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63DR58 / BRANDT [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 63DR58 / BRANDT.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Fuse FP01 blows. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture (intermittently). (picture attached)
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical deflection IC IF01(TDA8178FS) fails repeatedly after replacement.
  • DL09 blown. Narrow picture vertically with foldover. TDA8178 has been changed, OK for a few days then again compressed picture with foldover. TDA8178 is defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches on for a short time. Red LED lights for 5 secs, then goes out again.
  • Noise in audio. after warm-up.
  • Dark picture. intermittently. No colour. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Reduced vertical deflection.
  • HT high. (picture attached)
  • No signal. Snowy raster.
  • Line BU clicks. (picture attached)
  • Standby LED flashes every second. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture is lopsided on top, slightly too narrow. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • PSU pulsates. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63DR58 tips)
  • Switches off by itself. after start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture and sound missing in UHF. Snow on the screen. Ok in VHF. (picture attached) (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • No start-up from standby. LED remains lit approx 3-4 seconds, then goes dark. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Bright picture. in TXT. Picture shifted to the right. in TXT. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No vertical scanning. White line in form of a "bow tie" very compressed in middle of screen.
  • Black horizontal streak in TXT mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Erratic functions. Cycles on/off. intermittently.
  • Switches channels itself. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Low noise from power supply at start up with power switch, then dead (no standby).
  • Contents of power supply service kit. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No contrast. (picture attached)
  • Intermittently dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Brief squealing after switch on and no function. Red standby lamp is lit.
  • Goes into standby at switch on and switch off after 5 secs. If TV started with RC, the latter switches on and functions correctly. Occasionally goes out during operation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Adaptation to K' (K1) standard. (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • Vertical foldover at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for BRANDT -63DR58)
  • No picture. on upper half screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • E/W fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Improvement of line blanking. (picture attached)
  • No functions. Does not switch to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal stripe. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Red picture. Distorted picture. after warm-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • PSU switches off after building up high voltage. (picture attached)
  • After switching on, switches off again. At first LED lights up red then green. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • High text brightness with shifted text. (picture attached) (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • Vertical jitter. Picture rolls. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Sound interferences, intercarrier hum at picture change. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Colour cast over the picture but varies as the TV warms up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittently purple flash on picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Colours change or change often and are smeary. (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • Distorted picture. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Flash of colour in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No command signal on the line BU base. (with circuit diagram extract) (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Dubbing on is too large/shifted to the right. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • When you switch off the TV using the remote control the red light comes on then 4 secs after goes off. It is then impossible to switch on the TV again with the remote control.
  • Randomly enters SAFETY mode within 2 mins or 1 hour. Does not restart. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • How to display USER MENU with COMGENIUS RC.
  • Line output transistor D1446 blown repeatedly. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Noise in audio. at low volume. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TP29 blows. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Line transformer is always destroyed at switch on from standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stuck on a channel. Snowy raster. (picture attached)
  • Power supply and line output stage start up for a short time, finally appliance goes into stand-by. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical collapse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Flickering at top. Luminance and chroma flashes ON/OFF. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound errors during picture alternation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective.
  • No start-up. LED is red .
  • Power supply problem: in standby slight pulsating noise, when on operation ok, in standby TV ok but standby light goes off and does not start up again. To start up mains must be switched off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Black lines at lower part of screen.
  • Flyback lines. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Bars in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Protective circuit switches on switched on via RC. Happens intermittently when switched on via mains switch.
  • Wrong character in TXT, at switch over pages not readable.
  • No start up of line transformer. Standby light somes on for one sec then cuts out. No 8V on pin 40 of TA8659. 0V on pin 20 of uP IR01. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches immediately to protective circuit when switched on via RC. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • UL1 90V, RL25 heats up and TL19 fails. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dark picture. Flyback lines. (picture attached)
  • Volume/picture stuck, cannot be altered or sound goes down.
  • Three faint dark lines on right side of picture via AV input without a signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Power supply starts up with EHT and stops. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical line. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Video circuit production changes.
  • Starts up, HV is present for a few secs, then appliance switches off and PSU switches to protective circuit (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Vertical red line across picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture has disappeared (sound and screen display ok). The same via scart followed by raster fault then CTV then dead. Standby light power supply flashes with noise in the power supply. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture. Red LED comes on, then green. High voltage builds up for a short time only then no LED indication. (picture attached)
  • No blue. intermittently.
  • Horizontal output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • Tuning drifts.
  • Letters PI are displayed in red on the left in the middle of the picture. No RC function, front controls function ok.
  • Vertical lines. in the centre.
  • Slow start-up. Shuts down. at start-up. LED is red . (with circuit diagram extract) (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • Vertical repair kit.
  • Only one colour in picture (e.g. red).
  • Comes on for a short time. (picture attached)
  • No picture. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • At start up standby diode lights up then goes off immediately. (picture attached)
  • No HV. LED is red . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Crackling audio.
  • HV builds up briefly and then switches off. Protective circuit responds.
  • Faulty raster.
  • When switched on picture turns red but you can make out the individuals. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No N/ S correction.
  • Colour flickers. Brightness varies.
  • Colour fault. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Short popping noise at start-up, then no function.
  • No blue. Low contrast.
  • Dark green with streaking. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical line. Horizontal output stage ticks. (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • LG08 has blown or becomes very hot. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sond distorted at stereo. Stereo switches poorly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture is pinched in to approx. 5cm at the top.
  • No E/W correction. Excessive horizontal size. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Trips (after start-up). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No correction on the top and bottom of the screen. (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Switches to standby. after start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Green lines are flashing on the screen. (picture attached)
  • Horizontal jagged edge. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Faulty TXT.
  • HT starts up for 1sec., then switches off.
  • Shuts down. after start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Jagged vertical lines via tuner. OK via SCART.
  • Protective mode comes into operation when line output stage is working. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Field output IC TDA8178/F replacement - supply kit info. (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • No RC functions. Loud audio. Volume uncontrollable. Erratic functions. intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches on and then off again. LED changes from red to green. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Negative picture. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Excessive vertical size. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63DR58 tips)
  • How to switch off protective circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Dubbing on is too large/shifted to the right.
  • Blue screen. (picture attached) (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Protective circuit switches on switched on via RC. Happens intermittently when switched on via mains switch. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective.
  • Shuts down. after a few minutes.
  • Red or green picture.
  • Thin, black, wavy lines in picture.
  • At switch on, light is on, EHT present then everything stops, no light or secondary power supply. (picture attached) (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Excessive green. Bright picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Squealing noise. at start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dead. Buzzing from PSU. Standby LED does not light. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Demo Mode (available with version ICC8-B33).
  • Remains in standby and goes into safety mode. Remove RV02, CV02 does not change anything. DP50 unsoldered, remains in standby, 300V, BU powered. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • PSU function test.
  • Black vertical lines on picture. (picture attached)
  • Narrowed picture in the raster. Veiled and foldover on the top 15cm of the screen, giving rise to pictures the wrong way round.
  • Pulsates, flickers and fizzles. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Unable to adjust picture symmetry.
  • Appliance functions in standby, switches on briefly (LED green) then switches off immediately. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches off by itself. after a few minutes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Gull wing distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Line tearing. Flickering picture.
  • TXT does not display all colours and blue lines/ stripes jitter in the picture.
  • Trips (after warm-up). (picture attached)
  • Regulation is defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • How to set normal level.
  • Line tearing. when cold. Horizontal stripes.
  • No colour in Canal Plus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches to protection mode. at start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Poor audio. Noise in audio.
  • Housing cracks - temperature sensitive.
  • Dead. LED is red .
  • Only snow on screen. Impossible to exit channel 02. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Service mode menu.
  • Teletext bright and shifted to bottom of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Menu oversized and left side has shifted downwards. (picture attached)
  • Blank raster. Flyback lines. No RC functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Low picture brightness at switch on. Nothing is visible unless brightness and contrast are at maximum. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Bad sound when starting the TV. Gets better after a while.
  • Poor vertical linearity. at top. Vertical foldover. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • The top of the picture is flickering which looks like a field jitter. Luma and chroma are flashing on/off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Dark screen. Poor picture. (picture attached)
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
  • How to exit Service Mode.
  • Distorted verticals and occasionally no frame sync according to picture. Picture ok when going via scart on another appliance. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • RP62 burns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Low contrast. (picture attached)
  • OSD has moved to the right and is far too big. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Does not start up. On pin 16 of the mains IC there is only approx 9V.
  • Does not switch on. Only a beep at start-up.
  • Enable child lock. (service info for BRANDT -63DR58)
  • Power supply circuit.
  • No E/W equalisation. E/W phase and amplitude controls do not respond. (picture attached)
  • Horizontal line. in the centre. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture trembles. White flash turns green, red or blue. Impossible to adjust G2. Dark screen or picture in negative. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Jagged vertical lines in picture when cold. AV mode ok.
  • Line tearing.
  • Streaky picture with line doubling effect. SCART OK.
  • Enter service mode.
  • No vertical deflection. Horizontal line. in the centre. Reduced horizontal size. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical output IC (TDA8178FS) blown. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Occasionally white flash on the screen, mainly in quick search video on a cassette.
  • Switches off by itself. after a few seconds. (picture attached)
  • Flashing green lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture shifted vertically. (picture attached)
  • After a few mins picture fades and looses horizontal and vertical sync, then disappears completely. (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • A spot is appearing when switching appliance off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No vertical deflection. White horizontal line is slightly curved. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stuck in standby. (picture attached)
  • Intermittent image rolling through, vertical sync jitters and at program switch intermittently two programes are overjumped. (picture attached)
  • Pincushion effect. Unable to adjust using E/W adjustment potentiometer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Only pulsates once and high voltage also builds up.
  • Trips (after a few seconds). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Lines in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No start-up from standby. Buzzing from PSU. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture. after a few seconds. Switches to protection mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • No green. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • White screen. at start-up. Shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Cuts out when standby selected. No red LED. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No N/ S correction.
  • Vertical foldover at bottom.
  • No E/W correction. (picture attached)
  • No start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Poor picture. via SCART. (picture attached)
  • TXT picture displayed to right hand side and excessive brightness. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • On Canal Plus, intermittent black stripes that lead to the decoder switching off. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture has vertically reduced by approx 5cm. Occasionally it slightly increases but with horizontal lines. Vertical instability at random. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Erratic start-up. Stuck in standby. possibly intermittent.
  • After turning on TL19 (S20AF) is destroyed immediately. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Housing cracks - temperature sensitive.
  • Strong colours. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Noise in audio. in standby. (picture attached)
  • No TXT. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Starts up, EHT audible then goes into standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • On start-up short beep is audible and then appliance switches off.
  • No picture. Coloured raster present with shadows.
  • TL19 always breaks down after start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Flickering picture. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • RF noise. AV picture OK. On search does not find anything. (picture attached)
  • Stretched picture. Picture shifted to the right. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Blank raster. No OSD. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Blows fuse. intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Flashing video signal. Fields 2" displaced at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Shuts down. after a few seconds. (service info for BRANDT -63DR58)
  • Moire effect in UHF.
  • No picture. OSD OK .
  • No tuning. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Impossible to switch on again via the RC after going into standby. (picture attached) (63DR58 tips)
  • If started with RC, protective switch starts up. Intermittently it happens when it is turned on from mains switch, too. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Sound hums (Intercarrier hum) , AFC is incorrect.
  • Black vertical lines rises and falls. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Trips (after a few minutes). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No reception. (picture attached)
  • Fails completely, if it is switched on via the RCU and will not switch on again via the RCU.
  • Contents of Thomson frame output stage repair kit.
  • Linearity fault. Too high image amplitude. E/W equalisation not adjustable. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • High voltage sparking. (picture attached) (63DR58 tip from BRANDT)
  • Weak colours.
  • Barrel effect in N/S, picture is narrowed vertically towards the middle. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dead. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • EHT comes in then switches off immediately. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Line tearing (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Poor focus. when cold. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No tele dialog display with front control or remote control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • PSU and line output stage switch on for a short time, then switches to standby. (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • No picture in Channel Plus. Audio OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • HV transistor fails repeatedly after start-up.
  • Improvement of the reliability of TL19. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Noise in audio. No audio. at start-up. Poor audio. after a while.
  • Green picture when cold. As appliance warms up, also the other colours appear. Slightly blurred picture.
  • Shuts down. after start-up. LED is red . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Stripes in picture when adjusting upper vertical part. Then turns off. (picture attached)
  • Poor vertical linearity.
  • Reduced horizontal size. Switches off by itself. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture flickers and has colour tinge.
  • No colour. intermittently. Bars in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. via tuner. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No audio. No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches to standby. after a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Functions correctly then cuts our intermittently and goes dead 2-5 times a day. Impossible to restart by switch. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Brightness varies. Colour varies.
  • Slow start-up. Switches to standby. (63DR58 tips)
  • No picture at all both when monitoring the channels and when playing back a cassette. After approx. 1hr dots and lines are seen appearing then picture is correct. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Tripping. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • At switch off goes into black and white and spot on screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture width changes when adjusting contrast (beam current dependent). (with circuit diagram extract) (BRANDT - 63DR58 information)
  • Flyback lines. Blue flooded picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Information about field output chip replacements. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Picture appears then flyback line and screen turns white. Sound OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • TV blows with noise. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical collapse. Standby LED lit . (picture attached)
  • Picture distortion, resembles gull wings. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Red or green picture.
  • Picture shifted vertically. Flashing picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63DR58 tips)
  • Low audio. Distorted audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • PSU cuts out after going into standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Field cramp at centre of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Nasal sound with French channels. CCIR and scart sound OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • PSU does not oscillate. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • HT hissing at switch on, then appliance switches off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal lines. (picture attached)
  • Torn picture. at top.
  • The following components are faulty: IC TDA8178, fuse resistor (24V), TL17 and TDA8178. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dark picture.
  • Horizontal size varies. Vertical size varies.
  • Dim blue picture.
  • Reduced vertical size. Vertical foldover. (picture attached) (63DR58 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Poor picture with predominant colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Popping Nicam. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Unsuccessful N/S pincushion adjustments. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Poor focus. Interference in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No OSD. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Exiting the production mode.
  • Picture size changes, then ragged vertical lines appear especially in left picture area. lines are strongly visible by bright picture content. Raster ok by dark picture content.
  • Starts up with shrunken picture in the raster and foldover at the top of the page. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Snow in picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Clicks with Nicam. (picture attached)
  • No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture rolls. (picture attached)

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