A while ago my 34" inch Panasonic w/s CRT had the closed captions stay in a perpetual "on" mode, displaying the captions on screen. When you go to the menu to shut it off , the "captions off" tab if grayed out, not allowing you to select them. I don't know how or why this happened. At one time the tab was not grayed out and worked properly.

I called Panasonic and being waaaay out of waranty they had me try some button pressing procedures that didn't work. Then they provide an authorized repair outlet. Called the repair place and they wanted me to bring it in. If you know this CRT size, I'm not doing that right now if I don't have to. Anyone ever see this problem or have answers to solve it? Thanks.

I don't know how helpful this is, but you could try putting the signal through a TBC to strip the captions (might be cheaper than getting the TV repaired...).

is there some way you can just unplug the power to reset like a computer??
OR is the button on the remote stuck and it's still giving the signal.
also what if the cable or whatever else you have hooked up is giving a signal of ON for the captions.
what if you just unplug everythign then put it back??

i would just do the power and cable, let it sit for a minute and then try it again.

I tried unplugging for a reset and it didn't work. The remote is fine, no problems there. I never thought to unplug all the cables because I don't think there is any caption connection that way. I could try it though.

The main issue is the greyed out on/off setting on the display menu. I just don't understand it why that would happen.

i'm only thinking about cable, they may be pumping a signal?
if the box is greyed out that means it's locked somehow, do you still have a manual??

or it't possible that you clicked something else that made the CC stay on, but what.

Is there a "factory reset" option in the menu?

Found this forum entry on entering a Panasonic Tau service menu: http://preferredbypete.com/tvs/160-panasonic-tau.html

Maybe there's a factory reset option in there?

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Would you believe yesterday the volume went out on broadcasts (can't control it on the display) but the volume works for video. Pulling my hair out.

it has to be some signal that cable is pumping and your TV is reacting to it.

why not try removing all cable signal, put your DVD or LD into your TV with coaxal where you
have your cable TV normally.

if you still get the problems then somethign might be going bad? like a cap or something.

I'm working on it now, I think you are onto the issue as you earlier said. Will let you know

I put a dvd player into component where the cable box used to be and I have volume but when I use the display menu the captions are still greyed out. I will play around some more.

I SOLVED the captions issue (thanks to Rein-o's input). BUT with a catch. The captions don't display on screen but in the tv menu they are still greyed out. The cable box captions settings were on (even though it said off). Hit it a few times to correct. Somehow the cable box permenantly greyed the set captions out. I've never seen that. I don't care that the captions are greyed out because I DON'T PLAN ON USING THEM ON THIS SET AGAIN! Thanks.

glad i could help
anyway glad you figured it out, it sounded like something that you had to keep pressing, but what.
and you found it.