How to turn on captions on the TV
Captions show the words being spoken at the bottom of the screen. Where to turn them on depends on what you are watching through.
- 1Look for a button on the remote marked CC or Subtitle. If there is one, press it and choose On.
- 2If there is no such button, while the show is playing, press the Down or Up arrow, or OK, to bring up the controls.
- 3Look for a speech-bubble icon or the word Subtitles, Captions or Audio and Subtitles, and select it.
- 4Choose English or English CC.
If it doesn’t look like this
A streaming app such as Netflix keeps its own setting, so it may need turning on in the app as well as on the TV.
To turn captions off again, follow the same steps and choose Off.
Last checked October 20, 2026. Menus differ a little between models and software versions.
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