TiVO and closed captioning
 

So my TiVO is now hooked up so I can record one thing and watch another but now it seems that closed captioning is stuck "on" for all recorded shows (including shows that were recorded before the re-wiring). The TV closed captioned settings are turned off and I can't find a closed captioned setting for my TIVO.

Anyone know what I'm not doing?

Anyone? :( I looked on the TiVO site and it confirms that captioning is done through the TV. I looked [again] at the TV settings and the CC is of. When I watch TV through the TV there's no captioning.

If it makes a difference the TIVO is run through the Video 1 input.

Is it possible that you have separate settings for each input on your tv?
I know that my Toshiba has completely different settings, so I can change the color/brightness/etc for cable without altering the settings for the DVD player, for example.

If you want to test the theory, plug in a DVD player to the video1 input and see if CC shows up. If it does, it's the TV. If not, back to the TiVo drawing board...

What's the model of your TV? That would sure help get to the bottom of this...

My TV is Advent. There aren't seperate settings. My TIVO has always gone in through video 1 and this just started.

The only change that was made is the re-wiring so I can watch something on regular TV and record something on the TVIO. I think that all that was done was a second splitter and an additional cable.

Thank you MousePod!

Tori could fix that- she's the only one who knows how to turn on and off the CC in our house.


Hi, Mousepod!!!!!!

Ok, not that I want to jinx anything, but the captioning is gone.

cool!

Glad I could help.

Problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves.

And it's back =(

ok... let's figure this out.
how is your system set up?
where are the splitters?
is there one splitter and an a/b switch?
does the cable that bypasses the tivo box go straight into the tv?
i'm sure we can get to the bottom of the problem....

Splitter 1 goes into the modem and another splitter. Splitter 2 goes into the TIVO input and the VCR input. VCR output to TV input (coax cables). TVIO output to Video 1 input (via av/cables).

Can you determine who is generating the closed captioning? Is it Tivo, or the TV? is there another TV you can hook the Tivo up to when this closed captioning is occuring?

Tivo doesn't decode closed captioning, that's a TV function. Tivo just passes the signal on.

Have you tried hooking up the DVD player to the video1 input and seeing if the captioning is still on?

Ya, and it's not. This is so weird. The VCR is off too and there are no captioning settings on there.

Ok.. Now I'm really confused. Now the captioning is coming through on the regular TV. I don't get why, since it's set to off (I just checked).

What model/version of Advent tv? Maybe there's a known bug.

I don't have a clue. It's a few years old. I think it's just the TV.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Try enabling the CC on the tv, then disable it. See if that makes any difference

Ya, so I'm a giant dork. I was at my friends last night enjoying my margarita when it hit me.

When my TV is on mute the captioning is automatic. Since I run my audio through my sound system I mute the TV.

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Thank you everyone for all your help!

It's almost always the simplest, most obvious solution.
Glad you figured it out!