I have a Panasonic TV/VCR combo that started displaying a black
rectangle over the center ~80% of the screen. The black rectangle
disappears temporarily when the volume is adjusted or when the channel
is adjusted, returning in a few seconds. When the black rectangle
disappears the image is OK. When the rectangle is present, the outer
edge of the image also looks OK. This is observed with both cable and
VCR signals. There are no problems with sound and the OSD adjustments
all respond normally.

Any ideas what this is about, and sugestions for fixing this?

Thanks in advance,
AFZ
Panasonic PV-M2058
November 1998
Serial K8AA26685

Turn OFF the close caption in the Menu,s.

kip
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I have a Panasonic TV/VCR combo that started displaying a black
rectangle over the center ~80% of the screen. The black rectangle
disappears temporarily when the volume is adjusted or when the channel
is adjusted, returning in a few seconds. When the black rectangle
disappears the image is OK. When the rectangle is present, the outer
edge of the image also looks OK. This is observed with both cable and
VCR signals. There are no problems with sound and the OSD adjustments
all respond normally.

Any ideas what this is about, and sugestions for fixing this?

Thanks in advance,
AFZ
Panasonic PV-M2058
November 1998
Serial K8AA26685

Thanks a lot Kip!

That did it. It turns out that the closed caption settings that have
"Text" in their description ("Text C1" and Text C2") both cause this
behavior. The others ("Off", "C1" and "C2") do not.

I am not sure why this is so (Kip?), but this solved the problem.

Thanks again.
AFZ

Several types of Captioning ...All should be OFF unless you need them.
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Thanks a lot Kip!

That did it. It turns out that the closed caption settings that have
"Text" in their description ("Text C1" and Text C2") both cause this
behavior. The others ("Off", "C1" and "C2") do not.

I am not sure why this is so (Kip?), but this solved the problem.

Thanks again.
AFZ

Yes, the CC1,CC2 modes are for getting the captions, the text1 and
text2 are there for the sole purpose of displaying a blank black square
in the center of the screen. One of the wonderful government mandated
additions to all modern sets, because there of course are people that
enjoy that black square and it "needs" to be required ;-)