72FUTURA / NORDMENDE [TV]

• No display, no video, white screen. Flyback lines and no sound. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Instead of PIP, horizontal pink and green lines passing over picture and 1A39 numbers. The three windows occasionally shift towards centre of screen.
• Storing average values.
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• 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)
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Does not switch on and no standby. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• Some text pages not available. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• Excessive HV.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• At start up with mains switch or even during operation, snow appears on screen with loud cracking. OK when starting up from standby.
• 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. (picture attached)
• No video in HF or in scart.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• Slow channel change.
• Horizontal collapse. (picture attached)
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No NICAM stereo sound.
• Picture appears slowly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flyback line pulse does not correspond to the start of the base pulse controlling the line BU.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Slow start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The 2 segments in the middle are always half lit except in standby.
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• 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.
• No start-up. Pulsates 3 times in 3 secs.
• Picture is blurred. Smell of ozone.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• Vertical stripes on top.
• No synchronisation. in TXT. (picture attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Occasionally sound and picture crackling. (picture attached)
• Line output transistor S/C. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Verification of SERVICE mode for Thomson, Continental-Edison and Brandt.
• Vertical bars. No audio. Display OK .
• Display switches off after a few seconds. Display OK at channel switch-over but switches off after a few seconds.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Tripping. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• Very bright picture with frame flyback at switch on then height becomes reduced.
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• Makes 3 noisy tests then nothing.
• B/W in Canal Plus when codified. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No signal.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (picture attached)
• 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.
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Transistor TP24 fails after 15mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Linearity problem. Picture concentrated on three bands.
• Switches to standby. after start-up.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (picture attached) (72FUTURA tips)
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• Poor sound in CCIR. Sound ok in France. Fault decreases when warm.
• 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. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• No picture. Audio OK . (picture attached)
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No sound. No picture, only a horizontal line 3/4 from top of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• To remove the protective circuit.
• 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.
• Picture is shifted approx 5cm to the top. E/W and trapezium cannot be adjusted.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Appliance starts poorly, RC must be pressed for a longer period of time. (picture attached)
• No focus. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• Vertical lines shake. Tearing is greater in the top third of the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical position does not go high enough. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• In standby but no sound, colour and brightness memory. Channels are stored ok. The voltages around the EEPROM are ok.
• Fades out or very dim.
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• Looks like crt low emission. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• Impossible to tune French channels. Remains in CCIR. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• Top of screen displays 3 coloured flyback lines, may have scan coil rattle.
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio. No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (picture attached) (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• Black lines appear on the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ? (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• At switch on, starts up and EHT audible then dead. No standby LED. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Frame jumping or twitching. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour fault on PIP in SECAM.
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• Pumps at start up then goes off.
• Goes into safety mode after counting.
• Strong, horizontal slur on bright areas of screen.
• EHT starts 3 times then power supply cuts out. EHT disconnected. (picture attached)
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (picture attached)
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Drops out. Picture jitters. Picture becomes wider.
• No PIP.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• 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.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• At switch on appliance starts and EHT is heard then dies. No standby LED. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (picture attached)
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Light spot at centre of screen when TV stopped. Spot disappears immediately.
• 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.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Starts up, then TV goes into protection mode. Display does not get brighter.
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• 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.
• TV just displays LOCK.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• No functions. Standby LED flashes .
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• 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.
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• Primary power supply blows again.
• Switches to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Convergence fault over 5cm at top of screen.
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Shuts down. after a few seconds.
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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.
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Intermittent white screen with the picture in background.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture goes to top. At bottom edge approx 5cm black. No foldover. Linearity fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• EHT does not start.. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• PSU starts poorly.
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• Does not always start. Standby light flashes.
• Mains fuse and power supply S2000 blow at Power On.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• E/W fault, image amplitude cannot be controlled. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• Smearing in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark picture. (picture attached)
• No picture. TXT OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Dark picture. Colour OK .
• Intermittently TV starts up. Switches on and off 3 times. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply switches off.
• Dark screen with a light spot at bottom of screen.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (picture attached)
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• 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.
• 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.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• Nicam beacon flashing on/off rhymically especially at high beam current, sometimes hisses causing text to reset.
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• To switch on TV from standby with RC it is necessary to press for a long time or several times on one channel.
• Channels mistune after 2 days.
• Narrow horizontal stripes in picture.
• No picture. via SCART. OK via tuner .
• Appliance trips and NICAM lights appear to flash.
• Dead (after start-up).
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Missing B-Y.
• Rotating vertical stripes in picture.
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• 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.
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent break after warming up for 10 to 15 minutes. Occasionally rectified, occasionally not rectified at all. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Channel displayed only.
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Stuck in PAL. Impossible to display S2 with RC.
• Once ON/OFF switch is pressed, LED lights up then goes off.
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Stuck in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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.
• Vertical lines. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. via tuner. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Line transformer cuts out after 5 mins but display remains on. If started up agin, remains on for 5 mins then cuts out again.
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• No picture when switching to TXT.
• Picture is frozen or has large white horizontal bands. PiP function is OK at switch on then no longer appears.
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (picture attached)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• No vertical text lock. (picture attached)
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• At switch on picture is missing which intermittently returns. Sound ok.
• RF14 burns up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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 attached)
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (+ 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.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• After a few mins, switches off then starts up again. When this has happened 2 or 3 times, goes into standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Negative picture.
• No audio. OK via SCART .
• Input fuse blows again.
• After losing programming, displays channel 57 instead of 58 (9 has to be added each time to the display). Poor picture outlines.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Saturated picture and sound bands in the picture. Grains in the picture. Hum in sound on French programmes.
• No RC functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Scrolling with desynchronised sync.
• Brightness varies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• No start up of PSU. No standby light.
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (picture attached)
• TV becomes blocked momentarily wen using RC and front panel.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• No line oscillation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Impossible to change standard. Goes directly to CH.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Total breakdown. Standby can work for 1 hour or many hours. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (picture attached)
• Blows line output transformer.
• No functions, picture or sound. 88 on display.
• No horizontal amplification.
• Horizontal lines.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• U system voltage table.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• PR1 flickers at switch on. No channel search. No RC, no channel display. Crackling from loudspeakers when changing programme and snow in screen.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• No brightness (intermittently). (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• No green colour. It returns but fades when contrast is set to max.
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• No picture, uniform white screen in HF and scart.
• Always starts in G standard. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Red dot which disappears in the display at start up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No channel in band 5 and does not store the channel.
• TP48 fails after short time.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The display indicates 88.
• 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.
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• Disable electronic lock.
• Vertical roll. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it. (72FUTURA tips)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• Video fault.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Poor audio.
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start-up from standby. Standby LED does not light. No RC functions.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• Rotating vertical lines on whole image. If adjusted with potentiometer PF02, image in lower third looks correct. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is rolled up or folded over at the bottom.
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• No scanning and white bar on bottom of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• Speaker grill sparks.
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loses channel 1.
• No audio. via tuner. No picture. via SCART.
• Blue picture. Line at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (with circuit diagram extract) (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• No display. Audio OK .
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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)
• Black rapid flashing. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• VCR problems. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• White edge around characters on live picture. Reception OK by aerial.
• Vert. line ends pull upwards. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• No start-up from standby with RC.
• Snowy raster.
• Power supply and EHT starts for a second then goes into standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• Faulty raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture more and more snowy until it fails then with a black and white horizontal bar and hum in the sound. (picture attached)
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Disable child lock.
• Vertical deflection fails. Then only white lines in top half of picture.
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Functions in UHF up to channel 54, impossible on higher channels.
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Hum bar. (picture attached)
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• EHT arrives then TV cuts out.
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Shuts down.
• No PIP in TT mode, letter errors.
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Poor colour.
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Power supply fuse blown. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• Blows fuse. at start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• Signal and sound are missing.
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Black and white stripes on one channel when cold. OK on other channels.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• No synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Changes program spontaneously and usually switches to PR7, after which front panel no longer works.
• Trips 3 times.
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• Noise bar. intermittently. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• FBT starts up 3 times then nothing. (picture attached)
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Tuning drifts.
• PSU no sart up even if existing driver pulse at LP 32. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture and sound does not synchronise. No locking. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Crackling audio. intermittently. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line transformer has started up and TV cuts out.
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Does not switch on. Standby LED blinks weakly and very fast. Programs are lost when it starts.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (with circuit diagram extract) (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Corrupted TXT page number. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No blue. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No TXT. via SCART.
• No shutdown with RC. RC OK. (picture 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.
• RC does not work correctly. It is necessary to press a few times, even when using another RC.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• TP24 blows. Standby LED lights up then goes off at switch on.
• Fuse blows violently.
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (72FUTURA tips)
• Channel memory disappears. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Defective frequency plan.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• LED comes on, then immediately goes off at switch on and switch off.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• After bridgeing E-C of TL17 (BC548B) protective circuit does not start up any more.
• 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)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
• Strong picture impairment on top and bottom. It changes at control of E/W adjustment.
• No vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound. No picture in HF. Sound functions in scart. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rotating vertical stripes on the whole screen.
• Green picture.
• No audio (after start-up).
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply. (72FUTURA tips)
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Can not be switched on via power switch or RC.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (picture attached)
• Horizontal band almost at the top of the screen. Wavy band. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Red streaks on screen.
• Picture height below the centre of the screen. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• Low image jitter in vertical sync. (picture attached)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Reduced horizontal deflection.
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Faulty TXT.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• Dark screen.
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Protective circuit does not start up after bridging E-C of TL17 (BC548B). Protective circuit starts, if DL18 (ZPD36) is desoldered.
• Display shows channel only. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No line drive. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• OSD rolls. (picture attached)
• Appliance starts poorly, RC must be pressed for a long period of time. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line tearing in TXT.
• 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.
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (picture attached)
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• 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) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Unfocused raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Memory loss.
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Flyback lines. after a while. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TV lacks picture height when it is switched into scart via Canal plus through the VCR. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• VCR picture is distorted via scart, with distorted grain and faint colours.
• Snowy screen, line on left side, screen relatively dark.
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Various NICAM faults.
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No colour (via SCART).
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (picture attached)
• No horizontal deflection. Audio OK .
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No horizontal deflection.
• Picture is green, red or blue.
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• 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.
• At start-up PSU trips three times then goes into safety mode. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Sound is weak occasionally at start up. It must be increased to max. to hear it.
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Three coloured flyback lines at top of picture. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• After switching off with the mains button, all programme sites are occupied with channel 1.
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08 (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing.
• Vertical lines on top slightly oscillate.
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Screen is very snowy.
• No voltage on varicaps. (picture attached)
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• The power supply blocks.
• No tuning. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TDA4443 and IF blow after two or three days.
• No picture. Grey screen. Horizontal, white crossed lines in middle of screen. No snow. Sound ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• TV goes into safety mode or switches to Program 1 at channel switch-over via front panel or RC.
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Poor E/W adjustment. Amplitude varies according to the picture content.
• Pulsates three times then PSU goes into safety mode. When warm TV starts up correctly.
• No picture or the picture blows. (picture attached)
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• In black and white and unstable.
• Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• RP23 and RP28 overheat excessively. Power supply BU blows after some time.
• No contrast. (picture attached)
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Poor tuner reception on some channels (snow). Occasionally does not pick up certain channels when zapping. Channel display ok.
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line tearing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• First four inches of field scan is compressed; horizontally displaced verticals.
• OSD doubled in height. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (72FUTURA tips)
• No operation (intermittently).
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (picture attached)
• Pulsating picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Raster is bright blue.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blockage of bus I2C.
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display. (72FUTURA tips)
• 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.
• Deprogrammes once or twice a week. (72FUTURA tips)
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Rotating lines in upper part of picture.
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• Picture is too small with flyback lines. Diagonal coloured lines in top of picture.
• 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.
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (with circuit diagram extract)
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• Standby LED flickers fast.
• After switch on horizontal tearing for 2 mins.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• Vertical fault.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• Line BU blows after some time. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Menu display in wrong language.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal bar shifted down.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• Stuck in LOCKED mode.
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• Various video faults. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Intermittent fault of the function display on the screen.
• Picture geometry problems. (72FUTURA tips)
• Low gain.
• No brightness.
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor RC sensitivity.
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (picture attached)
• Poor focus. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Large horizontal bars which even run through in AV. Sound ok.
• Vertical collapse. (picture attached)
• Power supply doesn't start up. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Green picture in HF and in scart.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• 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. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (picture attached)
• Crackling audio.
• No power supply, chopper power supply transformer, nothing at the output. 140V on the collector of S2000 of the line transformer.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture has disappeared and there is a rainbow band in the middle of the screen.
• No AGC.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• 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.
• SAT switch over is defective.
• Partial blanking of video info. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• Raster is blank only a half inch picture showing.
• No picture. (picture attached)
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Goes into safety mode after pulsating 3 times.
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (with circuit diagram extract) (72FUTURA tips)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (picture attached)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• 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.
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top. (72FUTURA tips)
• Occasionally wide interference lines appear on the screen (similar to a defective HF cable). Picture via scart ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Difficult start up. Sometimes red light flashes for several mins and EPROM deprograms. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 4cm vertical bar on left of screen.
• No E/W correction. Distorted picture.
• Everything functions except the display. Display disappears progressively after changing channel and has disappeared completely after 15 secs precisely. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blocked in LL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Picture jitters.
• No green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Standby light flashes. Power supply ok.
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Line transformer does not start up.
• Video information is partially blanked out. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• No start-up with RC when a VCR with a cassette inserted is connected to the SCART socket. "PP?6" permanently on display.
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker.
• Blows fuse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Rainbow colours at lower image edge; elsewhere no colour. (picture attached)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally no start up. LED comes on then goes off immediately. Necessary to wait and switch on again. Then functions correctly.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Distorted text page numbers.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• No OSD and no TXT or no TXT sync and OSD.
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• The power supply transformer trembles. (picture attached)
• Remains in standby. Error is displayed. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Loss of channel 1.
• Protective circuit starts up.
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Red picture (after a while).
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Sometimes deprogrammes at switch on.
• 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. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Rainbow on the screen.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• No picture content and picture is dark.
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Characteristics of the rechargeable battery.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Picture is missing, dull coloured areas only.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Functions ok. When it is stopped and started up again immediately afterwards, pulsates three times then nothing. (72FUTURA tips)
• Excessive horizontal size.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (picture attached)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (with circuit diagram extract) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Remains in standby at switch on. No start up by the front controls or the RC. "Cloc" noise in the speaker. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• No red. (picture attached)
• No E/W correction. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Pincushion distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No start up. Standby LED flashes several times with a noise but no start up.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Interference in picture. intermittently.
• Dead (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• 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.
• On channels 21 to 51, hum, poor sound and distorted picture with black band. Perfect reception of channels above 51. VHF ok.
• Only prismatic colours. Picture foldover. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Random OSG. Sound output is low.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• EHT is present at start up but pulsates approx. 3 times while dimming then dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No signal on primary.
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• White line in background of picture going from top to bottom with wavy picture.
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (picture attached)
• 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.
• Sound is extremely weak with tube noise. TV picture ok.
• No picture after TXT change over.
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (picture attached)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Picture has thin black lines across which arc intermittently.
• 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)
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• No N/S correction. (picture attached)
• Saturation in F standard and tube noise in Europe standard. (picture attached)
• No front panel function. RC OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blurry picture.
• No start-up. Standby LED flashes . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical lines are jagged. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No reception and the display is in German. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Field scan is poor with diagonal RGB lines across screen.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• Insufficient amplitude in top part of picture. Settings OK.
• At switch off with the RC, shows odd segments in the display and cannot be switched on with the RC.
• Only snow on screen. Channels are correct.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• LED display characters are back to front. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No start-up (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TP24 fails at switch on.
• Reduced horizontal size. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Smokes then switches off. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Functions correctly but does not start up again via RC once in standby. RC functions normally when TV on.
• Saturated screen with frame cramping. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Weak reception on channels 61, 64, 58. Channels 22, 25 and 28 ok. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Bright horizontal stripes in lower picture part.
• Picture detuned on all channels. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No or poor synchronisation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• 2V-16V varicap U voltage at collector of TT12.
• 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!
• Severe patterning on picture with silvering on white areas. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• Flickering picture. via AV.
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound. No picture. Also not via scart. Coloured stripes at top of screen.
• 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)
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (picture attached)
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sticks on one channel. Sound ok.
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Interference dots and stripes at switch on in VHF.
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black bar (approx. 10cm) on the lower part of the screen. Picture position ok.
• Picture is missing, only lines approximately 2 inches part. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Occasionally the picture disappears and 3 white wavy horizontal lines appear for a few seconds. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Image is shifted up; at the bottom there is a black edge, approx. 5 cm wide. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not store settings.
• Green is missing, background is magenta.
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• No locking. Reception disappears and returns jerkily.
• RP42 blowing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Short lived line output transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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)
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Picture can be moved up but not down as it has shifted.
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• No correct reading on the display.
• 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. (picture attached)
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (picture attached)
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• What to do to check safety on pin 28 of TEA.
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Pulses 3 times then goes into safety mode. Abnormal line pulses on line BU with noise.
• No OSD (intermittently). Low audio. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• 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.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• No stereo LED operation.
• PSU pulsates three times and goes into safety mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• Grey scale poor and excessive brightness on teletext.
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Flickering picture. Shuts down (after a few minutes).
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• Starts up after several attempts but screen is black.
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Works for some time then goes off, starts again then switches off.
• Flyback lines. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Intermittent wide distortion lines on screen (like a defective HF cable). Image via scart OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Low brightness. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Bright horizontal stripe at the bottom of the picture.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Vertical collapse and crackle at switch on. Horizontal noise bars and lack of vertical amplitude.
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (picture attached) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• No raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• How to get S1 or S2.
• Empty lines in top part of picture. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• TP24 is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (72FUTURA tips)
• Horizontal line. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• No raster with text board fitted. (picture attached)
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• 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.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• Pop at switch on.
• Corrective maintenance aid.
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (picture attached)
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• No image after switching to TXT. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Echo on picture.
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (picture attached)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Picture white out.
• No search possible, snow. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Top half of picture compressed and incorrect verticals.
• Dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. intermittently. (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• PSU does not oscillate correctly although the drive pulses are present at LP 32 . (picture attached)
• Switches to protection mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Intermittent unlocked colours. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Cycles on/off.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (picture attached)
• Fuse FP05 and TP24 (S2000) S/C.
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for NORDMENDE -72FUTURA)
• Vertical foldover at top.
• Power supply blows intermittently (3 times max) when warm or cold.
• Standby does not function. (When standby command received the LED and picture flickers). (picture attached) (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• No HV. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black lines on 3, 2 and 1.
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound. (NORDMENDE - 72FUTURA information)
• Hiss in audio.
• PSU transistor fails after 4-5 days. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Difficulty in starting up. Stereo light hardly lights up then 2 or 3 plops in the speakers then dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (72FUTURA tips)
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• Picture menu appears every 2 mins without pressing any function.
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (picture attached)
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (picture attached)
• Picture is slightly coloured. One line out of two is missing.
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.*** (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive. (72FUTURA tip from NORDMENDE)
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Line whistle. (picture attached)
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No function. Impossible to switch to SERVICE mode.
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Comes on for a short time.
• 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.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Picture shifted vertically. (picture attached)
• Intermittently wide interference stripes appear on screen. Picture OK via scart.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (picture attached)
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Only the green LED on. (72FUTURA NORDMENDE repair tip)
• Standby light comes on then switches off both at switch on and stop.
• No programming.
• Excessive green. (with circuit diagram extract)
• At switch on nothing on display of first channel then it displays 88. (with circuit diagram extract)
• E/W fault.
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (picture attached)
• PSU does not start right, even if existing drive pulse at LP 32. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• When you press the standby button the channel no is replaced by PR then returns on channel but does not go into standby. (picture attached)
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rainbow colours at upper image edge, elsewhere no image. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• IG01 blows 2-3 secs after switch on.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Low HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.