FF338 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• 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 standard switch over. No SECAM.
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• Picture shifted vertically. (picture attached)
• Memory loss. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• No start-up (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (picture attached)
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF338 tips)
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blows line output transformer.
• Pincushion distortion. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• No picture. via tuner.
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (picture attached)
• No audio (after start-up).
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (picture attached)
• Disable electronic lock.
• No audio. No picture. (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.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Faulty TXT.
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• Looks like crt low emission. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (with circuit diagram extract)
• SAT switch over is defective.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Occasionally colour fails.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• 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. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No correct reading on the display.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Cycles on/off.
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• Unable to tune in fully.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault. (SABA - FF338 information)
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• U system voltage table.
• No raster with text board fitted. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flyback lines. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Anomaly due to built in switch. (FF338 tips)
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• No vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• 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.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours. (FF338 tips)
• No channel storing.
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• Screen is very snowy.
• Loss of channel 1.
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
• Loss of red.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (picture attached)
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• RC part number.
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (picture attached)
• Smearing in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (picture attached)
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• Horizontal lines.
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Dead (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• 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 colour (intermittently).
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (picture attached)
• 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 attached)
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby. (SABA - FF338 information)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No tuning.
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Unable to enter channel number. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Pulsating picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• General information.
• The power supply transformer trembles. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (picture attached) (FF338 tips)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (picture attached) (FF338 tip from SABA)
• No audio.
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Line transformer does not start up.
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• No raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (picture attached)
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Distorted text page numbers. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No channel tuning in search mode. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No audio.
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No tuning. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Partial blanking of video info. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channels drift after start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Memory loss. after a while.
• No colour (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Protective circuit malfunction. (FF338 tips)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion. (FF338 tips)
• No red. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission. (FF338 tips)
• No picture (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• No HV (intermittently).
• No line oscillation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Picture white out.
• Colour bleeding.
• 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.
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF338 tips)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• How to disable key code.
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loss of red. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: processors.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Thump from speaker intermittently. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Line BU blows after some time. (FF338 tips)
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (picture attached)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• No text, sound muted. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• TP24 is defective. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing. (picture attached)
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through). (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Green screen.
• No picture. Audio OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Part number info: RC (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF338 tips)
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• 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.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (picture attached) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Red picture (after a while).
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• TV just displays LOCK.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No channel storing.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No picture. TXT OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF338 tips)
• No picture or the picture blows. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• 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. (picture attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (picture attached)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Colour bleeding.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF338 tips)
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• No brightness.
• Short lived line output transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• No voltage on varicaps. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• Vertical fault.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• No audio.
• Dead (after start-up).
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• No brightness (intermittently).
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• No programming. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Brightness varies. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line tearing. (picture attached)
• Excessive HV.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Intermittent colour.
• Line output transistor S/C. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Rainbow on the screen.
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• No channel storing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Hum bar. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Green screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Black lines appear on the screen. (picture attached)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Sound pops.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (picture attached)
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (picture attached) (FF338 tips)
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Cut-off adjustment.
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (picture attached)
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• 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.
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• Intermittent NICAM sound.
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• No channel storing.
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• A1 voltage.
• Vertical roll. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No horizontal deflection.
• Child lock.
• No signal.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Part number info: processors
• OSD rolls. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• Poor audio.
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (picture attached)
• Colour bleeding.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (picture attached)
• No contrast. (picture attached)
• No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Low brightness. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Excessive green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (picture attached)
• Loses channel 1.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• No sound at switch on.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio.
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• RC part number. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter. (FF338 tips)
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• The display indicates 88.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Picture geometry problems. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED. (FF338 tips)
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Tuner cutting out occasionally. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• 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.
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (picture attached)
• Primary power supply fails under load. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• 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.
• No red in picture or TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent colour.
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (picture attached)
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Tripping. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No FS tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• Vertical lines are jagged. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• 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.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (picture attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• Does not store settings.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Sound interruption and/or crackling.
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (picture attached)
• TP48 fails after short time.
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No red in graphics display. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• 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.
• Part no. info.: RC.
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (picture attached)
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• No blue just smeary. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• No audio.
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Various video faults. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No RC functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ? (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines. (SABA - FF338 information)
• 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!
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Type of memory battery. (with circuit diagram extract)
• A useful note with these appliances.
• Shuts down.
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (picture attached)
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (FF338 tips)
• Vertical collapse. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (picture attached) (FF338 tips)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• No horizontal amplification.
• No blue. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF338 tips)
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• RC part number.
• Line tearing in TXT.
• Part number info: Processors
• No channel storing.
• Only the green LED on.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Nicam is intermittent.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
• No audio.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• No stereo LED operation.
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No blue. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (picture attached)
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• Sound pulses.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• Cannot change channels. (picture attached)
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Poor colour.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• Sound pops.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Echo on picture.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Signal and sound are missing. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply fuse blown. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (picture attached)
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• Blurry picture. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• No search possible, snow.
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• 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.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• V2 voltage.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No vertical text lock. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The appliance switches to BG standard. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No functions. (picture attached)
• Dead. LED blinks . (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Unstable operation of the oscillator. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• Reduced horizontal size. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio.
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor audio.
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (picture attached)
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Missing B-Y. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Chroma fault in Secam. (picture attached)
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Colour bleeding.
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards. (FF338 tips)
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• No NICAM sound.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• 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. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• No HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent audio.
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (picture attached)
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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.
• Green picture.
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• No sound or vision. (picture attached)
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• Part number info: processors
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• Menu display in wrong language.
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (picture attached)
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• LED display characters are back to front. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• Sound distorted when volume increased. (SABA - FF338 information)
• No signal.
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• Stuck in standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• RC part number.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (picture attached)
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Poor focus. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture appears slowly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• Does not store programmes.
• No start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound or signal.
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC. (FF338 tips)
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio.
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• Picture jitters.
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (picture attached)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead (after lightning strike). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RP42 blowing. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF338 information)
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• Intermittent unlocked colours. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No focus. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Corrupted TXT page number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• No red in picture or TXT. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Weak signal. (picture attached) (FF338 tips)
• Colour bleeding. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Fades out or very dim.
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (picture attached)
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Defective frequency plan.
• Faulty raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• No PIP.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• Part number info: Processors (FF338 tips)
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• Intermittent audio.
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Unfocused raster. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• Line whistle. (picture attached)
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached)
• Blue picture. Line at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• Snowy raster.
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• VCR problems. (FF338 SABA repair tip)
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• OSD doubled in height. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Crackling on Nicam.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• HT value.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• No sound on NICAM sets.
• No AGC.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Black rapid flashing.
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF338 tips)
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (picture attached)
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Low gain.
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• No colour. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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. (picture attached)
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. intermittently.
• Code lock.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour drop-out.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• 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.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Frame jumping or twitching. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Low FM audio, high background noise.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• How to disable key code.
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• Horizontal line. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Power supply switches off.
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - FF338 information)
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• 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.
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Some text pages not available. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (picture attached)
• Does not change channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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 operation (intermittently).
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (picture attached)
• No audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Smokes then switches off. (picture attached)
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• No B-Y. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Crackling audio.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit. (FF338 tips)
• The power supply blocks.
• RF14 burns up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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. (SABA - FF338 information)
• Colour flashing in and out.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• No sound or picture except in scart. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Horizontal collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF338)
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• 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. (picture attached)
• No sound or raster. (picture attached)
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (picture attached)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF338 information)
• Colour flashing in and out. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF338 tips)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
• No channel storing.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• RC part number.
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Slow start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• No line drive. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No IF signal from tuner.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• Hiss in audio.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
• No colour when cold.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound. (service info for SABA -FF338)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Lines in picture. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok. (FF338 tips)
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• No reception.
• No N/S correction. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Low HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
• No synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent audio.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (picture attached)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch. (FF338 tip from SABA)
• Trips 3 times.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
• No colour (via SCART).
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Pop at switch on.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• Display shows channel only. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• RC part number.
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• Colour cuts out occasionally. (FF338 SABA repair tip)