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544520 / OTTOVERSAND [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 544520 / OTTOVERSAND.

List of fault symptoms:
  • After setting volume to max, sound drops out, then cannot switch TV back on or it starts up but, if put into standby, does not switch on and, in this case, no front LED.
  • RC unit.
  • Horizontal lines in zoom mode.
  • Switches to protection mode. after a few seconds.
  • Test lines in upper picture half can be seen, vertical deflection distorted at upper picture edge.
  • No colour in main picture. PIP OK. (544520 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Poor audio. on the left.
  • Red picture with flashes. Intermittent standby. Intermittent start-up.
  • Dead.
  • Green picture. Flyback lines.
  • A & B LEDs flashing in standby causing appliance to switch on intermittently from standby.
  • Intermittentlly no function at switch on. No display (LEDs dark). If mains plug is removed and plugged in again, PSU starts up intermittently.
  • Black lines at the bottom of the picture, increase with time.
  • No function after being switched off and immediately switched on again. Applies to switch off/on with mains switch and from standby. (544520 tips)
  • Poor picture. OSD and TXT OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches to standby after a few secs. LED A blinks once, then LED B blinks 4 times and cycle repeats itself.
  • Error codes.
  • No picture ,OSD and Text available. LED blinks 4 times.
  • Slight hum from speakers.
  • Flyback lines.
  • Picture disappears when vertical deflection fails, appliance cannot be switched on then. Protective switching responds at every start up.
  • "PROTECT SP" displayed.
  • No RC functions.
  • Q601, Q602, Q615 fail repeatedly at switch on.
  • Appliance starts up, but no LED, no vertical deflection audible and switches off after approx. 10 secs.
  • Picture switches randomly from large to small format at irregular time intervals.
  • Dark picture for half an hour, then picture with poor contrast.
  • No RC functions.
  • No Dynamic Noise Reduction setting with software version AE306. (544520 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Stripes and other interference in picture when switching to channels in band III. OK after 6 secs. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Enter service mode.
  • No picture. after start-up. Audio OK . (OTTOVERSAND - 544520 information)
  • Picture appears slowly. Audio OK .
  • Picture is black. Menu, OSD, text and sound OK. Channel B LED blinks 5 times.
  • No audio. No picture. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -544520)
  • Poor picture. Low audio.
  • Picture too dark and/or various irregularities in geometry, brightness and volume. Also incorrect PB from the menu or spontaneous menu action. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No HV. after a few seconds.
  • Starts up, HV builds up which can be heard then switches off after approx 3 secs. No LED display. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Audio fades. after a few seconds. Picture OK .
  • Vertical streaks.
  • LED A blinks once, then LED B blinks 4 times. Cycles.
  • RC unit.
  • Reduced vertical and horizontal size. Excessive red.
  • CRT socket.
  • Switches off by itself. after a few minutes.
  • No function. Squeaking sound from power supply. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -544520)
  • TXT menu corrupted. A number of characters is repeated. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal line.
  • OSD appears in picture for 2 secs as soon as picture appears after switch on then switches to protection mode.
  • Low noise in sound.
  • Voltages are too low.
  • RC unit.
  • Audio plop when switching preset channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Noisy picture, picture and picture is OK in VHF.
  • Very dark picture. No sound. Geometry faults.
  • No start-up.
  • Raster ringing and H-linearity. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Blinking STEREO/NICAM LEDs in standby mode.
  • How to enter service menu to adjust geometry.
  • No or intermittent start-up. Switches off by itself. after a while. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. intermittently.
  • Red, green or blue picture with flyback lines. (picture attached)
  • No colour.
  • Red picture. Picture too small.
  • Colour and AFC fault when cold at switch over.
  • Shuts down. after start-up.
  • Comes on for a short time.
  • No picture, only AV OSD.
  • Intermittently dead.
  • No audio. Poor geometry.
  • No OSD. Switches off by itself. after a while. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • PSU starts and switches off immediately. No LED display.
  • No picture. (544520 tips)
  • Bright, white picture with flyback lines, switches off after 10 sec.
  • No picture or picture is dark. No sound. Different geometry faults. (544520 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Geometry has shifted or appliance does not switch on.
  • Switches to protection mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Low contrast. after a while. Flyback lines.
  • No sound on some programs or sound appears later.
  • E/W fault. intermittently. Vertical fault. intermittently. Switches off by itself.

With help of this list a solution is found often when OTTOVERSAND 544520 fails.


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