Blacked-out box covering 75% of screen

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Hi Tony

You`ve mentioned that ON CERTAIN CHANNELS THE TV WORKS FINE, so your trying to say that not all channels THE BLACK SQUARE APPEARS IN THE MIDDLE O THE SCREEN... my be that black square is generated from the broadcast center. may be your unit is good. let me ask you how many channels that your tv works fine..?

It sounds like she may have cracked the LCD display.
LCD (liquid crystal display) are very delicate nad any impact, even by a three year old could damage the screen beyond repair. Could you please submit a photo of the screen when on?

Hi, hit the cc button on your remote control untill the close caption display says off, this should eliminate the box from your screen

turn closed caption off on tv & cable box

Then it's still under warranty, send it back, request extended warranty for lost time Be very very very persistent
Why pay someone $75 to change the touch screen when Magellan will do it for free?

it is the closed captions on the tv. it is set to closed caption text. turn it off

This is a problem with closed-captioning. What you are seeing is a closed captioning box with no captioning in it. Usually this is being accidentally transmitted by the cable company "head end". Just make sure your closed captioning function is completely turned off. if you are seeing it randomly, it may well be coming from your cable company. Is it just on certain channels?

This sound like a problem with the Closed Caption, on many sets if the C.C. is set to text a black box apears, and since it only happens on DVD you might look at the DVD menu and see if it has this Text featcher in the Closed Caption menu and turn it off

Go to your TV remote, in the menu find the closed caption or sometimes it is on the remote itself. Turn off the closed caption. this should solve your problem. Good Luck