john150
10-12-09, 10:33 PM
Hi all...This is my first post...joined specifically to get an answer to this question. Please help if you can. Thanks in advance.
I recently made the jump to an HDTV (Samsung) and a HD cable box
(SA8300HD) with DVR. Did the install myself using an HDMI connection between the box and the TV. Everything went smooth. However, I am having a problem in one area. I want to have closed captioning activate when I hit 'mute'. I've always had this setup on my previous TV's. I find it very useful if I have to mute the sound but want to still follow the dialogue. Before posting I searched the threads. Based on what I found I enabled the captioning and set the mute option in the cable box and not the TV. I also set the remote to control the volume and mute with the cable box and not the TV. The results are that the captioning does indeed come on when I hit the mute button but the volume does not actually mute. Nor does the remote actually control the volume. The volume graph and mute symbol do appear on the screen.
So...My question boils down to this: How can I have the mute captioning option and have the remote actually work with the volume on my SA8300HD connected via HDMI to my HDTV???? Thanks again.
I recently made the jump to an HDTV (Samsung) and a HD cable box
(SA8300HD) with DVR. Did the install myself using an HDMI connection between the box and the TV. Everything went smooth. However, I am having a problem in one area. I want to have closed captioning activate when I hit 'mute'. I've always had this setup on my previous TV's. I find it very useful if I have to mute the sound but want to still follow the dialogue. Before posting I searched the threads. Based on what I found I enabled the captioning and set the mute option in the cable box and not the TV. I also set the remote to control the volume and mute with the cable box and not the TV. The results are that the captioning does indeed come on when I hit the mute button but the volume does not actually mute. Nor does the remote actually control the volume. The volume graph and mute symbol do appear on the screen.
So...My question boils down to this: How can I have the mute captioning option and have the remote actually work with the volume on my SA8300HD connected via HDMI to my HDTV???? Thanks again.