Big black box in the middle of the screen

This TV
was my grandfather's and it was working fine when he first gave it to
me. The remote is lost but it worked fine with the universal one. One
day I accidentally brought up the menu and when I hit "exit" the data
cleared, but the big black box remained on the screen. The sound is
fine and if I change the channel the box will disappear for a second
and then come back up. I tried unplugging it for an hour, a day, a week
with no change. I have since left it unplugged and disconnected for
several months. Yesterday I decided to try it once more before putting
it out to the curb and the black box is still there. Anyone have any
suggestions?

This TV was my grandfather's and it was working fine when he first gave it to me. The remote is lost but it worked fine with the universal one. One day I accidentally brought up the menu and when I hit "exit" the data cleared, but the big black box remained on the screen. The sound is fine and if I change the channel the box will disappear for a second and then come back up. I tried unplugging it for an hour, a day, a week with no change. I have since left it unplugged and disconnected for several months. Yesterday I decided to try it once more before putting it out to the curb and the black box is still there. Anyone have any suggestions?

Last night suddenly I experinced some screen problem in my
TV. A big black box appeared and remained on the screen. The sound is fine and
if I change the channel the box will disappear for a second and then come back
up. One interesting thing, when I change the channels, I can view 3-4 local
channels without black box I tried unplugging it and connected again with
no change. When I try to watch VCR run, black box is still there but when I try
to watch DVD player connected with TV, the black box is not there.

Anyone have any suggestions?




Last night suddenly I experinced some screen problem in my TV. A big black box appeared and remained on the screen. The sound is fine and if I change the channel the box will disappear for a second and then come back up. One interesting thing, when I change the channels, I can view 3-4 local channels without black box I tried unplugging it and connected again with no change. When I try to watch VCR run, black box is still there but when I try to watch DVD player connected with TV, the black box is not there.
Anyone have any suggestions?

I got the black box off the screen without the original remote. I used the buttons on the tv, not the universal remote (that wouldn't do it) I got into the main menu and scrolled to the "channel summary." When I entered that, the box went away so all I had to do was adjust the volume to get rid of the data on the screen and the box didn't come back up! Now there's a little #3 in the upper right corner, but I'll take that over the big black box any day. Just changing the channels through the cable box doesn't do any damage either so I'm good to go now. Hope this helps anyone else having this problem. I got the black box off the screen without the original remote. I used the buttons on the tv, not the universal remote (that wouldn't do it) I got into the main menu and scrolled to the "channel summary." When I entered that, the box went away so all I had to do was adjust the volume to get rid of the data on the screen and the box didn't come back up! Now there's a little #3 in the upper right corner, but I'll take that over the big black box any day. Just changing the channels through the cable box doesn't do any damage either so I'm good to go now. Hope this helps anyone else having this problem.