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A7101ST FZ8000 / ALTUS [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for A7101ST / ALTUS.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Switches to standby. intermittently.
  • No TXT.
  • No picture.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • Mains fuse blows sporadically.
  • +B voltage is 160V instead 145V.
  • Line tearing. intermittently. Squealing noise.
  • Enter service mode.
  • Protection mode activated. in standby.
  • No audio. No game. No calculator.
  • Dark picture.
  • Fuse (2.5A) is intermittently defective.
  • No vertical deflection. Only a horizontal line at top.
  • Horizontal line.
  • White balance adjustment.
  • Mains fuse is defective. (service info for ALTUS -A7101ST)
  • Trips. at start-up.
  • No start-up.
  • PSU pulsates. Standby LED flashes .
  • No picture (intermittently). Audio OK .
  • Poor picture. after start-up.
  • Low tuner gain but can be tuned in.
  • PSU pulsates.
  • PSU collapses and trips as soon as appliance is swichted to full mode. Standby OK.
  • Cracking noise in standby.
  • Distorted audio. via speakers.
  • Slow start-up.
  • Volume increases to max.
  • Beeps now and again.
  • Some channels missing.
  • Cycles on/off. Knock sensitive. (A7101ST ALTUS repair tip)
  • No picture, only snow.
  • Reduced horizontal size. No E/W correction.
  • No vertical deflection. (A7101ST ALTUS repair tip)
  • Poor picture.
  • No tuning.
  • Snow in picture.
  • No picture. intermittently. Audio OK .
  • No picture. Red, green or blue raster.
  • Vertical lines.
  • Brightness varies.
  • Not storing programme data.
  • Poor picture, exaggerated contrast and colours, brightness varies.
  • Trips.
  • B+ voltage (+140V) missing. (service info for ALTUS -A7101ST)
  • Flyback lines. after warm-up.
  • Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
  • Set trips at switch on.
  • White lines.
  • Tripping at switch-on. Popping noise from speakers.
  • Reduced vertical size. Vertical foldover. when cold.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • No start-up from standby. LED is red when switching. (A7101ST tip from ALTUS)
  • Shuts down (intermittently).
  • Black screen. after a few seconds.
  • Switches to standby at start-up. LED flashes 2 times.
  • HV builds up and then collapses.
  • Geometry adjustments.
  • Flyback lines.
  • Horizontal collapse. intermittently. (service info for ALTUS -A7101ST)
  • Low contrast.
  • Picture gradually disappears after start-up. Flyback lines, poor picture content.
  • Dead. Standby LED does not light.
  • No audio. (A7101ST tips)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Dead. (A7101ST tips)
  • Coloured spots on the corner. (A7101ST tip from ALTUS)
  • Squealing noise.
  • Squealing from PSU (intermittently). (ALTUS - A7101ST information)
  • No 8V and 5V voltages.
  • C619 burned.
  • No RC functions.
  • AGC adjustment.
  • PSU does not start up correctly.
  • No focus.
  • Stuck in standby. (A7101ST ALTUS repair tip)
  • Tuning drifts.
  • No picture. intermittently. OSD OK .
  • No vertical deflection. on lower half screen.
  • PSU blown after power failure.
  • Changes picture size when increasing audio volume.
  • Picture shifted to the left about 1 inch.
  • No HV.
  • Volume decreases to min.
  • Noise on some channels.
  • Flyback lines. intermittently.
  • No REC. (A7101ST ALTUS repair tip)
  • Picture comes in after approx 1 min when started up from standby.
  • No luminance.
  • White picture with flyback lines from time to time.
  • Brightness varies. intermittently.
  • PSU pulses and there is popping from the speakers before set trips back to standby.
  • Picture size varies with picture content.
  • Picture shifts.
  • Switches to standby. intermittently. No start-up from standby. intermittently.
  • Excessive brightness. Flyback lines.
  • No start-up from standby.
  • Vol up/down buttons change program number.
  • Switches off by itself.
  • Stuck in standby. Tripping noise at first switch-on.
  • No power.
  • Switches channels automatically upwards. Maximum volume.
  • Top quarter of screen is lit. Rest of screen is black.
  • How to test the PSU using a lamp.
  • Power supply blown. Mains fuse black. Possible lightning strike.
  • Basic features.
  • No functions.
  • Poor focus.
  • Stretched picture. intermittently. (A7101ST tips)
  • No picture. intermittently.
  • Trips. after start-up.
  • No picture or sound via AV1. AV2 and AV3 ok.
  • No raster (intermittently). (service info for ALTUS -A7101ST)
  • +B voltage is 20-80V instead 145V.
  • C530 fails repeatedly.
  • PSU lamp test.
  • R528, R530 and C524 defective.
  • Blurry picture.
  • No synchronisation. No TXT.
  • No 15V, 8V and 5V voltages.
  • Upper part of picture is fuzzy and messed up, after was powered off for a few hours.
  • Tripping.
  • Flyback lines appears when brightness increased.
  • Horizontal line. Black screen. on lower half screen.
  • Black dots on the screen.
  • Spots on the screen during shut off. (service info for ALTUS -A7101ST)
  • Horizontal output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • No picture. on lower half screen.
  • Popping noise when switched off.
  • No AV.
  • Stripes in upper picture.
  • Pulsating picture. Picture shrinks horizontally and expands vertically when changing brightness. (A7101ST tip from ALTUS)
  • Red and green area on every side of the screen when warm.
  • Picture rolls. (A7101ST ALTUS repair tip)

With help of this list a solution is found often when ALTUS A7101ST fails.


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Last updated: 07. Oct 2008 20:15:49 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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