FF324 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• No sound or picture. Dark screen. FBT functions. Filament tube is lit up. In scart with a VCR normal sound but no picture. Raster appears faintly when the TV is switched off then switched on again immediately.
• OSD doubled in height. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• Type of memory battery. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Intermittent unlocked colours.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (with circuit diagram extract)
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• No picture or the picture blows. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Poor focus. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• Crackling audio.
• Snowy raster. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• No contrast. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
• Part number info: processors.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• No sound on NICAM sets.
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Stuck in standby. (picture attached) (SABA - FF324 information)
• No audio.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• Loss of memory when you switch off the TV and in standby you need to be 5cm from the TV to start it up again despite the TV operating well. Battery is ok.
• No picture (after a few minutes). (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No picture. intermittently.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• No sound at switch on.
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• No functions. (picture attached)
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• Partial blanking of video info. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound. Good picture then goes into stand-by after 5 mins then starts up again after pressing a channel number 3 or 4 times.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (picture attached)
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (picture attached)
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (picture attached)
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached)
• Line tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• When switching on snow with moiré on all stations. It seems as if the stations are way out. After running for a short time picture is ok.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - FF324 information)
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• Loss of red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Slow start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Distorted text page numbers.
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (picture attached)
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No brightness (intermittently).
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Does not start up. 142V on line collector S2000, the standby LED scarcely lights up when appliance is switched off, a priori no diodes s/c.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Line tearing in TXT.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• No line oscillation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio.
• Top half of picture has squiggling verticals which alter with field shift/height. Picture may blank out with coloured lines dependent upon vertical shift position, accompanied by rasping noise from PSU!
• Red picture (after a while). (SABA - FF324 information)
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• Does not change channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• HT value.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No channel storing.
• No red in picture or TXT. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• Child lock.
• Excessive green. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (picture attached)
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Colour bleeding.
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• After deprogramming, followed by a reprogramming, TV functions but the channels have each increased by 9 units. Eg.: 2nd channel is 49 instead of 40. Hence it is impossible to receive channel 62.
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At switch on RC must be held at least 40cm from the appliance. If appliance runs, all other functions work perfectly from 4-5m away. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance switches off sporadically and immediately starts again. After 3 times it can only be started by the mains switch. Fault occurs according to the picture content 2 to 20 times per day.
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• After changing transformer LP03 burns. TL31 disconnected, 7V on DP37 and 145V on DP41 OK. BU508AT5 has been replaced by BU508A but fault still persists.
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Menu display in wrong language.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Sound distorted when volume increased.
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• No colour (intermittently).
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Signal and sound are missing.
• RF14 burns up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• The power supply transformer trembles. (picture attached)
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Echo on picture.
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
• Picture jitters.
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• General information.
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• Low brightness. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode. (SABA - FF324 information)
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent audio.
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• No sound or picture. Dark screen. In scart with a VCR, normal sound but no picture. Raster appears faintly when the TV is switched off then switched on again immediately.
• TP48 fails after short time.
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• No display on screen. Black line which moves around instead. TXT is not synchronised. When changing channel a black band appears at the top of the screen displaying V1 then disappears. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing.
• No red in picture or TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• Frame jumping or twitching. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TP24 is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• No vertical text lock. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (picture attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• No RC functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (picture attached)
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No switching possible in standard LL. (picture attached)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (with circuit diagram extract)
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• Short lived line output transformer. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (picture attached)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Horizontal collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• Display flashes in STAND BY and the TV does not start up, even with the RCU. Occasionally it starts up when you activate P and VOL, and press On/Off several times.
• No audio (after start-up).
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Low FM audio, high background noise.
• Hum bar. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channels drift after start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• No colour.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Dead (after start-up).
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Part number info: RC
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line BU blows after some time.
• In safety mode there is no high level on the Ger. point if the disconnection of the line raster deflector and power supply is correct.
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (picture attached)
• No audio. No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• No or poor synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit. (FF324 tips)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (picture attached)
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• Colour drop-out.
• Low HV. (picture attached)
• No red. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No signal.
• Shuts down.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• Part no. info.: RC.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• No audio.
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent colour.
• Faulty raster. (picture attached) (FF324 tips)
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (picture attached)
• Unable to enter channel number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No FS tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Blows line output transformer.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• Memory loss. after a while.
• Green screen.
• Looks like crt low emission. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Sound pops.
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Hiss in audio.
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK . (FF324 tips)
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Clicking on NICAM. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Smokes then switches off. (picture attached)
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• Weak signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical stability fault. Picture revolves as it moves up the screen. No sound with scart. TV goes into standby after 5 mins as if there were no transmission.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Loss of channel 1.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• No search possible, snow.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• No programming.
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture shifted vertically. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture geometry problems.
• No signal.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of red.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• No red in graphics display. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Black lines appear on the screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Smearing in picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF324 information)
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Sound interruption and/or crackling.
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No Y-picture or colour.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• No audio.
• Fuse FP05 (1.6A) blows sporadically without any obvious reason after an extended running time (approx 1-2 months). After replacing appliance runs perfectly again.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Blurry picture.
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF324 information)
• No picture. via tuner.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• No blue. (picture attached)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No reception.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (picture attached)
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (picture attached)
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• V2 voltage.
• Cut-off adjustment. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• Pincushion distortion. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• A1 voltage.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• Poor audio.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (picture attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (FF324 tips)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (picture attached)
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• RP42 blowing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• OSD rolls. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV just displays LOCK.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• Accepts channel number but will not tune. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch. (FF324 tips)
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• Picture white out.
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (picture attached)
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• No audio.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No horizontal amplification. (SABA - FF324 information)
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - FF324 information)
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No channel storing.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound pops.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Pop at switch on.
• Only the green LED on. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• No audio.
• Cannot change channels. (picture attached)
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• SAT switch over is defective.
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• No sound or picture except in scart. (picture attached)
• RC part number.
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Code lock.
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• Picture from the bottom to the middle of the screen. Not possible to adjust the vertical amplification. Black screen to the middle of the screen then picture from the middle to the bottom of the screen.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (picture attached)
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At switch on, goes into standby and impossible to get out of it. After 5 mins, appliance starts up by itself and functions well. If stopped for a few secs, it works normally.
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• No synchronisation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No green. (picture attached)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (picture attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (picture attached)
• Colour bleeding.
• No stereo LED operation. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Power supply switches off.
• Corrupted TXT page number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• No operation (intermittently).
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blue picture. Line at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No RC functions (intermittently). (picture attached)
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
• Tuner cutting out occasionally.
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Cycles on/off.
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Colour bleeding.
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture. (FF324 tips)
• No start-up (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• No blue just smeary.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Green picture.
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (picture attached)
• No picture. TXT OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• No raster with text board fitted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• No vertical synchronisation. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 tips)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Green screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (picture attached)
• No sound or signal.
• No IF signal from tuner.
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
• No text, sound muted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Deprogramming due to static loads. (FF324 tips)
• No tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Loses channel 1.
• Dark screen with some RGB lines at the bottom of the screen and whistling near the FBT. Capacitor 1000/40V has been changed but fault persists. FBT has been changed but dark screen with hum then goes into safety mode.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture. (FF324 tips)
• No high voltage or line signal control. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No N/S correction. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• No picture only on 3 channels (eg. nothing on 1, 3 and 6 but picture on 2 and 5) after warming up for 10 mins. This problem disturbs other TVs plugged into the same aerial. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• No colour (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - FF324 information)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio.
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• The picture goes wrong all the time in the vertical direction. A black band appears at the bottom. The capacitors at the level of the raster IC are ok. Solder joints have been redone.
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Loss of memory. Crackle in sound. Flashing picture. Distorted µPC. No sound only noise. No stereo reception. Does not always start up. Wrong values which cannot be changed. Wrong colours and distorted PIP-function.
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR. (FF324 tips)
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• No blue. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (picture attached)
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Black rapid flashing.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Fades out or very dim.
• No raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shuts down (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• No audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• When appliance is switched on by the mains switch, the TV starts up for a moment, then goes into standby. Does not start up from the RCU.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• Poor audio.
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (picture attached) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (picture attached)
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No colour when cold.
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• No focus. (with circuit diagram extract)
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (picture attached)
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels. (FF324 tips)
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer. (FF324 tips)
• Intermittent audio. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Vertical lines are jagged. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• No audio.
• Vertical roll. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• Picture appears slowly. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 tips)
• Tripping. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (picture attached)
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• RC part number.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start-up. (picture attached)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent colour.
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• Faulty TXT.
• Display shows channel only. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Horizontal lines. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Excessive HV. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• The appliance starts up after a few mins. (FF324 tips)
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• No colour (via SCART).
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow. (FF324 tips)
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• A useful note with these appliances.
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• No NICAM sound.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• U system voltage table.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture appears in PAL.
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Colour bleeding.
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• Sound pulses.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on. (FF324 tip from SABA)
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• How to disable key code.
• RC part number.
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: Processors
• Weak UHF and VHF reception. (FF324 tips)
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• Brightness varies. (picture attached)
• Poor colour.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• Horizontal line. at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• LED display characters are back to front. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Low gain.
• No sound or vision. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• How to disable key code.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Missing B-Y.
• No channel storing. (picture attached)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF324 information)
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• No voltage on varicaps. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No horizontal deflection. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Defective frequency plan.
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (with circuit diagram extract)
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• RC part number.
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Crackling on Nicam.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Disable electronic lock.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received. (FF324 tips)
• Various video faults. (picture attached)
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• No brightness.
• Colour flashing in and out. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Memory loss. (SABA - FF324 information)
• RC part number.
• Part number info: processors
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• No PIP.
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (picture attached)
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (picture attached)
• Part number info: processors
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (picture attached)
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The power supply blocks.
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Nicam is intermittent.
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• No audio.
• No channel storing.
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• No line drive. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Occasionally static discharge.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (picture attached)
• All adjustments at zero (brightness, colour, contrast). Channels are also at zero. Adjustments can be made at 50 but they are lost during standby or ON/OFF. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• Dead (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (picture attached)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced horizontal size. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (picture attached)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines). (FF324 tips)
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• No channel storing.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (picture attached)
• VCR problems.
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through). (FF324 tip from SABA)
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• Dark picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• Vertical fault.
• No channel storing.
• Line output transistor S/C. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• Does not store settings.
• Vertical collapse. at top. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Colour bleeding.
• No audio.
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (picture attached)
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No AGC.
• RC part number.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The display indicates 88.
• Intermittent audio. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Unable to tune in fully.
• Line whistle. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At switch on, after 15 secs, dark screen with a few horizontal white lines between the middle and top of screen. Picture returns with geometry fault, if PG08 is turned. Sound ok.
• Some text pages not available. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (FF324 tips)
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (picture attached)
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart. (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Distortion in the south. Distortion starting at both sides and going to a third of the tube. Fault in the shape of a curve whose extremities are the corners of the tube. (picture attached)
• Line transformer does not start up. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Picture reduced to the top half of the screen with a linearity fault. Light pulsates and flyback raster on some lighter pictures. Scanning returns to normal occasionally when changing channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No B-Y. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• Unfocused raster. (picture attached)
• No sound or raster. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Pulsates once with line transformer then line BU blows and power supply pulsates twice. When line transformer starts up for the first time, arcing between deflector and tube.
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Pulsating picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• Rainbow on the screen.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• No correct reading on the display. (FF324 tips)
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• No HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (picture attached)
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Screen is very snowy.
• Power supply fuse blown. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (picture attached)
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Part number info: Processors
• Trips 3 times.
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed). (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• Does not store programmes.
• No tuning.
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• No picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Colour flashing in and out.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF324 SABA repair tip)
• No colour. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF324 tip from SABA)
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Trips then shuts down. (SABA - FF324 information)
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• Flyback lines. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely. (service info for SABA -FF324)
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".