309111 / OTTOVERSAND [TV]

• Black screen.
• Trips then attempts to start three times. (picture attached)
• Approx. 2cm of picture are missing on the top edge. Stripes with bright background (linearity fault).
• Shuts down (after a few seconds).
• UHF search is correct but no channel memory. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Fails completely or switches to stand-by and tries to start intermittently.
• R807 burnt.
• Sometimes channels run though and remain in PAL B-G. Controls ok when tuning. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Chopper transistor S/C. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Tuner drifts after 10 mins and then fails after a short time.
• The tuner drifts out of tune after working for 5 minutes.
• Intermittent TXT contrast variations.
• Vertical collapse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches off by itself. after start-up.
• No channel available after changing channel. Ok when appliance cold. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 4A fuse blows on PSU.
• No brightness. intermittently.
• Service information. Details of nicam adaptable sets.
• Shuts down after approx 20 mins with standby light flickering. No RC operation.
• Transistor (2SD1548) in power supply S/C. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• No picture (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The PSU hiccups constantly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Reduced vertical size. when cold.
• Snowy effect on all programmes.
• Hiccups after a few mins (picture folds over). Power supply voltage seems to collapse. Continues to do so, nothing seems to become hot.
• No synchronisation. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• Picture disappears leaving only channel number. (picture attached)
• Dead. after lightning strike. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• No video signal on CRT for 3-4 mins at start up from warm or cold. Picture appears with flyback lines. (picture attached)
• Picture fades out but comes back slowly with auto grey scale correction visible if hit. (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• Pulse on the collector of the line power transistor but stops immediately. 135V is correct. Supplies in 15V. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• EHT rises then falls, appliance goes dead.
• At programming the stations brightness varies in the same time with blinking program display.
• Raster bowed at the sides, with only the left hand quarter picture showing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. Comes on in standby when switched on from socket.
• No aerial, ok in scart. Search ok but does not stop. When cold only some sound for 3 or 4 secs.
• No picture. OSD OK .
• Screen flashes with smearing then eventually goes blank. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Automatic channel search does not stop. Picture is black/white in operation.
• A humbar appears in the picture when there is low brightness. Intermittent picture roll.
• Intermittently not switching on from standby. When channel is selected standby light goes out and the set becomes apparently dead, although ht is still present. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line output transistor fails intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Jagged picture. (picture attached)
• R807 o/c. D803 s/c. Value of R807 and D803.
• At start up functions for a few mins then no reception. Functions normally via scart, all the functions are ok. No snow, no thermal tube noise, no reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black, horizontal lines in the picture. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• Loss of power supply.
• Excessive vertical size.
• Flickering horizontal lines. (309111 tips)
• Top of picture elongated. Bottom OK.
• Black screen. Sound OK. Loud crackle in speakers at switch off with RC.
• Starts up at Power On then switches off immediately after. It takes 2 or 3 minutes to start up again.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• New program no. is displayed after program switch-over, but no reception, not even at scart socket output.
• No signal. via RF output. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• Negative picture. when cold.
• Reduced horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
• Dark screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches off by itself.
• Switches off by itself. after a while.
• Drifting. (picture attached)
• Noisy transformer. Standby noise from srt. (picture attached)
• Drifting after a certain time.
• No horizontal synchronisation.
• Dark screen and no sound in UHF and negative picture in VHF after working for a few hours or days.
• No start-up (intermittently).
• Red standby LED flashes constantly after switch on. If it is switched on with RC, LED goes out, but appliance does not start.
• Poor vertical linearity.
• No picture. No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• One colour cuts out or picture gets darker. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Screen very white, scart is OK. Picture and sound ok in station search. After PB again completely white and no sound.
• To confirm that the power supply is working.
• LED flashes for a few seconds then appliance goes dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No NICAM.
• No start-up. Protection mode activated. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel search ok in UHF and VHF but impossible to store channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• High voltage is built up, then goes off immediately.
• Power supply does not start up, nor with lamp on 135V. (picture attached)
• Occasionally picture is distorted and there is no contrast. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Blank screen.
• White screen. Scart OK. At channel search, picture and sound are OK. After storing, picture white again and no sound.
• Hum in audio. in standby.
• Line transformer starts up for 2 secs then stops. Power supply voltages ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• Right side of picture is dark. Pincushion fault on the left.
• No picture. after warm-up.
• R624 is unsoldered. No obvious s/c. Primary HT is ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture drifting after a certain time.
• Channels slightly drift off tune after short time, then noise in sound and no colour.
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• No or poor sync.
• Slow start-up. Negative picture. intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU does not start up. No standby. Degausssing is audible.
• Line in picture, at 1/3 from top of screen.
• Arcing.
• Vertical collapse. intermittently. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Stuck in standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Interference in TXT. Searches picture but random characters. Some lines OK.
• Volume and muting controls not responding but OSG show operation correctly.
• Dark picture. Program display available. No reaction either to RC and to control panel.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
• Switches to standby. at start-up.
• Set stuck on channel 11 and no response to either the front controls or the remote control unit.
• No picture. on the right. No E/W correction.
• Shuts down. (309111 tips)
• The whole picture was covered by fine,shimmering horizontal black lines. (picture attached)
• No picture, no sound or fails when warm.
• PSU pulsates. (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• No vertical deflection.
• Intermittent loss of video preceded by a broken up negative picture.
• Intermittent drift.
• Voltage switches on for a short time and switches off again. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply starts up but immediately switches off. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture goes dark then disappear but OK when warm.
• There is a problem with mono/stereo identification when receiving a stereo transmission (PAL B/G). (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• Searches for channels continuously. intermittently.
• Flickering colours. Flickering picture.
• LED lights up and then switches off when switching to standby. Appliance does not start up again unless it is completely switches off for 3 minutes. Functions OK if standby switching is not used.
• Standby LED lights up after a while. No switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Noise bar. (picture attached)
• Tuner drift in frequency. Channel search is impossible. CTV still indicates auto, channels run through but no memory.
• No power on AC. The majority of flyback transformers changed are not faulty.
• Ocassionally no signal on screen. No thermal tube noise, no sound. Channel indication ok. In UHF search correct channel obtained but it disappears again after it has been stored.
• Only snow on channel 2 and 3 (band VHF1).
• Dead, only standby LED flashes 2 times repeatedly.
• No picture. Sound ok. Screen is red or sometimes red before picture failure.
• PSU does not oscillate.
• Tuner IF AGC fault. Distorted picture unable to lock. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No functions. after lightning strike. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• All (-) keys inoperative.
• Fizzling at start-up. Switches to standby.
• No G2 power supply. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• No raster. No OSD. (with circuit diagram extract) (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• O/W is defective.
• No picture channel. OSD OK.
• No subtitles with the "Subtitles for the hard of hearing" decoder. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• Vertical fault. Reduced vertical size. after a while.
• Horizontal jitter. Picture rolls. intermittently (after warm-up).
• Picture too small. at top.
• OSD is green. Streaking in picture.
• Errors on vertical and horizontal picture. (309111 tips)
• Standby LED on for 2 secs then switches off. No start up. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Stretched field.
• Buzz in audio. intermittently.
• Trips. at start-up.
• Switches to standby. after a while.
• Dead. Trips. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Linearity error.
• Spontaneously goes to AV-2.
• Goes to black and white, sound shifts and groans, similar to tuner drift.
• Picture disappears after approx 2 mins. First colours start to roll and sound disappears. (picture attached)
• Impossible to memorize the channels, the other functions are normal. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• No picture. intermittently. (picture attached)
• White lines in the centre of the screen on unsynchronized channels.
• Horizontal line or black band at upper picture part. Distorted vertical deflection.
• Negative picture. intermittently.
• Channels change at random.
• Black screen. Displays "N" for programme. Via scart also.
• Impossible to receive L standard without thermal tube noise. B/G standard is received but search does not stop.
• Switches off after 15 mins and can be switched on again only after 15 mins.
• Vertical roll.
• Poor picture in band I and III (channels 2 and 4)
• R807 (1K) burns as soon as appliance starts up.
• Power problem. D board burnt around R614 and R653. B+ line and vent holes must be intact, and at least 5mm of print on hv line to srt. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Red picture. Dark screen. after a while.
• Low brightness and orange coloured picture.
• Horizontal jitter in picture (twitched picture) and sometimes vertical sync dropout after warming up.
• Cramped raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. R807 (1K/1W) heats up.
• Drifs off tune, search tunes up but not down.
• Picture reduction at the bottom.
• Starts up. LED does not flash.
• Flyback lines through a weak picture with too much brightness.
• Green picture. Retrace lines.
• Line tearing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. LED flashes twice .
• No vertical sync if picture has strong contrast.
• Low contrast. when cold. Focus problems.
• No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply trips approx 3 times, then goes dead.
• Picture severely cramped at the bottom of the screen and stretched at the top. (picture attached)
• Appliance not functioning, burnt R807. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No TXT. (picture attached)
• Good power supply 135V, 14V and 7V. No sound, no picture, IC001 has been changed. Pin 16 3V instead of 0V Q606 and Q605 0.6 on the base.
• No power supply on jungle-IC, no drive pulses on the line transistor.
• Venetian blinds via AV1. Stripes when switching from one programme site to another.
• No E/W correction. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Noisy and distorted sound.
• No start-up from standby.
• E/W fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not decode Canal Plus on scart 1.
• Picture drifts on all channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• No horizontal synchronisation. No vertical synchronisation.
• No operating voltage in the vertical stage.
• Black picture, OSD OK, works fine after a while. No fault when cold.
• Switches to protection mode.
• Dark/blurred/no picture. Smell of burning
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• No picture. intermittently. Intermittent audio.
• No raster.
• Horizontal line or black stripe in upper part of picture. Distorted vertical deflection.
• Green OSD, streaking.
• Lines in picture.
• No picture. Sound ok. CRT heaters lit. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor convergence.
• New type of stand-off resistor.
• No or intermittent start-up.
• No RC functions. (picture attached)
• Incorrect tuning or goes to muting.
• Trips a few times, then no function.
• Horizontal roll.
• Dark picture. (picture attached)
• Negative picture.
• Picture ok on switch on but no text after a few minutes. Picture goes to black raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Drop out. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Motorboating noise from speakers. in standby. (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Mains fuse blows instantly. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Frame output chip blown repeatedly.
• Resistor, diode, line transformer have been changed. TV functions for 5 mins, picture gradually turns red then nothing. When picture present, no sound. Resistor has burnt.
• No vertical and horizontal sync. Lines only and picture running.
• Functions correctly for 10-15 mins, then at channel change screen becomes black and sound is absent. OK via scart.
• Small screen, only 10cm. (309111 tips)
• No reception.
• Flyback lines. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical fault. (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• Only snow at band I operation.
• D803 heats up and is leaky. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches on, EHT present momentarily then set switches off. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (309111 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
• No horizontal deflection. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loss of picture after some time when switching channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent Nicam sound dropout or crackling, set going off tune, picture going dark or negative.
• Switches off by itself. after a few seconds.
• Switches off straight away again after switching on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Teletext is missing, page number only. (picture attached)
• No response to RC: incorrect functions in VOL+ and PROGRAMME-. Picture appears slowly and vertical lines are warped. (picture attached)
• When the appliance has operated for a certain time a slight hum can be heard from the speaker. The volume varies on both mono and stereo.
• Picture fails or is distorted intermittently. Via scart OK. Knock sensitive.
• After a while, picture becomes dark and dragged (like when it is out of adjustment). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Automatic tuning problem. Not stopping in search, may also drift on the stations that are in the memory, although OK at channel change. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark picture. OSD and TXT OK .
• Noise in stand-by mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour (intermittently).
• Distorted picture.
• Programming the basic values after exchanging the memory IC SDA 2546
• Dark picture. after warm-up (intermittently).
• Poor frame linearity at start up and screen compressed in the middle for 5 minutes.
• The appliance intermittently drifts out of frequency.
• No synchronisation.
• Jagged picture effect, the picture is broken into sawteeth or wriggles in a random way. Fault can be intermittent. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No function. Pulsates and standby LED lights up approx. 3 times, then no function.
• Flickering, horizontal black lines over the picture.
• Intermittently dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture and sound sync. Picture goes black and white. No channel tuning in search.
• Appliance buzzes in standby. It is OK in operation.
• Distorted audio.
• Drifts after a few mins. No search possible when fault present. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stretched field scan from centre to top of screen with no field scan from centre to bottom.
• Distorted picture. Low contrast. Fault occurs intermittently. . (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Picture takes longer and longer to come on. Come on instantly if A1 control is turned up or down.
• No functions. Standby LED lit .
• Intermittent colour. (309111 tips)
• Bright picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Field striations across the top of screen.
• Sound becomes louder, sound crackles, OSD also changes.
• TV OK after a few days at rest then after 2 minutes power supply crackles and stops.
• Lines in picture. on the left half screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tripping.
• Streaks on picture, becomes dark and sometimes even switches off. (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Trips. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• G2 voltage missing.
• Picture and sound fail. (picture attached)
• Intermittent picture roll. Then picture is negative and occasionally no picture.
• Appliance goes dead after approx 1 second. (picture attached) (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• PSU chirps. LEDs flash.
• TV picture remains in TXT mode and does not change channels.
• Intermittently set will not come on either from switch on or from standby. May work correctly for several days then not come on. (picture attached)
• Horizontal lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor tuning at switch on. Tuning OK after approx 30 secs.
• No reception after approx. 5 mins after switch over. Search is on UHF end. Program ok at switch on.
• Scart plug 1 does not work. Neutral screen with symbol 1 displayed on screen during Canal Plus or when VCR is in PB.
• Blue picture. Flyback lines.
• White line. at bottom.
• Distorted picture. Top is stretched, foldover at bottom.
• Takes too long to start up. After approx. 10 min. starts up suddenly.
• Stuck in standby. LED blinks . (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Picture appears slowly. Audio OK .
• Linearity fault. Upper section of picture is too wide and lower section compressed.
• Picture and sound cut out after a few mins when the channel no is displayed, returns to normal a little later. Appear not to be any defective solder joints. (picture attached)
• No picture and no sound. Channel LED lights up. Brightness present when pressing control key. Pattern OK via scart. It sometimes re-starts. No sensitive to shock.
• When tuning after finding the desired channel, if you press the memory button everything disappears instead of fixing the picture.
• TXT switch-over is defective. Only TXT characters, or intermittently only TV picture available.
• No functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or vision, tuning searches but no signal present. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio. No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance failed with a violent flash on screen and ominous fizzing noise.
• Black picture with programme indication after approx 15 mins. Snow briefly when switched from TXT to TV.
• Intermittent loss of picture/sound. Fault could be produced when main panel flexed. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Synchronisation is poor, field roll and drifting AFC. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No oscillation at start up.
• No TXT. intermittently.
• No picture and no sound. Red LED lights up when changing channel. Noise from appliance when switching TV off.
• Faint/intermittent picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Burning smell. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor focus.
• Picture runs through and is intermittently negative.
• No brightness.
• When high brightness signal is received through the front Y/C socket, field synchronisation becomes unstable.
• Poor linearity. at top. (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Circuit protectors PS601 and PS602 are open circuit.
• The appliance makes a noise during standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Flyback lines and preset brightness level is wrong. (picture attached) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Picture reduced vertically and horizontally. The remaining 2/3 is black. Sound OK.
• Switches off by itself. in standby (after a while).
• M58655P blows at switch on. 5V ok, -33V slight pollution on pin 2, ok on other side of R062. CLOCK and DATA ok.
• No volume control by RC and front panel but OSD works. (picture attached)
• No audio. intermittently.
• Intermittent voltage at secondary PSU.
• Bright red raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor linearity or geometry. Frame linearity fault. Usually only occurs in sets which are more than two years old. (picture attached)
• Switches to PAL after a long time or no sound and no RC.
• Channels change suddenly or random OSD.
• Switches off. No standby display. (309111 tips)
• White streaks on picture and no visual lock on channel.
• After operating for a few minutes the TV switches to black and white then makes a rumbling noise. (picture attached)
• Several dry joints in HF section, on the main chassis in PSU, on line output stage and on power smoothing IC.
• Shuts down. intermittently.
• Intermittently no picture, no sound at switch over. Picture and sound OK via AV. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• Screen is dark after switch on, after approx 10 mins it is blue with flyback lines and becomes brighter. After other 10 mins appliance functions faultlessly for 30 mins, then picture is completely bright with flyback lines.
• Shuts down. after a few seconds. No LED lit.
• Green component of picture varies or none at all. (picture attached) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Reduced vertical size. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• Memory loss. after a few minutes.
• Appears dead but blank raster if brilliance increased.
• Vertical lines have shifted zigzag to the left and right after warming up. (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• R807 blows intermittently every couple of months on the G2 circuit.
• When TV switched off by ON/OFF switch, starts up again properly. If switched off by standby power supply cuts out. It takes 5 mins before it starts up again.
• Intermittent loss of picture on changing channels, when the channel is changed the screen is blanked in the usual way and the new channel selection number is displayed, but the screen stays blank. (picture attached) (309111 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
• Picture covered by a fine shimmering, black lines.
• Intermittent no picture. Blank raster not even channel display. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead. after a few seconds.
• No audio. OK via SCART .
• Station adjustment de-tunes intermittently, especially on program site 1.
• When changing channels the picture goes blank. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasional popping noise from loudspeakers.
• Appliance is dead, rise in EHT then the appliance breaks down. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of picture and/or sync. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rolls on some channels and certain picture content.
• Trips once then dies.
• Defective field linearity.
• No + B on the tuner.
• Brief HT after switch on then switches off.
• Smearing in picture. Low brightness. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Negative picture when cold and/or lines on all channels.
• No picture. Audio and OSD OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor linearity. at bottom.
• Slow start-up. when cold.
• Brightness varies. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Excessive horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
• Picture size incorrect. Change in size of raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intercarrier hum by bright picture.
• Picture rolls. Dark picture. intermittently.
• No synchronisation. when cold.
• Sound and picture disappear when hot. Only display remains at channel switch over. OK when cold.
• When warm no sound or video. VC still 31V on the tuner, RCU does not work. When cold ok again. IC001, 002, 003, 501 have been changed.
• Destroy of R807.
• Picture rolls. Poor picture. (picture attached)
• Picture hardly visible or too dark. Videotext and OSD OK.
• Picture is missing or video level reduction. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No HV.
• No power supply (+290V is present).
• After pressing main switch, PSU makes 4 attempts to start and then stops.
• No MONO audio. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -309111)
• No picture, only snow. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Various dry joints in the HF unit, on the base chassis in the PSU, of the line output stage, on the voltage stabilising ICs.
• Defective On/Off LED. Loss of LED from standby. Cannot be started up again.
• No picture and sound or picture is negative. (OTTOVERSAND - 309111 information)
• Picture is distorted when brightness is adjusted. (Zoom effect).
• Reduced vertical deflection. Poor vertical linearity.
• Reduced vertical size. at top. Flyback lines.