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63MP50 / BRANDT [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 63MP50 / BRANDT.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Functions correctly then cuts our intermittently and goes dead 2-5 times a day. Impossible to restart by switch. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63MP50 tip from BRANDT)
  • Line tearing (intermittently). (picture attached) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Line transformer is always destroyed at switch on from standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical collapse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Torn picture. at top.
  • Vertical lines. in the centre.
  • Vertical line. Horizontal output stage ticks.
  • No colour. intermittently. Bars in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Regulation is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Shuts down. after start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Does not start up. On pin 16 of the mains IC there is only approx 9V.
  • Unable to adjust picture symmetry.
  • Jagged vertical lines via tuner. OK via SCART.
  • Blows fuse. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • HT high. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Trips (after a few minutes). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Enter service mode. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Starts up with shrunken picture in the raster and foldover at the top of the page. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Menu oversized and left side has shifted downwards. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Gull wing distortion. (picture attached)
  • Dark picture. intermittently. No colour. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No E/W equalisation. E/W phase and amplitude controls do not respond. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • No E/W correction. Excessive horizontal size. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Trips (after a few seconds). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No start-up from standby. LED remains lit approx 3-4 seconds, then goes dark.
  • E/W fault. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound errors during picture alternation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal jagged edge. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Squealing noise. at start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Erratic functions. Cycles on/off. intermittently.
  • Power supply and line output stage start up for a short time, finally appliance goes into stand-by. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Blank raster. No OSD. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stretched picture. Picture shifted to the right. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No tuning. (picture attached)
  • Horizontal line. in the centre. (picture attached)
  • Dark picture. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • How to switch off protective circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittent image rolling through, vertical sync jitters and at program switch intermittently two programes are overjumped. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound interferences, intercarrier hum at picture change. (picture attached)
  • HT hissing at switch on, then appliance switches off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No colour in Canal Plus. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Green picture when cold. As appliance warms up, also the other colours appear. Slightly blurred picture. (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Snow in picture. (picture attached)
  • Improvement of line blanking. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • PSU pulsates. (picture attached)
  • How to set normal level. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Appliance functions in standby, switches on briefly (LED green) then switches off immediately. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Stripes in picture when adjusting upper vertical part. Then turns off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • The following components are faulty: IC TDA8178, fuse resistor (24V), TL17 and TDA8178. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Switches channels itself. (picture attached)
  • RP62 burns. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Horizontal tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical foldover at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • 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. (picture attached)
  • If started with RC, protective switch starts up. Intermittently it happens when it is turned on from mains switch, too. (picture attached)
  • Streaky picture with line doubling effect. SCART OK.
  • Low noise from power supply at start up with power switch, then dead (no standby).
  • Dark screen. Poor picture. (picture attached) (63MP50 tips)
  • Erratic start-up. Stuck in standby. possibly intermittent.
  • Poor vertical linearity.
  • Low audio. Distorted audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No N/ S correction.
  • Standby LED flashes every second. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After a few mins picture fades and looses horizontal and vertical sync, then disappears completely. (service info for BRANDT -63MP50)
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective.
  • Comes on for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • 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)
  • Picture is lopsided on top, slightly too narrow. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • EHT comes in then switches off immediately. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Cuts out when standby selected. No red LED. (picture attached)
  • Improvement of the reliability of TL19. (picture attached)
  • At switch on, light is on, EHT present then everything stops, no light or secondary power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Black vertical lines rises and falls. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for BRANDT -63MP50)
  • HV builds up briefly and then switches off. Protective circuit responds.
  • No command signal on the line BU base. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical repair kit.
  • No start-up. LED is red .
  • 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)
  • No signal. Snowy raster.
  • Vertical red line across picture. (picture attached)
  • Information about field output chip replacements. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • RF noise. AV picture OK. On search does not find anything. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Low picture brightness at switch on. Nothing is visible unless brightness and contrast are at maximum. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • After switching on, switches off again. At first LED lights up red then green. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Exiting the production mode. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • No picture. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Fuse FP01 blows. (picture attached)
  • TV blows with noise. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Contents of Thomson frame output stage repair kit.
  • No contrast. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No TXT. (picture attached)
  • Stuck in standby. (with circuit diagram extract) (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Does not switch on. Only a beep at start-up.
  • How to exit Service Mode.
  • Picture trembles. White flash turns green, red or blue. Impossible to adjust G2. Dark screen or picture in negative. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical collapse. Standby LED lit . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • At start up standby diode lights up then goes off immediately. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • HV transistor fails repeatedly after start-up.
  • Colour fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • No picture (intermittently). (picture attached)
  • No vertical deflection. White horizontal line is slightly curved. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Black vertical lines on picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Colours change or change often and are smeary.
  • Poor audio. Noise in audio.
  • Vertical deflection IC IF01(TDA8178FS) fails repeatedly after replacement. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective.
  • Noise in audio. after warm-up.
  • Shuts down. after a few minutes.
  • No N/ S correction.
  • Picture width changes when adjusting contrast (beam current dependent). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Starts up, HV is present for a few secs, then appliance switches off and PSU switches to protective circuit
  • Wrong character in TXT, at switch over pages not readable.
  • TL19 always breaks down after start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Video circuit production changes. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Popping Nicam. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Brief squealing after switch on and no function. Red standby lamp is lit. (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Strong colours. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Blank raster. Flyback lines. No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Line tearing. Flickering picture.
  • Contents of power supply service kit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • 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)
  • No functions. Does not switch to standby. (picture attached)
  • Flash of colour in Secam. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Low contrast. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Jagged vertical lines in picture when cold. AV mode ok.
  • Crackling audio.
  • Dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No start-up from standby. Buzzing from PSU. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Nasal sound with French channels. CCIR and scart sound OK. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for BRANDT -63MP50)
  • Poor picture with predominant colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Short popping noise at start-up, then no function.
  • Dead. LED is red .
  • LG08 has blown or becomes very hot. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Only snow on screen. Impossible to exit channel 02. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Unsuccessful N/S pincushion adjustments. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Teletext bright and shifted to bottom of screen. (picture attached)
  • Black horizontal streak in TXT mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches immediately to protective circuit when switched on via RC. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • PSU function test.
  • Distorted picture.
  • Flickering picture. at top. (picture attached)
  • No picture in Channel Plus. Audio OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches to standby. after start-up. (picture attached) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • Adaptation to K' (K1) standard.
  • No blue. Low contrast.
  • Housing cracks - temperature sensitive. (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Picture has vertically reduced by approx 5cm. Occasionally it slightly increases but with horizontal lines. Vertical instability at random. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Bright picture. in TXT. Picture shifted to the right. in TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Faulty TXT.
  • OSD has moved to the right and is far too big. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • HT starts up for 1sec., then switches off.
  • No picture. OSD OK .
  • PSU and line output stage switch on for a short time, then switches to standby.
  • Sound hums (Intercarrier hum) , AFC is incorrect.
  • Line output transistor D1446 blown repeatedly. (picture attached)
  • Remains in standby and goes into safety mode. Remove RV02, CV02 does not change anything. DP50 unsoldered, remains in standby, 300V, BU powered. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63MP50 tip from BRANDT)
  • 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.
  • No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Linearity fault. Too high image amplitude. E/W equalisation not adjustable. (picture attached) (63MP50 tip from BRANDT)
  • Red or green picture. (63MP50 tips)
  • Horizontal output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • Trips (after warm-up). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • White screen. at start-up. Shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Black lines at lower part of screen.
  • Demo Mode (available with version ICC8-B33).
  • Vertical jitter. Picture rolls. (picture attached)
  • Horizontal stripe. (picture attached)
  • Barrel effect in N/S, picture is narrowed vertically towards the middle. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Power supply circuit.
  • On Canal Plus, intermittent black stripes that lead to the decoder switching off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dubbing on is too large/shifted to the right.
  • Letters PI are displayed in red on the left in the middle of the picture. No RC function, front controls function ok.
  • Switches on for a short time. Red LED lights for 5 secs, then goes out again.
  • Bad sound when starting the TV. Gets better after a while.
  • Faulty raster.
  • Housing cracks - temperature sensitive. (63MP50 tips)
  • Flyback lines. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Stuck on a channel. Snowy raster. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Colour flickers. Brightness varies.
  • No green. (picture attached)
  • Distorted verticals and occasionally no frame sync according to picture. Picture ok when going via scart on another appliance. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical foldover at bottom.
  • Pincushion effect. Unable to adjust using E/W adjustment potentiometer. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Flashing video signal. Fields 2" displaced at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dead. Buzzing from PSU. Standby LED does not light. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Excessive vertical size. (picture attached)
  • Tripping. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • High text brightness with shifted text. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • When switched on picture turns red but you can make out the individuals. (picture attached) (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Blue screen. (picture attached)
  • Vertical line. (with circuit diagram extract) (63MP50 tip from BRANDT)
  • Shuts down. after start-up. LED is red . (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. (63MP50 tip from BRANDT)
  • At switch off goes into black and white and spot on screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Reduced vertical deflection.
  • Line tearing. when cold. Horizontal stripes.
  • Reduced vertical size. Vertical foldover. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • The top of the picture is flickering which looks like a field jitter. Luma and chroma are flashing on/off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Colour cast over the picture but varies as the TV warms up. (picture attached)
  • Protective circuit switches on switched on via RC. Happens intermittently when switched on via mains switch.
  • Poor vertical linearity. at top. Vertical foldover. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches off by itself. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Red or green picture.
  • Weak colours.
  • PSU switches off after building up high voltage. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Intermittently purple flash on picture. (with circuit diagram extract) (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • No vertical scanning. White line in form of a "bow tie" very compressed in middle of screen.
  • Starts up, EHT audible then goes into standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Poor focus. when cold. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Pulsates, flickers and fizzles. (picture attached)
  • Switches to protection mode. at start-up. (picture attached)
  • Dark picture.
  • Enable child lock.
  • Only pulsates once and high voltage also builds up.
  • Trips (after start-up). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Line tearing.
  • Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal size varies. Vertical size varies.
  • No HV. LED is red . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Green lines are flashing on the screen. (picture attached)
  • Picture shifted vertically. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Noise in audio. No audio. at start-up. Poor audio. after a while. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • TXT does not display all colours and blue lines/ stripes jitter in the picture.
  • Picture and sound missing in UHF. Snow on the screen. Ok in VHF. (picture attached)
  • Slow start-up. Switches to standby.
  • Picture flickers and has colour tinge.
  • No audio. No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Switches on and then off again. LED changes from red to green. (picture attached)
  • Protective circuit switches on switched on via RC. Happens intermittently when switched on via mains switch.
  • No picture. Red LED comes on, then green. High voltage builds up for a short time only then no LED indication. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Three faint dark lines on right side of picture via AV input without a signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • On start-up short beep is audible and then appliance switches off. (63MP50 BRANDT repair tip)
  • Line BU clicks. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Occasionally white flash on the screen, mainly in quick search video on a cassette.
  • Intermittently dead. (picture attached)
  • No picture. after a few seconds. Switches to protection mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • TXT picture displayed to right hand side and excessive brightness. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • UL1 90V, RL25 heats up and TL19 fails. (picture attached)
  • Negative picture.
  • Picture distortion, resembles gull wings. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No vertical deflection. Horizontal line. in the centre. Reduced horizontal size. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture is pinched in to approx. 5cm at the top. (BRANDT - 63MP50 information)
  • 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. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture rolls. (picture attached)
  • After turning on TL19 (S20AF) is destroyed immediately. (picture attached)
  • Protective mode comes into operation when line output stage is working. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Moire effect in UHF.
  • Dark green with streaking. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • 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.
  • Fails completely, if it is switched on via the RCU and will not switch on again via the RCU.
  • No picture. Coloured raster present with shadows.
  • No E/W correction. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. via tuner. OK via SCART . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dim blue picture.
  • Picture appears then flyback line and screen turns white. Sound OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63MP50 tips)
  • Switches off by itself. after start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Noise in audio. at low volume. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Poor focus. Interference in picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Lines in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • PSU does not oscillate. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Impossible to switch on again via the RC after going into standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Service mode menu.
  • Red picture. Distorted picture. after warm-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No OSD. (picture attached)
  • Sond distorted at stereo. Stereo switches poorly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • How to display USER MENU with COMGENIUS RC.
  • A spot is appearing when switching appliance off. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for BRANDT -63MP50)
  • Bars in picture. (picture attached)
  • Shuts down. after a few seconds.
  • Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63MP50 tips)
  • Field output IC TDA8178/F replacement - supply kit info.
  • Flyback lines. Blue flooded picture. (picture attached)
  • Tuning drifts.
  • Slow start-up. Shuts down. at start-up. LED is red . (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Poor picture. via SCART. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No blue. intermittently.
  • Excessive green. Bright picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture. on upper half screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Only one colour in picture (e.g. red).
  • Thin, black, wavy lines in picture.
  • 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. (picture attached)
  • Reduced horizontal size. Switches off by itself. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No tele dialog display with front control or remote control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Flashing green lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Power supply starts up with EHT and stops. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Field cramp at centre of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No RC functions. Loud audio. Volume uncontrollable. Erratic functions. intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture shifted vertically. Flashing picture. (picture attached)
  • Dubbing on is too large/shifted to the right. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Randomly enters SAFETY mode within 2 mins or 1 hour. Does not restart. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • TP29 blows. (picture attached)
  • High voltage sparking. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches off by itself. after a few seconds. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No correction on the top and bottom of the screen.
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Clicks with Nicam. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Vertical output IC (TDA8178FS) blown.
  • PSU cuts out after going into standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Noise in audio. in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches to standby. after a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Volume/picture stuck, cannot be altered or sound goes down.
  • Brightness varies. Colour varies.
  • Flickering at top. Luminance and chroma flashes ON/OFF. (part of circuit diagram displayed)

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