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Smart TV question

Mom2Dogs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:30:05 GMT

We have been trying to adjust to the new smart tv and streaming....we notice that with out a cable box, caller ID is not showing up on the tv screen.

I have tried to find the answer online but no answer....

Do we need the cable box in order for caller ID to show up? thanks

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NicksmomESQ — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:10:26 GMT

I get caller ID on my tv from my cable company. I could be mistaken but I don't think there's any other way .

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Mz iMac — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:13:19 GMT

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:16:56 GMT

We have not changed cable companies, the only thing different is we no longer have a cable box we are streaming all programming. We must need the cable box for caller ID to show up.

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ValuSkr — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:18:11 GMT

Check with your cable company, but, yes, I think you'd need to to subscribe to cable / have a box in order to see caller ID on the TV screen.

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froggy — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:39:54 GMT

I have a cable box on all our TV's except for one. We don't get caller IDon that one.

Even with a box though, while we are streaming, we don't get caller id.

You have to be watching a channel that you get on the box for caller ID. If you watch only streaming I don't think you will ever get caller ID - basically you are on the internet.

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Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:46:12 GMT

@Mz iMac

I thought WHAT? What's he doing here but HE can come in any thread at any time, we need more like this.

p.s. I needed that today

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Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:49:28 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

Walk it through logically.....your smart TV is streaming means you are going through the internet. Does your phone go through the internet, I would suspect no.

Your phone goes through a cable company correct?

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sann — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:01:06 GMT

The only time my caller ID would show the phone number on the screen was when I had a landline phone.

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hckynut — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 22:09:06 GMT

@Mom2Dogs

Do you have a land line or are you talking about cell phones? Can't see getting it while live streaming.

hckynut

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:28:43 GMT

@hckynut ...the phone is landline.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 23:29:59 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs The phone is land line thru Spectrum. When our internet is down, we have no phone.

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Caffeina — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:09:52 GMT

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Mistreatedbycs — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:36:25 GMT

Spectrum has a support service line and I'm sure if you call them they can answer your question since you are a customer.

I'm just thinking out loud, I would think you would need some kind of device to get the phone to "talk to" the TV. You have a connection from the phone into the internet and you need something to take that connection to your TV.

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:36:03 GMT

@Mistreatedbycs I should have their number on speed dial...we have had nothing but trouble since we bought the new smart tv and switched to streaming. They have had to put in 3 new modem and routers....they first two were junk, kept dropping the internet. Now they are going to bury a new cable line to the house.

Then yesterday when they were at the house for the service call, he made some changes to the tv on the back porch and hooked up a cable that we don't know why..we had no problems with that tv as we still use a cable box for watching tv.

He forgot to tell us what he did and why..he was here for two hours and I think was in a rush to leave. We just discovered the added cable this morning.

Spectrum is the only internet company around or I would switch.

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Mom2Dogs — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:37:21 GMT

@Caffeina Thanks, I'll take a look, I did try finding something on line but all answers were related to using the cable box, not streaming.

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gadgetgal613 — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:27:10 GMT

@Mom2Dogs wrote:
@hckynut ...the phone is landline.

You need to have the cable company's phone service for it to show on the TV screen.

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Fribwl — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 23:09:36 GMT

@Mom2Dogs I get caller ID on my screen but I have a cable box and a landline

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qbetzforreal — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:18:35 GMT

I would suppose the digital phone has connection to the cable service and when you're not using the cable service while streaming- the caller id ceases to function.

Not the tv's fault.