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7000 SPECTRA / NORDMENDE [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 7000 / NORDMENDE.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Switches off or cannot be started up.
  • Horizontal bright stripe in the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittently image and sound disappear. Then only dark flickering. knocking makes screen completely dark. Image conitues appearing if brightness key is pressed. Black/ white only. Image and sound normal again, also if key COLOUR is pressed.
  • No picture. No audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Very short, faint crackle at switch on from standby
  • Picture is disturbed. Vertical lines are wavy. Picture improves when appliance is warm.
  • Moire pattern.
  • Switches off after about 30 mins. If restarted immediately will function for a short time then switches off again.
  • Appliance does not start up intermittently, or attempts to start up 3 times.
  • No blue in the scale of colours. Grey wedge OK. A picture recorded via scart on an external appliance is in order. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture appears only after several restarts or after operating picture search.
  • Intermittently dead. (picture attached)
  • The PSU collapses when the load is changed.
  • Drop out in picture.
  • Black and white picture on channels C46 to C51.
  • Picture interference plus noise on sound.
  • No TXT.
  • Vertical fault.
  • No function. Appliance fails very quickly twice. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After switching over station has disappeared. After switching off and on again station returns.
  • Does not receive any channel. Everything OK via SCART.
  • How to store picture adjustment values.
  • Occasionally loud cracking and noise in the sound, also when the volume is turned down. (7000 tip from NORDMENDE)
  • Only 7 to 10 raster lines in centre of picture. Lines are moving and are not close together (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No sound. Picture OK.
  • Switches off by itself. constantly.
  • With low brightness and contrast, the UHF range is affected by distortion up to channel 28. At maximum brightness, the picture is ok. (picture attached)
  • Slow start-up.
  • Wide dark stripes on left side of picture.
  • No picture. (picture attached)
  • Flickering, flaring, brightness and contrast changes in picture or white with flyback lines.
  • Single straight line 2 inches from top of screen.
  • No RC functions.
  • Dead, low whistling.
  • Line tearing.
  • No new channels can be adjusted, no reception but old channels however are stored. (7000 tips)
  • Switches off by itself. Knock sensitive.
  • Immediate S/C. Brief HT, then standby. (with circuit diagram extract) (7000 tips)
  • The PSU pulsates very faintly three times a second. Power processor, quartz, LOPT and BUs have already been replaced unsuccessfully. Mains transformer and flyback transformer have been completely resoldered. (7000 NORDMENDE repair tip)
  • Vertical collapse. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittent white, horizontal line in the middle of the picture, otherwise dark.
  • Vertical roll.
  • Horizontal collapse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Horizontal stripe.
  • No picture and no sound. The mains relay does not pull in.
  • Poor picture contrast, picture can hardly be seen. Becomes a little bit better with more brightness. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Snow in picture. intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (NORDMENDE - 7000 information)
  • Dark picture. on upper half screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No horizontal synchronisation.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • Pincushion distortion.
  • Roaring audio.
  • No light during max. contrast and brightness. Faint picture. Picture present via scart. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (7000 NORDMENDE repair tip)
  • Horizontal stripes at 3-4cm distance. Dark picture. Loud chirping in line transformer. (NORDMENDE - 7000 information)
  • S/C in PSU. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Battery dead.
  • The top half of the picture is rainbow coloured and cannot be adjusted.
  • Blank screen (no field scan) and smell of overheating. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Functions only after several attempts.
  • Switches on 3x for a short time, then goes to protective circuit.
  • E/W fault.
  • Versucht 3 times to start up, then remains off.
  • No or intermittent start-up. Switches off by itself. after a few seconds. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • One colour missing.
  • Appliance switches briefly on three times and switches to protection mode.
  • After some time, switches off and then sometimes switches on again by itself. Dragging sound. Slight frame cramping. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Snow in picture. Noise in audio. after a few minutes.
  • No start-up (intermittently).
  • No picture. No audio (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture is dim and faint.
  • No start-up. Standby LED flashes .
  • Zig Zag verticals.
  • Poor audio. Noise in audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Visible television picture in TXT (display shows lines).
  • Occasionally the East/West scanning fails.
  • Random clicks with Nicam sound. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • Dark picture without colour. AV picture visible, without colour, dark and only intermittently visible picture noise.
  • Picture is shifted. Linearity fault. (7000 NORDMENDE repair tip)
  • Unsteady frame scan, lines may be present.
  • Bright picture. Stripes in picture.
  • No function. Faint whistle.
  • No reception. in VHF.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Horizontal picture amplitude cannot be adjusted. E/W is defective. (7000 tips)
  • Power supply end stage transistor TP24 (S2000AF) fails after approx 15 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Dark picture. after a while. (7000 tips)
  • No vertical deflection.
  • Picture is overmodulated when picture content is bright. Picture flickers intermittently black.
  • No channels visible. Dark picture, without colour. AV picture visible, without colour, dark and intermittently only picture noise.
  • White stripes on the top of picture, which spin. After approx. 5 seconds picture becomes dark.
  • No synchronisation.
  • Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No E/W correction.
  • Sound fails. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • Horizontal output stage transistor fails repeatedly after few days/weeks without any apparent reason.
  • No OSD. No TXT.
  • Focus problems. (7000 NORDMENDE repair tip)
  • Picture dark and line visible in the top part. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture and sound are missing, raster ok.
  • All settings (colour/sound etc.) set to 0.
  • Y is missing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Distorted field linearity. (picture attached)
  • No indication. Blue picture with flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Noise bars.
  • Poor vertical linearity.
  • The stations cannot be memorized.
  • When the appliance has been on for approx. 10 minutes it quits and then comes on again on channel 1. This reoccurs in quick succession and then stays off completely after the third time. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture visible in 1" strip at left hand side of screen, rest blanked.
  • After light spot when turning off. (7000 tip from NORDMENDE)
  • Failure to start up. Standby LED flashes at about 1Hz when appliance switched on at mains. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Flashing "PS" in display in standby. Switches off after a short while. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture on lower half of screen. Top half picture OK.
  • Lines flash on picture, may not affect all channels.
  • Starts up three times then switches off. Protection mode activated. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Tuning drifts, patterning.
  • Pulsates 2 up to 3 times, otherwise no function.
  • Intermittently appliance switches off, one or two times per day. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Picture collapsed to a 5 cm horizontal line in picture centre.
  • No functions. (picture attached)
  • No tuning. in UHF. VHF OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No vertical deflection. when cold. (picture attached)
  • Does not switch to standby. (NORDMENDE - 7000 information)
  • Incorrect picture size.
  • Intermittent serrated vertical edges in picture.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • Dark and colourless AV picture. Occasionally only interference visible. No channel display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No channel search and no band switching possible. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • Occasionally picture becomes very narrow (East-West). (picture attached)
  • Poor, noisy stereo sound. Sounds distorted. Mono OK. (7000 tip from NORDMENDE)
  • Jagged picture vertically.
  • Power supply pulsates 3 times, then no further function.
  • Height drifts.
  • Dead or trips. (7000 NORDMENDE repair tip)
  • Noise in audio. at low volume.
  • Colour flickers, Picture I ok, picture III cannot be adjusted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • After few mins of starting up, only half picture at bottom of screen. PSU chirps.
  • Contrast problems.
  • Goes back to standby after approx. 5 minutes and then can be switched on again via the remote control. After a while the appliance switches off again and the situation repeats. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • Pulsates 2-3 times and switches off.
  • Powers up with burning smell, then dead. Mains ON/OFF switch inoperative. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Trapezoid picture.
  • Enter service mode.
  • Bright line in the lower part of the picture.
  • Switches to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal linearity fault.
  • Blue picture. Flyback lines. No display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture too dark. Blooming with full contrast.
  • Black screen. after a few minutes.
  • Erratic convergence values in the top third of the picture.
  • Switch on condition of the primary power supply.
  • Faulty TXT.
  • No audio. intermittently. Noise in audio. Knock sensitive.
  • Switches to protection mode. at start-up. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • Popping noise at switch on.
  • Blurred picture with lines and hardly visible. Very dark.
  • Appliance has drop out. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture, no sound. No stations are found during station search. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Image position adjusts itself vertically wrong.
  • No luminance but colour is present. No signal on TR47, but 12V is present. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No HV. (service info for NORDMENDE -7000)
  • Dancing white horizontal lines on a stripe which is approx 10cm wide. Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No start-up from standby. PSU ticking. at start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally IF fault. (picture attached)
  • Image compressed horizontally. Insufficient width approx 1cm on left and right of screen.
  • Channels cannot be switched over. Channel display stops on channel 5.
  • Irregular sound mute. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Loud noise or crackling in the speaker during stereo transmissions.
  • No function. Trips three times. (picture attached)
  • The picture is intermittent and jitters.

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Last updated: 07. Jan 2009 20:54:29 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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