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The CW color problems

For the past several weeks the color has been very off on the CW channel. All of the people are blue and everything else is yellow. Even the commercials look like this. I’ve searched everywhere, but cannot find where anyone else is having a similar issue. How do I fix it? Do I need to contact someon

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closed captions changing color randomly

i have the closed captions on all the time since i am hard of hearing and since the last update, they have been changing color at random. I checked the options on the reciever and they added a lot of settings in this last update, auto color, auto font etc. I changed them all to white on black backgr

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on screen guide is light blue and jumpy

Whenever the on screen guide appears it is a light blue and very jumpy. When the on screen guide is removed the channel comes through with normal color, but there are intermittent squares or blocks of color and lines that briefly appear on the screen. What is going on?

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Vertical color banding

I have vertical color bands accross the TV.  My TV is a Toshiba 42" CRT.  Each of the bands are 4-5 inches accross and are yellowish in the blue information band at the top, but change based on the background color.  They tend to get more pronouced the longer the system is on. I have a standard reci

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Composite - No Color TV

My video input has no color and a grainy texture for the satellite channels. I'm using a composite cable for this input. I still have color in the menus, as well as color in other inputs using HDMI, components, and coaxial cables. I have color with the receiver only with the coaxial cables on the de

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Color erratic

Is there a problem with direct tv?  My color is erratic, striations flicker and goes to black and white.

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No color

I changed my TV now I have no color all channel s is black and white

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Question regarding the blue light on the DVR's

I noticed that when there is a power outage, the blue light comes on, on the various DVR's that I have. The blue light comes on, whether or not the television is on. Does this routinely occur, following either a power outage or surge? I've noticed the blue light on other occasions in the morning, wh

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Color disappeared

I was switching tvs and changed my mind I hooked the Tv back up but the color disappeared do I have the plungs in wrong?

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blue banner is fading.

when i push info button, my blue banner is fading out.

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color and tinit

the tint and color will not effect changes that I make on screen.  Picture is too red - no green?

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Closed caption option background color

When the cc option is activated, the background color is black for the first line but if the sentence is longer than 1 line, the background color changes to white. It's very difficult to read with the white background color.  Is there any way to change this so it's only black?

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Flashing Color and Picture

The color started flashing on my tv today. The picture flashes every 2 seconds to a different color (green will turn red, etc.) also sometimes will go black. Sound not affected.  I did a reset of the receiver. I turned the Xbox on the TV and the picture was fine, so it has to be the dish or the rece

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Why is my tv screen blue everytime I turn on the TV?

Why is my tv screen blue everytime I turn on the TV?

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Direct guide and info display is green instead of blue

I think that my hd dvr receiver is going bad. I have lost my hdmi output from the receiver to tv. I'm currently using the composite connection from receiver to tv. Now I have noticed, that sometime when using the guide and info buttons the color sometime is green instead of blue. Has anyone else exp

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THe blue box to control the audio on the NFL ticket game mix 2 channel 702 is missing

Channel 702 has a blue border around one of the screens on the 8 screen mix channel. This blue border allows you to change the audio to whatever game has the blue border surrounding it. You can also push the select button and change the channel to whatever game is currently surrounded.   THis

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The two blue lights

What does it mean when the two blue lights on the remote stay on and doesn't operate the box??

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R22 DVR Pillar Color Question

Brand new Direct TV Customer question - browsed form for awhile but could not find similar question:One of my older TVs is connected to model R22-100 DVR. This TV is connected to the R22 using an RCA connector to coax converter because the TV does not have RCA type inputs. Only problem we are having

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Color Buttons Question

I'm using the RC66. So far I have found that none of the color buttons, except the Red button, do anything. Any way to assign commands to the other the buttons? (Green, Yellow and Blue) Also, I've programmed remote with my Dynex tv. Most commands work except the up/down buttons. In order for me to

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blue light

I do not have HD but as of this morning when I woke up and turned on TV the blue light is lit. It is too big on the screen for normal watching. I tried pressing AT&T button like another wrote, but that didn't solve issue. I do not like this blue light on or the huge settings now. What caused this to

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