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“Fastext” or FLOF
The Fastext facility (also known as
FLOF = Full Level One Feature) is a
facility provided by some Teletext
broadcasters. It enables the user to
step directly to any one of four
different pages linked to the page,
currently on the screen.
This facility reduces access time to
these instant access pages to almost
zero. At the same time, it helps the
user find a logical path through the
multiplicity of available Teletext
pages.
If you select a page with Fastext, you
will see a colour bar in the upper right-
hand corner of the screen. The colour
bar only appears if the Teletext broad-
caster is providing the Fastext facility.
The colour bar is made up of four
different colours. The coloured
buttons on Beo4 correspond to these
colours, use the buttons on Beo4 to
call up the page of your choice: Red,
green, yellow, or blue.
Switch to Teletext and find a Fastext
page
A small bar made up of the colours,
red, green, yellow and blue indicates
that the page is a Fastext page…
Press to select one of the four
coloured pages to access the Fastext
system
An extra line appears, indicating the
titles of the pages each written in a
different colour…
Press the coloured button that
matches the page you want to see
Press to leave Fastext
Alternatively, key in a page
number with the number keys or
press
tt or ss to leave Fastext…
You can now operate Teletext
again in the usual way, or…
Press to leave Teletext
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A Teletext page with the indication that it is a
Fastext page – a small colour bar appears in the
upper right-hand corner of the screen.
The titles of the four linked pages appear on top
of the page, each written in a different colour –
to call up the page you want, press the button
which matches the colour, the title is written in.
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