There is a black box at the bottom of the screen that won't go away.

Check the closed captions settings. As dumb as it sounds this black box is an option. Make sure your tv is set to NO captions.

Its closed captioning option. Turn it off within the tvs setup options. Box should go away.

Check your closed-caption settings and make sure it's turned off. You'll probably find it's now set to text mode. The set is blanking out the part of the screen where text would be displayed, but there isn't any.

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Make sure the closed caption is in the off position

Try and turn off the closed captioning. I had the same problem and it turned out that the closed captioning was on t1 instead of OFF. Hope this helps!!!!

The box you're seeing is the "closed caption' box. You need to use the remote and disable CC mode on it, and the box will go away :)

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY SANYO TV THE CABLE GUY TOLD ME HE HAD AN OLDER SANYO TV TO THAT DID THE SAME THING AND HE TOLD ME WHEN THE BOX APPEARS JUST HIT THE VOL + OR - BUTTON AND IT WORKS ALTHOUGH ITS A PAIN IN THE YOU KNOW WHAT WONDER WALMART HAD A BIG SALE ON MY TV.

TAMMY

I found this because I"m having the EXACT same problem with my DVD. Very frustrating that nothing works....

Hi,
Just happened to see your black box problem associated with your T.V.; Thought I would pass along an idea for you to check into, and let me know if it helped...Check into whether or not it has a onscreen text block mode, if it gets into this mode by accidentally pressing the wrong buttons on the remote and or TV, it could and I have seen, at least with zeniths, a big black box which will cover the whole screen except for a 2 to 4 inch border around the box and outer edge of the screen...if this is the case, find someone familiar with the correct setting for the set associated with this problem, and get it back into the right mode....Hope this helps..T.