Text is coming up on screen on all free to air channels. How do I get rid of it? Thank you

for some reason it is not seeing you cable signal. you will need to make sure you have it set up for cable and not air. check your input options, like tv/av/hdmi/ ect hope this helps

Check in main menu (set and box if using one) under closed captions--one of the settings is TEXT--black box will appear in middle of screen and certain channels--with the remote turn text off.

Try website like Remotes.com to buy the tv original remote to used.U will used the tv original remote to turn to channel 3 with ease.After u have the tv original remote push the menu button go into Closed Captioning functions turn off like TEXT 1,2,3...The big black box will not appear on the screen again.Tv used it manually control buttons up and down channels trying to get to channel 3.U will never get it to tv channel 3 because tv channel 3 was not save on it memory list of on the tv turn manually channels buttons programming memory.Tv have a manual button said MEMU button on it tv front bazel frame?Yes.Might could used the Menu button on the tv frame to get in to turn off TEXT 1,2,3...to stop the big black box to show up on the tv screen again.

U have the tv original remote wright?U are receiving and getting a Antena tv signal from free AIR DTV broadcasting channels?Yes,search ur tv remote for a button that said CC pushes that button a couple times make sure all functions like CC1,2,3.. to all off.If remote have no CC button,go into the tv menu look for Closed Captioning and Text like 1,2,3.. turn it all to off.The tv program Closed Captioning text on the screen will disapear.If ur are using Cable,Telicom,or satalite pay signals used their remotes.

This is a text box. To get rid of it you press the cc button. You may have to press the cc button more than once or twice in a row. There is no harm in pressing the cc button. In fact turn to that channel and press it a few times in a row while looking at your screen. You will notice that you will see cc:1/2 cc:2/2 cc:text3/4 cc:text4/4 and cc:off
or something like that. When it says cc:off you will no longer see the block box on this channel or any other channel. You do not have to do this for every channel once it is done.

However the text box might be set on the caption setting in the cable box or satellite tv box. If so the procedure is different.

This is the closed captioning text box. Search the menus to turn off closed captioning. The reason for its seemingly random appearance is that not all channels nor all programs provide this service.

Dan

You have your TV in the "Teletext" mode. Go into the TV menu and select the closed-captioning menu and turn off the text function. What you are seeing is the result of the TV's captioning circuit latching onto a false text pilot signal and then throwing up the black box on the screen.


michtech

The black box is there because your closed captioning is on and set to text mode. Some channels send the signal even when there is no actual text to display. You can get rid of it by either turning off closed captioning or changing it to CC1 or CC2 mode instead of text. If you can't find those settings, then restore factory settings as directed in your user manual.

Are you sure the VCR is getting your channel 5 signal? The TV when on ch 3 is seeing whatever the vcr is putting out.

If you mean that you get a black box, with a little of the picture visible around the edges, then your closed captions are on and set to TEXT. This puts a black box on the screen about 10 seconds after changing the channel. Go into the menu and turn off the closed captions and the picture will be back to normal.