How to enable audio description

Learn how to manage audio description on your TV, audio description enables users to hear a description of what is happening onscreen.

Enabling or disabling audio description

Please note that, even if you activate this option, the channel you would like to watch must offer audio description.

Option 1

  1. By pressing the star * button
  2. Then EXIT button on your New Generation remote to active or desactivate audio description.

Good to know

You can also enable audio description by pressing the videodescription button, followed by EXIT on your simplified remote).

Option 2

  1. Press menu button to go to the main menu.
  2. Using the arrows , select “Settings and Applications” in the “My illico” section.
  3. Select “SETTINGS” using the arrows.
  4. Select “ACCESSIBILITY.”
  5. Select “AUDIO ACCESSIBILITY.”
  6. Then select “AUDIO DESCRIPTION” and “ON/OFF.”

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Enabling or disabling closed captioning on the illico TV New Generation terminal

While watching a program

  1. Press the green diamond D button on your remote to display the options.
  2. Using the arrows icone fleches telecommande illico, select More options.
  3. Select Closed Captioning.
  4. Select On, On with Mute, or Off, as needed.

In the Accessibility Settings

  1. Press the yellow triangle A button on your remote to display the Settings and applications menu.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Using the arrows icone fleches telecommande illico, select Accessibility.
  4. Select Closed Captioning (CC).
  5. Press OK/SELECT and choose an option between On, On with Mute, or Off, as needed.

Enabling or disabling closed captioning on the illico TV First Generation terminal

  1. Press your remote SETTINGS button to bring up the Quick Settings menu.
  2. Using the arrows icone fleches telecommande illico, scroll down through the menu and select Caption Off/On.
  3. Select On, On with Mute, or Off, as needed, then press OK/SELECT to confirm.

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