On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:38:52 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

Ditto my Samsung. I've also tried my Humax HDR-FOX T2 and got the same
result on that. Last night I tried the Humax on 105 and 106, BBC3 HD and
BBC4 HD. The red button (and Text button) worked on 105 but not 106.
I've just tried 123 and 124, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD. Text is available
on 123 but not on 124.


The Humax shows that the HD channels 101, 102 and 123 do have a text
service but that channels 107 and 124 don't.

Coincidence, or not. 101, 102, 105, & 124 are on the PSB3 MUX;
106, 107, & 124 are on the COM7 MUX. Could it be that the BBC
would have to pay more to the COM7 people if they wanted text
included?
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Roger

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:16:42 +0100, Roger
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:38:52 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

Ditto my Samsung. I've also tried my Humax HDR-FOX T2 and got the same
result on that. Last night I tried the Humax on 105 and 106, BBC3 HD and
BBC4 HD. The red button (and Text button) worked on 105 but not 106.
I've just tried 123 and 124, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD. Text is available
on 123 but not on 124.


The Humax shows that the HD channels 101, 102 and 123 do have a text
service but that channels 107 and 124 don't.

Coincidence, or not. 101, 102, 105, & 124 are on the PSB3 MUX;
106, 107, & 124 are on the COM7 MUX. Could it be that the BBC
would have to pay more to the COM7 people if they wanted text
included?

That might be the reason.

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:55:55 +0100
"David" wrote:

I'm after the Text to read news and weather, do not know it's name
it's the Text that replaced Ceefax.
Regards
David




"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
...

David wrote:

This morning at the end of a BBC promo the lady said press the RED
button on
any BBC TV program.
The red button on my Samsung UHD Smart TV on 107 BBC News the Red
button does nothing.
Was the BBC promo wrong or is my TV got a problem?

You may well be able to get the Red Button channel directly by
using channel 601.

Chris

Red Button Service, on the BBC channels, as previously mentioned.

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Davey.

I don't get this red button stuff, when you go around the channels a channel
is called red button with nothing audible, but a channel up in the 600s
clearly has stuff on it which is supposed to be what was on the red button.
Of course pressing said button only gives me silence.


Brian

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"David" wrote in message
...
This morning at the end of a BBC promo the lady said press the RED button
on any BBC TV program.
The red button on my Samsung UHD Smart TV on 107 BBC News the Red button
does nothing.
Was the BBC promo wrong or is my TV got a problem?
Regards
David

On 23/07/2015 16:51, Brian-Gaff wrote:
I don't get this red button stuff, when you go around the channels a channel
is called red button with nothing audible, but a channel up in the 600s
clearly has stuff on it which is supposed to be what was on the red button.
Of course pressing said button only gives me silence.

It's all a regulatorial fiddle. AIUI a 'channel' accessed by an
'interactive' application isn't defined by Ofcom/DMCS/BBC Trust etc etc
as a channel, and therefore doesn't require a public value test, and all
that other red tape. Of course, it's all nonsense, because as pointed
out there it is on Ch 601 (although not so easy to access that way on
Sky/Freesat)


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Brian, pressing the red button while on for example the BBC1 channel
will display a text menu for the Red Button Service on top of the normal
video for the programme currently being broadcast. That menu gives a
choice of text pages covering news, sport, weather and other things. One
of the items in the menu will take you away from the current channel to
the so-called Red Button channel, number 601, which carries video and
audio.

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:51:18 +0100, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

I don't get this red button stuff, when you go around the channels a channel
is called red button with nothing audible, but a channel up in the 600s
clearly has stuff on it which is supposed to be what was on the red button.
Of course pressing said button only gives me silence.


Brian

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:37:11 +0100
Peter Duncanson wrote:

Brian, pressing the red button while on for example the BBC1 channel
will display a text menu for the Red Button Service on top of the
normal video for the programme currently being broadcast. That menu
gives a choice of text pages covering news, sport, weather and other
things. One of the items in the menu will take you away from the
current channel to the so-called Red Button channel, number 601,
which carries video and audio.

Also note that individual pages can be directly accessed once you know
the page number. Just like the old system.

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Davey.

In message , David
writes:
I'm after the Text to read news and weather, do not know it's name it's
the Text that replaced Ceefax.
Regards
David
[]
This morning at the end of a BBC promo the lady said press the RED
button on
any BBC TV program.
The red button on my Samsung UHD Smart TV on 107 BBC News the Red button
does nothing.
Was the BBC promo wrong or is my TV got a problem?
[]
The BBC promo, if by that you mean being told to press the red button,
was wrong - IF what she said is that's how you get the text pages for
news and weather etcetera. The red button gives access to alternative
programming; as others have said, that often just switches to channel
601. (Sometimes there are several of them, all around there - I believe
Wimbledon is a case in point.)

To get the equivalent of the old teletext (though it isn't just a 40×24
text system any more), you press a different button: on my remote, it's
labelled TEXT. After a little delay, you'll get a menu at the right of
the current programme, which you then navigate into. It has delays
you'll find familiar if you used teletext.
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As individuals, politicians are usually quite charming, so it is quite hard to
dislike them, but in most cases, it is worth making the effort.
- Mark Williams (UMRA), 2013-4-26

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 08:51:20 +0100
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

In message , David
writes:
I'm after the Text to read news and weather, do not know it's name
it's the Text that replaced Ceefax.
Regards
David
[]
This morning at the end of a BBC promo the lady said press the RED
button on
any BBC TV program.
The red button on my Samsung UHD Smart TV on 107 BBC News the Red
button does nothing.
Was the BBC promo wrong or is my TV got a problem?
[]
The BBC promo, if by that you mean being told to press the red
button, was wrong - IF what she said is that's how you get the text
pages for news and weather etcetera. The red button gives access to
alternative programming; as others have said, that often just
switches to channel 601. (Sometimes there are several of them, all
around there - I believe Wimbledon is a case in point.)

To get the equivalent of the old teletext (though it isn't just a
40×24 text system any more), you press a different button: on my
remote, it's labelled TEXT. After a little delay, you'll get a menu
at the right of the current programme, which you then navigate into.
It has delays you'll find familiar if you used teletext.

On both my Humax PVR and my Toshiba TV set, if there is no alternative
programming being broadcast, as right now, then both the Red Button and
Text button produce the same Red Button menu. The Text button is for me
the way to exit the Red Button programming.
That may be different when there is special programming, I know about
the extra Sports and Glastonbury channels, but otherwise, they both
lead to the same thing. And as I said before, any page can be addressed
directly by page number.
Red Button does not work, as mentioned, on Ch. 107.

--
Davey.

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:14:34 +0100, Davey wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 08:51:20 +0100
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:

In message , David
writes:
I'm after the Text to read news and weather, do not know it's name
it's the Text that replaced Ceefax.
Regards
David
[]
This morning at the end of a BBC promo the lady said press the RED
button on
any BBC TV program.
The red button on my Samsung UHD Smart TV on 107 BBC News the Red
button does nothing.
Was the BBC promo wrong or is my TV got a problem?
[]
The BBC promo, if by that you mean being told to press the red
button, was wrong - IF what she said is that's how you get the text
pages for news and weather etcetera. The red button gives access to
alternative programming; as others have said, that often just
switches to channel 601. (Sometimes there are several of them, all
around there - I believe Wimbledon is a case in point.)

To get the equivalent of the old teletext (though it isn't just a
40×24 text system any more), you press a different button: on my
remote, it's labelled TEXT. After a little delay, you'll get a menu
at the right of the current programme, which you then navigate into.
It has delays you'll find familiar if you used teletext.

On both my Humax PVR and my Toshiba TV set, if there is no alternative
programming being broadcast, as right now, then both the Red Button and
Text button produce the same Red Button menu. The Text button is for me
the way to exit the Red Button programming.
That may be different when there is special programming, I know about
the extra Sports and Glastonbury channels, but otherwise, they both
lead to the same thing. And as I said before, any page can be addressed
directly by page number.
Red Button does not work, as mentioned, on Ch. 107.

On my Humax (Freeview) PVR and my Samsung TV the red button and the Text
button on the remote have exactly the same effect: the "bridge" menu is
displayed. The top item in that menu is currently "Asian Network Prom".
Selecting that switches to Ch601. The other items on the menu are text
services. Selecting one of those displays the text but stays on the
current BBC channel.


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