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308764 / OTTOVERSAND [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 308764 / OTTOVERSAND.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Intermittently spots in picture or picture too wide.
  • Stuck in standby. intermittently. LED blinks orange .
  • No start-up. Standby and power LED simultaneously lit.
  • Whitewash effect. No sync and TXT.
  • Appliance has Teletext faults when receiving via a satellite system. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Fault in the power supply: transistor Q701 is defective again immediately after switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Vertical fails (line) when changing channels or with especially large jumps in brightness.
  • No picture and no sound. If appliance is switched off and on again, it functions faultlessly.
  • White splutters in the picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Poor or no start-up. Red LED lights, green LED lights up and then goes out. After 10-20 start-up attempts, switches on with E/W-error and functions for 10 mins. Mains transformer buzzes.
  • No picture. when cold. Vertical fault. after warm-up.
  • Horizontal stripes. at top.
  • White picture or no raster.
  • When switching to teletext the picture becomes completely black.
  • No picture and sound. Power LED green, then red again.
  • Parts of text lines disappear when using subtitles.
  • Fault via the S-VHS socket. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Vertical wavy lines at the top edge when cold (station logo is severely distorted). Picture (nearly) normal after a short time.
  • Picture hardly visible, it appears with coloured dots on white screen.
  • Multicoloured snow horizontally in the top third and vertically in the right third. Changes depending on picture content.
  • Only bright white picture. Sound, TXT and OSD OK.
  • Black screen. Horizontal line.
  • Dark blank raster.
  • Does not start intermittently, squeaks (hiccups) when starting from standby mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical collapse. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No picture. via tuner. Audio OK .
  • E/W fault.
  • No picture.
  • Bright picture. Flyback lines.
  • Q701 fails again.
  • Dead. Standby LED lit .
  • Occasionally remains on standby. No switch on with RC. Appliance operates after mains plug has been pulled out for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Intermittently fails.
  • No start-up.
  • Brightness increases and the picture becomes hazy. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stuck in standby. Power LED lit .
  • Ticking noise.
  • Mostly black screen with intermittent vertical bars. Picture sometimes goes completely blue. Sound is ok intermittently.
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • Horizontal phase shift adjustment - Service mode.
  • Only the standby-led burns. No start up, also no reaction with the remote.
  • Line end stage transistor.Q601 (2SD1546) fails.
  • No start-up from standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No picture. No synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Does not switch on. PSU works in Burst mode.
  • Grey picture without signal.
  • Picture geometry changes continuously, no picture content visible, lines visible, no synchronisation, at switch on/off fault symptoms change continuously. (with circuit diagram extract) (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Switches to protection mode.
  • No OSD. No TXT.
  • Poor start-up (needs approx 3-4 attempts).
  • Stripes in picture. at top. (picture attached) (308764 tips)
  • Power switch has to be switched 6-10 times when cold until appliance starts. (308764 tips)
  • Dead. after start-up. Standby LED lit .
  • Switches to standby. after start-up.
  • Dark picture.
  • Dead. Clicks 10 times, short pause, then clicks again without interruption.
  • When aerial connected appliance is locked onto one channel, manual and RCU controls do not function (RCU ok if aerial partially removed).
  • White screen and normal sound with aerial. Without aerial snow in the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture. No sound. Operating LED switches at start up, but stays red, not green.
  • PSU pulsates. Stuck in standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -308764)
  • Switches to standby. after a few seconds.
  • Poor linearity. (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • No E/W correction.
  • No functions.
  • No picture only bright even white screen. Teletext and sound ok.
  • Switches off by itself. in standby.
  • No picture, high voltage is present, vertical deflection is present. Cut off voltage is only 1.3V.
  • Disable the protective circuit.
  • Tripping. (picture attached)
  • Line end stage does not run
  • Picture shifted horizontally.
  • Occasionally a horizontal line visible for a short time. Then switches immediately to standby.
  • No start-up (intermittently).
  • Incorrect start-up. Screen flickers, cannot be controlled.
  • No vertical deflection.
  • Lines at top of picture. Light or blue picture or no sync or sound too quiet and control cannot be adjusted to quiet after switch on
  • S-correction adjustment - Service mode. (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Dim picture.
  • Shading in picture. (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • SERVICE mode adjustment. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No sound. Buzzing.
  • Flyback lines. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • Horizontal amplitude adjustment - Service mode. (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Weak contrast.
  • Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Line tearing. in the centre. (OTTOVERSAND - 308764 information)
  • Picture is too bright. G2 cannot be adjusted.
  • Horizontal lines. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -308764)
  • Horizontal line. (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • White screen. OSD OK .
  • Slow start-up. when cold.
  • Coloured lines. at top. (308764 tips)
  • Vertical size adjustment - Service mode.
  • Enter service mode.
  • Poor picture. Distorted picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -308764)
  • No picture (after warm-up).
  • Green LED lights up briefly at start up, then LED goes off and PSU pulsates.
  • Can be programmed, but only bright picture. Sound available for a short time by synchronisation. Picture available for a short time via scart. TXT OK.
  • Clicking noise.
  • No synchronisation. Audio OK .
  • No picture. No sound. Functions only after several restarts.
  • White screen. Audio and OSD OK .
  • Dark picture. Poor picture. Retrace lines.
  • Venetian blind effect, picture is hardly recognisable. Sound OK. Error occurs either via aerial and via scart.
  • Squealing from PSU.
  • Switches to standby. when cold. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Test line in top third of picture.
  • Excessive horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
  • Picture is bright. TXT bright on bright background. Video signal only dimly distinguishable.
  • No channel change or volume adjustment.
  • Blank raster.
  • Picture shifted horizontally. Colour fault.
  • Q701 S/C.
  • Instructions on how to activate SERVICE mode. (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Grey picture, diagonal stripes and torn edges. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No audio muting at switch over. No indication in the display eg. volume or Teletext. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Luminance and colour have shifted with respect to each other. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (308764 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Slow start-up.
  • Tuning menú does not appear. No TXT. No OSD.
  • Vertical lines. Vertical foldover at top and bottom.
  • No audio. No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical symmetry adjustment - Service mode.
  • Tripping (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Squeal from PSU. No other functions.
  • Certain stations cannot be reprogrammed.
  • Replacement of VCU2136A with VCU2133.
  • Trapezoid picture. at top.
  • Sychronous fault, on the right blanking interval.
  • Line tearing. at top.
  • Power supply hiccups. Does not leave standby.
  • Shuts down. intermittently.
  • No raster.
  • Lines in picture. at top. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -308764)
  • Shuts down. after start-up.
  • 150V cannot be adjusted.
  • Excessive horizontal size.
  • Switches to standby. after a while.
  • TV switches to teletext when switched on and after awhile jumps back to regular picture. TXT is fine.
  • Grey and white picture. No sync or TXT activity.
  • Bright white picture, very faint and speckled in appearance. Only red and blue flecks in test picture. (308764 tips)
  • Picture has horizontally shifted and has colour error.
  • Does not switch to standby. intermittently.
  • Arcing.
  • Line on left edge of picture.
  • Does not start or starts with incorrect values for vertical and horizontal deflection. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -308764)

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Last updated: 07. Jan 2009 20:33:16 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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