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M5505 / OTTOVERSAND [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for M5505 / OTTOVERSAND.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Picture only in top part of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Hissing sound. (M5505 tips)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Starts up one time out of ten then functions ok with a nominal voltage. The rest of the time it collapses. Start up and operation ok with the variac.
  • No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • TP29 is destroyed after 30 minutes.
  • Horizontal line on a third of the picture towards the top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Dead. (picture attached)
  • TV does not start up. TV01 not in safety mode. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • TP29 and TL19 fail after operating for 1 hr. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Secondary protective circuit TV01 and TV02 disconnects intermittently.
  • No tuning, maximum tuning voltage.
  • PSU fails immediately after switch on.
  • Impossible to display the PAL SECAM standards. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Can not be switched on from standby via RC.
  • Switches to standby (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Vertical line.
  • Crackling in the speaker at start up and at switch off including standby. Slight noise in the speaker in standby. Occasionally trips at start up.
  • Intermittently trips off for approx 1 sec.
  • Volume indicator at zero. Sound increases in 5 secs.
  • How to remove protection.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Part number info: processors.
  • Power supply starts up for a few secs then collapses while pumping on standby light.
  • Distorted picture. Strong streaking.
  • Sound has increased to maximum, after a moment, neither RC nor manual commands work.
  • Adjusting the SECAM identification: chassis.
  • No sound or picture. Slow beat of the power supply each second. The light flashes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Power supply pulsates every single second. Standby LED flashes.
  • Chroma fault occurs although the tuning discriminators and the grey scale function correctly.
  • Switches to standby (after start-up). No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Part no. info.: RC.
  • CTV in standby one hour. After CTV does not start up from remote control or front panel. TV stops with the switch. Waits 30 mins. Starts to work again with switch. Functions ok with the remote control and front panel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Hiss in audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stuck in standby. Red LED dim. Possibly intermittent. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • At switch on the vertical centering is off by 2cm at the top.
  • At start up functions normally for 20 to 50 secs then goes into standby prematurely. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Does not switch on immediately when pressing switch, only after loudspeakers click 3 times and standby LED reduces brightness 3 times.
  • Low hum from the speaker in standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No HF reception. Snow on picture.
  • In VHF range (channel 5-12) white flecks and grey haze in the picture.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby .
  • Hiss in audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Horizontal oscillator adjustment.
  • North/South correction cannot be adjusted correctly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Crackling in picture and sound, even in VHF.
  • Three white lines at the top of the picture, nothing else. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • White line, slightly tilted at the bottom of the screen.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Distorted audio. Distorted picture.
  • Snow in picture.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • TV starts up for a few secs with a jerky noise then stops and continues like this.
  • White setting: picture tube board.
  • Adjusting the UG2 screen grid voltage: chassis.
  • Picture and sound distorted. Hum in PSU.
  • White line. in the centre. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • White screen, no picture. Sound ok on all channels. Same via scart.
  • RC part number.
  • No vertical and horizontal amplitude. Picture shifted downwards. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound is distorted or missing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Signals reduced to quarter of their size and are distorted on TL19 after 3 secs from start-up. TL19 burns if left under load. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Power supply pulsates after a frame fault.
  • Does not start up. Ok if power supply is 110V. Normal scanning.
  • No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Dark screen. Blue 1cm band at the top of the screen. No access to functions of: volume, channel, standby (no sound or picture). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Occasionally static discharge.
  • S2000 fails.
  • Vertical picture position shifts intermittently upwards approx 2 cm after switch on. It is OK after approx 10 mins.
  • IR01 loses memory without any apparent reason.
  • All secondary power supply voltages are doubled.
  • Arcing of line transformer and focus G2. Picture now has a large horizontal foldover from top to bottom of screen. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • No start up of power supply. No standby light. No noise.
  • No colour (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No reception. (picture attached)
  • Picture with flyback line on one colour.
  • No colour.
  • After switch on power supply pulsates three times.
  • Horizontal output stage does not start up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No 30V on pin 5 of tuner in PAL SECAM. (picture attached)
  • Goes into standby after a few secs. Appliance and EHT start up well at switch on.
  • Vertical lines are distorted horizontally. E/W equalisation can not be adjusted correctly.
  • Adjusting the PAL amplitude: chassis.
  • Following a fault on the line there is no colour. Composite video is ok on 53 of IV01 but there is no RGB on 41, 42 and 43.
  • Goes into safety mode for no apparent reason, after operating for 30 mins. Starts up again from the switch.
  • No frame sync in PB of recent rented cassettes.
  • In playback, especially with prerecorded cassettes the picture oscillates horizontally or is distorted like a flag in the top part of the screen. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • No audio (via SCART).
  • Poor tuning.
  • Tripping. Red standby LED dimming on and off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (picture attached)
  • No brightness, only colours. Only one colour in TXT (mostly green). Loss of certain colours.
  • Starts up, works for 30 secs then goes into standby. Starts up again by itself after 2 mins.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Switches to protection mode. after a few seconds.
  • Standby LED is still lit up. Horizontal white stripe. (picture attached)
  • No raster signal on pin 31 of IV01.
  • No start up except at a certain temperature. Standby ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No start-up (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • RC part number.
  • RC part number.
  • Goes into standby after reducing the frame to a horizontal line after a few mins.
  • Value of capacitor position CP11 (power supply). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Audio hisses. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Power supply transistor TP20 blows and so does the mains fuse FP01 after operating for a few mins. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Does not switch on because the protection intervenes. Regular stand-by.
  • At the start of production of the new IKC2 chassis, in TVs not fitted in series with teletext, the following components have not been fitted.
  • Picture modulation in power function.
  • Picture slowly darkens. The cathode voltages are ok. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Goes into black and white only on third channel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No reception. OK via SCART .
  • S2000AF blows each time appliance is plugged in. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Goes into safety mode after operating for a few mins or hours. Necessary to wait 2 mins to start again with the RC. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Excessive vertical size.
  • Line transformer blows a few secs later after appliance is started up, line transformer has been changed but fault persists. Output voltage 8.2V instead of 15V on the power supply secondary with the line transformer removed.
  • Occasionally small horizontal black line at the top of the screen and line transformer whistles slightly.
  • Dark screen and the RL11 is open circuit.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
  • RC part number.
  • Appliance switches off and switches on again, changes channel and there are great variations in the beam current.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • The channel nos run through, no sound or picture but it works in video.
  • At switch on everything seems to be starting up well, EHT is established then 3 secs after the line oscillation is interrupted. 7V is now 13V and stays there. TV is apparently in stand by. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • RC part number.
  • Goes to SAFETY mode and no scanning possible.
  • Safety mode comes into play.
  • Sometimes switches over by itself.
  • Vertical scanning line is at bottom of screen and CTV blows.
  • Cuts out and then starts up from time to time after working for several hours.
  • Slight raster distortion at top or bottom of screen, depending on defective diode.
  • Power supply BU blown at switch on.
  • White screen in scart and no sound. Picture ok via tuner. Displays programmes and sound level etc.
  • Fluctuations of the picture according to the video content. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Only a horizontal line at bottom of picture. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • High contrast. Strong colours.
  • Fuse FP2 (630mA) blows.
  • Poor start up of PSU. Occasionally starts up but sometimes does not, especially when warming up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Low buzzing sound from speaker in standby.
  • Vertical lines are distorted horizontally. E/W equalizer can not be adjusted correctly.
  • Channels scroll. Functions if control panel plate on front panel is disconnected. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Colour saturation.
  • To improve operation of mute circuit.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Occasionally no scanning is possible.
  • No picture content. Picture becomes increasingly bright with flyback lines. Switches to safety mode.
  • No colour during Canal Plus.
  • After appliance has been moved, strange colours. Red has become blue and screen is affected by a mauve halo.
  • Memory loss with Canal Plus decoder.
  • Starts up then goes into protection mode. Standby light on. Sound OK but no picture. Bluish screen with shadows.
  • Picture shows green, red and blue lines and the raster rattles audibly. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Impossible to change standard, remains in SECAM. Picture inverted in PAL.
  • Dark screen with short bright flashes.
  • Black screen. Channel 0 display on video.
  • No colour.
  • No videotext mode.
  • Intermittently blows chopper transistor.
  • Screen is dark. Slight noise from the line output transformer.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Poor scan.
  • The lamp is weak.
  • Coil LG08 (situated in the corner near the EHT) burns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Intermittently increases and decreases in size both width and height.
  • Scanning at bottom of screen.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • White screen. Sparks between pins 6/7.
  • Standby light switches off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Arcing in picture. at top.
  • Green fault in the lower corner of the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • After 5 mins a noise like rapid crackling occurs at the scanning level. Noise disappears if picture is misframed upwards. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No line oscillation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Chopper goes short circuit; after replacement appliance functions correctly for approx 1 minute.
  • On the CRT board TT33 is S/C for the second time in a month. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Dark screen. Blue 1cm band at the top of the screen. No access to functions of: volume, channel, standby (no sound or picture). (picture attached)
  • Standby light lights up for 2 seconds then goes off. Appliance does not start up. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • No function, standby point is not visible.
  • Thermal R349 O/C every 3 or 4 months. (picture attached)
  • Siren noise in the speaker.
  • No start-up.
  • Slow start-up (when cold). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Trapezoid picture.
  • Pulsates if TV is started up after being put into standby.
  • No function either from control panel nor RC. No OSD.
  • The TV starts up. A white line appears at the top of the screen. System tension: voltage is approximately 58V, and the other voltages are low.
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Power supply crackles once then dead.
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Horizontal line. at bottom.
  • Primary power supply fails under load.
  • Switches off and on again at random.
  • No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No channels. Standby LED lit . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • At switch on there is a noise and light goes out. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No videotext mode.
  • No start up. No standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • TL19 fails in line output stage.
  • Erratic start-up. No or intermittent start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound sizzles. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Line transformer starts up then stops.
  • When cold sound is nasal and weak. Sound ok when starting scart by a LF source. (picture attached)
  • Adjusting the bell filter: chassis.
  • Blurred picture which occasionally becomes normal again.
  • Contrast average value is too high. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches to protection mode (after a while). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Starts up at switch on with the red light lit. Impossible to go into standby via the control panel or RC. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Tuned to channels but only snow. Selector does not respond to channel input. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Fails. (picture attached)
  • Switches on, line transformer comes on then goes into standby immediately.
  • Interference bands at the bottom of the screen.
  • Occasionally loud crackling from the housing. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No start up of PSU, sometimes intermittently.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Synchronisation during PB of the VCR.
  • When cold picture is very white with flyback lines and hum in sound.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Predominant green despite adjustment. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches off immediately if vertical plug is pulled out. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No colour. via SCART.
  • Grey scale incorrect. Yellow-green picture. High voltage on the blue cathode (170V). Voltage on the red cathode, as well as on the green, is normal (135V).
  • Varying light intensity of standby LED. No start up but intermittent low hum.
  • Part no. info.: RC.
  • Appliance hums and does not start up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Modification of connector on TXT IKC2-VT4P.
  • East/West amplitude changes with the beam current.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound but no picture. White screen with flyback line.
  • No OSD via RC or front controls. Screen is lit, snow present. No sound or picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • High voltage check.
  • When the focus pot is varied the brightness varies after a few minutes, the picture turns dark.
  • Slow start-up. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Vertical oscillator adjustment.
  • Oblique lines towards the top of the screen and there may be a demagnetization fault and the demagnetization coil is ok. The PTC has already been changed.
  • Low pitch, inaudible sound via scart. Value of SMD resistor pin 14 of IF module ? If 100Ohm applied there, sound ok but volume cannot be lowered. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Does not pick up in UHF or in VHF.
  • No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Tripping. after a few hours. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture breaks up and crackles on sound.
  • Tripping (intermittently).
  • AV switching threshold for camcorders.
  • Fuse cuts out without apparent reason. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • FP01 blows.
  • BU transistor TP29 blows again.
  • No audio. via tuner. No picture. via tuner. OK via SCART .
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • No colour, only on French channel "La 3".
  • Only a horizontal line at top of picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Chroma fault. Impression of there being a colour bar pattern superimposed on the picture NB: all the colours.
  • Stuck in standby. LED is red . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 tips)
  • Adjusting the audio trap: chassis.
  • Sound and picture cut out for a second then return to normal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • At switch on, the appliance goes to stand by. After trying to start several times the TP19 and TP29 are damaged. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • After operating for some time sound is distorted or the sound hisses. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical lines run over the whole screen.
  • Dark picture. Audio OK .
  • After a few minutes the screen goes black and motor boating occurs.
  • Switches on but no user controls from front control panel nor from RC. Does not even switch to FF.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • The power supply blows. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Service information: Function of E/W stage.
  • Colour bleeding.
  • Regular ondulations on the vertical lines of a test picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Noise in the HP power supply. The appliance goes to stand-by and starts up again. Dark screen and after 3 minutes the appliance returns to stand-by. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Switches to protection mode (after start-up). (picture attached)
  • Trips erratically.
  • Snow on the screen.
  • Occasionally fails for a short time (Occasionally does not function for days). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Vertical picture position shifts intermittently upwards approx 2 cm after switch on. It is OK after approx 10 mins.
  • PSU switches off after start-up.
  • Horizontal collapse. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Set is dead but not tripping.
  • FP01 blows at switch on.
  • Power supply voltage: 15V: 8V; 140: 80V. The same with the line transformer disconnected.
  • Cut off lines visible after some time.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Under certain conditions (static discharge etc.) may revert to factory set up mode.
  • TP29 fails after switch on.
  • The light comes on. Power supply starts up for 1-4secs then cuts out. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Vertical collapse. (picture attached)
  • At switch on, the tube flashes on the loudspeaker and stops. Negative picture.
  • No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Blows intermittently and switches on again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Occasionally after switch on vertical centering is shifted up approx 2cm. Goes into normal position after approx 10 mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
  • After a short time the US voltage increases so that the TV cuts out.
  • TP29 has a short circuit and FP01 blows after a short time.
  • Moire effect picture according to sound frequencies, on some frequencies the picture is ok for a fraction of a second. Melf RP54 is not present on the CTV chassis.
  • Intermittent goes into standby when changing channel, also sound goes up and down intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture (intermittently). AV OK .
  • Power supply starts up 3 times at switch on then switches off. No picture or sound. Red LED is lit.
  • Picture jumps then stabilises in black and white always on the same channel out of all the channels available.
  • Picture is somewhat noisy.
  • PSU does not always start after switch on via front control or RC.
  • Distortion, white flags on the left side of the picture. Sometimes negative picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Streaky luminance and flyback lines.
  • No start up. No U1 47V, U2 5V voltages.
  • No start up of PSU. Low ticking. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • No colour.
  • Switches to standby (after start-up). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Starts up when in standby, sometimes when cold. Standby display normal.
  • No brightness and incorrect OSD. OSD background is bright red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • No function from RC, ok from front panel. RC receiver ok. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical fault. Black screen.
  • No colour. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Remains in standby or goes to standby intermittently.
  • Goes to standby at switch-on. Trips slowly if programme button held on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Protection mode activated.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby. (M5505 tips)
  • Passes all channels without stopping.
  • Intermittently sound crackles at the start. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • After some time, picture cuts out then returns immediately, standby light weakens but stays on, then CTV has a frizzy picture.
  • Audio hisses.
  • Line output S2000 fails after a while.
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Blows at switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Power supply pumps every single second.
  • Repeated failure of BU508DF in power supply. (M5505 tips)
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Weak signal. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Starts up then stops immediately afterwards when ON/OFF switch pressed. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Crackling effect on video and echo. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Random loss of station memory when CTV starts up.
  • After switch on, vertical centering is shifted intermittently upwards approx. 2 cm; it goes to normal position after approx. 10 minutes.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • TV01 blows after operating for 30 mins.
  • Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No colour. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Picture and sound hang up.
  • No start-up (when cold). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Poor audio (via SCART).
  • E/W correction IC (TDA4950) blown each time.
  • E/W correction can only be poorly adjusted. (with circuit diagram extract) (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Hum on sound and dark screen. Goes into standby.
  • Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Blank raster.
  • At switch on PSU goes defective.
  • Picture is displaced towards bottom of screen (approx. 5cm to 15cm).
  • Picture is green, red and blue with flyback lines.
  • After a few mins switches to standby. After some time can be switched on again from RC. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Picture at the bottom. No contrast.
  • No start-up from standby with RC. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • No horizontal deflection. Protective circuit trips. Standby light flashes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Amplitude and/or alignment vary intermittently.
  • Only the LL' display functions in the Multistandard version.
  • Picture runs through, impossible to stabilise.
  • TV functions, thermal tube noise on the screen but no picture. RCU does not work. Dark display, a channel is displayed, programme nos run through and stops on AV. No sound.
  • Poor picture after 15 mins from start-up. Audio OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Production mode.
  • Switches off by itself. after a few minutes. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Too much EHT.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TDA8178 heats up too much and blows.
  • Horizontal transistor fails every few days.
  • When switching off the appliance in standby and with the mains switch there is a loud crackling in the speaker. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • HT fails immediately after starting up. PSU switches to standby.
  • S2000AF in power supply is defective. Functions OK for a week, then S2000AF and primary fuse defective. (picture attached)
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Sound is broken up by the tuner. Ok via scart.
  • No reception. in UHF.
  • Loud noise if appliance is switched to standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No start up. Standby LED lights up. Cannot be started with the RC. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Red picture. Flyback lines.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Picture with predominant yellow/green.
  • TV starts up for a few seconds with a jerky noise then stops and so on.
  • Does not come on from standby, red standby light comes on. TV01 and TV02 in the protective circuit respond.
  • Picture is black/white. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches on, HV appears, then switches to standby.
  • When switched on, line transformer attempts to start up then goes to standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • EHT starts. Line pulse then Stop. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Poor E/W correction. Adjustment of the amplitude is ok. (picture attached)
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Power supply starts up and switches to stand-by after a couple of seconds. (picture attached)
  • Occasional memory fault when appliance is stopped by the general switch. When switched on again, appliance is deprogrammed. (picture attached)
  • Hissing sound.
  • Tripping. Standby LED flashes .
  • Maximum luminance.
  • Channels run through, sound whistles and there are lines if picture present. (M5505 tips)
  • When 120V at variac, UL1 reaches 280V.
  • Vertical lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • No contrast.
  • No memory during programming.
  • Weak colour.
  • By pressing the buttons PROG + and - on the front panel the channel nos run through continuously. When disconnecting the control panel, difficulties in programming a channel. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound ok in slow motion. A hum can be heard if you increase the power.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Incorrect oscillations on line BU (S2055). (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • HV starts up for 3-5 secs then shuts down. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • White horizontal line at top of screen. Rest of screen is black.
  • Stuck in standby. Hum in audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (M5505 tips)
  • PSU does not always start after switch on via front control or RC. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Starts up three times then goes into safety mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • To improve IF response.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture with red as the predominant colour and flyback line apparent on the screen.
  • Adjusting the NTSC(3,58MHz) colour carrier trap: chassis.
  • Power supply stops.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Stuck in standby. (picture attached)
  • Standby LED flashes bright and dark. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Functions for 5 mins then all the channel numbers begin to run through constantly while each time the picture comes up again and RCU does not function.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Intermittently blue picture with traces of blue flyback lines. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • No functions. Standby LED is not visible. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Transistor TP29 (S2000AF) fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
  • Grey adjustment: picture tube board.
  • Power supply pumps when cold, red light flashes.
  • Part no info: PSU repair kit.
  • Colour late to appear in TVs with PAL system. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Occasionally loss of station memory. When warm stations run through from 1 to 39 without loss of station memory. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Modification to improve AGC adjustment. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Blows on a white picture. Power supply as new.
  • Starts up then cuts out, starts up again every 10 secs and so on.
  • Standby LED lights up and TV switches on, then 2 or 3 lines across screen and appliance switches to standby.
  • Board required for TXT.
  • Focus adjustment.
  • Picture with black bands and sound whistling/tuner drift. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • No direct time insertion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Low contrast on TXT and OSGs.
  • RC part number.
  • Memory loss or random deprogramming of uP.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Power supply S2000 blows approx every 10 hours.
  • Intermittently black band in the middle of the screen then increases in size to fill the whole of the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Line transformer is often defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Collector of the line line output transistor disconnects when soldered. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • 4cm vertical scanning for a few secs.
  • Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • With high contrast PSU trips then starts again. Occurs randomly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical sync bar in the middle of the screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical lines run over the top part of the screen.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Picture is black/ white. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Loud noise, if switched to standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • PSU does not always start up (start up difficulties). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No colour from aerial or scart. IC TA8559CN has been replaced. Wave peaks at MP output are correct.
  • No functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture at switch on. Picture appears when changing channel.
  • The appliance goes to secondary safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Difficulty switching on at a high temperature (40°C). You can no longer switch on the appliance with the RC. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Part no info: PSU repair kit.
  • Setting the main voltage (Usyst. 110V): Chassis. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Dark picture.
  • No sound and no picture. Appliance remains in stand by.
  • Shuts down.
  • No light. Poor picture. Occasional horizontal tearing. If G2 is pushed in as far as it will go picture is better. Varies from 100 to 950V, 90 degree model, 114V on DP50. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Vertical deflection has collapsed to a bright line in the middle of the screen.
  • Excessive horizontal size. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing.
  • At switch on slight line crackling and no start up. Red LED ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • AGC delay adjustment.
  • No TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No manual or RCU command. Blocked on one channel, OSD apparent, sound present. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Appliance shuts down, then restarts. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • US voltage increases, CTV stops.
  • Menu display is in a wrong language.
  • No picture, only snow. in PIP. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • TT switches on automatically.
  • At start up, starts up then stops. Standby light remains lit.
  • With S2000 when warm, PSU cuts out, starts again, cuts out etc. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Dark stripes in picture by bright picture content. Volume display jumps. Beam spot at switch off.
  • RC part number.
  • After operating for some time the channels begin to run through. Nothing occurs when the circuits are cooled down.
  • PSU does not strat.
  • No OSD. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Shuts down. after start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Stops for 10 secs after 10 mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Fuse (1.6A) blows intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittently switches off and on when changing channels or when picture has high beam current content.
  • White stripe at the top of the screen. It is 1cm high and not as wide as the screen. No picture.
  • TV does not start up or stops.
  • Switches on. Red LED lights, but turns darker after start-up. No start-up via RC. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After an extended operating time TP01 (BUT12A) fails. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • PSU only works in standby; no switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Horizontal bars on picture during operation. This is accompanied by an audible signal distorting the sound.
  • Black picture like in AV at switch on. OSD and channel display function. In AV picture ok but no reception via the aerial. No snow. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Picture shifted vertically. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • No functions. after warm-up.
  • No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Line transistor blows after 10 mins. DL11 98V instead of 200V.
  • Vertical line. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture is just at the top edge of the CRT if the vertical picture centering regulator is at the end position. The topmost lines are somewhat bent to the right.
  • Power supply pumps. Standby LED flashes.
  • No picture. No sound. Insufficient width. Picture has a 5cm band at top of screen. (M5505 tips)
  • No start up. No display. No standby LED light. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture pulling on bright scenes.
  • Power supply fault. Remains in standby. (picture attached)
  • Noise in speaker power supply. Goes to standby, starts up again and after 3 minutes goes to standby.
  • No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches off when changing picture and channel and then starts again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
  • At start up crackling in the sound and arcing on the picture for a few mins then ok.
  • White balance adjustment.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Dark screen except for a 3cm high white streak towards the top of the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Random coloured flash.
  • Switches to protection mode. at start-up.
  • Distorted picture (line amplitude, linearity).
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • BU 508A in the power supply gets too hot and goes defective after approx 5 minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Vertical lines shake. In top third of the screen picture tearing is greater.
  • After changing FBT twice, light varies when you turn focus pot; FBT ok, after a few moments light decreases at switch on, light picture with G2 set to minimum then darkens.
  • Red LED is lit. Slight hum from the speaker. (picture attached)
  • Dead. Intermittently OK from cold.
  • Distorted picture.
  • Remains in "burst" mode with a hum noise in LF.
  • RC part number.
  • In breakdown mode with 2.2K, pin 20 and 32 have been removed, EHT but 300V pulsates instead of 600 or 700V. 100V at the start of video but everything collapses if you refit DL13.
  • No voltages on the secondaries and no light.
  • Intermittent switches to standby during programme or scene change. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No power supply regulation.
  • Picture and sound disappear after a few days or even after 5-6 hours operation. Standby stays on. Switching off and on help for a while.
  • The appliance fails, no picture, no sound, base raster or horizontal lines. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • No function, standby point is not visible. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Poor start up performance of the power supply.
  • Humming on sound and the screen is dark. The appliance goes to stand-by after 2-5 minutes.
  • TL19 fails in line output stage.
  • Flickering at switch on. (picture attached)
  • PSU does not always start after switch on with the control panel or the RCU. (picture attached)
  • Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
  • Hiss in audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No sound and no video not even in scart. 3cm white line at top of picture. Green LED on.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No horizontal deflection. Audio OK .
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • CTV blown, if connector BF01 remains connected. Vertical scanning line is at bottom of screen.
  • Unstable frame linearity.
  • TV01 and TV02 are in safety mode.
  • White line. at bottom.
  • The appliance has a dark picture.
  • Adjusting the SECAM (4,25MHz) colour carrier trap: chassis.
  • Power supply goes to standby and standby light is lit up.
  • Horizontal white line. at bottom.
  • EHT S20000AF blows every three days.
  • Channels run through and do not stop.
  • Starts nomally but if appliance stops after heating up for some time, TV flashes and may take a long time to start up again. (picture attached)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • No colour.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Vertical line approx 1/3 from left of picture. Hardly visible, but annoying.
  • No start-up from standby. after warm-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • The picture is smaller and at the bottom of the screen.
  • Control board CDI 2000.
  • No function. Initially LED indication OK.
  • No function. Reset does not react.
  • Power supply pulsates intermittently when cold or warm.
  • CTV remains in standby. HT at 127V, 15V at 9V, 28 at 20.
  • No HF transmission. Snowy screen.
  • When warm picture and sound increase then switches into standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Vertical size adjustment.
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No sound. No line transformer and standby LED is on.
  • No vertical deflection. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Attempts to start then smoke appears.
  • Stops intermittently. LED remains red. TV does not start up again with the channel button. Necessary to press the standby button then the channel button. (picture attached)
  • No line output funtion. OK at switch on.
  • The display is incorrect. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Picture is dark, screen menu ok.
  • Line at the bottom of the screen then goes into standby.
  • Vertical amplitude is too low. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Blank screen. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Plastic effect. Does not decode Channel +. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Wavy picture.
  • Sound goes to maximum.
  • FP01 and TP29 blow at Power On. (picture attached)
  • Unstable vertical scanning with foldover in the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally there is no light at all.
  • Occasionally changes channel by itself, channels run through or the function band appears. Occasionally when in standby, the TV switches on all by itself. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Blackish bar after whites.
  • Vertical foldover. (M5505 tips)
  • Tube tries to switch on then switches off. (picture attached)
  • Vertical rainbow zones over the picture right over the width of the screen. Intermittent fault.
  • S2055 blows.
  • Power supply hiccups. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Smearing in high channels.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • No or weak sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • At switch on the light comes on. CTV starts up then cuts out,no light, crackling noise at the level of the power supply transformer. (picture attached)
  • Very white lines at the top of the screen.
  • At start up snowy screen with no reception. When pressing the programme keys the numbers run through continuously. No sound.
  • Channels run through and do not stop. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • At start up there is a power supply fault. TP29 must be replaced. After this the picture lacks vertical and horizontal amplitude. Reduced picture which has shifted to the bottom of the screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No audio. No picture. Squealing from PSU. (picture attached)
  • The power supply starts up jerkily but occasionally does not start up at all. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • US voltage is 57V. If you unplug pin 3 from the line stage transformer the voltage returns to 113V. Line stage transformer has been changed.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Field centering off-set by 2cm toward top of screen when first switched on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No sound via aerial or scart. Picture ok. No LF signal on pin 15 on TDA200. (picture attached)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • To improve alignment.
  • Distorted picture. Strong streaking.
  • The tinge varies. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • No audio (intermittently).
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • At start up standby point lights up and hum. (picture attached)
  • No line drive.
  • Intermittently picture has no contrast and has a blue tinge. Sound ok.
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Distorted picture. Lines in picture.
  • Line transistor S2000AF heats up then fails. E-W geometry ok.
  • No sound or picture. No OSD via RC or front controls. Screen lightened, snow present. (picture attached)
  • 10cm frizzy lines in top part of the picture. (picture attached)
  • Blue fails - occasionally blue flyback lines visible.
  • Standby light on, no start up of power supply.
  • No switch on at start up. Standby light is off. At stop light comes on weakly then goes off.
  • Chroma lacks green.
  • Noise bar. after a few minutes.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • White picture, flyback line and too bright. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Incorrect picture height. Black 5cm bar at bottom, black 2cm bar at top of picture.
  • Starts up but stops 2 secs later. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • At start up standby light comes on then goes off straight away. (picture attached)
  • Chroma decoding. (M5505 tips)
  • Coloured tinge in picture.
  • Channel memory loss approx every fortnight.
  • Slight reduction of raster amplitude.
  • Poor switch off of picture tube.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No start-up. Red LED blinks. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Fault at top of picture about 4cm after 30 mins.
  • White screen with no snow. Normal sound. OSD functions. Same fault via scart. OK in RGB.
  • No colour.
  • Noise in audio. in standby.
  • No channel reception after changing tuner and IF.
  • New transformer, TV starts up and the US voltage increases to 122V instead of 140.
  • No NS correction.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Occasional crackling effect on the video signal.
  • Line output transistor overheats. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Contrast average value is too high.
  • Use of the lithium battery.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No sound or picture. Standby light switches on and goes off in a regular rhythm. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Blue picture, black and white perfect when the colour adjustment is set to zero. More and more blue when you increase the colour adjustment. Intermittent fault. (picture attached)
  • Switches over by itself to "Secam L". (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Stuck in standby. LED lit. .
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Picture rolls. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Black, horizontal lines in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Commands performed with a delay.
  • Grey screen, no sound, no video in scart output. OSD ok.
  • No picture scanning. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Goes into protective switching. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • RC part number.
  • No luminance, white is black.
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • When pressing the switch the standby light comes on a little then goes off. (picture attached)
  • Poor audio.
  • Screen lit up. No sound or picture. Thermal noise in the sound and snow. No function via RC or control panel (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • At switch on starts up with severe noise in loudspeaker then stops and remains in standby.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible.
  • Switches to standby.
  • No sound with a Nintendo game. Game functions on another TV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Black and white picture. No RGB on 41, 42, 43 of IV01. 200V on DL11 is correct.
  • Power supply fuse blows at switch on. Everything seems ok.
  • The picture is displaced towards the top of the screen (approx. 4cm to 10cm).
  • Switches off when switching channels. Only switches on again after RC switches to standby. Occasionally functions OK all evening but sometimes switches off when channel is initially changed. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Dark screen, sound OK. Nothing in scart nor in RGB.
  • S2055 AF in the line blows after operating for a few hours. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Horizontal size varies. depending on picture content.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • FBT is started up by a signal but appliance does not start. In standby mode.
  • When playing back a cassette previously recorded by the same VCR, colours may be lost or blue flash interference due to the PAL pulse of the TV being triggered.
  • No functions. Standby LED lit . (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • RC part number.
  • B+110V power adjustment.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • After switch on, PSU fails immediately. (picture attached)
  • Unstable picture.
  • No RC. No sound, no channel change after changing IR receiver, with or without RC. Manual controls ok.
  • Sound lowers intermittently with crackling.
  • Fuse blows at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Switches to standby. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Replacing the TL19. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Slight raster scanning in the middle of the screen.
  • Chroma fault. Intermittent coloured interference lines.
  • No sound via scart or very weak sound. Scart solder joints have been redone as well as the scart module. Sound ok via aerial. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Line output transformer arcing.
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • No colour. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Impossible to go into standby via the front panel or the RC. Starts up at switch on with the red light lit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Shuts down. intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound drops out for short while.
  • When the set was switched to standby a fairly loud plop came from the speaker. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Adjusting the R-Y demodulator: chassis.
  • No stations found in search. Seems to have poor power supply filtering. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Switches to standby (after a while). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Vertical foldover at top. Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Spare part no. info: power supply repair kits.
  • PSU only works in Burst mode, the red LED does not light up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part number info: power supply repair
  • Power supply is dead, stand-by mode does not function.
  • No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • All the secondary voltages are low.
  • No functions. Standby LED is not visible.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Vertical picture has shifted to top by approx 2cm at switch on. Picture OK after approx 10 mins.
  • Hiss in audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. Loss of one or more colours.
  • DL13 is S/C.
  • Line stage does not start up.
  • Picture is at the lower picture edge and in time becomes a line. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Sometimes switches off by itself or does not switch on.
  • 3cm white line at top of picture. No sound and no video, not even in scart. Green LED on.
  • PSU pulsates. Standby LED flashes . (with circuit diagram extract)
  • PSU fails immediately after start-up.
  • Picture is displaced from frame towards top part of screen (approx 4cm).
  • Remains in standby. Occasionally starts then goes into standby after 5 mins. (M5505 tips)
  • Does not come on from standby, red standby light comes on. TV01 and TV02 in the protective circuit respond.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Hiss in audio. (picture attached)
  • Flag effect when playing back with a VPH6400 Thomson VCR. Ok via scart.
  • Picture for 30 secs then white screen. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • S2000 blown.
  • Resistor RT04 on the picture tube base blows repeatedly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Replacement kit of thyristor ESM740/G1/G2.
  • Amplitude varies with the voltages.
  • Colour fault.
  • Picture flickers with coloured OSD (eg from a VCR).
  • Adjusting the peak white: chassis.
  • Sound fizzles. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Regulator fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (M5505 tips)
  • Goes into SAFETY mode and very slight hum in LF. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Sound sizzles.
  • Line transformer does not start up. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Standby LED flashes up at second intervals. Only functions at a reduced mains voltage. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No power supply on the uP.
  • Standby LED flickers and PSU does not start up correctly.
  • Picture has vertically shifted with approx. 2cm towards top after start-up. Picture ok after approx. 10 mins.
  • HT oscillates and appliance stops.
  • Volume varies (intermittently).
  • Transistor TP 29 short circuits after working for some time.
  • TP29 fails after switch on.
  • The picture blows.
  • US (110V 90º - 143V 110º) goes high after a few mins and TV trips.
  • FBT is s/c twice a year. On collector TL19. 1200V instead of 1000V. CL21, CL22, CL24, CL23 replaced but fault persists. US adjusted to 143V. FBT 470034-81 CTV TA6326.
  • Green picture. No contrast. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Line on the screen at the start. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture is slightly displaced towards bottom of screen.
  • Bottom of raster is missing. Deflection incomplete.
  • No more line scanning possible. RL25 cuts out.
  • No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Loss of memory. Functions OK for approx 2 mins after storing channels again. Then all channels revert to channel 2. Also intermittently mutes.
  • HT starts up for 2 secs then TV goes into standby.
  • TL19 (S2000AF) fails repeatedly.
  • FS circuit check. (M5505 tips)
  • Line BU blows at once. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud noise when switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Line transformer starts up three times then nothing. LED stays red. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Repeated failure of chopper transistor TP29 (BUH515). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • The grey scale is incorrect.
  • Diode goes green and then switches off. CTV does not start. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • RC part number.
  • Part number info : RC (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • After clicking and tripping a few times, power supply remains blocked in standby at switch on.
  • No start up of line transformer.
  • White field with flyback lines. (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • In stand-by the light does not light up and the TV does not come on again.
  • Dead. No voltage on the secondary. 300V on collector TP29. All the transistors and diodes are ok. Even no standby light.
  • Volume increases.
  • Comes on for a short time.
  • Line in centre of picture. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • No blue.
  • Raster weakened after a few mins and is reduced to a horizontal lines then TV goes into standby.
  • Switches to standby. after a few minutes. Switches on by itself. after a while. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Remains in standby. Hum in loudspeakers. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Mini raster scanning.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After being used for 2 to 3 weeks, the 1.6 fuse burns out when the appliance starts up.
  • At switch on, front LED flashes irregularly or remains fixed. (picture attached)
  • Dark screen, hum in sound. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • White dotted lines appear on left of picture in VHF/Band I reception. (M5505 tips)
  • RC part number.
  • Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
  • Bright part approx 5cm high in the bottom quarter of the screen. The rest of the screen is dark. (picture attached)
  • The picture disappears, drifts then reappears for a few fractions of a second and then drifts again. A whistling noise can be heard when the picture reappears.
  • No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture.
  • Switches to standby. after a few seconds. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Functions very well via the scart socket. No UHF VHF reception. Display on the screen is correct, white screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Can not be switched on from standby via RC.
  • Burst of EHT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TV starts up for a few secs and leaves a motor noise in the speaker. By disconnecting DL13, the appliance starts up again.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Shuts down after 10 mins. Power LED remains lit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Service info: How to enter the service mode (OTTOVERSAND - M5505 information)
  • Luminance streaks and flyback lines. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • There is little light.
  • OSD fades on all the colours.
  • Intermittent sound muting with no OSD. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Blue tinge in picture in SECAM, ok in PAL. Black and white picture ok.
  • Audible start up when cold. Switches off after 1 sec. After switching on again, only standby LED is lit. No other functions. Raster is defective (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No start up of line transformer and LED pulsates slightly. (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • General information.
  • No colour.
  • Line power transistor S2055AF blows immediately after being replaced. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After changing FBT which sparks, the very high tension is ok. No light on the screen even when forcing G2 44469905.
  • Us is too high at 121Vpp instead of 52Vpp.
  • Intermittent fault especially when cold. No vertical stability. No luminance for a few seconds then everything OK. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • OSD appears on its own. Switches from stereo to mono a number of times.
  • Vertical amplitude is too low.
  • Functions for a few secs then goes into safety mode. Functions without the raster deflector.
  • TV stops and starts up again immediately. Standby light is on.
  • Starts up with difficulty. Line transformer only starts up after several attempts.
  • TV starts up well but with a lot of noise.
  • Line output stage immediately defective after switch on. (picture attached)
  • No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Tripping. (picture attached) (M5505 OTTOVERSAND repair tip)
  • Blurred picture, focus pot does not work.
  • PSU function description.
  • Blue flash in Secam.
  • Occasionally sound and video drift on channel 64. Operation is good on the other channels.
  • Remains blocked on CH15 and PR8 at start up. Occasionally CTV functions normally.
  • After switch on, vertical centering is shifted intermittently upwards approx. 2 cm; it goes to normal position after approx. 10 min.
  • Only noise on screen, screen menu cannot be superimposed. Appliance does not react to the RCU or to control panel commands.
  • The appliance stops after a few minutes then starts up again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switching off fault of the spot.
  • E/W correction cannot be changed.
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • Loud noise if switched to standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Occasionally wide interference lines (similar to a defective HF-cable) appear on the screen. Picture is ok via Scart.
  • Normal sound, white screen, no picture, flyback lines. Impossible to reduce the brightness.
  • Secondary protective circuit TV01 and TV02 disconnects intermittently.
  • Cuts out intermittently. Light becoming white before turning red. No start up with RC. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Dark picture. No audio. OSD OK .
  • TV only starts up very rarely, when it does start up, RL26 smokes, the deflectors heat up and smoke, distorted picture and the colours fade.
  • Starts up in standby. Standby display ok.
  • At switch on, control panel LED remains red and flickers faintly.
  • Siren noise in speaker.
  • Picture jitters. in TXT. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Standby light remains on at switch on. No picture, no sound, no function from RC or control panel. Slight noise from PSU as if TV trying to switch on. (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Low audio.
  • Switches to standby. in PB.
  • Instructions for repairing the PSU. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • The screen insertions are unsynchronised, if no aerial signal is present.
  • Ignition on the EHT (flame). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Switches to standby. when changing channels.
  • The PSU runs continuously.
  • Loses programmes from memory at irregular intervals.
  • No scanning.
  • Picture is narrower. When making adjustments, the picture is wavy at the sides.
  • No functions. IR01 does not accept reset.
  • PSU does not start up correctly. Standby LED flickers
  • No horizontal deflection. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches off immediately without becoming bright. (picture attached)
  • Faulty OSD.
  • After a few minutes the channels keeps changing one at a time.
  • Pale grey screen with fine horizontal line and hum at start up of the line transformer. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No colour.
  • Picture is displaced slightly towards top of screen.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Excessive brightness.
  • Snowy picture. No reception in channel search.
  • Reduced horizontal deflection.
  • No OSD display. Sound cuts out at channel switch-over. Sound OK at start up. When channels are changed using TV front control keys, channels roll over even when key released.
  • Pincushion distortion.
  • No colour. Intermittent loss of colour.
  • Horizontal black bars appear on screen. Parts of TXT picture are missing.
  • OSD noisy.
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Reduced vertical size. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No colour.
  • No horizontal synchronisation.
  • Occasionally horizontal tearing and horizontal stripes. Same faults via aerial and in scart.
  • Picture is OK although raster has moved up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Speaker or headphones crackle very loudly. Speaker is ok even with the sound turned off.
  • No picture. No sound. Switches off after 3 secs, remains in standby and has an afterglow fleck. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • When switched on, the standby light lights up but the power supply is tripping. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Colour takes approx 10 mins to appear. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Trips. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • U/Syst voltage is 106V. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (M5505 tips)
  • Vertical stability fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No picture, only three lines two thirds of the way down the screen. Goes into SAFETY mode after 1 min. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Occasionally the TV pulsates at start up.
  • Short line pulses on the line output collector and then dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • Appliance goes by itself to minus volume. Then the RCU signals are blocked. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • Switches over by itself to "Secam L". (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Line frequency drifts slightly.
  • At switch on, standby light flashes once and cuts out.
  • RC part number.
  • No synchronisation. in TXT.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • No sawtooth signal on raster. Horizontal bar appears at bottom of picture.
  • When warm picture foldover towards the bottom and horizontal flyback lines. Noise from the line transformer. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for OTTOVERSAND -M5505)
  • Little or no light.
  • Coloured tinge in picture.
  • Sound sizzles.
  • HT whistles for a short time. Standby LED remains lit. Raster is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No bottom of raster. Incomplete deflection.
  • Shuts down (intermittently).
  • No synchronisation. (picture attached)
  • At switch-on, vertical centering of picture offset by 2 cm towards the top of screen.
  • Programmed on channels but still only snow. Selector does not react on channel inputs.
  • The power supply pulsates at start-up.
  • Noise on loud speaker and the screen is black. The appliance goes to stand by after a few minutes.
  • Only a horizontal line in middle of picture.
  • No picture, light line under the picture tube. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Screen blank. Dark picture.
  • Dead. Power LED lit . (picture attached)
  • Hiss in audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Sound fizzles.
  • At start up line transformer powers up then appliance goes into standby.
  • Functions for a few secs then goes into standby. Channel change does not occur. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • PSU fails immediately after switch on.
  • Excessive horizontal size. at top. Reduced horizontal size. at bottom.
  • TV switches off when changing channel and with great variations in the beam current.
  • No picture, no sound, standby display dot and horizontal bars over the screen light up in display. Can only be switched on with RC.
  • Works for 10 secs then goes into standby. TV ok after switching off then on again.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • The appliance switches on at random when the remote control is used.
  • Switches to protection mode. (picture attached)
  • No power supply regulation. Standby LED flashes red every single second.
  • Vertical lines are distorted horizontally. E/W equalisation can not be adjusted correctly.
  • Switches off by itself. when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Line stage does not start up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No power supply. No standby on front panel. (picture attached)
  • When set to standard adjustments the contrast value is too high.
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit. (M5505 tips)
  • No voltages at the secondary of LP36. Standby light on.
  • No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (M5505 tips)
  • Sometimes switches over by itself.
  • No colour.
  • Loud noise when switched to standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical line wavering at left hand side. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • RC part number.
  • Picture shrinks and a white band appears at bottom of screen after a short period of time.
  • No start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TL19 in the line output stage is defective. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Incorrect speed of power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No red.
  • Loud noise, if appliance is switched to standby.
  • Switches to standby (at start-up). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Lines appear at top of screen or interference then goes into safety mode. At present it goes into safety mode each time after 2-3 secs. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No start-up. LED is red .
  • Does not start up. Standby lit. Slight motor noise in speaker.
  • Does not start up. Remains in AV. When in standby, whistling from speaker. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Power supply transistor S2000AF blows after operating for one hour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • 1 flyback transformer pulse then standby. If the picture appears, one time out of five there is crackling in the transformer then standby. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Appliance in burst mode. No standby light.
  • White picture and flyback line. New FBT. S2055AF replaced by S2000AF which heats up and blows after a min.
  • Tripping. Power LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Shuts down (at start-up). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (M5505 tips)
  • Small flyback line at top of screen on left side.
  • No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)
  • Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
  • Sound fizzles. (M5505 tips)
  • RC part number.
  • Picture goes into PAL occasionally but the sound remains normal. Picture returns to normal after a few secs. (M5505 tip from OTTOVERSAND)

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