Question about captions.. please help!! Has anyone hook this tivo xl with a HDMI cable to the TV?
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You don't need to do this (and I'm not sure it would work). Closed captions are available under "settings" on the TIVO screen. The only problem getting captions comes when you are "streaming" a movie, e.g. from Netflix--so far, Netflix does not support closed captions for its streaming movies, although it is of course available on the DVD's. Netflix says this may be corrected sometime in 2010.
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Thanks you two for responding. Well, I bought a DTV, so my problem is solved. I guess I'm an old timer, 51 yrs. I used to think I was handy with all this when I dubbed some VHS tapes or loaded programs into a computer, or had my own FTP space to put pictures on eBay. But OH MY GOD!!! You've got to be kidding!?? I know younger folk will have a better handle on it all, but just looking at these manuals,... who do they think they're talking to? 'Nuff said
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Wouldn't work with my TiVo series 3 or premiere, which is why I had bought it. I tried various methods but nothing worked. You need a proprietary hard drive to work with TiVo. Wound up selling it on eBay.
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Amazon's page still says it's not available, but I just received mine yesterday (from Amazon). So far, so good. Plug it in, restart your TiVo, and 5-10 minutes later you got a gajillion hours of HD recording (okay, I think it's 240 hours, but still). One little bummer, you can't cart the drive from TiVo to TiVo (or computer) to transfer your shows. It says it records some of the show in the internal drive and some on the external, so no complete shows are on the external. No big deal I guess.
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Ok, that's good to know; but not having a cable box sucks. I should probably do a VCR setup as someone else suggested.
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I actually found some help on this topic in the AVS forum. I had to access the menu from my comcast box while the box was turned off and i had to turn the caption on from that menu. Confusing I know. Anyway the captions work great now and my cable box is hooked up to my Samsung via HDMI. Slight problem with the captions lagging behind on some channels but other than that it's been fine.
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Yeah I'm still trying to get the iO DVR uni remote to work with it and I can't get it to work.. i tried the samsung codes.. I'll try the RCA ones and see if I have any success there. For this remote, there is a manual way of doing it.. but that won't help anyone here since it won't tell me the code to tell anyone anyway... Hope someone else has luck with this!
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What sources do you have it connected to (cable box, blu ray player, av receiver, etc)? Does this occur on each source? Has this occured starting when you first used the tv or is it new? Without knowing any other details ensure your cables (likely hdmi) are secured on both ends.
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goin crazy here . . . connected speakers to a new Vizio HDTV . . . speaker cable into the subwoofer . . green connector into audio female on the TV . . pink to nothing . . . turned speakers to "off" on the vizio . . . and NOTHING . . . do i need a "Y" ?? . . . . it's gotta be something so simple, right ???
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Jessica does the cable box have any digital audio out puts or 2nd hdmi . We should be able to make it work I will be working today but as soon as I can I will look at mine and try to come up with something. I hope you and your family have great Christmas dc
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Some Dish and DirecTV receivers do not include the closed caption stream. I find it frustrating but you may need to find the solution through your content provider rather than through LG.
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Would you like me to send you a video of how to hook it up? Also what console are you connecting to? The booklet inside shows you how to hook everything up to your tv. You just have to make sure the cords are in the right color connections. I had an issue for the first couple of months where everything I was recording was in black and white until I realized You can't use HDMI cords to connect your system to the tv if you're recording. The whole HD labeling is misleading.
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With my Tivo XL4 I only use one cable card. I'm with Cox cable if that makes a difference.
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I tried to hook mine up using two cables and I could not get it to work. I believe I followed the steps correctly. Would appreciate a response from you if you were successful. I may need to return mine if the sub HDMI is not working & need to know soon before I cut the UPC off the box to get the free Avatar blu-ray that expires at the end of March.
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Does anyone know how to record programs from a DVR cable box (like TIVO)? Im not sure if I need a DV cable or if it can't be done.
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I have this same receiver with cox cable box as well. I have the HDMI wire running from the receiver to the TV. The second HDMI wire from the cable box to the receiver. It works fine. I had to switch the HDMI port on my TV for some reason? I was not getting video, only sound? I tried a different port and it works fine. My problem is that my 7.1 surround sound speakers sound bad? I feel I have to turn the volume almost all the way up to get it even remotely loud.
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Thanks for the feedback. I bought this model. Love it so far. Beautiful picture on HD cable and no TOC problems...yet. Will follow up if I have any.