Audio/Closed Captioning Settings

Open your DISH Anywhere app and make sure you're logged in before following the steps below.

Enable/Disable Closed Captioning

  1. Tap the screen and select the CC icon at the top right to enable Closed Captions.

    Repeat this step to disable Closed Captions.

    Settings gear icon in top right corner of live tv player in the DISH Anywhere app

Open your DISH Anywhere app and make sure you're logged in before following the steps below.

Enable/Disable Closed Captioning

  1. Tap the screen and select the CC icon at the top right to enable Closed Captions.

    Repeat this step to disable Closed Captions.

    Settings gear icon in top right corner of live tv player in the DISH Anywhere appSettings gear icon in top right corner of live tv player in the DISH Anywhere app

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Closed Captioning for Live TV and Recorded Content

  1. Select the gear icon in the bottom right.

    Settings gear icon in bottom corner of live TV player on DISH Anywhere website
  2. Select the dropdown menu.

    Down arrow to open dropdown menu in settings popup
  3. Select Eng.

    Repeat steps 1 and 2 and select Off to disable Closed Captions.

    Dropdown options for setting captions to English or Off
  4. If applicable, select the gear icon next to CC to change the settings.

    'CC Settings' icon in settings popup
  5. After choosing your settings, select Back to save.

    Closed captioning display styles like font size and color

Closed Captioning for Live TV and Recorded Content

  1. Select the gear icon in the bottom right.

    Settings gear icon in bottom corner of On Demand TV player on DISH Anywhere website
  2. Select the dropdown next to Subtitles.

    Down arrow to open dropdown menu in settings popup
  3. Select Captions (CC1).

    Repeat steps 1 and 2 and select Off to disable Closed Captions.

    Dropdown options for setting captions to On or Off
  4. If applicable, select the gear icon next to Subtitles to change the settings.

    CC Settings icon in settings popup
  5. After choosing your settings, select Back to save.

    Closed captioning display styles like font size and color

Closed Caption Settings

  1. Highlight and select the Settings icon.

    Settings icon on home page of DISH Anywhere app on Fire TV
  2. Scroll down to Closed captioning.

    Closed Captioning menu option on Fire TV
  3. Scroll to the right to highlight and change the desired settings.

    Closed Captioning preferences on Fire TV

Closed Caption Settings

  1. While video playback is occurring, press down on the remote to bring up options, then scroll to CC and select to enable Closed Captions.

    Repeat this step to disable CC.

    settings icon in bottom right corner of live streaming video on DISH Anywhere