Weird caption... Captions full of random letters and numbers keeps popping up on the screen. I tried to select the setup and it won't let me. This all started after a few big storms??? Please help. CHoup

The captions availability is part of the DVD program that you are watching. If the movie or feature recorded on the DVD disc has got captions then you should be able to select it as part of the DVD setup menu that shows up on screen when you insert the DVD disc in the DVD player.

Go back and just "look" to see if the captions are still turned off.
if it is still on CC1 or CC2, the captions are still on.
If they are, you must turn captions off and then follow on screen prompts to make sure they are indeed off.
(Did someone turn on the captions on your cable box or other receiver?)
(If they did, this may be the reason that you can/t turn them off on the TV !)

strange problem. not to insult, but are you using a cable box? they also have a closed caption feature.

Hello
To enable close cationing on your TV follow this:-

[1] Press "Menu" button on the remote control to appear "Setup" menu on the screen.
[2] Use "Up and Down" arrows on the remote contol to select "Captions/Text" on your screen.
[3] Press "Right or Left " arrows to select any one of the following options. Caption-1, Caption-2, Caption-3, Caption-4 Text-1, Text-2, Text-3, Text-4.
[4] Press enter to return TV viewing.

To turn the caption feature to "On" or "Off'

[1] Press menu key on the remote control to display "Setup" menu.
[2] Using "UP/DOWN" buttons to select captions on your screen.
[3] Press "Right or Left" arrow to switch the captions feature 'ON" or "OFF" or "EZ Mute"
[4] Press enter to continue.
Ok.

Ok..........un plug the set and your cable or sat reciever.........plug back in to reboot both........be sure your set up shows captions and text "off"
Next step if this does not solve is to play a dvd and see if ok. this will separate the tv from your cable or sat reciever. If still continues your set may have corrupted data in the eeprom and need main board. Try the ez stuff first!!

Turn off captions (if not on the TV, on your cable or satellite receiver), because that's what's going on. TV or whatever tunes it are most likely providing bad or corrupted caption data, and that's an attempt to decode it. Turning off captions should eliminate the issue (unless you need captions, in which case you should try to improve the quality of the signal into your TV, which is beyond the scope of this particular question).

Press MENU in the TV mode. Press ▲ or ▼ to
select “Setup”, then press ▶ or ENTER
Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Closed Caption”,
then press ▶ or ENTER.
The Closed Caption menu will appear
Press ▲ or ▼ to select “CC Setting”, then
press ◀ or ▶ to select “On”.
On: Captions will be displayed on the screen.
Off: Captions will not be displayed on the screen.
Press EXIT/CANCEL to return to the normal
screen
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Features preferences
Caption service
This allows you to select the Closed Captions service levels of analog
broadcasting to be displayed.
Closed Captioning allows you to read the voice content of television
programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, this
feature uses on-screen ‘text boxes’ to show dialogue and conversations
while the TV program is in progress. Captions will appear on the screen
during captioned broadcasts.
& Select Captions service.
é Press the cursor right.
“ Select the desired Caption service:
• CC 1, 2, 3 or 4
Dialogue (and descriptions) for the action on the captioned TV program
shows on screen.
Usually CC 1 is the most used. CC 2 may be used for alternate languages
if they are being transmitted.
• T 1, 2, 3 or 4
Often used for channel guide, schedules, bulletin board information for
Closed Captions programs, news, weather informations or stock market
reports.
Not all Caption services are necessarily being used by a TV channel during
the transmission of a Closed Caption program.


Features menu
& Select Features in the TV Settings menu.
é Press the cursor right to enter the Features menu.
“ Select the menu items with the cursor up/down and adjust the settings
with the cursor left/right.
Closed captions
This displays the transmitted CC- or CS-text on the screen according to
your chosen CC or CS service in the Setup, Features preferences menu,
This text can either be permanently displayed (assuming that the
service is available in the broadcast) or only when mute is active.
& Press the cursor right after having selected Closed captions.
é Select On, Off or On during mute.

your closed captions are turned on and in the text mode. turn them off or select cc1 to view that captions

CHANGE CAPTIONS SETTING YOU HAVE IT ON TEXT1 TURN OFF THIS SETTING. IN YOUR SETUP MENU