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14E88A / NIKKAI [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 14E88A / NIKKAI.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Skips channels during tuning.
  • No channels. No picture, only snow.
  • Does not switch to standby.
  • Intermittent low gain. (14E88A tip from NIKKAI)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • No function, goes to standby, red LED is on. Does not start up with RC.
  • HV falshover at line transformer.
  • Picture jitters at the top and bottom and lines after 30 mins.
  • No signal. No picture, only snow.
  • Flyback lines. intermittently.
  • Poor picture. Low contrast.
  • Distorted audio (only on certain channels).
  • No start-up. Relay clicks .
  • Horizontal lines at top 3-4 inches.
  • Line output transistor (2SD1541) has blown.
  • No function. Standby is not lit.
  • Excessive vertical size.
  • Dead.
  • Dark and bright streaking to the right in the picture, also during AV mode and menu displays.
  • Does not shut down.
  • No horizontal synchronisation.
  • Distorted audio from central speaker. (14E88A NIKKAI repair tip)
  • No colour; lines; jumping - worse on bright scenes.
  • Defective menu, no OSD.
  • No picture. Audio OK . No HV.
  • No E/W correction. (14E88A tips)
  • Retrace lines. Excessive brightness.
  • Black streak in lower part and half a picture in upper part of the screen.
  • Weak contrast.
  • RC code HQ.
  • No reception.
  • Flyback transformer is defective.
  • No colour. Reduced vertical size.
  • White balance adjustment.
  • LED lights, no function.
  • No picture. OSD OK . (14E88A tips)
  • Intermittent colour. after warm-up.
  • Picture darkens then goes back to normal.
  • PSU defective.
  • Dim picture.
  • Blank raster. Audio and OSD OK .
  • Crackling noise.
  • Black screen.
  • Geometry adjustment.
  • Coloured lines. at top.
  • Linearity coil humming.
  • No line oscillation.
  • Stuck in standby.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • Switches off by itself. at high volume.
  • Horizontal dark lines in centre of screen.
  • Two bright lines approx 0,40 inches at lower and upper part of screen.
  • Screen adjustments. (service info for NIKKAI -14E88A)
  • Blank raster.
  • Snowy picture, no channel LEDS and no volume.
  • Hum bar.
  • No EE or PB picture.
  • No front control operation or LED. Snowy raster. No tuning. (NIKKAI - 14E88A information)
  • Cracking noise 4-5 times when switched on.
  • No colour.
  • Flyback transformer slightly chirps.
  • Only starts on remote.
  • Wow in audio. (14E88A tip from NIKKAI)
  • Distorted audio. at high volume.
  • Vertical fault. at top.
  • Picture remain visible in standby, but without colours, contrast, or brightness.
  • Arcing effect on high brightness.
  • Dead. after lightning strike.
  • Yellow picture.
  • Picture size increases and decreases. (14E88A tip from NIKKAI)
  • Short non-linear frame (may improve as set warms up).
  • Blank raster. No audio.
  • Horizontal output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • IC304 (TDA7263M) fails repeatedly.
  • No colour. Snow in picture.
  • R528 (10K) and C524 (220nF) keeps failing.
  • No picture, only high tension. (14E88A NIKKAI repair tip)
  • Horizontal line.
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • Noise or click from PSU. No start-up.
  • No TXT.
  • HT does not function.
  • Dark screen. Audio OK .
  • Enter service mode.
  • No start-up (intermittently).
  • No functions with RC, only the internet functions.
  • No functions.
  • Slow start-up. in standby.
  • Noise in audio (intermittently).
  • OSD shifts or wrong colours when changing channels with RC.
  • Supply voltage adjustment. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Brightness varies. (14E88A tip from NIKKAI)
  • TV stuck on standard BG or DK. Cannot switch to L.
  • Intermittently no colour, field foldover and loss of horizontal shift.
  • AGC adjustment. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Trips when switched on.
  • No picture.
  • No RC functions.
  • Comes on for a short time. Switches to standby.
  • No start-up.
  • Flyback lines. (14E88A tip from NIKKAI)

With help of this list a solution is found often when NIKKAI 14E88A fails.


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Last updated: 06. Oct 2008 15:08:39 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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