"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> "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
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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.
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>> OK, but not using it is much different from not having it.
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> Well, I don't have it as in it is not on my TV. If it is available to put
> on there, I wouldn't know how to get it and I wouldn't bother to look it
> up because I wouldn't use it.

OK, maybe you could learn to read lips and just mute her. LOL

Cheri
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