CT5590 / FIRSTLINE [TV]

• Uncontrollable HT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, no sound. When unplugging and plugging back in to mains, it turns on immediately. (picture attached)
• No picture. No audio.
• Reduced width. Ragged verticals. (FIRSTLINE - CT5590 information)
• Horizontal jitter. Squealing from PSU.
• Slow start-up.
• Dead.
• No raster.
• F801 blown.
• 2 cm wide horizontal stripe.
• Stuck in standby.
• Colour decoder, chroma path.
• Vertical approx 1in short top and bottom. Insufficient vertical size control.
• Insufficient width and wavy vertical elements in picture.
• Vertical foldover at top.
• Red screen.
• Picture has collapsed at the sides and lines are frayed.
• Adjusting U1 (stabilised).
• Low level mono sound, NICAM OK.
• Adjusting the FM demodulator.
• Distorted picture via HF, via scart perfect picture and sound.
• Multicomponent failure. TR801 S/C and R801 O/C. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of channel memory after a few days. (CT5590 tip from FIRSTLINE)
• Difficult start up; narrow frame; power supply is low.
• Adjusting the horizontal oscillator. (CT5590 tip from FIRSTLINE)
• Intermittently no picture and one colour.
• Switches off when any button is pressed.
• Various intermittent functions. (CT5590 tip from FIRSTLINE)
• Red fuse blown.
• No e.h.t. and no tube heater supply.
• No sound, no picture. When pushing the G2 a 5cm high white line appears. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Audio stages.
• No or low energy output. Transformer squealing and TR801 hot. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No line drive. Audio OK .
• No picture.
• Intermittent faults ranging from text problems to going dead.
• No TXT.
• Bright white with flyback lines. (picture attached)
• Switches to mono on some picture scenes or channel changes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture reception, no sound, general commands do not function.
• Excessive line pulling and tearing or bent verticals with lack of width.
• ACG adjustment.
• Horizontal buzz in the picture.
• Reduced horizontal size. Torn picture.
• Starts up with the RCU, dark screen with two lines at the top. No function with the RCU, does not go off. (picture attached)
• No picture in AV.
• No manual operation. (CT5590 tips)
• No start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 3cm wide line in the middle, sound and picture present
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines.
• Dark screen.
• Permanent display on Screen. Full volume and brightness.
• Colour adjustment (black).
• Dark picture.
• Screen width is 10cm short on each side.
• Snow. No channels.
• Blank screen. after a while. (CT5590 FIRSTLINE repair tip)
• Picture flashes for a few seconds at channel switch-over.
• Image has green glimmer and overdrive. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture and no sound. OK with RC.
• Bright raster. Flyback lines.
• Switches to standby. intermittently.
• Video demodulator AFC adjustment.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Vertical collapse.
• Vertical collapse. after a few minutes.
• Power supply. (CT5590 tip from FIRSTLINE)
• Muted audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for FIRSTLINE -CT5590)
• No line drive. (FIRSTLINE - CT5590 information)
• Narrow dull picture and line tearing with cogging effect. (FIRSTLINE - CT5590 information)
• Insufficient height and wavy vertical elements (or sawtooth peaks) in picture.
• When changing channels, pumping or flickering of the picture for 2 or 3 seconds according to the strength of the HF signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Takes a long time to come on and when it does the picture rolls or teletext characters appear at random.
• No vertical deflection. Black screen. (FIRSTLINE - CT5590 information)
• Picture too small.
• No functions from RC. Black screen. Starts up correctly from standby using RC.
• No energy transfer to secondary side of PSU. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Severe picture curling (coding effect).
• No picture. via SCART. Audio OK .
• No voltage.
• No EHT or heater.
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Dark picture. Audio OK .
• Low vertical deflection (picture only approx. 3cm high).
• Squealing from PSU.
• White line in the middle of screen. Sound OK. (CT5590 tips)
• Adjusting the G2. (FIRSTLINE - CT5590 information)
• R801 (2R2/5W) O/C and TR801 (BU508A) S/C.
• After approx 5 mins picture disappears occasionally then reappears. Then appliance can no longer be operated by the RCU. After switching on and off, the fault repeats once more.
• Mono audio, red OSD, no switching to stereo with RC also noisy PLL line. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Does not switch to standby.
• Vertical line on LHS of screen about 3 inches in from the side.
• No functions.
• NICAM module.
• No brightness control.
• Adjusting the audio trap.
• Line tearing. Reduced horizontal size.
• At switch on black band 10 cm from the top of the screen disappearing little by little or when reducing the brightness. (picture attached)
• Vertical fault. Patterns in picture. Noise in picture.
• Blue background.
• Picture appears late with blotches. Low horizontal size.
• Black screen with 2 colured lines visible at the top of the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stuck in standby (intermittently).
• Vertical deflection has failed. Line width approx 1 cm.
• No HV.
• Adjusting the geometry and focus.
• No channel change and no sound. Standby function does not respond.
• Adjusting the colour.
• Adjusting the white BRP.
• Picture has collapsed at the side, lines ragged in part.
• No 12V supply.
• No picture. Dark screen. Sound OK.
• No EHV.
• Insufficient width and corrugated verticals.
• Tripping.
• Reduced vertical size.
• No OSD. (CT5590 FIRSTLINE repair tip)
• Blank raster. intermittently. (CT5590 FIRSTLINE repair tip)
• Raster is blank, red LED does not light up at switch on.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Picture only approx 2cm high. No reception
• Trips at 1HZ, chirping sound.
• No picture. If adjusting brightness control, screen display reacts correctly, but picture brightness does not increase at all.
• No picture. No sound. Red LED lights. No start-up with RC.
• No raster after power supply fault (Z 12V).
• Brightness control not working though the on-screen display says that it is.
• One channel missing, probably NICAM.
• Dead, brief rustle of EHT.