On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:37:48 -0800, "Cheri" >
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> "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
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>
> >>> 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
She needs to upgrade her cable box. The new ones make it easy.

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