Zenith SENTRY 2 SLS9550S Operating Manual & Warranty

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SETUP MENUCAPTIONS (CONTINUED)ApplicationYour new TV is able to decode and display the closed cap-tions and informational text that are broadcast with someTV shows. Captions can be subtitles for the hearing im-paired, or translations into another language. Informationaltext can be the daily program schedule for the TV station,or special announcements.Look for a (CC) or similar sign in your TV schedule, or onthe video tape cassette, which indicates that captions areprovided.The closed caption signal is recorded by all VCRs whenrecording a TV broadcast or copying a tape having closedcaptions.About Closed Caption OperationOnce you turn CAPTIONS ON, they will stay ON until youturn CAPTIONS OFF. Captions will appear as they arereceived. If captions stop being received, they will stop ap-pearing on the TV. If they are received again, captions willautomatically appear again on the TV. The captions will ap-pear on the TV screen as they were created. If they werecreated in color, they will appear in color. If they werecreated in both upper and lower case letters, they will ap-pear in both upper and lower case letters.The TV can not show more than one on-screen display at atime, so no captions will appear until all other displays havebeen removed from the screen.To remove a display that is interfering with captions, pressENTER until the display disappears. Likewise, you can in-stanfly remove any captions by pressing ENTER to call upthe Channel/Time display. When you press E]_VI'ER again,the Channel/Time display disappears and you return to cap-tions.CAPTIONS has four different selections that can be made:CAPTION 1, CAPTION 2. TEXT 1 or TEXT 2. At thetime of this writing, very litl:le appears in ;my ,;election ex-cept CAPTION 1. Therefore you should select CAPTIONi and leave it in that position unless you know there is some-thing you want to see in one of the other ,;elections. Onceyou make a selection, that selection is reraembered untilyou change it........................ --_ Captions may be shownHello! Are you anywhere on the screen.there? (Sho_al here at bottomTypical Captions Display of screen.)See specialnewscast tonightat 7:00PM onchannel 2.k ............... ,dTypical Text Displayi|i||i|||i|iFixed size text window.May l:,e _l black when noinformation is shown.CH. (Channel) BACKGROUNDPurposeWhen you turn on your TV, the Channel/Time displayshows the current channel and time (if set). The CH.BACKGROUND feature allows you to show the numbersand letters on a small colored field which serves as the back-ground. NOTE: This background will then also appear onthe Mute display as well.SETUP MENUAUTO CH, SEARCHCH. ADD/DELCH. LABELSTUNING BANDAUTO FINE TUNECLOCK SE1CAPTIONS•-_CH. BACKGROUND ONSelecting Setup Menuand Ch. Background OptionTo Operate CH. BACKGROUND1. CH. BACKGROLIND should be selected if you fol-lowed the "Basic Menu Operation:" given in the"On-Screen Menus" section.2. One of two different selections is shown: ON orOFF.3. Press ADJUST (ADJ) Left/Right to select desiredstatus.4. The display disappears from the screen automat-ically in about 10 s;econds, or you may press ENTER(ENT) to remove the display immediately.z59o-o 7 - 5