Subtitles on Freeview

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Gradine

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#295442 29-Mar-2022 16:35

I watch a lot of (live) Freeview system TV using the tuner on my Panasonic DVD recorder. I do that because I find the tuner for my Android based TV is "clunky". I find it easier to navigate the Freeview system - having used it since its inception.

Today, whilst watching the midday news I noticed that subtitles are displayed. I have found that they only appear on the TVNZ channels.

Does anyone know why that has happened?

Despite lots of casting around I cannot find a way to turn off the subtitles. My DVD tuner remote has no button/option to do that.

Any help and advice welcome.

Bananabob

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#2893607 29-Mar-2022 17:07

You don't say what model but a quick search reveals the following:

Operations while watching broadcast
To show subtitle
When “
(> 21)
” appears in channel information
Press [STTL
].
• Press again to hide subtitle.

So look on your remote for the STTL button

Gradine

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#2893647 29-Mar-2022 19:27

Great answer!!

As I said, I am using the DVD remote to manage the Freeview system.

I could not find a "sttl" button.

Looking again - after your response - I have now found the button!! Hooray.

Tomorrow I'm off to Specsavers to get some glasses.

Somehow I or my wife has "bobbled" the remote control and accidentally hit the subtitles key. One push activates, one push deactivates subtitles.

Feel a bit foolish now. But, I KNEW you folk would have the answer (that prompted me to carefully check EVERY key).

Bananabob

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#2894311 30-Mar-2022 16:15

I have to admit that STTL is not the obvious choice for subtitles. Maybe SUBT would have been better.