"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> On 1/24/2016 4:24 PM, Phil wrote:
>>> It would have to be really old not to have caption capability, but you
>>> do have to go to set-up features in your TV to turn them on and off,
>>> usually the remote has the feature, but not always. Refer to your TV
>>> manual, but if not having it you can find it online.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> I have a TV so old you can still turn it on and off using buttons on the
>> front of the actual set. You can change the channels and adjust the
>> volume by pushing buttons on the set, too. There is a set-up/menu button
>> on the equally old remote which allows you to enable closed captioning,
>> set a sleep timer, things like that.
>>
>> You don't have to disable the sound to see closed captions. If you don't
>> want to hear the sound, mute it. For some reason she wants to hear it,
>> even though she doesn't like Pati's voice. Okay. But she likely could
>> turn on closed captions if she wanted to.
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> I have to hear it because I need to know what she is doing. I would never
> use closed captioning even if I did have it. For one thing, I can't see
> well enough without my glasses on to see words on the screen. And I
> rarely wear my glasses at home. For another, I rarely really watch any
> show. I have the TV on and I listen to it, only looking at the screen
> once in a while.

OK, but not using it is much different from not having it.

Cheri