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CTV3228NF / FIDELITY [TV (Standard)]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for CTV3228NF / FIDELITY.

List of fault symptoms:
  • High voltage does not start to oscillate. (CTV3228NF tips)
  • Picture width reduced.
  • Over scanning and poor E/W correction.
  • No HV.
  • No picture. Excessive brightness. Flyback lines.
  • No operation.
  • Horizontal collapse.
  • Stripes in picture. Vertical jitter. (FIDELITY - CTV3228NF information)
  • Vertical white stripe on upper picture edge. It pulsates only after switch off and on.
  • Snow in picture. Tuning OK .
  • Line tearing. Faulty TXT.
  • Enter service mode.
  • No start-up. PSU chirps.
  • Intermittent frame collapse, then no picture.
  • Fuse is defective.
  • Switches to standby (intermittently). (service info for FIDELITY -CTV3228NF)
  • No E/W correction.
  • White horizontal stripes, depending on picture content.
  • White horizontal stripes in picture.
  • Line transistor has S/C.
  • Bars in picture.
  • Blank raster. E/W fault.
  • No functions.
  • No functions. No audio. after a while. (CTV3228NF tip from FIDELITY)
  • Call up automatic station search.
  • Power FET Q101 (2SK2545) blows repeatedly.
  • EEPROM settings information.
  • Horizontal black lines on picture.
  • Dead. After switch-on standby LED blinks few times, then no function.
  • Stuck in standby.
  • Initially dead then frame collapse.
  • LED blinks in standby mode. Clicks audible.
  • Dark picture (intermittently). Audio OK .
  • No reception. Intermittently short reception fragments
  • How to initialise EEPROM.
  • Colours red and green and blanked places on the left edge are interchanged when background is light. Sometimes horizontal sync problems (depending on brightness)
  • Intermittent audio. Switches off by itself.
  • Field scan few inches across screen, no signal.
  • Access to the service menu.
  • E/W fault.
  • Vertical line.
  • Weak colours.
  • No horizontal synchronisation.
  • No picture.
  • Interference lines in picture. Depends on brightness.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • Dead.
  • Field collapse. Narrow display. No sound.
  • Does not store programes when TV is switched off then on again.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • Poor picture. Audio OK . (service info for FIDELITY -CTV3228NF)
  • Picture 20cm only.
  • Switches off by itself (after a while).
  • E/W IC fails repeatedly.
  • No TXT.
  • TDA4605 doesn't function correctly.
  • Horizontal collapse. after warm-up.
  • No vertical deflection. 2cm deflection appears after approx 5 mins in the middle (service info for FIDELITY -CTV3228NF)
  • No audio. No picture. OSD OK .
  • Low and distorted sound. General loss of functionality (i.e. no STEREO/Mono switching).
  • Intermittently blowing LOPT.
  • No picture just bright white screen. Sound OK.
  • Search doesn't function correctly.
  • Hour-glass effect.
  • Line output transistor (BU2508DF) fails again after short time.
  • No vertical deflection. Horizontal stripe, maybe blinking. (CTV3228NF tip from FIDELITY)
  • Picture has trapezium distortion in the bottom third.
  • Line output transistor and chopper FET keep blowing at start up.
  • Poor HT regulation.
  • Intermittently blows Q602 (BU2508AF).
  • Pincushion distortion.
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Q580 fails repeatedly.
  • Picture shifted to the left.
  • Picture is bowed at sides.
  • Horizontal drive fails after 20 mins.
  • Horizontal stripe.
  • Dead. after a while.
  • No vertical deflection.
  • Dead. Line collapse first.
  • No TXT. after warm-up. No start-up from standby with RC.
  • Insufficient vertical deflection. Wrapped up and mirror character. (FIDELITY - CTV3228NF information)
  • Frame collapse and a dying raster following a "low and distorted sound" repair.
  • Bright picture parts become dark. White horizontal stripes in the background by test picture.
  • Tripping.
  • E/W fault or no function. (CTV3228NF tips)
  • Picture lost after 20 mins then returns after 4-5 mins. Sound OK.
  • Poor picture. Excessive horizontal size.
  • R711 smokes after HV part has been repaired
  • White line top to bottom. No picture.
  • Chirps in standby, no fault but unpleasant interference
  • Reduced horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
  • PSU does not start. Pulsates. Picture too narrow, distorted and Ub too low when it does start.
  • Vertical line (picture centre).
  • Dead. LED blinks .
  • No RC functions.
  • PSU pulsates.
  • No 33V tuning supply.
  • No start-up. intermittently.
  • Blank raster only when tuning. (FIDELITY - CTV3228NF information)
  • After a couple of hours picture develops a black band on right side about 2" wide. Part of picture smeary and light - dark.
  • Mains fuse blown intermittently.
  • Dead with chopper transformer S/C.
  • Intermittently only noise in picture. (service info for FIDELITY -CTV3228NF)
  • No HV. at start-up.
  • No line drive. intermittently.

With help of this list a solution is found often when FIDELITY CTV3228NF fails.


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Last updated: 20. Nov 2008 01:11:50 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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