Strange screen on TV
 

Hi all and thanks in advance for any advice!!!
I have a Sony SXRD 60" TV and a CableAmerica (Phoenix, AZ) Motorola DTC6412
III. Last night when I went to the Weather Channel ( I think its chnl 28), a
black box poped up covering about 1/3 the screen and it scrolled the
following text...

Ring

Connect 1200

No Carrier

It kept scrolling this. It didn't do it for any other channel. I think it
was from the TV and not the cable box because when I hit the menu on the
cable box the menu came up behind the black box on the screen. When I hit
the menu on the TV the black box went away and a normal menu came up. When I
exited the menu I had a normal picture for a few seconds and then the black
box came back again with the scrolling text. We did have the whole system
unpluged for a couple of hours while a storm went through the area but, it
was all pluged back in a couple of hours before I noticed this. We also have
a Toshiba MD30H82 with the same cable box and the screen doesn't come up on
that TV. Both TV's are connected through Component video. I checked again
tonight and I got the same black pop-up box on the Sony again. I'm not sure
if it was there before because I have not needed to watch the weather
channel in the past few months that we owned the system.
I don't usually watch the weather channel so it's not a big issue except for
when I have to travel. I figured I'd ask you guys before I go through the
run-around of useless scripted dialog with the cable co. and I know I wont
get anyware by trying to call Sony.
Any one know how to get rid of this???

Strange screen on TV
 

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"Abe" wrote in message
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Hi all and thanks in advance for any advice!!!
I have a Sony SXRD 60" TV and a CableAmerica (Phoenix, AZ) Motorola
DTC6412
III. Last night when I went to the Weather Channel ( I think its chnl 28),
a
black box poped up covering about 1/3 the screen and it scrolled the
following text...

Ring

Connect 1200

No Carrier

It kept scrolling this. It didn't do it for any other channel.
Sounds like TWC was mistakenly putting some internal junk on the
screen. I don't think it has anything to do with you TV or cable box.

Strange screen on TV
 

Redneck wrote:
Hi all and thanks in advance for any advice!!!
I have a Sony SXRD 60" TV and a CableAmerica (Phoenix, AZ) Motorola
DTC6412 III. Last night when I went to the Weather Channel ( I think
its chnl 28), a black box poped up covering about 1/3 the screen and
it scrolled the following text...

Ring

Connect 1200

No Carrier

It kept scrolling this. It didn't do it for any other channel. I
think it was from the TV and not the cable box because when I hit the
menu on the cable box the menu came up behind the black box on the
screen. When I hit the menu on the TV the black box went away and a
normal menu came up. When I exited the menu I had a normal picture
for a few seconds and then the black box came back again with the
scrolling text. We did have the whole system unpluged for a couple of
hours while a storm went through the area but, it was all pluged back
in a couple of hours before I noticed this. We also have a Toshiba
MD30H82 with the same cable box and the screen doesn't come up on
that TV. Both TV's are connected through Component video. I checked
again tonight and I got the same black pop-up box on the Sony again.
I'm not sure if it was there before because I have not needed to
watch the weather channel in the past few months that we owned the
system. I don't usually watch the weather channel so it's not a big issue
except for when I have to travel. I figured I'd ask you guys before I
go through the run-around of useless scripted dialog with the cable
co. and I know I wont get anyware by trying to call Sony.
Any one know how to get rid of this???

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Strange screen on TV
 

"Redneck" wrote in message
...
Hi all and thanks in advance for any advice!!!
I have a Sony SXRD 60" TV and a CableAmerica (Phoenix, AZ) Motorola
DTC6412
III. Last night when I went to the Weather Channel ( I think its chnl 28),
a
black box poped up covering about 1/3 the screen and it scrolled the
following text...

Ring

Connect 1200

No Carrier

It kept scrolling this. It didn't do it for any other channel. I think it
was from the TV and not the cable box because when I hit the menu on the
cable box the menu came up behind the black box on the screen. When I hit
the menu on the TV the black box went away and a normal menu came up. When
I
exited the menu I had a normal picture for a few seconds and then the
black
box came back again with the scrolling text. We did have the whole system
unpluged for a couple of hours while a storm went through the area but, it
was all pluged back in a couple of hours before I noticed this. We also
have
a Toshiba MD30H82 with the same cable box and the screen doesn't come up
on
that TV. Both TV's are connected through Component video. I checked again
tonight and I got the same black pop-up box on the Sony again. I'm not
sure
if it was there before because I have not needed to watch the weather
channel in the past few months that we owned the system.
I don't usually watch the weather channel so it's not a big issue except
for
when I have to travel. I figured I'd ask you guys before I go through the
run-around of useless scripted dialog with the cable co. and I know I wont
get anyware by trying to call Sony.
Any one know how to get rid of this???


Sell the sony while its still working. Do it quickly.
But first turn off the text feature in closed captioning.