Modern Smart TVs from Xiaomi, running on the operating system Android TV or proprietary shell PatchWall, offer users a wide multimedia functionality. However, sometimes owners face a situation when the screen spontaneously or mistakenly activates the display of text tracks. This can greatly interfere with normal viewing of movies, especially if the text overlaps important details of the image or simply does not correspond to the language of the content being reproduced.
The problem is often not hardware, but software settings or application conflict. Subtitles can be enabled at the system settings level of the TV itself, activated within a particular video player, or broadcast directly from a signal source, such as a cable set-top box, and understanding the source of the text is the first and most important step to eliminating it.
In this article, we will take a closer look at all possible ways to deactivate text tracks on Mi TV and Redmi TV devices. You will learn how to manage hidden accessibility options, configure third-party applications, and solve software failures that lead to the “stick” of the text display function.
Managing system accessibility settings
Most text tracks are enabled through a special feature section for hearing-impaired people. On the Android TV operating system, which is the basis of most Xiaomi TVs, these parameters are placed in a separate menu. To check the status, you need to go to the main menu and find the Settings section, where you should select Special Opportunities or Accessibility.
Inside this partition is a switch that can be called Subtitles, Closed Captions or CC. If the slider is blue or green, then the function is active. You just press the remote to deactivate the text display. Sometimes the system suggests you choose the style, font size or background color, but to completely disable you need to convert the main switch to the off position.
⚠️ Note: Some versions of PatchWall may duplicate the availability settings in your user profile. If you have disabled subtitles in the main menu but they remain in your guest profile, check each account settings separately.
It’s worth noting that in new interface updates, the path to settings may be slightly different. For example, in some Mi TV Stick or Mi Box models, the required item is at: Device Settings → Special Features → Visual Effects. Here you can also find the option to Always Show Subtitles, which forcibly turns on text even in applications where it is turned off by default.
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If the switch on the menu is inactive (grey), try rebooting the TV by disconnecting it from the power grid for 10-15 seconds, which will reset the temporary errors of the availability module.
Disabling text inside video players and applications
Often, system settings do not affect the behavior of individual applications, such as YouTube, Netflix, Kinopoisk or embedded video player. These programs have their own priorities for playing content. If you watch video through a browser or streaming service, you need to look for the turn off button directly in the player interface.
When you play a video, press OK or Up on the remote to call the control menu. Find the voice bubble icon or [CC]. Clicking on it usually opens the list of available languages or completely disables the track. In some cases, such as YouTube, you need to select Subtitles and switch status to Off.
- 📺 YouTube: Click the menu button while watching, select Subtitles and turn them off even if the checkbox is Auto (Russian)».
- 🎬 Built-in player: During playback of the file with USB Press the menu button, go to Settings» → «Subtitles and select “Disable».
- 🌐 Browsers: If you watch a movie through a website, look for settings inside the video player itself on the page, not in the TV settings.
Special attention should be paid to IPTV applications such as Lampa, Peers.TV or OTT Player, which often have the function “Subtitles Autostart” that you need to turn off in the settings of the application itself. To do this, go to the application profile, find the Play Settings section and uncheck the “Subtitles Enable” by default.
Setup of the built-in media player
The media player built into the Xiaomi TV has advanced functionality for working with local files. If text appears automatically when watching movies from a flash drive or over a local network, the problem lies in the settings of this particular component of the system. The player interface may vary depending on the version of Android, but the logic of the work remains the same.
When you start a video file, look at the bottom or top control panel. There should be a button that controls the tracks. If the screen shows text that cannot be removed with a standard button, try pressing the button combination on the remote. On some models of the Mi Remote remote, a button with a text bubble or a combination of Menu + Down responds to call the subtitles menu.
To get a deeper setup, you can go to the global video player settings, start the Media Player app without starting a file, go to Settings (usually the gear icon), and you can find Automatic Subtitling in the Playback or Subtitles section, which will prevent text from appearing spontaneously when new files are launched.
⚠️ Note: If a file contains hardcoded subtitles, you can't remove them software-based, they're part of a video stream, not a separate track, and then you can only find another version of the movie.
Also, the player settings should check the encoding format, sometimes the text is displayed incorrectly (crackers) or does not disappear due to a conflict of encodings UTF-8 and Windows-1251. Changing the encoding in the player settings can solve the problem of “stuck” text.
☑️ Checking player settings
Solving problems with external signal sources
If Xiaomi TV is used as a monitor to connect external devices such as cable receivers, satellite set-top boxes, game consoles or computers, the source of the problem may not be in the TV at all, in which case the TV simply broadcasts the picture along with the already overlaid text.
Check the remote from your console or console. Often users accidentally press the Subtitle or CC button on the provider's remote, thinking they are controlling the TV. Also, the text can be broadcast along with the signal of the terrestrial digital television (DVB-T2). In the TV menu, in the Channels → Digital TV section, the teletext function or hidden subtitles can be active.
To resolve the problem, follow the following steps:
- 🔌 Verification HDMI: Turn off the external device and turn on any built-in service (e.g. YouTube). If the text is missing, the problem is the console.
- 📡 Setting up DVB-T2: Go to the channel settings, find the subtitles item DVB» and set the value "Off».
- 🎮 Consoles and PC: Check the image output settings in the console itself or the computer’s graphics card, system titles can also be activated there.
Sometimes, a simple HDMI cable reconnection helps: remove the cord from the HDMI 1 connector and insert it into HDMI 2, then change the signal source in the TV settings, which can reset the erroneous status of the Handshake protocol that sends the command to display text.
Resetting and system update
If a software failure has caused subtitles to be displayed continuously and not removed by any of the above methods, the system services cache or configuration files may be damaged.
The first step is to try clearing the cache of the app that is causing the problems. Go to Settings → Apps → All apps. Find a problem player or service, choose Clear the cache. If that doesn't work, you can try Clear the data, but remember that this will bring the app back to factory status.
In more complex cases, a firmware update is required. Xiaomi manufacturers regularly release patches that fix interface bugs. Go to Settings → About TV → System Update. If a new version is available, install it.
| Action. | Effects of consequences | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Clearing the cache | Securely, deletes temporary files | Recommended first and foremost |
| Data resetting of the annex | Removing logins and settings of the application | If cleaning the cache didn't help |
| Reset to factory settings | Complete deletion of all data and accounts | Only as a last resort. |
| Update of the PO | Installation of corrections from the developer | Regularly checking updates |
⚠️ Note: Before performing a full reset, make sure you remember your Google account data, as after turning on the TV will require authorization to confirm ownership (FRP lock).
How to perform a full reset (Hard Reset)?
Use of third-party applications for management
There are apps in the Android TV ecosystem that allow more flexibility in managing system processes, including hidden subtitles settings. One popular solution is to use file managers with APK analysis features or specialized tweakers.
For example, Button Mapper allows you to reassign the remote buttons, so you can configure that a long press on a certain button causes the system menu to turn off availability, which is especially useful if the standard CC button on the remote is damaged or missing.
There are also player apps like VLC for Android or MX Player that have their own, more powerful subtitle decoding engines. By installing such a player and making it the default for video files, you get full control over the text display, ignoring Xiaomi system bugs.
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Installing a third-party player with advanced settings is often the fastest solution if the built-in software is not working properly.
And don't forget that you can control your TV from your smartphone, because the official Mi Home or Google Home app lets you use your phone as a remote, and sometimes you can have additional menus hidden on the physical remote, where you can quickly switch paths.