Problems with Closed Caption Feature

Misspelled captions are displayed.

• Closed captioning production companies may broadcast pro-

 

grams without correcting the misspelling in a live broadcast.

Captions are not entirely displayed, or

• Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue

captions are delayed behind the dia-

are common for live broadcasts. Most captioning production compa-

logue.

nies can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute. If

 

a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to ensure that

 

the captions remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue.

Captions are displayed as a white

• Interference from buildings or weather conditions may cause

box.

captioning to be incomplete.

No caption is displayed in the Closed

• Broadcasting station may shorten the program to insert adver-

Caption-supported program.

tisement. The closed caption decoder cannot read the informa-

 

tion of the shortened program.

 

 

No caption is displayed when playing

• The videotape may be illegally copied, or the caption signal

the videotape containing captions.

might not have been read during copying.

Black box is displayed in the screen.

• “Text” mode is selected for caption. Select “CC1”, “CC2”, “CC3”,

 

“CC4” or “Off”.

 

 

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