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Some of the useful features can be directly called up by 
pressing assigned buttons on the remote control.

AV mode gives you fi ve viewing options to choose from 
to best match the system environment, which can vary 
due to factors like room brightness, type of programme 
watched or the type of image input from external 
equipment.

Press AV MODE.

•  The AV mode menu 

displays.

Press AV MODE or 

a/b 

while the AV mode menu 
displays on the screen.

•  As you toggle down 

the options, each is 
immediately refl ected on the screen. No need to 
press OK.

AV mode

SOFT

ECO

DYNAMIC

USER

STANDARD

Use the INPUT SOURCE screen to select/check the 
external equipment connected to the terminal(s) on the 
back of the TV.

To watch images from 
external AV equipment, 
press 

b. (Page 10)

•  To close the INPUT SOURCE 

screen, press 

b again.

Press 

a/b to select the 

corresponding terminal, and 
then press OK.

 Press 

p, a status display appears for a few 

seconds.

2  ZDF 

  

Mono

13:51

•  In the top line you can see the name of the 

programme. See page 18 for how to customise the 
settings for the status display. 

INPUT SOURCE

TV

DTV

EXT1

EXT2

EXT3

EXT4

EXT5

EXT6

You can freeze a motion picture on the screen.

Press 

3.

Press 

3 again to exit still image.

NOTE
•  This function may not be available depending on signal 

condition.

Automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen.

 Press 

OPC on the remote control unit to switch 

the Optical Picture Control on and off.

NOTE
•  When set to “on”, the TV senses the surrounding light and 

automatically adjusts the backlight brightness. Make sure 
no object obstructs the OPC sensor, which could affect its 
ability to sense surrounding light.

•  Under the factory default condition, OPC becomes active 

when you select “ECO” for the AV mode.

•  OPC turns off whenever an adjustment is made to the 

“Backlight” setting.

•  OPC can be adjusted and reset for each individual AV 

mode.

NOTE
•  You can adjust the factory presets given in “STANDARD”, 

“SOFT”, “ECO” and “DYNAMIC”.

•  You can assign different AV mode to each external input 

source.

•  Enhanced Picture Contrast technology detects the source 

video characteristics and smoothly adjusts the screen 
brightness accordingly, enabling deeper black levels.

•  Enhanced Picture Contrast is activated when you turn the 

OPC function off for the items “STANDARD”, “SOFT” and 
“DYNAMIC” in AV mode.

: For a highly defi ned image in a normally 

bright room (Enhanced Picture Contrast: On)

: Creates a softer image. (Enhanced Picture 

Contrast: On)

: Reduces power consumption. (Enhanced Picture 

Contrast: Off)

: For a clear-cut image emphasising high 

contrast for sports viewing. (Enhanced Picture Contrast: 
On)

: Allows the user to customise settings as desired. 

You can set the mode for each input source. (Enhanced 
Picture Contrast: Off)

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You can select the picture size. Selectable picture size 
varies with the type of signal received.

Basically, if you set Auto format to “on” in the Setup 
menu, the optimum Wide mode is automatically chosen 
for every broadcast. You can however, change the 
screen format manually as explained below.

NOTE
•  Aside from manually changing the Wide modes as 

explained herein, the TV may detect and select the 
optimum Wide mode according to the signal received.

Press 

f.

•  The Wide modes menu displays.
•  The menu lists the wide mode options selectable for 

the type of video signal currently received.

Press 

f or 

a/b while the Wide modes menu 

displays on the screen.

•  As you toggle down the options, each is immediately 

refl ected on the screen. No need to press OK.

: For 16:9 squeeze pictures.

: For 4:3 “standard” pictures. A side bar appears 

on each side.

: In this mode the picture is progressively 

stretched toward each side of the screen.

: For 16:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may 

appear on the top and bottom with some programmes.

: For 14:9 letterbox pictures. Bars may 

appear on the top and bottom with some programmes.

: Display with the Overscan image. Crop all sides of 

screen.

: Display with the Underscan image. 

(Display with the High-Defi nition image compressed 
optimally. Noise may appear on the edge of the screen 
with some programmes.)

You can select the picture size.

Press 

f.

•  The Wide modes menu displays.

Press 

f or 

a/b to select a desired item on 

the menu.

NOTE
•  Connect the PC before making adjustments. (Page 11)
•  Selectable picture size may vary with input signal type.

: An image fully fi lls the screen. 

: Keeps the original aspect ratio in a full screen 

display.

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Teletext broadcasts pages of information and 
entertainment to specially equipped television sets. 
Your TV receives Teletext signals broadcast by a TV 
network, and decodes them into graphical format for 
viewing. News, weather and sports information, stock 
exchange prices and programme previews are among 
the many services available.

Select a TV channel or external input source 
providing the Teletext programme.

Press 

m to display the Teletext.

•  Many stations use the TOP operating system, while 

some use FLOF (e.g. CNN). Your TV supports both 
these systems. The pages are divided into topic 
groups and topics. After switching on the teletext, up 
to 2000 pages are stored for fast access.

Press 

m again to display the Teletext on the 

right screen and the normal image on the left 
screen.

•  Each time you press 

m, the screen switches as 

shown below.

•  If you select a programme with no Teletext signal, “No 

text” displays.

•  The same message displays during other modes if no 

Teletext signal is available.

  

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ARD TEXT
Teletext im Ersten

Bulmahn: Bildung statt Eigenheim . . . . . . . .   

120

Wird auch der Nahverkehr teurer? . . . . . . . .   

121

Australien: Keine Zugeständnisse  . . . . . . . .   

122

Tote bei Zugunglück in Schweden . . . . . . . .   

532

Tennis: Haas unterliegt Hewitt . . . . . . . . . . . .  204
Formel 1: Schumacher erneut vorne . . . . . . .  213

Tagesschau . .  110/112 

Kultur. . . . . . . . .   

500

Wetter. . . . . . . . . . .  170 

Gesellschaft . . . 

530

Sport. . . . . . .   200/600 

Lotto/Toto . .   

666

TV Guide . . . 

300/400 

Wirtschaft. . . . . .  

700

                  Internet: www.ard-text.de

–        

+

Inhalt

 

 

    tagesschau

Index
> 101

NOTE
•  Teletext will not work if the selected signal type is RGB. 

(Page 15)

 

While in the analogue teletext mode, press 
MENU

 to display the Teletext Menu.

Menu

Reveal

Setup

Newsflash

If you activate “Newsfl ash” in the teletext menu, the 
current page is hidden. The 

m symbol at the top left 

shows that the newsfl ash function is enabled (you are 
in teletext mode). If its contents are updated and it is a 
small news window, then this is displayed. If, however, 
it is a page that fi lls the screen, the symbol is shown in 
blue and the page can be displayed by pressing OK.

The teletext contains hidden information e.g., for quiz 
questions or VPS times in programme preview pages. 
This is the same function as pressing 

k.

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Sub-title pages

Teletext subtitles

HiText

with nomal size

yes

Standard

Russian

Greek

Character set

Menu

Setup

Reveal

Newsflash

v (Top/
Bottom/Full)

k (Reveal 
hidden Teletext)

3 (Freeze/
Hold)

[ (Subtitle for 
Teletext)

1 (Subpage)

Select a group or block of pages displayed 
in the coloured brackets at the bottom of the 
screen by pressing the corresponding Colour 
(Red/Green/Yellow/Blue)

 on the remote 

control unit.

Directly select any page from 100 to 899 by 
using 

.

Switch the Teletext image to Top, Bottom or 
Full.

Reveal or conceal hidden information such as 
an answer to a quiz.

Stop updating Teletext pages automatically or 
release the hold mode. 

Display the subtitle or exit the subtitle screen.
•  Subtitle will not be displayed when the service 

does not contain the subtitle information.

Reveal or hide subpages.
• 

c/d button: Select subpage.

•  Red button: Move to the previous page.
•  Green button: Move to the following page.
•  These two buttons are shown on the screen 

by the signs 

l and k.

E 

Some stations provide teletext subtitles for the hearing 
impaired. For every station you can enter the teletext 
page on which subtitles can be found. The factory 
setting for all stations is page 150. This function can be 
started by pressing 

[ with the menu screen open.

E

  Teletext subtitles

This function displays subtitles transmitted via teletext 
in normal or double size.

E

  Character set

You can set the teletext language display to the 
language listed. This is necessary, for example, for 
Turkish or Polish teletext.

E

  HiText

HiText (Level 2.5) can be used to select an improved 
teletext video display. This will be effective as soon as 
the TV station broadcasts the required information.

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