63FUTURA / NORDMENDE [TV]

• Trips 3 times.
• No horizontal amplification.
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No start up by RC or ON/OFF switch and total deprogramming when switching to standby by RC. Initially works normally by ON/OFF switch. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Poor focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black lines on 3, 2 and 1.
• No start up of PSU. No standby light. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Fuse FP05 and TP24 (S2000) S/C.
• RF14 burns up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (picture attached)
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (picture attached)
• Rotating vertical lines on whole image. If adjusted with potentiometer PF02, image in lower third looks correct. (picture attached)
• No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No search possible, snow.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly although the drive pulses are present at LP 32 . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• Intermittently wide interference stripes appear on screen. Picture OK via scart.
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• No picture. intermittently. (63FUTURA tips)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (picture attached)
• Interference in picture. intermittently.
• No sound. Good picture then goes into stand-by after 5 mins then starts up again after pressing a channel number 3 or 4 times.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts. (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• Intermittently TV starts up. Switches on and off 3 times. (picture attached)
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• The power supply transformer trembles. (with circuit diagram extract) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Vertical lines. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Grey scale poor and excessive brightness on teletext.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• At start up with mains switch or even during operation, snow appears on screen with loud cracking. OK when starting up from standby.
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line transformer cuts out after 5 mins but display remains on. If started up agin, remains on for 5 mins then cuts out again.
• Low HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Picture geometry problems.
• B/W in Canal Plus when codified.
• Intermittent fault. No sound or picture. No display or standby light. Appliance hums. If it is stopped it starts again after a moment. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• White screen. Flyback lines. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Picture is rolled up or folded over at the bottom.
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Hiss in audio.
• No PIP in TT mode, letter errors.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• Tripping. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply fuse blown. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• At start-up PSU trips three times then goes into safety mode.
• No start-up. Pulsates 3 times in 3 secs.
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (picture attached)
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Power supply blows intermittently (3 times max) when warm or cold.
• Raster is blank only a half inch picture showing.
• Pulses 3 times then goes into safety mode. Abnormal line pulses on line BU with noise.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• No picture when switching to TXT.
• Light spot at centre of screen when TV stopped. Spot disappears immediately.
• Corrective maintenance aid.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• Impossible to change standard. Goes directly to CH.
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• No scanning and white bar on bottom of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Goes into safety mode after pulsating 3 times.
• Standby LED flickers fast.
• Poor RCU command, even with a brand new RCU. RCU functions ok on another TV or it is necessary to move nearer to the TV or to direct it well.
• TP48 fails after short time.
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Various video faults. (picture attached)
• Green is missing, background is magenta.
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• Picture white out.
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off. (63FUTURA tips)
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• Rainbow on the screen.
• VCR picture is distorted via scart, with distorted grain and faint colours.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (picture attached)
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm). (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Screen is very snowy.
• Picture appears slowly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply switches off.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.*** (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Shuts down.
• Vertical position does not go high enough. (picture attached)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of memory. Crackle in sound. Flashing picture. Distorted µPC. No sound only noise. No stereo reception. Does not always start up. Wrong values which cannot be changed. Wrong colours and distorted PIP-function.
• No signal.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• Red streaks on screen. (63FUTURA tips)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• Pulsating picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blows fuse. at start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• At switch on picture is missing which intermittently returns. Sound ok. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Various NICAM faults.
• No front panel function. RC OK. (with circuit diagram extract) (63FUTURA tips)
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• No display, no video, white screen. Flyback lines and no sound. (picture attached)
• TV works well with an input on scart socket but not with an aerial. Automatic search stops on a station and only oblique bars or distorted pictures are visible.
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• Field scan is poor with diagonal RGB lines across screen.
• No start-up from standby with RC.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• Occasionally sound and picture crackling. (picture attached)
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Channel memory disappears.
• Memory loss.
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• E/W fault, image amplitude cannot be controlled. (picture attached)
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture or the picture blows. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture only on 3 channels (eg. nothing on 1, 3 and 6 but picture on 2 and 5) after warming up for 10 mins. This problem disturbs other TVs plugged into the same aerial. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture. (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Blows line output transformer.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Picture is missing, only lines approximately 2 inches part.
• Rainbow colours at upper image edge, elsewhere no image. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Appliance starts poorly, RC must be pressed for a longer period of time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Line tearing. (picture attached)
• No picture (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63FUTURA tips)
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (picture attached)
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• All adjustments at zero (brightness, colour, contrast). Channels are also at zero. Adjustments can be made at 50 but they are lost during standby or ON/OFF. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Faulty raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical collapse and crackle at switch on. Horizontal noise bars and lack of vertical amplitude. (63FUTURA tips)
• Picture is too small with flyback lines. Diagonal coloured lines in top of picture.
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Rotating vertical stripes on the whole screen.
• Dead (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No power supply, chopper power supply transformer, nothing at the output. 140V on the collector of S2000 of the line transformer.
• No PIP. (63FUTURA tips)
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No HV (intermittently).
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• Drops out. Picture jitters. Picture becomes wider.
• Pincushion distortion. (picture attached)
• TDA4443 and IF blow after two or three days.
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• TV lacks picture height when it is switched into scart via Canal plus through the VCR. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (picture attached)
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent white screen with the picture in background.
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• TP24 is defective. (picture attached)
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (picture attached) (63FUTURA tips)
• Horizontal lines.
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• After a few mins, switches off then starts up again. When this has happened 2 or 3 times, goes into standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch off with the RC, shows odd segments in the display and cannot be switched on with the RC. (63FUTURA tips)
• No colour at start up. Colour appears after 10 mins but predominantly green on left side of screen. Does not react to heat or cold.
• Does not store settings. (63FUTURA tips)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Sound is extremely weak with tube noise. TV picture ok.
• Image is shifted up; at the bottom there is a black edge, approx. 5 cm wide. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Line tearing in TXT. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• Fades out or very dim.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• Vertical stability fault. Picture revolves as it moves up the screen. No sound with scart. TV goes into standby after 5 mins as if there were no transmission.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (picture attached)
• PSU pulsates three times and goes into safety mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No operation (intermittently).
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• When appliance is switched on by the mains switch, the TV starts up for a moment, then goes into standby. Does not start up from the RCU.
• Starts up after several attempts but screen is black.
• No programming.
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Characteristics of the rechargeable battery.
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (picture attached)
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• No start-up. Standby LED flashes . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• First four inches of field scan is compressed; horizontally displaced verticals.
• Horizontal collapse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No functions, picture or sound. 88 on display.
• Vertical deflection fails. Then only white lines in top half of picture.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• Vertical roll. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (picture attached)
• Difficult start up. Sometimes red light flashes for several mins and EPROM deprograms. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor audio. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• PSU transistor fails after 4-5 days. (picture attached)
• No image after switching to TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• In black and white and unstable.
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (picture attached)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Linearity problem. Picture concentrated on three bands.
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• Pop at switch on.
• Vertical foldover at top.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loses channel 1.
• Picture shifted vertically. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Green picture in HF and in scart.
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Does not switch on. Standby LED blinks weakly and very fast. Programs are lost when it starts.
• Red picture (after a while).
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (picture attached)
• Dead (after lightning strike). (picture attached)
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• No colour (intermittently). (picture attached)
• No picture. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• To remove the protective circuit.
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No locking. Reception disappears and returns jerkily.
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Vertical lines on top slightly oscillate.
• Protective circuit starts up.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• No display. Audio OK .
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Standby does not function. (When standby command received the LED and picture flickers). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• Dead (after start-up).
• No picture. via SCART. OK via tuner .
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No E/W correction. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No OSD and no TXT or no TXT sync and OSD.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Random OSG. Sound output is low.
• Can not be switched on via power switch or RC.
• Does not start up. 142V on line collector S2000, the standby LED scarcely lights up when appliance is switched off, a priori no diodes s/c.
• E/W fault.
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• No start-up (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Picture and sound does not synchronise. No locking. (picture attached)
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
• Red dot which disappears in the display at start up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No E/W correction. Distorted picture.
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• EHT does not start.. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• Picture more and more snowy until it fails then with a black and white horizontal bar and hum in the sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Standby light flashes. Power supply ok.
• Line BU blows after some time.
• Intermittent fault of the function display on the screen.
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Occasionally no start up. LED comes on then goes off immediately. Necessary to wait and switch on again. Then functions correctly.
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• After switch off by RC, goes off, comes on twice then dead. Impossible to switch on again by RC, necessary to switch on again by the switch.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• Occasionally the picture disappears and 3 white wavy horizontal lines appear for a few seconds. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After losing programming, displays channel 57 instead of 58 (9 has to be added each time to the display). Poor picture outlines.
• No vertical synchronisation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Everything functions except the display. Display disappears progressively after changing channel and has disappeared completely after 15 secs precisely. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stereo LED operation.
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At switch on, starts up and EHT audible then dead. No standby LED. (picture attached)
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• Nicam beacon flashing on/off rhymically especially at high beam current, sometimes hisses causing text to reset.
• No red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Saturated picture and sound bands in the picture. Grains in the picture. Hum in sound on French programmes.
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• Three coloured flyback lines at top of picture.
• Vertical collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• Functions ok but occasionally picture goes into PAL on all channels. Everything becomes normal after a few mins. May function for hours without any problems.
• Dark screen with some RGB lines at the bottom of the screen and whistling near the FBT. Capacitor 1000/40V has been changed but fault persists. FBT has been changed but dark screen with hum then goes into safety mode.
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• In safety mode there is no high level on the Ger. point if the disconnection of the line raster deflector and power supply is correct.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture is shifted approx 5cm to the top. E/W and trapezium cannot be adjusted.
• Low gain.
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Rotating lines in upper part of picture.
• The appliance starts up after a few mins. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• No focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• U system voltage table.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Picture is missing, dull coloured areas only.
• Fuse FP05 (1.6A) blows sporadically without any obvious reason after an extended running time (approx 1-2 months). After replacing appliance runs perfectly again.
• Flyback line pulse does not correspond to the start of the base pulse controlling the line BU.
• At start up TV pumps 3 times then goes to standby. After 10 mins if you press the switch again it starts up correctly. (picture attached)
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (picture attached)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Trips then shuts down.
• Does not always start. Standby light flashes.
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Dark picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• After deprogramming, followed by a reprogramming, TV functions but the channels have each increased by 9 units. Eg.: 2nd channel is 49 instead of 40. Hence it is impossible to receive channel 62.
• Vertical fault.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (with circuit diagram extract)
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• No NICAM stereo sound.
• Shuts down. after a few seconds.
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Noise bar. intermittently.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (picture attached)
• VCR problems.
• When switching on snow with moiré on all stations. It seems as if the stations are way out. After running for a short time picture is ok. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• PSU no sart up even if existing driver pulse at LP 32. (picture attached)
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Channels mistune after 2 days.
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Strong picture impairment on top and bottom. It changes at control of E/W adjustment.
• Always starts in G standard. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Poor colour.
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (picture attached)
• Corrupted TXT page number. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line transformer has started up and TV cuts out.
• Some text pages not available. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally wide interference lines appear on the screen (similar to a defective HF cable). Picture via scart ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio (after start-up).
• Top of screen displays 3 coloured flyback lines, may have scan coil rattle.
• No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• EHT starts 3 times then power supply cuts out. EHT disconnected. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blows fuse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• An excessive white line is over 2/3 at top of screen. Occasionally picture attempts to spread over approx 1/3 of screen from top with green or red flyback lines. Occasionally picture spreads correctly.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (picture attached)
• At switch on RC must be held at least 40cm from the appliance. If appliance runs, all other functions work perfectly from 4-5m away. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio. OK via SCART .
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Video information is partially blanked out.
• Rainbow colours at lower image edge; elsewhere no colour. (picture attached)
• No picture. Grey screen. Horizontal, white crossed lines in middle of screen. No snow. Sound ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Primary power supply blows again.
• Saturation in F standard and tube noise in Europe standard. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Total breakdown. Standby can work for 1 hour or many hours. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• OSD rolls. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No functions. Standby LED flashes .
• No picture. via tuner.
• Loss of channel 1.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• At switch on, after 15 secs, dark screen with a few horizontal white lines between the middle and top of screen. Picture returns with geometry fault, if PG08 is turned. Sound ok.
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• Disable electronic lock.
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• Makes 3 noisy tests then nothing. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• No video in HF or in scart.
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used. (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (picture attached)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (picture attached)
• Picture has thin black lines across which arc intermittently.
• Crackling audio.
• Dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Negative picture.
• No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (picture attached)
• Switches to protection mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Horizontal bar shifted down.
• No sound. No picture, only a horizontal line 3/4 from top of screen. (picture attached)
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• Horizontal band almost at the top of the screen. Wavy band. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Narrow horizontal stripes in picture. (63FUTURA tips)
• No colour (via SCART).
• No audio. No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Large horizontal bars which even run through in AV. Sound ok. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (picture attached) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Flyback lines. after a while. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unfocused raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Transistor TP24 fails after 15mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TP24 fails at switch on.
• No start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Picture is green, red or blue.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Horizontal line. at top. (picture attached)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Primary power supply fails under load. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU starts poorly.
• Video fault.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (picture attached)
• TV becomes blocked momentarily wen using RC and front panel.
• Verification of SERVICE mode for Thomson, Continental-Edison and Brandt.
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Snowy raster.
• The power supply blocks.
• Impossible to tune French channels. Remains in CCIR.
• IG01 blows 2-3 secs after switch on. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No green. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• No horizontal deflection.
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• No audio. via tuner. No picture. via SCART. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• Stuck in PAL. Impossible to display S2 with RC.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• No start-up from standby. Standby LED does not light. No RC functions.
• No raster with text board fitted. (picture attached)
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received. (63FUTURA tips)
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Picks up the programmes with a gap. eg. in the region, the 6th channel is transmitted on channel 43 but the TV receives it on channel 52 therefore it does not pick up all the channels.
• OSD doubled in height. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture after TXT change over.
• 5cm chroma band runs through from bottom to top. Band turns red according to content of video cassette. Without a signal black band runs through.
• Low brightness. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins. (63FUTURA tips)
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• Vertical bars. No audio. Display OK .
• Blank dark raster with curved white lines in top 3cm of picture. Sound OK. Via scart sound OK but no picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor tuner reception on some channels (snow). Occasionally does not pick up certain channels when zapping. Channel display ok.
• Remains in standby. Error is displayed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63FUTURA tips)
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• Distortion in the south. Distortion starting at both sides and going to a third of the tube. Fault in the shape of a curve whose extremities are the corners of the tube. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Defective frequency plan.
• No display on screen. Black line which moves around instead. TXT is not synchronised. When changing channel a black band appears at the top of the screen displaying V1 then disappears. (picture attached)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• Blurred colour blobs on screen. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Very bright picture with frame flyback at switch on then height becomes reduced.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• Strong, horizontal slur on bright areas of screen.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• No function. Impossible to switch to SERVICE mode.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV just displays LOCK.
• Starts up, then TV goes into protection mode. Display does not get brighter.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (with circuit diagram extract) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Blocked in LL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor sound in CCIR. Sound ok in France. Fault decreases when warm.
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• 2V-16V varicap U voltage at collector of TT12.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No synchronisation. in TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Deprogramming due to static loads. (63FUTURA tips)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• Blurry picture.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Line transformer does not start up.
• Line output transistor S/C. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• Severe patterning on picture with silvering on white areas.
• Smearing in picture. (with circuit diagram extract) (63FUTURA tips)
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Mains fuse and power supply S2000 blow at Power On.
• Storing average values.
• No contrast. (picture attached)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• C2 call impossible. Display is incorrect. CON:Fn; LU:Hd; SO:Lh. Shifted channels: 21:30, 24:33, 27:36. Service mode does not yield anything. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, uniform white screen in HF and scart.
• No vertical text lock. (picture attached)
• White line in background of picture going from top to bottom with wavy picture.
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (picture attached)
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• TV goes into safety mode or switches to Program 1 at channel switch-over via front panel or RC.
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is blurred. Smell of ozone.
• Tuning drifts.
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (picture attached)
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (picture attached)
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Picture reduced to the top half of the screen with a linearity fault. Light pulsates and flyback raster on some lighter pictures. Scanning returns to normal occasionally when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Looks like crt low emission. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• SAT switch over is defective.
• Poor RC sensitivity.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound. (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• LED comes on, then immediately goes off at switch on and switch off.
• No BU base signal.
• Display flashes in STAND BY and the TV does not start up, even with the RCU. Occasionally it starts up when you activate P and VOL, and press On/Off several times.
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Scrolling with desynchronised sync.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• Bright horizontal stripe at the bottom of the picture.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Cycles on/off.
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash. (63FUTURA tips)
• Only snow on screen. Channels are correct.
• Speaker grill sparks.
• Deprogrammes once or twice a week. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (picture attached)
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• Goes into safety mode after counting.
• White edge around characters on live picture. Reception OK by aerial.
• No sound. No picture in HF. Sound functions in scart. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected. (63FUTURA tips)
• No brightness (intermittently).
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• FBT starts up 3 times then nothing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• U5 voltage incorrect. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Hum bar. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Black and white stripes on one channel when cold. OK on other channels.
• Vertical stripes on top.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• No OSD (intermittently). Low audio.
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• Vert. line ends pull upwards. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Once ON/OFF switch is pressed, LED lights up then goes off.
• No brightness.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• No N/S correction. (picture attached)
• Raster is bright blue.
• Input fuse blows again.
• No functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel displayed only.
• Colour fault on PIP in SECAM. (63FUTURA tips)
• No channel in band 5 and does not store the channel.
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (with circuit diagram extract) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract) (63FUTURA tips)
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• Stuck in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• Picture can be moved up but not down as it has shifted.
• LED display characters are back to front. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Excessive green. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Echo on picture.
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• After bridgeing E-C of TL17 (BC548B) protective circuit does not start up any more. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• RP42 blowing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture is frozen or has large white horizontal bands. PiP function is OK at switch on then no longer appears.
• Top half of picture compressed and incorrect verticals.
• No TXT (intermittently).
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• Switches to standby. (picture attached)
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• Brightness varies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• No horizontal deflection. Audio OK .
• Sound is weak occasionally at start up. It must be increased to max. to hear it.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• Functions correctly but does not start up again via RC once in standby. RC functions normally when TV on.
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• RP23 and RP28 overheat excessively. Power supply BU blows after some time.
• At switch on appliance starts and EHT is heard then dies. No standby LED. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Distorted text page numbers.
• Sometimes deprogrammes at switch on.
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• No line drive. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Fuse blows violently.
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• No tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No voltage on varicaps. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Stuck in LOCKED mode.
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• After changing transformer LP03 burns. TL31 disconnected, 7V on DP37 and 145V on DP41 OK. BU508AT5 has been replaced by BU508A but fault still persists.
• Dark screen.
• No channel storing. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Short lived line output transformer. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture menu appears every 2 mins without pressing any function.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• Insufficient amplitude in top part of picture. Settings OK.
• No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. TXT OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Instead of PIP, horizontal pink and green lines passing over picture and 1A39 numbers. The three windows occasionally shift towards centre of screen.
• Picture is slightly coloured. One line out of two is missing.
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (picture attached)
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• 4cm vertical bar on left of screen.
• No line oscillation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flickering picture. via AV.
• Convergence fault over 5cm at top of screen.
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Green picture.
• Slow start-up. (picture attached)
• PR1 flickers at switch on. No channel search. No RC, no channel display. Crackling from loudspeakers when changing programme and snow in screen.
• Appliance switches off sporadically and immediately starts again. After 3 times it can only be started by the mains switch. Fault occurs according to the picture content 2 to 20 times per day.
• Intermittent break after warming up for 10 to 15 minutes. Occasionally rectified, occasionally not rectified at all. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture has disappeared and there is a rainbow band in the middle of the screen.
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Comes on for a short time.
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Pulsates three times then PSU goes into safety mode. When warm TV starts up correctly.
• Intermittent unlocked colours.
• Power supply and EHT starts for a second then goes into standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black lines appear on the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• Snowy screen, line on left side, screen relatively dark.
• Appliance starts poorly, RC must be pressed for a long period of time. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture content and picture is dark.
• Display shows channel only. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At switch on, goes into standby and impossible to get out of it. After 5 mins, appliance starts up by itself and functions well. If stopped for a few secs, it works normally.
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Sticks on one channel. Sound ok. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (picture attached)
• PSU does not start right, even if existing drive pulse at LP 32. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Difficulty in starting up. Stereo light hardly lights up then 2 or 3 plops in the speakers then dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Partial blanking of video info. (with circuit diagram extract)
• EHT arrives then TV cuts out.
• To switch on TV from standby with RC it is necessary to press for a long time or several times on one channel.
• Top half of picture has squiggling verticals which alter with field shift/height. Picture may blank out with coloured lines dependent upon vertical shift position, accompanied by rasping noise from PSU!
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No signal on primary.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• After switch on horizontal tearing for 2 mins.
• Vertical lines shake. Tearing is greater in the top third of the picture. (picture attached)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Black bar (approx. 10cm) on the lower part of the screen. Picture position ok.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture. Colour OK .
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• Reacts to control commands with a time delay. After changing program site it takes approx 2 secs until picture is switched over and approx 6 secs until sound occurs.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• Faulty TXT.
• Protective circuit does not start up after bridging E-C of TL17 (BC548B). Protective circuit starts, if DL18 (ZPD36) is desoldered.
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right. Screen grid voltage (Ug2) is too small and cannot be adjusted to required value at test points Z5-Z7.
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Weak reception on channels 61, 64, 58. Channels 22, 25 and 28 ok. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• When you press the standby button the channel no is replaced by PR then returns on channel but does not go into standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Reduced horizontal size. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• How to get S1 or S2.
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• The 2 segments in the middle are always half lit except in standby.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok. (63FUTURA tips)
• Picture goes to top. At bottom edge approx 5cm black. No foldover. Linearity fault. (picture attached)
• On channels 21 to 51, hum, poor sound and distorted picture with black band. Perfect reception of channels above 51. VHF ok.
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line whistle. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Disable child lock.
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Blockage of bus I2C. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• No shutdown with RC. RC OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Works for some time then goes off, starts again then switches off.
• No sound. No picture. Also not via scart. Coloured stripes at top of screen.
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Rotating vertical stripes in picture.
• Frame jumping or twitching. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Only prismatic colours. Picture foldover.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• Display switches off after a few seconds. Display OK at channel switch-over but switches off after a few seconds.
• Changes program spontaneously and usually switches to PR7, after which front panel no longer works.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• Intermittent wide distortion lines on screen (like a defective HF cable). Image via scart OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (picture attached)
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (picture attached)
• Missing B-Y.
• Poor E/W adjustment. Amplitude varies according to the picture content.
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (picture attached)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Dark screen with a light spot at bottom of screen.
• EHT is present at start up but pulsates approx. 3 times while dimming then dead. (picture attached)
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• Loss of memory when you switch off the TV and in standby you need to be 5cm from the TV to start it up again despite the TV operating well. Battery is ok.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• In standby but no sound, colour and brightness memory. Channels are stored ok. The voltages around the EEPROM are ok. (63FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Remains in standby at switch on. No start up by the front controls or the RC. "Cloc" noise in the speaker. (picture attached)
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• Excessive HV.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance trips and NICAM lights appear to flash.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• No start-up with RC when a VCR with a cassette inserted is connected to the SCART socket. "PP?6" permanently on display.
• What to do to check safety on pin 28 of TEA.
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• Switches to standby. after start-up.
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Saturated screen with frame cramping. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance reacts to control commands with a time delay. After changing program site it takes approx 2 secs until picture is switched over and approx 6 secs until sound occurs.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only the green LED on.
• Pumps at start up then goes off.
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After switching off with the mains button, all programme sites are occupied with channel 1. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• No TXT. via SCART.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• Signal and sound are missing.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker.
• No AGC.
• Functions ok. When it is stopped and started up again immediately afterwards, pulsates three times then nothing.
• No picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound or picture. Dark screen. In scart with a VCR, normal sound but no picture. Raster appears faintly when the TV is switched off then switched on again immediately.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (part of circuit diagram displayed) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The picture goes wrong all the time in the vertical direction. A black band appears at the bottom. The capacitors at the level of the raster IC are ok. Solder joints have been redone.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black rapid flashing.
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• Bright horizontal stripes in lower picture part.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• Lines in picture. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No correct reading on the display.
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Interference dots and stripes at switch on in VHF. (service info for NORDMENDE -63FUTURA)
• Menu display in wrong language. (NORDMENDE - 63FUTURA information)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Smokes then switches off. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture from the bottom to the middle of the screen. Not possible to adjust the vertical amplification. Black screen to the middle of the screen then picture from the middle to the bottom of the screen.
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The display indicates 88.
• Picture stands out in the middle of the screen. Sound OK when warm but when cold there is blowing noise. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• Picture jitters.
• At switch on nothing on display of first channel then it displays 88. (picture attached)
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• Excessive horizontal size.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• No blue. (picture attached)
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical lines are jagged. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TP24 blows. Standby LED lights up then goes off at switch on.
• RC does not work correctly. It is necessary to press a few times, even when using another RC.
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No green colour. It returns but fades when contrast is set to max.
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune. (63FUTURA tips)
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Pulsates once with line transformer then line BU blows and power supply pulsates twice. When line transformer starts up for the first time, arcing between deflector and tube.
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• Standby light comes on then switches off both at switch on and stop.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flickering picture. Shuts down (after a few minutes).
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• Blue picture. Line at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Low image jitter in vertical sync. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• No start up. Standby LED flashes several times with a noise but no start up.
• Flyback lines. at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Functions in UHF up to channel 54, impossible on higher channels.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself. (63FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (picture attached)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (picture attached)
• Reduced horizontal deflection.
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (picture attached)
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.