Sony XBR3 Closed Caption Problems - Help?

Hello all. I hope someone can help me. I can't get my XBR3 to
display Closed Captioning properly. On DVD, it will display some CC,
but the letters are huge and only a couple of words show from a
sentence. From my cable box (HDMI connection, I'm not getting any
closed captioning, even if I hit mute. Can anyone tell me what I'm
doing wrong, or what I need to do to make it work properly??? Thanks
for your help. Regards, Rich

You need to configure the cable box to provide the closed captioning.

The DVD is configuring the closed captioning, and you need to
reconfigure it to your preferences.

TV sets will configure closed captioning only on the RF and composite
inputs. The closed captioning must be configured on the source (STB or
DVD) when using Component or HDMI inputs.

riffin-rich wrote:
Hello all. I hope someone can help me. I can't get my XBR3 to
display Closed Captioning properly. On DVD, it will display some CC,
but the letters are huge and only a couple of words show from a
sentence. From my cable box (HDMI connection, I'm not getting any
closed captioning, even if I hit mute. Can anyone tell me what I'm
doing wrong, or what I need to do to make it work properly??? Thanks
for your help. Regards, Rich

Okay ... I believe I have correctly configured the cable box to
provide the closed captioning. So in the cable box, I've reviewed my
settings.
CC: Background is Solid, color is Black
CC: Characters is Solid, color is White
CC: Options (letter size) is dest to Default (set by program)
CC: Source is set to "Std CC1" and Digital source is set to
"Digital 1"
I don't know what this means (Std CC1 and Digital 1-6 options)
I'm watching FOXNews and don't see captioning. Muting doesn't display
captioning either. Furthermore, as programming ended for a
commercial, the transition just said, "Captioning is brought to you
by ... [commercial]." I have set the TV to the folowing digital
caption type:
Basic: CC1
Digital CC: Basic

Regarding my DVD, I am using composite video (to clarify I'm using
correct terminology, that's the single yellow video cable) along with
analog audio (into TV Input 4). When I play a DVD with this setup and
turn on subtitles, I'm getting partial captions ... usually just the
first half of the sentence and nothing else. Frequently, nothing comes
up at all. Your last sentence doesn't seem to be holding true in my
case: despite my using the composite inut, changing captioning
options on the TV has no effect on the captioning...?

Any suggestions on more advanced TV settings? CC1/CC2/CC3/CC4/Text1/
Text2/Text3/Text4, or other advanced settings?

Someone, please save me before I throw a brick through my new
TV! ;-) Thanks so much for your time... Regards, Rich


On Aug 26, 10:55 am, wbertram wrote:
You need to configure the cable box to provide the closed captioning.

The DVD is configuring the closed captioning, and you need to
reconfigure it to your preferences.

TV sets will configure closed captioning only on the RF and composite
inputs. The closed captioning must be configured on the source (STB or
DVD) when using Component or HDMI inputs.

riffin-rich wrote:
Hello all. I hope someone can help me. I can't get my XBR3 to
display Closed Captioning properly. On DVD, it will display some CC,
but the letters are huge and only a couple of words show from a
sentence. From my cable box (HDMI connection, I'm not getting any
closed captioning, even if I hit mute. Can anyone tell me what I'm
doing wrong, or what I need to do to make it work properly??? Thanks
for your help. Regards, Rich

Well, you also have many, many CC options in the remote control of the XBR3
that you can play with. I have the same model TV, and when I first set it
up, I also, did not like the DVD caption size. I don't know if that will
solve your CC problem, but it is certainly worth a try, if you did not
already try it.

Robert A. Cunningham

"riffin-rich" wrote in message
s.com...
Okay ... I believe I have correctly configured the cable box to
provide the closed captioning. So in the cable box, I've reviewed my
settings.
CC: Background is Solid, color is Black
CC: Characters is Solid, color is White
CC: Options (letter size) is dest to Default (set by program)
CC: Source is set to "Std CC1" and Digital source is set to
"Digital 1"
I don't know what this means (Std CC1 and Digital 1-6 options)
I'm watching FOXNews and don't see captioning. Muting doesn't display
captioning either. Furthermore, as programming ended for a
commercial, the transition just said, "Captioning is brought to you
by ... [commercial]." I have set the TV to the folowing digital
caption type:
Basic: CC1
Digital CC: Basic

Regarding my DVD, I am using composite video (to clarify I'm using
correct terminology, that's the single yellow video cable) along with
analog audio (into TV Input 4). When I play a DVD with this setup and
turn on subtitles, I'm getting partial captions ... usually just the
first half of the sentence and nothing else. Frequently, nothing comes
up at all. Your last sentence doesn't seem to be holding true in my
case: despite my using the composite inut, changing captioning
options on the TV has no effect on the captioning...?

Any suggestions on more advanced TV settings? CC1/CC2/CC3/CC4/Text1/
Text2/Text3/Text4, or other advanced settings?

Someone, please save me before I throw a brick through my new
TV! ;-) Thanks so much for your time... Regards, Rich


On Aug 26, 10:55 am, wbertram wrote:
You need to configure the cable box to provide the closed captioning.

The DVD is configuring the closed captioning, and you need to
reconfigure it to your preferences.

TV sets will configure closed captioning only on the RF and composite
inputs. The closed captioning must be configured on the source (STB or
DVD) when using Component or HDMI inputs.

riffin-rich wrote:
Hello all. I hope someone can help me. I can't get my XBR3 to
display Closed Captioning properly. On DVD, it will display some CC,
but the letters are huge and only a couple of words show from a
sentence. From my cable box (HDMI connection, I'm not getting any
closed captioning, even if I hit mute. Can anyone tell me what I'm
doing wrong, or what I need to do to make it work properly??? Thanks
for your help. Regards, Rich

Rob, have you found a quick way to cycle through the caption options?
I'm using Tools, Caption Vision (CC), and it's a bit tedious. Also,
if I'm watching a program and change captions on the fly, should the
caption formats change as I select different optios or do I need to
power off/power on the tv? If anyone has any advice for me, I'd
surely appreciate it! I can't get captions to work with the cable box
at all, and I get big & intermittent text with my DVD player...
Thanks so much again... Regards, Rich

On Aug 26, 12:51 pm, "Robert A. Cunningham"
wrote:
Well, you also have many, many CC options in the remote control of the XBR3
that you can play with. I have the same model TV, and when I first set it
up, I also, did not like the DVD caption size. I don't know if that will
solve your CC problem, but it is certainly worth a try, if you did not
already try it.

Robert A. Cunningham

Lets concentrate on the cable box. If you are watching the cable box
through the HDMI input, the CC setting, including CC ON and CC OFF, have
absolutely nothing to do with whether you see CC or not. The CC
circuitry in the TV is just not in play when you are watching through
the HDMI input.

You must turn CC ON and CC OFF at the cable box. How you do this
depends on the brand of cable box and the software being run on the box.
Check the manual for the box and/or software to see how to turn CC on
and off, or let us know which box and software you have.

WRT to the DVD player using the composite input. You should really be
using a component or HDMI input to take full advantage of the 16:9 TV
screen. Then you have set the DVD player set to run with a 16:9 TV.
Which brand of DVD player do you have.

riffin-rich wrote:
Okay ... I believe I have correctly configured the cable box to
provide the closed captioning. So in the cable box, I've reviewed my
settings.
CC: Background is Solid, color is Black
CC: Characters is Solid, color is White
CC: Options (letter size) is dest to Default (set by program)
CC: Source is set to "Std CC1" and Digital source is set to
"Digital 1"
I don't know what this means (Std CC1 and Digital 1-6 options)
I'm watching FOXNews and don't see captioning. Muting doesn't display
captioning either. Furthermore, as programming ended for a
commercial, the transition just said, "Captioning is brought to you
by ... [commercial]." I have set the TV to the folowing digital
caption type:
Basic: CC1
Digital CC: Basic

Regarding my DVD, I am using composite video (to clarify I'm using
correct terminology, that's the single yellow video cable) along with
analog audio (into TV Input 4). When I play a DVD with this setup and
turn on subtitles, I'm getting partial captions ... usually just the
first half of the sentence and nothing else. Frequently, nothing comes
up at all. Your last sentence doesn't seem to be holding true in my
case: despite my using the composite inut, changing captioning
options on the TV has no effect on the captioning...?

Any suggestions on more advanced TV settings? CC1/CC2/CC3/CC4/Text1/
Text2/Text3/Text4, or other advanced settings?

Someone, please save me before I throw a brick through my new
TV! ;-) Thanks so much for your time... Regards, Rich


On Aug 26, 10:55 am, wbertram wrote:
You need to configure the cable box to provide the closed captioning.

The DVD is configuring the closed captioning, and you need to
reconfigure it to your preferences.

TV sets will configure closed captioning only on the RF and composite
inputs. The closed captioning must be configured on the source (STB or
DVD) when using Component or HDMI inputs.

riffin-rich wrote:
Hello all. I hope someone can help me. I can't get my XBR3 to
display Closed Captioning properly. On DVD, it will display some CC,
but the letters are huge and only a couple of words show from a
sentence. From my cable box (HDMI connection, I'm not getting any
closed captioning, even if I hit mute. Can anyone tell me what I'm
doing wrong, or what I need to do to make it work properly??? Thanks
for your help. Regards, Rich

No, I also use tools, although rather than scrolling down, I scroll up (it's
a few keystrokes less). I really don't think you have to turn off the TV at
all. It should change on the fly. I can't give you any advice on cable,
'cause I have Dish Network. You know, there are two sets of captions: 1.
with the DVD itself, and 2. with the TV. Have you tried switching between
the two, to see if you notice a difference. You've probably already down
that, and if so, I apologize.

Good luck


"riffin-rich" wrote in message
ups.com...
Rob, have you found a quick way to cycle through the caption options?
I'm using Tools, Caption Vision (CC), and it's a bit tedious. Also,
if I'm watching a program and change captions on the fly, should the
caption formats change as I select different optios or do I need to
power off/power on the tv? If anyone has any advice for me, I'd
surely appreciate it! I can't get captions to work with the cable box
at all, and I get big & intermittent text with my DVD player...
Thanks so much again... Regards, Rich

On Aug 26, 12:51 pm, "Robert A. Cunningham"
wrote:
Well, you also have many, many CC options in the remote control of the
XBR3
that you can play with. I have the same model TV, and when I first set
it
up, I also, did not like the DVD caption size. I don't know if that will
solve your CC problem, but it is certainly worth a try, if you did not
already try it.

Robert A. Cunningham

Have you verified in your DVD player's and STB setup menus that the
screen type is set to widescreen?

Okay ... I got the cable box to properly display captioning. It was a
separate menu item, to enable captioning, as I set the four options in
a separate menu. Now I can see that the tv is working properly.

What isn't clear at this point is how to change my font size coming
out of the DVD (it doesn't appear that changing the font options on
the TV has any impact on what's coming out of the DVD).

I finally understand wbertram's replies ... ;-) Thanks to all. I'll
play around and let you know what I come up with... Thanks again for
all of your time! Sincerely, Rich