P698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:22:20 Welcome to the world of ——————— For ITV and Channel 4 ————————— Teletext puts a wealth of facts - and fun - at your fingertips. Wj bring you up-to-the-minute reports from around the globe. But we don't overlook what's going on near home, so hundreds of news and information pages are special to your region. In a moment, what's on each channel. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV gzidjP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:23:24 Welcome to the world of Teletext on 3 (pages 100 to 399) includes: up-to-the-minute national, international & regional news sports news and results TV guide weather and travel latest a major section on holidays. Teletext on 4 (pages 400 to 699) gives you: financial reports & prices racing news and results a guide to events and entertainment a wide range of features and games for all ages. ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— A]Z index Ad index Racing TV gujdjP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:23:16 Welcome to the world of Teletext on 3 provides the main news sjrvjce (index 301) with special coverage for the regions (menu 330). A comprehjnsjvj sports service (index 130) also appears on Teletext on 3 - pages packed with national and regional sports news, results, league tables and competitions. You'll also find all the information you need to book a holiday (index 200) from weather forecasts, tourist rates, flight information and package details. ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV guideP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:24:01 Welcome to the world of Teletext on 4 carries an innovative range of features, changing daily. DAYTIME 480-489 runs from 6am-6.30pm when it's replaced by EVENING. For kids, there's GENERATOR 440-449 from 6am-8.30pm. There's FUN & GAMES 450. The regions also have their own guides to cinemas and theatres and rock & pop (Screen index 610, Arts index 620). Teletext on 4 also carries a comprehensive racing section (index 570) with tips, results and much more. A-Z index Ad index Racing TV guideP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:24:48 Finding your way around There are frequent indexes, generally every 10 pages - for example the WEATHER index is on 180, TRAVEL on 190 and HOLIDAYS on 200 For a complete list of what's on Teletext see the A-Z INDEX on 199 (ITV) and 699 (Ch4). Many pages are multi-pages - that is you get a sequence of pages appearing automatically. Numbers like those below tell you which page is on screen and how many there are in the sequence. ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV guideP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:25:19 Finding your way around You can use your remote control to hold any page of a multi-page set on the screen and prevent the others being displayed. Remote controls vary, but the "hold" button is often marked with a symbol like this Some pages carry hidden information, such as the answers to a quiz. Display it by pressing the "reveal" button - often marked Try it now... Teletext has all the answers! ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV guideP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:35:44 Finding your way around ( J If you have a FASTEXT set you can use the coloured buttons on your remote control to give you faster access to certain pages. The colours will correspond to the colours of key words on the screen. For example, if you see Headlines and you press the red button a headlines page will appear, without the need for you to key in its number. ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV gzjdjP698 Teletext 698 Dec22 23:36:11 Finding your way around Pressing the white button, or the one marked "i" on some Fastext controls, will bring an index to the screen - usually the full A-Z index on 199 (ITV) or 699 (Ch4). Gobbledegook! Occasionally you may see jumbled-up characters like this @@$a;a&>÷@@ on your screen. This is not bad typing on our part; the most likely cause is poor reception - the set may need re-tuning or its aerial re-directing, or your local transmitter is on reduced power. ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— A-Z index Ad index Racing TV guide