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C2217 / GEC [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for C2217 / GEC.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Jagged verticals.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • EHT is missing, line timebase ok. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Brightness fault.
  • EHT missing, line timebase ok.
  • Tube heaters do not light up.
  • Picture appears grainy and noisy sound.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • No blue.
  • Reduced vertical size. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Bright raster.
  • Synchronisation is missing or lost intermittently.
  • Ghosting effect.
  • No red. (GEC - C2217 information)
  • No red, green or blue luminance signal. (C2217 tips)
  • Frame collapse or intermittent frame collapse.
  • No blue luminance signal.
  • Frame collapse or intermittent frame collapse. (GEC - C2217 information)
  • Dead.
  • Focus problems.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Jagged verticals.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, milkiness, glistening on peak whites or insufficient brightness.
  • Striations.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • Raster is missing or dark, sound ok.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Picture appears grainy and sound noisy.
  • EHT brushes or arcs.
  • When appliance is warm, the verticals at the edge of the picture become distorted.
  • No red, green or blue luminance signal.
  • Synchronisation is missing or lost intermittently. (C2217 tips)
  • Jagged verticals.
  • Excessive red.
  • Insufficient frame synchronisation.
  • No red, green or blue luminance signal. (C2217 tips)
  • Synchronisation is missing or lost intermittently.
  • CRT heaters do not light up.
  • Frame hold control unstable and constantly needs adjusting or incorrect frame speed.
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • Frame collapse or intermittent frame collapse.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Static hum.
  • When appliance is warm, the verticals at the edge of the picture become distorted.
  • Blue luminance signal is missing.
  • Power output transistor TR502 (BU126) keeps failing.
  • Unstable frame hold control and constantly needs adjusting, or incorrect frame speed. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Frame collapse or intermittent frame collapse.
  • Frame synchronisation poor.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Raster is blank, sound ok.
  • Red luminance signal is missing.
  • Incorrect line speed or unstable control.
  • Intercarrier buzzing on sound. (C2217 GEC repair tip)
  • Frame synchronisation poor.
  • No red, green or blue luminance signal.
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, milkiness, glistening on peak whites or insufficient brightness.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Line synchronisation missing, intermittently missing or line hold critical.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • EHT is missing, line timebase ok.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Frame synchronisation poor.
  • No colour.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • Ballooning effect. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • To increase dependence of IC351 (TDA1270Q).
  • Power output transistor TR502 (BU126) keeps failing.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Dead.
  • Blue luminance signal is missing.
  • CRT heaters do not light up.
  • Picture appears grainy and sound noisy.
  • No green.
  • EHT brushes or arcs.
  • Bright raster with flyback lines. (C2217 GEC repair tip)
  • Speaker problems. (C2217 GEC repair tip)
  • Unstable frame hold control and constantly needs adjusting, or incorrect frame speed.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • Dead.
  • When appliance is warm, the verticals at the edge of the picture become distorted. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Ghosting effect.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Unstable frame hold control and constantly needs adjusting or incorrect frame speed.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • EHT brushes or arcs.
  • Static hum.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Static hum.
  • Horizontal bars move up and down the screen.
  • Bend on verticals.
  • Flashover ruins IC181 (TBA800).
  • Red luminance signal is missing.
  • Picture appears grainy and sound noisy.
  • Striations.
  • Excessive blue.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Synchronisation is missing or lost intermittently.
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • Incorrect line speed or unstable control.
  • EHT brushes or arcs.
  • Picture appears grainy and sound noisy.
  • Frame synchronisation poor.
  • Incorrect line speed or unstable control.
  • Green luminance signal is missing.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • Excessive green.
  • Red luminance signal is missing.
  • No audio. No picture. (service info for GEC -C2217)
  • Distorted audio.
  • EHT is missing, line timebase ok. (C2217 tips)
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, milkiness, glistening peak whites or insufficient brightness.
  • Blue luminance signal is missing.
  • EHT Brushes or arcs.
  • Green luminance signal is missing.
  • CRT heaters do not light up.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Dead. (C2217 GEC repair tip)
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Horizontal bars move up and down the screen.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, milkiness, glistening on peak white or insufficient brightness.
  • Dead.
  • Line synchronisation is missing or intermittently missing or line hold critical.
  • Bend on verticals.
  • Raster is missing or dark, sound ok.
  • Incorrect line speed or unstable control.
  • Horizontal bars move up and down the screen.
  • Jagged verticals.
  • Bend on verticals.
  • Power output transistor TR502 (BU126) keeps failing.
  • AGC problems.
  • Horizontal bars move up and down the screen. (C2217 tip from GEC)
  • Unstable frame hold control and constantly needs adjusting, or incorrect frame speed.
  • Frame collapse or intermittent frame collapse.
  • Raster is missing or dark, sound ok.
  • CRT heaters do not light up.
  • Incorrect line speed or unstable control.
  • Line synchronisation missing, intermittently missing or line hold critical.
  • Bend on verticals.
  • When appliance is warm, the verticals at the edge of the picture become distorted.
  • Green luminance signal is missing.
  • Degauss circuitry does not function.
  • Colour floats.
  • Ghosting effect.
  • Ghosting effect.
  • Static hum.
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Line synchronisation is missing or intermittently missing or line hold critical.
  • Synchronisation is missing or intermittently missing.
  • Picture grainy and sound noisy.
  • Line synchronisation is missing, intermittent or line hold critical.
  • Striations.
  • Focus problems.
  • EHT is missing, line timebase ok.
  • Focus problems.
  • Jagged verticals.
  • Dead.
  • No green luminance signal.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • Override colour killer.
  • Striations.
  • Focus problems.
  • Raster is missing or dark, sound ok.
  • Focus problems. (C2217 tip from GEC)
  • No audio.
  • Ghosting effect.
  • Power output transistor TR502 (BU126) keeps failing. (C2217 tips)
  • Static hum.
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, milkiness, glistening on peak whites or insufficient brightness.

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Last updated: 14. Oct 2008 03:22:35 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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