in the teletext pages.

Therefore, it is normal to find occasional errors and spurious characters. 

■

During the time the information is being captured (a few minutes, since generally several different teletext pages

must be captured), the data that you see written on the screen are not reliable. This is natural since the system can only
function properly after all the pages of data have been captured. 

Example:
Select a program from
Pr 1 to Pr 4 and press
the  

l

button two or 

three times until the 
menu is displayed

Note: If the time shown in the upper right-hand corner of this menu is not correct, reset it to the correct time (see the
Connection section of Special Functions). 

In the case shown in the example, the error is due to the fact that the information captured corresponds to the last time
slot of the day (21.00 to 23.55h). The correct data will appear after a brief time interval, when the missing information is
received through the teletext. 

Examples of operation:
Let’s assume you have stored the stations shown below in PR 1 through PR 4: 

PR 1 .......... BBC1

PR 3 .......... ITV

PR 2 .......... BBC2

PR 4 .......... CH4

At the present time BBC1 and BBC2 transmit in their teletext pages the programming schedule of both BBC1, BBC2
and ITV. This means that whether we have selected PR 1 (BBC1) or PR 2 (BBC2), the television is able to capture
information on BBC1, BBC2 and ITV. 

To obtain information on CH4, we must necessarily spend several minutes in PR 4, since none of the stations that we
have stored in the TV memory supplies information on that station. 

Once the information has been captured, it remains in the memory and will not be lost until we turn off the TV or we
enter the tuning menu. 

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Your television already has a basic configuration stored in memory that should meet any of your essential needs in the 
immediate future. However, the configuration must be revised every time that:

■

An automatic search is conducted. 

■

Some change has been made in the way the information is transmitted or in the page numbers that contain the

information on each of the stations. 

■

A new station is added. 

Before we explain how to configure the system, several points about the teletext are worth clarifying: 

■

Some broadcasting stations send teletext data and some do not. You can find out whether teletext is available

by pressing the TEXT/MIX button. If you see a black screen, there is no teletext. 

■

The information that you receive in the TXT is presented in pages, each of which is associated with a number

that appears in the upper left-hand corner.

■

There are two kinds of pages that are of interest for correctly configuring the TV Guide:

a) 

Rolling: pages which once they are requested, regularly change their content (about once every minute).

Usually these are identified by the appearance on-screen of one of the following character groups on  one of the pages:
1/3 or 2/3 or 3/3 or 2/5 or 3/5 or 4/5...
In the above cases, the characters indicate that the page being displayed is the first, second or third page of a total set
of 3, or the second, third or fourth page of a total set of five. 
b) 

Non-rolling: pages whose content does not change. 

■

If the station is transmitting teletext using the FLOF standard, a coloured line appears in the lower area of the text. 

Pressing a colour key accesses new pages associated with these colours. (The allocation of page number to colour is
done by the broadcasting station, and the television automatically decodes it). 

Press the MENU button, press BLUE button and press YELLOW button to see the TV GUIDE menu.
The name of a station will appear (on a white ground) with data to the right (on a red ground). 
The meaning of this data is clarified by this example:

The first line describes the information that can be found on the station identified as XXX1. The two items (401 and 

)

indicate the access path to the information and the third item (Rolling) indicates the type of page; finally, the last element
indicates that the information for the end user concerns the station XXX1. 
The second line shows very similar data, indicating the access path and the type of page where the end-user information
on station XXX2 is found. 

These data instruct the television how to proceed when the station XXX1 is being viewed (normal operation of the set).
In this particular case the TV will automatically request page 401 of the teletext and then the page associated with the
colours green and red (to access the programming information on XXX1 and XXX2). 

Two important points should be stressed:

■

The information captured by the TV can only be effectively displayed if (in the example presented above) XXX1 and
XXX2 are stored in the memory of PR 1 to PR 4. 

■

The entire process described above is automatic once the system has been configured correctly. There is 
nothing further that must be done. 

Using the buttons 

E

and 

F

(up and down), you can move through all the elements on the list, noting that for

each station identification there are different page numbers and different access modes. For example: 

All these data instruct the TV that, when XXX1 is being viewed, the search for the XXX1 programming information should
begin on page 301 (301 and 

), and that this information is not in rolling format; that is, it will request the consecutive

pages from 301 on, up to a maximum of six pages. The procedure is identical for accessing information about XXX2. 

Name of a station

page

green

type of page

first line

second line

red

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The following sections explain how to make consistent changes in the parameters displayed on the screen, so that you
will be able to expand or modify the list of broadcasting stations in order to adapt it to any changes. 

Select those broadcasting stations whose names are repeated and delete any that you do not want, using the menu
option "Delete this programme".
Assign a correct name to those that remain, using the "Edit this programme" option on the menu. You will note that when
you change the first letter, the three following letters are sometimes written as well; it is advisable to use these names.
Assign those stations that you wish to use with the TV GUIDE to programmes PR 1, Pr 2, Pr 3 and Pr 4, through the "Go
to sorting mode" option. 
Press the BLUE button to close the Stored programmes menu.
Press the MENU button, press BLUE button and press YELLOW button to see the TV Guide menu.
Make sure that each item of information displayed is correct for the stations selected in PR 1 through PR 4 (for an
explanation of the meaning, see the previous section). You may have top leave the menu and enter teletext in order to
make sure. 
If it is all correct, press BLUE button to quit. If not, you can change: 

■

the page numbers

■

the access colour (red, green, yellow, blue or none)

■

the page type (Rolling or Non-rolling) 

■

the name of the station that each access mode corresponds to using the  

C 

/

I

and 

E

/ 

F

buttons.

To enable a complete configuration of the system, the following situations have been provided for.

3.1

When a station stored in the memory sends information on a new station.

In this case, you must add an item in the station list that is contained in any given station.

To do this, press either the  

C 

or

I

buttons so that a letter or number starts to blink, and then select the option "Add

new broadcaster" pressing the RED button. You will see a new item created on the list, which has the following form: 

Then enter the correct data for this new item. 
By selecting the option "Delete this item", the item marked by the blinking cursor will be deleted. Use this option when
any previously stored station ceases to send information on a station or if an error has been made.

3.2

When a new station is stored in the memory

Before proceeding, check to see if any of the previously stored stations also send information on this new station. If so,
first follow the procedure explained in section 3.1.

To add a new station to the list, press either  

C 

or

I

buttons in such a way that no blinking cursor is on the screen.

Then select the option "Add new broadcaster". You will see that a new item has been created on the list, which has the
following form: 

Then enter the correct data for this new item.
By selecting the option "Delete this item", the item marked by the blinking cursor will be deleted.
To delete a station completely, make sure that there is no blinking cursor on the screen. Use this option if you want to
eliminate a station or if an error has been made.

new item

blink

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The signal source can be selected from each of the input terminals in
this mode.

Press the TV/VIDEO button  ● to see the TV/VIDEO Menu.

Press the GREEN, YELLOW or BLUE button 

to see the

REAR Menu, FRONT Menu or AV LINK Menu [ 

 ].

3.1. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons  

E

/ 

F

to select

another signal source. The red point mark indicates the selected
source.
3.2. Press the TV/VIDEO button 

●

to clear the on-screen display 

or press:  RED button 

to restore the AERIAL signal.

YELLOW button 

to see the FRONT Menu.

BLUE button 

to see the AV LINK Menu [

]

4.1. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons  

E

/ 

F

to select

another signal source. The red point mark indicates the selected
source.
4.2. Press the TV/VIDEO button 

●

to clear the on-screen display

or press: RED button 

to restore the AERIAL signal.

GREEN button 

to see the REAR Menu.

BLUE button 

to see the AV LINK Menu [

]

[

]

5.1. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons  

E

/ 

F

to select

Record what you see. The red point mark indicates the selected
item.

5.2. Press the RED button 

to start recording.

5.3. Press the GREEN button 

to stop recording.

Device scan check if a VCR with AV LINK system
is connected to the TV, through the AV-1 terminal.

  About AV LINK: THIS FEATURE CAN ONLY BE USED WITH NexTView, Smart Link, Easy Link
and Megalogic COMPATIBLE VCR.

This “Intelligent” communication system allows to control some VCR functions from the TV and vice versa.
For example it is possible to program the VCR timer recording from the TV or record the signal currently being
displayed on the TV regardless of the signal source.
In this case, the VCR and the TV must be connected through the euroconnector specially available for this function
(AV-1 terminal in this TV set). Refer to your VCR operation manual for further information.