55IMCGALAXY 989525 / NORDMENDE [TV]

• After some time, picture cuts out then returns immediately, standby light weakens but stays on, then CTV has a frizzy picture.
• When switched on, line transformer attempts to start up then goes to standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical lines are distorted horizontally. E/W equalizer can not be adjusted correctly. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Stuck in standby. LED is red . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is OK although raster has moved up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Does not start up. Standby lit. Slight motor noise in speaker.
• No start-up. LED blinks .
• Two black bars in TXT.
• Cuts out and then starts up from time to time after working for several hours.
• White picture with stripes. Switches off after a short while.
• The appliance switches on at random when the remote control is used.
• Siren noise in speaker.
• Standby LED flashes up at second intervals. Only functions at a reduced mains voltage. (with circuit diagram extract)
• How to remove protection.
• Goes into safety mode for no apparent reason, after operating for 30 mins. Starts up again from the switch.
• Vertical lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• With S2000 when warm, PSU cuts out, starts again, cuts out etc. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture vibrates in the rythme of sound.
• TV switches off when changing channel and with great variations in the beam current.
• When pressing the switch the standby light comes on a little then goes off. (picture attached)
• No videotext mode.
• Red LED is lit. Slight hum from the speaker. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal output transistor fails after start-up.
• Starts up with difficulty. Line transformer only starts up after several attempts.
• White screen. Sparks between pins 6/7. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Amplitude and/or alignment vary intermittently.
• No start-up from PSU.
• Grey screen. No audio. OK via SCART . (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Snow in picture. in UHF. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Vertical fault. Black screen.
• Picture with black bands and sound whistling/tuner drift. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to standby. after start-up.
• At start up, starts up then stops. Standby light remains lit.
• Picture instability depending on sound.
• No horizontal deflection. (with circuit diagram extract)
• When 120V at variac, UL1 reaches 280V.
• Contrast average value is too high. (picture attached) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Shuts down after 10 mins. Power LED remains lit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture has increased at the top and reduced at the bottom of screen. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• No function, standby point is not visible.
• Line transformer is often defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply fault. Remains in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to protection mode. when cold.
• High voltage transistor fails repeatedly. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Switches to protection mode (after a while). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture breaks up and crackles on sound.
• No raster signal on pin 31 of IV01.
• Horizontal size varies. depending on picture content.
• Arcing with sparks and cracking sounds.
• Chroma fault. Intermittent coloured interference lines.
• No functions. after warm-up.
• Trips. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. via SCART. Audio and HV OK .
• Functions for a few secs then goes into standby. Channel change does not occur. (picture attached)
• PSU pulsates. (picture attached)
• Adjusting the bell filter: chassis.
• Blue fails - occasionally blue flyback lines visible. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• At start up snowy screen with no reception. When pressing the programme keys the numbers run through continuously. No sound.
• Scanning at bottom of screen.
• Vertical foldover.
• Black picture like in AV at switch on. OSD and channel display function. In AV picture ok but no reception via the aerial. No snow.
• No start up of line transformer.
• Mini raster scanning.
• At switch on PSU goes defective.
• Control board CDI 2000.
• Remains in standby or goes to standby intermittently.
• HV and U-sys too low.
• Occasionally horizontal tearing and horizontal stripes. Same faults via aerial and in scart.
• The picture is displaced towards the top of the screen (approx. 4cm to 10cm).
• Does not start up. Ok if power supply is 110V. Normal scanning.
• Picture shrinks and a white band appears at bottom of screen after a short period of time.
• Blank raster.
• Diode goes green and then switches off. CTV does not start. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tripping. Red standby LED dimming on and off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical sync bar in the middle of the screen. (picture attached)
• Intermittently PSU doesn't start up via RC and mains. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times.
• No audio (intermittently).
• Set is dead but not tripping.
• Chroma fault occurs although the tuning discriminators and the grey scale function correctly.
• CTV in standby one hour. After CTV does not start up from remote control or front panel. TV stops with the switch. Waits 30 mins. Starts to work again with switch. Functions ok with the remote control and front panel. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasional crackling effect on the video signal.
• Protective circuit starts up. Pulsates.
• Occasionally changes channel by itself, channels run through or the function band appears. Occasionally when in standby, the TV switches on all by itself. (with circuit diagram extract) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No OSD display. Sound cuts out at channel switch-over. Sound OK at start up. When channels are changed using TV front control keys, channels roll over even when key released.
• TV only starts up very rarely, when it does start up, RL26 smokes, the deflectors heat up and smoke, distorted picture and the colours fade.
• No 30V on pin 5 of tuner in PAL SECAM. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Audible start up when cold. Switches off after 1 sec. After switching on again, only standby LED is lit. No other functions. Raster is defective (picture attached)
• Only a horizontal line at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No functions. Standby LED is not visible.
• Protection mode activated.
• Starts up at switch on with the red light lit. Impossible to go into standby via the control panel or RC. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No scanning.
• Stuck in standby. Red LED dim. Possibly intermittent. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No horizontal synchronisation.
• Starts up, works for 30 secs then goes into standby. Starts up again by itself after 2 mins.
• White screen with no snow. Normal sound. OSD functions. Same fault via scart. OK in RGB.
• Dead. LED briefly flickers twice.
• No red (intermittently).
• Synchronisation during PB of the VCR.
• Power supply chopper blows.
• Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV starts up well but with a lot of noise.
• Lines appear at top of screen or interference then goes into safety mode. At present it goes into safety mode each time after 2-3 secs. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Starts up, but after 10 minutes picture is snowy and tuner sensibility decreases.
• Only noise on screen, screen menu cannot be superimposed. Appliance does not react to the RCU or to control panel commands.
• When switched on, the standby light lights up but the power supply is tripping. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Horizontal transistor fails every few days.
• Reduced horizontal size.
• Excessive green.
• PSU only works in standby; no switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line at the bottom of the screen then goes into standby.
• Power supply pulsates after a frame fault.
• Stuck in standby. Hum in audio. (picture attached)
• Grey scale incorrect. Yellow-green picture. High voltage on the blue cathode (170V). Voltage on the red cathode, as well as on the green, is normal (135V).
• Modification to improve AGC adjustment.
• TV stops and starts up again immediately. Standby light is on.
• Intermittently switches off. Tapping effects.
• Line does not oscillate.
• Switches off when switching channels. Only switches on again after RC switches to standby. Occasionally functions OK all evening but sometimes switches off when channel is initially changed. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At switch on the vertical centering is off by 2cm at the top.
• EHT collapses.
• Intermittently blue picture with traces of blue flyback lines.
• Vertical lines shake. In top third of the screen picture tearing is greater.
• Faint picture because CRT was defective.
• Comes on for a short time. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Repeated failure of chopper transistor TP29 (BUH515). (picture attached)
• No start-up (after warm-up).
• Line transformer starts up three times then nothing. LED stays red.
• PSU pulsates every second and the standby light flashes. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• The picture blows.
• No functions. IR01 does not accept reset. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Memory loss with Canal Plus decoder.
• Adjusting the audio trap: chassis.
• At start up line transformer powers up then appliance goes into standby. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Horizontal white line. at bottom.
• Line output S2000 fails after a while.
• E/W correction IC (TDA4950) blown each time.
• Shuts down (intermittently).
• Switches off after approx 3 secs. PSU switches on with brief chirping noise and then switches off.
• Secondary voltages are low.
• Normal sound, white screen, no picture, flyback lines. Impossible to reduce the brightness.
• Line BU clicks.
• No audio. when cold.
• No start up. Faint whistling on loudspeaker.
• Repeated failure of BU508DF in power supply.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently. Standby LED lit . (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• US (110V 90º - 143V 110º) goes high after a few mins and TV trips.
• After an extended operating time TP01 (BUT12A) fails. (picture attached)
• No 15V.
• White setting: picture tube board.
• At switch on everything seems to be starting up well, EHT is established then 3 secs after the line oscillation is interrupted. 7V is now 13V and stays there. TV is apparently in stand by. (with circuit diagram extract) (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Safety mode comes into play.
• Poor audio.
• No light. Poor picture. Occasional horizontal tearing. If G2 is pushed in as far as it will go picture is better. Varies from 100 to 950V, 90 degree model, 114V on DP50.
• Arcing in picture. at top.
• Luminance streaks and flyback lines.
• Dark screen except for a 3cm high white streak towards the top of the screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White line. in the centre.
• FP01 blows.
• Only a palm high picture at bottom of screen.
• Fuse cuts out without apparent reason.
• TDA8178 heats up too much and blows.
• HT oscillates and appliance stops.
• Hum on sound and dark screen. Goes into standby.
• 10cm frizzy lines in top part of the picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dark picture. after warm-up. No picture. after a while.
• Picture at the bottom. No contrast.
• Plastic effect. Does not decode Channel +.
• No start up of PSU, sometimes intermittently. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No audio (via SCART).
• EHT arcing noise. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• At switch on slight line crackling and no start up. Red LED ok. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• White dotted lines appear on left of picture in VHF/Band I reception. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Shuts down. at start-up.
• Dead. Power LED lit . (+ extract of circuit diagram) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• No colour during Canal Plus.
• Pincushion distortion.
• No sawtooth signal on raster. Horizontal bar appears at bottom of picture. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Switches on, line transformer comes on then goes into standby immediately.
• The power supply starts up jerkily but occasionally does not start up at all. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Transistor TP29 (S2000AF) fails repeatedly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The picture disappears, drifts then reappears for a few fractions of a second and then drifts again. A whistling noise can be heard when the picture reappears.
• Dull picture. No contrast control.
• Difficulty switching on at a high temperature (40°C). You can no longer switch on the appliance with the RC. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Standby light on, no start up of power supply.
• Vertical picture position shifts intermittently upwards approx 2 cm after switch on. It is OK after approx 10 mins. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• No contrast.
• Slight reduction of raster amplitude.
• Horizontal line on a third of the picture towards the top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark screen. Blue 1cm band at the top of the screen. No access to functions of: volume, channel, standby (no sound or picture). (picture attached)
• At start up there is a power supply fault. TP29 must be replaced. After this the picture lacks vertical and horizontal amplitude. Reduced picture which has shifted to the bottom of the screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. Excessive brightness. Retrace lines. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No sound or picture. Standby light switches on and goes off in a regular rhythm. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture shows green, red and blue lines and the raster rattles audibly.
• Channel programming and saving in SECAM mode.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply pumps. Standby LED flashes. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Power supply fuse blows at switch on. Everything seems ok.
• No picture on upper half of the screen. Small part of picture in lower half of the screen. Just a small stripe in lower screen. Appliance switches to protection mode.
• Poor framing.
• No reception. (picture attached)
• Dark picture. Audio OK .
• Oblique lines towards the top of the screen and there may be a demagnetization fault and the demagnetization coil is ok. The PTC has already been changed.
• Starts up in standby. Standby display ok.
• Fails. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Standby LED lights up and TV switches on, then 2 or 3 lines across screen and appliance switches to standby.
• Picture for 30 secs then white screen.
• Switches to protection mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No OSD. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• By pressing the buttons PROG + and - on the front panel the channel nos run through continuously. When disconnecting the control panel, difficulties in programming a channel. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Ticking, then PSU switches off.
• PSU function description.
• No function either from control panel nor RC. No OSD.
• Small screen, only inner side lights up.
• Erratic start-up. No or intermittent start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At the start of production of the new IKC2 chassis, in TVs not fitted in series with teletext, the following components have not been fitted.
• Interference bands at the bottom of the screen.
• Arcing of line transformer and focus G2. Picture now has a large horizontal foldover from top to bottom of screen.
• Screen is dark. Slight noise from the line output transformer.
• Crackling effect on video and echo.
• No E/W correction. when cold.
• Collector of the line line output transistor disconnects when soldered. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark picture. Can only be slightly adjusted. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• TV starts up for a few secs and leaves a motor noise in the speaker. By disconnecting DL13, the appliance starts up again.
• No power supply. No standby on front panel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No functions. via tuner. OK via SCART .
• Starts up when in standby, sometimes when cold. Standby display normal.
• One start-up attempt with HV,then switches to standby.
• Fuse and TP29 fail repeatedly.
• No start-up from standby with RC. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Excessive horizontal size. (picture attached)
• At switch on, standby light flashes once and cuts out. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Excessive vertical size.
• Following a fault on the line there is no colour. Composite video is ok on 53 of IV01 but there is no RGB on 41, 42 and 43.
• No picture, no sound, standby display dot and horizontal bars over the screen light up in display. Can only be switched on with RC.
• Burst of EHT. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• The PSU runs continuously.
• Occasionally the TV pulsates at start up.
• Weak colour.
• Small flyback line at top of screen on left side.
• With high contrast PSU trips then starts again. Occurs randomly. (picture attached)
• No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Distorted picture.
• Occasionally small horizontal black line at the top of the screen and line transformer whistles slightly.
• No start-up. Front LED lights up then goes off.
• No colour from aerial or scart. IC TA8559CN has been replaced. Wave peaks at MP output are correct.
• After a few mins switches to standby. After some time can be switched on again from RC. (picture attached)
• Channel memory loss approx every fortnight.
• US voltage is 57V. If you unplug pin 3 from the line stage transformer the voltage returns to 113V. Line stage transformer has been changed.
• No power supply on the uP.
• White field with flyback lines.
• Ignition on the EHT (flame). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blows on a white picture. Power supply as new.
• Incorrect speed of power supply. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dark picture. No audio. OSD OK .
• The grey scale is incorrect. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Vertical lines run over the top part of the screen.
• Random coloured flash.
• Bright part approx 5cm high in the bottom quarter of the screen. The rest of the screen is dark. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. at bottom.
• Line BU blows at once. (picture attached)
• Only snow. Appliance can be controlled with RC.
• Primary power supply fails under load.
• No start up. No standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• In breakdown mode with 2.2K, pin 20 and 32 have been removed, EHT but 300V pulsates instead of 600 or 700V. 100V at the start of video but everything collapses if you refit DL13.
• At start up standby light comes on then goes off straight away. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Low contrast on TXT and OSGs.
• Only a horizontal line in middle of picture.
• Sound ok in slow motion. A hum can be heard if you increase the power.
• No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU attempts to start up at intervalls. LED lights.
• Horizontal black bars appear on screen. Parts of TXT picture are missing.
• No picture (intermittently). AV OK .
• No picture content. Picture becomes increasingly bright with flyback lines. Switches to safety mode.
• E/W correction can only be poorly adjusted. (picture attached) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Occasionally loud crackling from the housing.
• Varying light intensity of standby LED. No start up but intermittent low hum. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Power supply stops.
• Picture is displaced from frame towards top part of screen (approx 4cm).
• Black screen. Channel 0 display on video.
• One colour missing.
• Saving new basic adjustments such as brightness.
• Picture bright, dark or faint with flyback lines.
• HT starts up for 2 secs then TV goes into standby.
• Intermittent goes into standby when changing channel, also sound goes up and down intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Trapezium distortion on top in picture, no functions. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Incorrect oscillations on line BU (S2055).
• Distortion, white flags on the left side of the picture. Sometimes negative picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Signals reduced to quarter of their size and are distorted on TL19 after 3 secs from start-up. TL19 burns if left under load. (picture attached)
• No voltages at the secondary of LP36. Standby light on.
• Snowy picture. No reception in channel search.
• Standby LED flashes bright and dark.
• TL19 becomes hot and fails after approx 15 secs.
• No power supply regulation. Standby LED flashes red every single second.
• Programmed on channels but still only snow. Selector does not react on channel inputs.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply.
• Poor scan.
• Noise bar. at bottom.
• Appliance in burst mode. No standby light.
• Incorrect picture height. Black 5cm bar at bottom, black 2cm bar at top of picture.
• Power supply BU blown at switch on.
• Functions for a few secs then goes into safety mode. Functions without the raster deflector.
• Adjusting the SECAM identification: chassis.
• S2000AF in power supply is defective. Functions OK for a week, then S2000AF and primary fuse defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. No voltage on the secondary. 300V on collector TP29. All the transistors and diodes are ok. Even no standby light.
• Intermittently picture has no contrast and has a blue tinge. Sound ok.
• Goes to standby at switch-on. Trips slowly if programme button held on. (with circuit diagram extract) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Adjusting the UG2 screen grid voltage: chassis.
• No tuning, maximum tuning voltage.
• Unstable vertical scanning with foldover in the picture. (picture attached)
• No volume control via RC. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Blurred picture, focus pot does not work.
• AV switching threshold for camcorders.
• Low brightness.
• Stuck in standby. LED lit. .
• White screen, no picture. Sound ok on all channels. Same via scart.
• S2055 defective after switch-on.
• Sound but no picture. White screen with flyback line. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Adjusting the SECAM (4,25MHz) colour carrier trap: chassis.
• Noise bar. after a few minutes.
• At switch on, control panel LED remains red and flickers faintly.
• Snow on the screen.
• Power supply is dead, stand-by mode does not function.
• Dim picture.
• No start up of PSU. Low ticking. (picture attached)
• RL27 burnt. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• The channel nos run through, no sound or picture but it works in video.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing.
• PSU starts up. Whistling from speakers.
• Tube tries to switch on then switches off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches to protection mode (after a few seconds).
• Picture starts off very bright and after few secs goes dark.
• Dead. Intermittently OK from cold.
• No start up. Standby light comes on. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• BU transistor TP29 blows again.
• In playback, especially with prerecorded cassettes the picture oscillates horizontally or is distorted like a flag in the top part of the screen.
• Colour saturation.
• Shuts down (at start-up). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No EHT. Black screen.
• Channels run through and do not stop.
• Only the LL' display functions in the Multistandard version.
• Does not switch on because the protection intervenes. Regular stand-by.
• At switch-on, vertical centering of picture offset by 2 cm towards the top of screen.
• Humming in speaker in standby.
• No start-up from standby. after warm-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally sound and video drift on channel 64. Operation is good on the other channels.
• Switches off intermittently (often at programme switch).
• Intermittent switches to standby during programme or scene change. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Shuts down. intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Tripping. Standby LED flashes .
• At start up functions normally for 20 to 50 secs then goes into standby prematurely. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Crackling in picture and sound, even in VHF.
• TV01 and TV02 are in safety mode.
• Line scan transistor is in S/C.
• FP01 blows at switch on.
• Compressed vertical. Extremely dark picture, more on the right than on the left.
• Low contrast.
• Switches off by itself. at start-up (when cold).
• Intermittently switches off and on when changing channels or when picture has high beam current content.
• No start-up. Red LED blinks. (picture attached)
• TV starts up for a few seconds with a jerky noise then stops and so on.
• No picture. Audio OK .
• Value of capacitor position CP11 (power supply). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No line output funtion. OK at switch on.
• Resistor RT04 on the picture tube base blows repeatedly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Device shuts down when zapping.
• PSU does not always start up (start up difficulties). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Does not switch on immediately when pressing switch, only after loudspeakers click 3 times and standby LED reduces brightness 3 times.
• Vertical stage is stuck.
• Replacing the TL19.
• Trips erratically.
• Colour fault.
• Dead, no high voltage
• Use of the lithium battery.
• Switches to standby. when changing channels.
• Green picture. No contrast. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No sound and no picture. Appliance remains in stand by. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• The appliance fails, no picture, no sound, base raster or horizontal lines.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Production mode.
• Vertical lines are distorted horizontally. E/W equalisation can not be adjusted correctly.
• No vertical deflection. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After changing FBT which sparks, the very high tension is ok. No light on the screen even when forcing G2 44469905.
• Picture modulation in power function.
• Occasionally no scanning is possible.
• Occasional memory fault when appliance is stopped by the general switch. When switched on again, appliance is deprogrammed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• EHT whistles. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Occasionally after switch on vertical centering is shifted up approx 2cm. Goes into normal position after approx 10 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Distorted picture. Lines in picture.
• OSD appears on its own. Switches from stereo to mono a number of times.
• Switches on, HV appears, then switches to standby.
• Defective picture, poor colour and white dot at switch off.
• Black stripes on upper and lower picture edge.
• Flickering at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• After 5 mins a noise like rapid crackling occurs at the scanning level. Noise disappears if picture is misframed upwards. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor audio (via SCART). (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No picture. OSD OK .
• No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. via SCART. Audio OK .
• White band on top of screen. Only a buzzing noise coming from loudspeaker.
• Very white lines at the top of the screen.
• No horizontal deflection. Audio OK .
• Appliance shuts down, then restarts. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White stripe on the left side of screen.
• After a short time the US voltage increases so that the TV cuts out.
• Stops intermittently. LED remains red. TV does not start up again with the channel button. Necessary to press the standby button then the channel button. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture, only snow. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Trips. after a few minutes. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Rainbow effect on top of screen.
• EHT S20000AF blows every three days. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Switches off and on again at random.
• Power supply hiccups. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Regulation fault of the PSU. Standby LED flashes red every sec.
• Beat at startup.
• Black screen. via RF output. OK via SCART .
• Slow start-up.
• Too much EHT.
• No brightness, only colours. Only one colour in TXT (mostly green). Loss of certain colours.
• Distorted picture (line amplitude, linearity).
• Flag effect when playing back with a VPH6400 Thomson VCR. Ok via scart.
• Red picture. Flyback lines. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Goes to SAFETY mode and no scanning possible. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Starts up then cuts out, starts up again every 10 secs and so on.
• TL19 (S2000AF) fails repeatedly.
• White screen in scart and no sound. Picture ok via tuner. Displays programmes and sound level etc.
• Intermittently trips off for approx 1 sec.
• No contrast control.
• Four vertical bands on top of screen.
• No audio. via tuner. No picture. via tuner. OK via SCART .
• Vertical foldover at top. Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Stuck in standby. (with circuit diagram extract) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• No picture. No sound. Switches off after 3 secs, remains in standby and has an afterglow fleck. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start up of line transformer and LED pulsates slightly.
• Streaky luminance and flyback lines.
• U/Syst voltage is 106V. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture is slightly displaced towards bottom of screen.
• Blows fuses immediately after switching on.
• Picture jitters. in TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Remains in "burst" mode with a hum noise in LF.
• Coloured tinge in picture.
• Goes into safety mode. Then switches on again for 4 seconds.
• Transistor TP 29 short circuits after working for some time.
• Dark stripes in picture by bright picture content. Volume display jumps. Beam spot at switch off.
• No red.
• White screen with flyback line or no brightness.
• Intermittently blows chopper transistor.
• Three white lines at the top of the picture, nothing else. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Tripping. after a few hours. (picture attached)
• Grey adjustment: picture tube board. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Does not find channels or finds one channel tuned incorrectly.
• Appliance switches off if slightly shaking chassis and then starts up immediately. Occasionally drifts off tune (only snow on screen).
• Screen lit up. No sound or picture. Thermal noise in the sound and snow. No function via RC or control panel (picture attached)
• At switch on starts up with severe noise in loudspeaker then stops and remains in standby. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Tuned to channels but only snow. Selector does not respond to channel input. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Thermal R349 O/C every 3 or 4 months. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor switch off of picture tube.
• Slow start-up (when cold). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Starts up then goes into protection mode. Standby light on. Sound OK but no picture. Bluish screen with shadows.
• No function from RC, ok from front panel. RC receiver ok. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture rolls. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Channels scroll. Functions if control panel plate on front panel is disconnected.
• PSU does not always start after switch on with the control panel or the RCU. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not stay on AV, switches sporadically back to HF programme site.
• Sound distorted, especially by stereo. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Faint sound although correct.
• Black, horizontal lines in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Goes into safety mode when first switch on.
• Faulty OSD.
• Switches to standby. intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen. Audio OK .
• When switching off the appliance in standby and with the mains switch there is a loud crackling in the speaker. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Goes into standby after reducing the frame to a horizontal line after a few mins.
• Adjusting the peak white: chassis.
• The picture is smaller and at the bottom of the screen. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• High contrast. Strong colours.
• White screen with a line in diagonal. Audio OK.
• Picture runs through, impossible to stabilise.
• Tripping. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At start up standby point lights up and hum. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TT switches on automatically.
• Picture slowly darkens. The cathode voltages are ok.
• Starts up then switches off. Remains in standby when cold.
• Picture is somewhat noisy.
• No reception. in UHF.
• Does not come on from standby, red standby light comes on. TV01 and TV02 in the protective circuit respond.
• Line output transformer arcing.
• Line output transistor overheats. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After a few minutes the screen goes black and motor boating occurs.
• Blows fuses.
• Unstable picture.
• The tinge varies.
• Picture jumps then stabilises in black and white always on the same channel out of all the channels available.
• B/W picture in PAL.
• Power supply pumps when cold, red light flashes.
• OSD fades on all the colours.
• At switch on the light comes on. CTV starts up then cuts out,no light, crackling noise at the level of the power supply transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture is narrower. When making adjustments, the picture is wavy at the sides.
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Picture pulling on bright scenes.
• On the CRT board TT33 is S/C for the second time in a month.
• Goes into SAFETY mode and very slight hum in LF.
• Only noise. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• North/South correction cannot be adjusted correctly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply pulsates intermittently when cold or warm. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Bottom of raster is missing. Deflection incomplete. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Sound has increased to maximum, after a moment, neither RC nor manual commands work.
• Attempts to start then smoke appears.
• Dark picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture and sound hang up.
• The display is incorrect.
• No start up except at a certain temperature. Standby ok. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line BU blows when switching on CTV.
• 3cm white line at top of picture. No sound and no video, not even in scart. Green LED on.
• No more line scanning possible. RL25 cuts out.
• Crackling in the speaker at start up and at switch off including standby. Slight noise in the speaker in standby. Occasionally trips at start up. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• New transformer, TV starts up and the US voltage increases to 122V instead of 140.
• The power supply blows. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Blue tint in picture intermittently.
• Coil LG08 (situated in the corner near the EHT) burns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start up. No U1 47V, U2 5V voltages.
• Blows intermittently.
• Switches off immediately without becoming bright. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply pulsates every single second. Standby LED flashes. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• TP29 and TL19 fail after operating for 1 hr. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not change channels. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• After appliance has been moved, strange colours. Red has become blue and screen is affected by a mauve halo.
• Excessive horizontal size. at top. Reduced horizontal size. at bottom. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• When cold picture is very white with flyback lines and hum in sound.
• Adjusting the NTSC(3,58MHz) colour carrier trap: chassis.
• Hiss in audio. in UHF.
• Line in centre of picture.
• Cut off lines visible after some time.
• At switch on, the appliance goes to stand by. After trying to start several times the TP19 and TP29 are damaged.
• Appliance works only in Burst mode. Red LED flashes. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Pumps.
• DL13 is S/C.
• Field centering off-set by 2cm toward top of screen when first switched on. (picture attached)
• No channel reception after changing tuner and IF.
• HT whistles for a short time. Standby LED remains lit. Raster is defective. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Appliance switches off and switches on again, changes channel and there are great variations in the beam current.
• Chopper goes short circuit; after replacement appliance functions correctly for approx 1 minute.
• Fault at top of picture about 4cm after 30 mins.
• Vertical amplitude is too low.
• Poor sound via loudspeaker, even when adjusting volume at maximum.
• No start up. LED flashes irregularly, switches intermittently to standby.
• Picture width and height twitches intermittently, thereby noise or chirping can be heard in SM transformer.
• Does not pick up in UHF or in VHF.
• All secondary power supply voltages are doubled.
• Occasionally there is no light at all.
• There is little light.
• White picture, flyback line and too bright.
• No start-up. intermittently. PSU pulsates.
• Shuts down. after start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• No NS correction.
• Remains in standby. Hum in loudspeakers. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Humming on sound and the screen is dark. The appliance goes to stand-by after 2-5 minutes.
• Switches to standby (after start-up). (picture attached)
• Dead (intermittently).
• Power supply transistor S2000AF blows after operating for one hour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical compression and very dark picture, more on the right than on the left.
• Functions for 5 mins then all the channel numbers begin to run through constantly while each time the picture comes up again and RCU does not function.
• PSU goes into safety mode.
• Curtain effect. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Occasionally fails for a short time (Occasionally does not function for days). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Distorted picture. No adjustment possible .
• Sporadically loses station memory. Analog values available, all program sites are on CH02. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Starts up in standby, perhaps when cold. Standby display ok. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No picture, light line under the picture tube. (picture attached)
• Black and white picture. No RGB on 41, 42, 43 of IV01. 200V on DL11 is correct.
• PSU doesn't start up intermittently.
• No horizontal deflection. Protective circuit trips. Standby light flashes. (picture attached)
• No voltage.
• When the focus pot is varied the brightness varies after a few minutes, the picture turns dark. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Tuning drifts.
• Screen blank. Dark picture.
• Volume varies (intermittently).
• Horizontal bars on picture during operation. This is accompanied by an audible signal distorting the sound.
• Occasionally wide interference lines (similar to a defective HF-cable) appear on the screen. Picture is ok via Scart.
• Chroma decoding.
• Switches to standby. after a few minutes. Switches on by itself. after a while. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• PSU fails immediately after start-up.
• S2055 AF in the line blows after operating for a few hours. (with circuit diagram extract)
• HT fails immediately after starting up. PSU switches to standby.
• Picture goes into PAL occasionally but the sound remains normal. Picture returns to normal after a few secs.
• Intermittently shuts down briefly (sometimes after two hours).
• Cuts out intermittently. Light becoming white before turning red. No start up with RC. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical picture has shifted to top by approx 2cm at switch on. Picture OK after approx 10 mins.
• Us is too high at 121Vpp instead of 52Vpp.
• When warm picture and sound increase then switches into standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Replacement kit of thyristor ESM740/G1/G2.
• No synchronisation. in TXT.
• Switches to standby.
• Power supply transistor TP20 blows and so does the mains fuse FP01 after operating for a few mins.
• Under certain conditions (static discharge etc.) may revert to factory set up mode.
• Line transistor S2000AF heats up then fails. E-W geometry ok.
• HV starts up for 3-5 secs then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Programme number/AV symbol is permanently displayed.
• Pale grey screen with fine horizontal line and hum at start up of the line transformer. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Slight raster distortion at top or bottom of screen, depending on defective diode.
• Appliance hums and does not start up. (picture attached)
• Blows at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Secondary protective circuit TV01 and TV02 disconnects intermittently.
• Tuning drifts after 20 mins.
• No picture. via tuner. OK via SCART .
• Volume of basic adjustment is too loud.
• At switch on there is a noise and light goes out. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Impossible to change standard, remains in SECAM. Picture inverted in PAL.
• Shut down protective circuit.
• Vertical bars. on the left.
• No RC. No sound, no channel change after changing IR receiver, with or without RC. Manual controls ok. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Vertical foldover at bottom.
• Switches to standby (at start-up). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Standby light switches off. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TL19 fails in line output stage.
• Goes into standby after a few secs. Appliance and EHT start up well at switch on.
• Reduced vertical size. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply starts up for a few secs then collapses while pumping on standby light.
• Dark picture (after a while). (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Dark screen and the RL11 is open circuit.
• No start-up (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV01 blows after operating for 30 mins.
• Switches to standby (after a while). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• LED is dim or OFF.
• No power supply regulation.
• Grey picture with 6 flyback lines without picture content.
• Tripping (intermittently).
• Fluctuations of the picture according to the video content.
• Amplitude varies with the voltages.
• No functions. Standby LED lit .
• Picture is displaced slightly towards top of screen.
• Red raster. Horizontal lines.
• Picture shifted vertically.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture.
• Dark picture. after a while.
• Picture twitches intermittently in width and height, chriping or noise can be heard in SM transformer.
• Stuck in PAL.
• Switches off immediately if vertical plug is pulled out. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Sometimes switches off by itself or does not switch on.
• Horizontal line. at bottom.
• No colour. via SCART.
• The light comes on. Power supply starts up for 1-4secs then cuts out.
• No picture at switch on. Picture appears when changing channel.
• Switches to protection mode. after a few seconds.
• No bottom of raster. Incomplete deflection. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Fuse fails.
• Vertical line approx 1/3 from left of picture. Hardly visible, but annoying.
• Remains in standby. Occasionally starts then goes into standby after 5 mins.
• At switch on colour is delayed. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Reduced horizontal deflection.
• Trapezoid picture.
• The screen insertions are unsynchronised, if no aerial signal is present.
• Poor E/W correction. Adjustment of the amplitude is ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Grey screen, no sound, no video in scart output. OSD ok.
• No picture, only snow. in PIP.
• Standby LED is still lit up. Horizontal white stripe. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Starts up one time out of ten then functions ok with a nominal voltage. The rest of the time it collapses. Start up and operation ok with the variac.
• At start up crackling in the sound and arcing on the picture for a few mins then ok.
• After clicking and tripping a few times, power supply remains blocked in standby at switch on.
• Line transformer does not start up. (picture attached)
• At bottom of picture superimposition of a band similar to that of the sound level and to a yellow rectangle.
• Does not switch to standby.
• Random loss of station memory when CTV starts up.
• Blows intermittently and switches on again. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical stability fault. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Adjusting the R-Y demodulator: chassis.
• Pulsates if TV is started up after being put into standby.
• No functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Picture has vertically shifted with approx. 2cm towards top after start-up. Picture ok after approx. 10 mins.
• Crackling noise from power supply then dead.
• FBT is started up by a signal but appliance does not start. In standby mode.
• CTV blown, if connector BF01 remains connected. Vertical scanning line is at bottom of screen.
• Picture is displaced towards bottom of screen (approx. 5cm to 15cm).
• PSU does not always start after switch on via front control or RC.
• No voltage at secondary.
• Loud noise when switching on TV via mains. Can be intermittent.
• Picture is green, red and blue with flyback lines.
• Distorted audio. intermittently.
• Black screen, alarm noise and orange LED.
• No -1V at base of TP29.
• Shuts down.
• Chroma lacks green.
• Picture is just at the top edge of the CRT if the vertical picture centering regulator is at the end position. The topmost lines are somewhat bent to the right.
• Mono sound is OK. Stereo sound scratches .
• Slight raster scanning in the middle of the screen.
• Line output stage immediately defective after switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start-up from standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No line drive.
• Vertical line. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• White horizontal line at top of screen. Rest of screen is black.
• TP29 blows occasionally at start up or after operating for some time.
• Standby light lights up for 2 seconds then goes off. Appliance does not start up.
• Vertical line. in the centre.
• PSU only works in Burst mode, the red LED does not light up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply pumps every single second.
• Switches off when changing picture and channel and then starts again. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No start-up. LED is red .
• Blank screen.
• Tripping sound from flyback transformer, sometimes no picture, another time it switches itself OFF.
• No synchronisation. (picture attached)
• Loses programmes from memory at irregular intervals.
• TL19 in line output stage is defective.
• No reception. EHT flashovers.
• Switches to standby (after start-up). No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No brightness and incorrect OSD. OSD background is bright red. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• No picture. No sound. Insufficient width. Picture has a 5cm band at top of screen.
• Distorted picture. Strong streaking.
• Dark screen, sound OK. Nothing in scart nor in RGB.
• Starts for one sec and goes into standby with a hum in the loudspeaker.
• No frame sync in PB of recent rented cassettes.
• Little or no light.
• No start-up. (picture attached)
• Modification of connector on TXT IKC2-VT4P.
• Starts nomally but if appliance stops after heating up for some time, TV flashes and may take a long time to start up again. (picture attached)
• No sound or picture. Slow beat of the power supply each second. The light flashes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• Volume becomes louder after few mins, cannot be adjusted.
• PSU does not start up correctly. Standby LED flickers
• Commands performed with a delay.
• No channels. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• No colour (after a while).
• The power supply pulsates at start-up.
• Functions very well via the scart socket. No UHF VHF reception. Display on the screen is correct, white screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Impossible to go into standby via the front panel or the RC. Starts up at switch on with the red light lit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No function. Reset does not react.
• Switching off fault of the spot.
• FP01 and TP29 blow at Power On. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• S2055 blows.
• No voltages on the secondaries and no light.
• Noise in speaker power supply. Goes to standby, starts up again and after 3 minutes goes to standby.
• Memory loss or random deprogramming of uP.
• No memory during programming.
• Repeated failure of HOT.
• FBT is s/c twice a year. On collector TL19. 1200V instead of 1000V. CL21, CL22, CL24, CL23 replaced but fault persists. US adjusted to 143V. FBT 470034-81 CTV TA6326.
• TV starts up for a few secs with a jerky noise then stops and continues like this.
• Picture with flyback line on one colour.
• PSU does not strat.
• Blurred picture which occasionally becomes normal again.
• TP29 is destroyed after 30 minutes.
• Intermittently increases and decreases in size both width and height.
• Intermittent fault especially when cold. No vertical stability. No luminance for a few seconds then everything OK. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• US voltage increases, CTV stops.
• Line transformer blows a few secs later after appliance is started up, line transformer has been changed but fault persists. Output voltage 8.2V instead of 15V on the power supply secondary with the line transformer removed.
• Power supply starts up and switches to stand-by after a couple of seconds. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• At switch on, the tube flashes on the loudspeaker and stops. Negative picture.
• Short line pulses on the line output collector and then dead. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal collapse. (picture attached)
• Noise in the HP power supply. The appliance goes to stand-by and starts up again. Dark screen and after 3 minutes the appliance returns to stand-by.
• Switches off by itself. after a few minutes.
• Line-BU TL19 (S2000AF) fails immmediately after start-up.
• Occasionally TV does not start up and remains in standby.
• Picture only in top part of screen. (picture attached)
• Standby LED flickers and PSU does not start up correctly.
• The appliance has a dark picture. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Vertical collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• S2000 fails.
• Does not start up from standby, cracking is audible and appliance switches OFF, standby LED switches off.
• Vertical deflection has collapsed to a bright line in the middle of the screen.
• Power supply goes to standby and standby light is lit up.
• Picture with red as the predominant colour and flyback line apparent on the screen.
• Dark screen.
• Line transistor blows after 10 mins. DL11 98V instead of 200V.
• Goes into safety mode after operating for a few mins or hours. Necessary to wait 2 mins to start again with the RC. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start up. Standby LED lights up. Cannot be started with the RC. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stations found in search. Seems to have poor power supply filtering.
• Only a horizontal line at bottom of picture.
• Attempts to start, then suddenly stops.
• Impossible to display the PAL SECAM standards. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply voltage: 15V: 8V; 140: 80V. The same with the line transformer disconnected.
• High contrast.
• TL19 in the line output stage is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Starts up but stops 2 secs later.
• Wavy lines.
• Instructions for repairing the PSU. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Can not be switched on from standby via RC.
• CTV remains in standby. HT at 127V, 15V at 9V, 28 at 20.
• Position of RA13 and RA15.
• Blue picture. Blue streaking.
• Setting the main voltage (Usyst. 110V): Chassis. (picture attached)
• White line, slightly tilted at the bottom of the screen.
• Standby LED switched on, becomes green for an instant. No start up. Power supply sends pulses.
• Switches on. Red LED lights, but turns darker after start-up. No start-up via RC. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical line wavering at left hand side. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No luminance, white is black.
• Switches to standby. after a few seconds. (picture attached)
• No TV picture and humming from loud-speaker.
• No or intermittent start-up. when cold.
• TP29 has a short circuit and FP01 blows after a short time.
• BU 508A in the power supply gets too hot and goes defective after approx 5 minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark screen with short bright flashes. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Blackish bar after whites.
• No start up. No display. No standby LED light. (picture attached)
• The appliance goes to secondary safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Very dark and unstable picture at start-up but becomes normal again after quarter of an hour.
• No reception. OK via SCART .
• After being used for 2 to 3 weeks, the 1.6 fuse burns out when the appliance starts up.
• No vertical and horizontal amplitude. Picture shifted downwards. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• To improve alignment.
• Line on the screen at the start. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Sound and picture cut out for a second then return to normal. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black lines on the picture. Poor sync. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Siren noise in the speaker. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• No sound with a Nintendo game. Game functions on another TV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No OSD via RC or front controls. Screen is lit, snow present. No sound or picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 4cm vertical scanning for a few secs.
• Wavy picture.
• Line power transistor S2055AF blows immediately after being replaced. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Weak contrast.
• No PAL colour, either via aerial or via scart.
• Vertical jitter.
• Works for 10 secs then goes into standby. TV ok after switching off then on again.
• Poor picture after 15 mins from start-up. Audio OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches to protection mode (after start-up). (picture attached)
• Standby light remains on at switch on. No picture, no sound, no function from RC or control panel. Slight noise from PSU as if TV trying to switch on.
• Regular ondulations on the vertical lines of a test picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unstable frame linearity.
• No HF reception. Snow on picture.
• No line oscillation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Passes all channels without stopping.
• Collapses at switch on. Functions normally when first switched on (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• E/W correction cannot be changed.
• To improve IF response.
• All the secondary voltages are low.
• No colour, only on French channel "La 3".
• No sound and no video not even in scart. 3cm white line at top of picture. Green LED on.
• Vertical lines are jagged.
• No channel storing.
• No colour (when switching).
• Tripping. Power LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently stripe in lower picture part.
• Picture flickers with coloured OSD (eg from a VCR).
• Switches to standby. in PB.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Raster weakened after a few mins and is reduced to a horizontal lines then TV goes into standby.
• After changing FBT twice, light varies when you turn focus pot; FBT ok, after a few moments light decreases at switch on, light picture with G2 set to minimum then darkens.
• To improve operation of mute circuit.
• PSU chirps if appliance is switched on via power switch. After approx 5 secs everything is off. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• TL19 (S2000 AF) is S/C after switch on.
• No picture, only three lines two thirds of the way down the screen. Goes into SAFETY mode after 1 min. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV does not start up. TV01 not in safety mode. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Channels run through, sound whistles and there are lines if picture present.
• No signal.
• White line. at top.
• Picture with predominant yellow/green.
• When warm picture foldover towards the bottom and horizontal flyback lines. Noise from the line transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor sound quality (mono appliances).
• No colour (via SCART).
• PSU switches off after start-up. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Picture and sound disappear after a few days or even after 5-6 hours operation. Standby stays on. Switching off and on help for a while.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Starts up three times then goes into safety mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Fuse FP2 (630mA) blows.
• No picture scanning.
• Horizontal output stage does not start up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No direct time insertion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture and sound distorted. Hum in PSU.
• White picture and flyback line. New FBT. S2055AF replaced by S2000AF which heats up and blows after a min.
• PSU fails immediately after switch on.
• In stand-by the light does not light up and the TV does not come on again.
• The appliance stops after a few minutes then starts up again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• White line. at bottom.
• Over-accentuated fizzling sounds.
• EHT starts. Line pulse then Stop. (with circuit diagram extract)
• At switch on, front LED flashes irregularly or remains fixed. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No start-up. Poor red LED.
• Does not start up. Remains in AV. When in standby, whistling from speaker. (picture attached)
• No power supply secondary and no standby.
• Picture position shifts vertically by approx 2cm towards the top of the screen intermittently. Position returns to normal after approx 10 mins.
• Distorted audio. Distorted picture.
• Fuse blows at switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 1 flyback transformer pulse then standby. If the picture appears, one time out of five there is crackling in the transformer then standby.
• Line transistor blown after a few hrs.
• S2000 blown. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No picture. Loss of one or more colours.
• Blue tinge in picture in SECAM, ok in PAL. Black and white picture ok.
• No voltage on LP36 in secondary side.
• Dark screen. Stretched vertical lines.
• Vertical rainbow zones over the picture right over the width of the screen. Intermittent fault. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• The TV starts up. A white line appears at the top of the screen. System tension: voltage is approximately 58V, and the other voltages are low.
• PSU pulsates. Standby LED flashes . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally loss of station memory. When warm stations run through from 1 to 39 without loss of station memory.
• Blue flash in Secam.
• Low supply voltages.
• Starts up then stops immediately afterwards when ON/OFF switch pressed. (picture attached)
• Power supply crackles once then dead.
• Intermittently black band in the middle of the screen then increases in size to fill the whole of the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen. Flyback lines. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Stops for 10 secs after 10 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• East/West amplitude changes with the beam current.
• No startup. Alarm noise from loudspeakers.
• PSU starts for a few secs then collapses while pumping on the standby point.
• Switches off by itself. when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Regulator fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical scanning line is at bottom of screen and CTV blows.
• No start-up (when cold). (part of circuit diagram displayed) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen.
• After operating for some time the channels begin to run through. Nothing occurs when the circuits are cooled down.
• Remains blocked on CH15 and PR8 at start up. Occasionally CTV functions normally.
• Adjusting the PAL amplitude: chassis.
• Picture is at the lower picture edge and in time becomes a line. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• No switch on. Crackles faintly, no LED lit.
• Smearing in high channels.
• S2000AF blows each time appliance is plugged in. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start up of power supply. No standby light. No noise. (55IMCGALAXY NORDMENDE repair tip)
• The lamp is weak.
• Fuse (1.6A) blows intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract) (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• TP29 fails after switch on.
• Line transformer starts up then stops. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• Poor start up of PSU. Occasionally starts up but sometimes does not, especially when warming up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to protection mode. at start-up.
• Appliance switches off, when screen changes and starts up right away.
• Maximum luminance.
• Picture is dark, screen menu ok.
• Noise on loud speaker and the screen is black. The appliance goes to stand by after a few minutes.
• No picture or OSD information. RC and front panel do not function.
• No start up. PSU does not oscillate.
• Twinning lines at top. Vertical distorted. Becomes better after warmed up.
• No switch on at start up. Standby light is off. At stop light comes on weakly then goes off.
• Menu display is in a wrong language.
• TV functions, thermal tube noise on the screen but no picture. RCU does not work. Dark display, a channel is displayed, programme nos run through and stops on AV. No sound. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• White stripe at the top of the screen. It is 1cm high and not as wide as the screen. No picture. (NORDMENDE - 55IMCGALAXY information)
• No manual or RCU command. Blocked on one channel, OSD apparent, sound present. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply starts up 3 times at switch on then switches off. No picture or sound. Red LED is lit. (55IMCGALAXY tip from NORDMENDE)
• Buzzing and chirping, then switches to standby. (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Only spot, no OSD and no channels.
• Goes into protective switching. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Moire effect picture according to sound frequencies, on some frequencies the picture is ok for a fraction of a second. Melf RP54 is not present on the CTV chassis.
• No function. Initially LED indication OK.
• Hyperband re-fitting.
• Power supply S2000 blows approx every 10 hours.
• Does not start from Standby or switches off.
• In VHF range (channel 5-12) white flecks and grey haze in the picture.
• When playing back a cassette previously recorded by the same VCR, colours may be lost or blue flash interference due to the PAL pulse of the TV being triggered.
• Tripping. after a few minutes (intermittently).
• After switch on, PSU fails immediately. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -55IMCGALAXY)
• Power supply does not go beyond 100V.
• Snow in picture.
• After switch on, vertical centering is shifted intermittently upwards approx. 2 cm; it goes to normal position after approx. 10 minutes.
• No sound. No line transformer and standby LED is on.
• Switchover to another program site is not carried out.
• Switches on but no user controls from front control panel nor from RC. Does not even switch to FF.
• Zigzag pattern across whole screen.
• No audio. No picture. Squealing from PSU. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches on but switches off after a few mins. Intermittently switches off immediately.
• IR01 loses memory without any apparent reason.
• When set to standard adjustments the contrast value is too high. (55IMCGALAXY tips)
• Line frequency drifts slightly.
• Line stage does not start up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TV does not start up or stops.