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CTV5196 / ALIEN [TV (Standard)]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for CTV5196 / ALIEN.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Dead.
  • No line drive.
  • Chirping. in standby.
  • Switches to standby and red LED flashes after start-up with RC.
  • Slow start-up when cold. Red LED switches to green for a moment. (CTV5196 ALIEN repair tip)
  • Reduced horizontal size. E/W fault.
  • No start-up. LED turns green then switches back to red.
  • E/W fault, strong indentation on both sides.
  • Enter service mode. (CTV5196 ALIEN repair tip)
  • PSU S/C.
  • No vertical deflection. intermittently.
  • Tic-tic noise from PSU.
  • Dead with 2.5A mains fuse blown.
  • Switches to standby. after a while.
  • Dead. after start-up.
  • Switches to standby.
  • No picture, only a picture interference for a few secs after start-up.
  • No picture.
  • Excessive horizontal size. (CTV5196 tip from ALIEN)
  • Switches to standby after start-up. LED changes from green to red and blinks.
  • Switches off by itself. intermittently.
  • No start-up. (service info for ALIEN -CTV5196)
  • No start-up from standby with RC.
  • No picture. No OSD. Audio OK .
  • Trips.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • No start-up of line stage. LED on.
  • No start-up. intermittently.
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • Annoying noise from PSU. Other functions OK.
  • Switches to standby. after start-up. (service info for ALIEN -CTV5196)
  • No start-up. Red LED blinks. (CTV5196 tip from ALIEN)
  • Excessive horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
  • Ripple on verticals, more visible on outer edge of screen.
  • Slow start-up. Pulsating picture. Switches off by itself.
  • Noisy PSU after start-up. Standby OK.
  • Switches to standby (after a few seconds).
  • Annoying noise from PSU in standby.
  • Picture intermittently decreases and goes to standby.
  • Noise in picture.
  • Q605 fails shortly after switch on.
  • Tripping.

With help of this list a solution is found often when ALIEN CTV5196 fails.


Additionally to repairtips or service information CTV5196 is linked to 7 components (IC's and/or transformers) in the Tectra database, through which you can identify electrical compatibilities (crossreferences) in appliances.


Chassis information is available (which chassis is built in into CTV5196 ).

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In the repair discussion pinboard for CTV5196 there are 95 replies to questions asked about 28 different repair problems.
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Last updated: 15. Oct 2008 22:35:36 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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