Shortcut to Closed Captioning?

**steverichmond** · 03-15-2010 08:00 PM

New to Dish and love the 722k. There is no comparison to D*'s HRs. There is one feture I find myself missing a shortcut to toggle on/off closed captioning. I have the 21 remote and am interesested if anyone has come up with or knows of a shortcut to toggle CC.

Thanks,
Steve

**CowboyDren** · 03-15-2010 08:40 PM

Nope. If you memorize the menu option numbers, it can be done in no fewer than 11 clicks. I'm just as pissed off about this as anyone, and I'm NOT hearing impaired. I have kids, and I work nights (TV time is often at 3AM), and I want to read what they're saying, but I can't do it quickly.

Menu - 8 -7 -1 - Left -Sel - Right - Select - Cancel - Cancel - Cancel; disable is the same as enable. Makes me wish I had a remote that did macros...

**retiredTech** · 03-15-2010 10:22 PM

I just let my tv do CC.
I set TV is muted , CC is on.

**GravelChan** · 03-15-2010 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by CowboyDren

Nope. If you memorize the menu option numbers, it can be done in no fewer than 11 clicks. I'm just as pissed off about this as anyone, and I'm NOT hearing impaired. I have kids, and I work nights (TV time is often at 3AM), and I want to read what they're saying, but I can't do it quickly.

Menu - 8 -7 -1 - Left -Sel - Right - Select - Cancel - Cancel - Cancel; disable is the same as enable. Makes me wish I had a remote that did macros...

You can cut that by 2 clicks, after the last Select press View rather than 3 Cancels...... actually "View" will exit back to live TV from almost anywhere in the menus, may not save a change if you exit too soon (before pressing Select for "done") but exit it will! :-)

**CowboyDren** · 03-15-2010 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by retiredTech

I just let my tv do CC.
I set TV is muted , CC is on.

Doesn't work on my TV for some reason. Which is odd, because it works for my DVD player with this TV, but not the 722.

Originally Posted by GravelChan

You can cut that by 2 clicks, after the last Select press View rather than 3 Cancels.

Good catch. Takes 11 down to 9, or a 19% reduction in work.

**GravelChan** · 03-15-2010 11:26 PM

[QUOTE=CowboyDren;2139938]Doesn't work on my TV for some reason. Which is odd, because it works for my DVD player with this TV, but not the 722.

I stand to be corrected but I think an HDMI cable connection only shows CC if it is combined with the video by whatever receiver is decoding the original signal, be it ATSC or a Dish digital signal.

Bet your DVD is hooked to your TV via coax or composite (analog signal).

**DishSubLA** · 03-16-2010 12:34 AM

I share your pain. The short answer is NO there is no real shortcut. However, if you have a sophisticated universal remote, you can program the steps as a Macro to turn on and off the CC by pressing one button on the universal remote.

The TV will not handle CC via HDMI from any box (the new standard); it is a task for all boxes, not the TV, via digital. The TV will handle CC via analog connections and direct OTA to TV. But, HDMI is really preferred and makes more sense in most set-ups.

Dish should really come up with a short-cut or at least assign one of the color keys on the "K" remotes as a start. Somehow it just doesn't seem right that CC on/off is so cumbersome. I, for one, do have to set it on and off for various reasons. It really is the only "major" peeve I have with the Dish DVR's. TiVo's solution isn't a one-button solution, but it is extremely easy to access the CC control very quickly and intuitively, so turning off/on CC with TiVo is quite easy and quick.

**CowboyDren** · 03-16-2010 01:42 AM

Sorry, guys, I'm hallucinating. My TV only enables the CC option on the antenna. I need this to work, though.

**Elkview** · 03-16-2010 08:49 AM

I need closed caption to work easy. What a process to go through 3 or 4 times a day.

**GravelChan** · 03-16-2010 09:36 AM

Elkview, I don't know if this will work for you but I use a Sony remote (RM-VL600), around $20 at Walmart/Target, not sure where I bought it. It has macro capabilities, I use the bottom/right button for the CC macro. It's a fairly decent remote for it's price but I use it only for the CC toggle. Hopefully Dish will at some point put a one button toggle or a macro learning capability on it's remotes.