FF346 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• No signal.
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound pops. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Does not store settings.
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• Sound distorted when volume increased.
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• No focus. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture jitters.
• Power supply switches off.
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio.
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• No channel storing.
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• TL17 shorts at start up. (FF346 tips)
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• Low FM audio, high background noise. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Picture shifted vertically. (picture attached)
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• No tuning. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No line drive. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• LED display characters are back to front. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF346 information)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Pop at switch on.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF346 information)
• No horizontal deflection.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No colour (intermittently).
• Horizontal lines.
• Colour bleeding.
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Horizontal line. at top. (picture attached)
• 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)
• No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Green screen.
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (picture attached)
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• No colour (via SCART).
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (FF346 tips)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Hum bar. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model). (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (picture attached)
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (picture attached)
• No HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (picture attached)
• Colour bleeding.
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• Green screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Chroma fault in Secam. (picture attached)
• No audio.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• RC part number.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• Poor audio.
• Low HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (SABA - FF346 information)
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• Colour bleeding.
• Sound pops.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• LED characters are displayed back to front. (SABA - FF346 information)
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Defective frequency plan.
• Hiss in audio.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part number info: processors.
• No stereo LED operation.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• Part number info: processors
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF346 information)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Memory loss. after a while.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok. (SABA - FF346 information)
• No raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• No IF signal from tuner.
• No audio.
• 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.
• No colour.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (picture attached)
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Black rapid flashing.
• TP24 is defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• Faulty raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No red in picture or TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• No channel storing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• 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.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• Colour cuts out occasionally. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Loses channel 1.
• Echo on picture.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• A useful note with these appliances.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary". (SABA - FF346 information)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (picture attached)
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• Teletext displays page 100 only. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Sound pulses.
• Vertical lines are jagged. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. intermittently.
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Rainbow on the screen.
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (picture attached)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF346 information)
• Trips 3 times.
• TV just displays LOCK.
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (picture attached)
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• 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.
• Red picture (after a while).
• No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• General information.
• Short lived line output transformer. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF346 information)
• Part number info: RC
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No line oscillation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (with circuit diagram extract)
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (SABA - FF346 information)
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• No green. (picture attached)
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• No search possible, snow.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF346)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (picture attached)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• No operation (intermittently). (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• Flyback lines. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• Colour bleeding.
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (picture attached)
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Only the green LED on.
• No sound on NICAM sets. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (picture attached)
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Colour flashing in and out. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• No NICAM sound.
• No blue. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• 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)
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• Brightness varies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• No audio (after start-up).
• Menu display in wrong language.
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• RP42 blowing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Dead (after start-up).
• Power supply fuse blown. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• No signal.
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF346)
• No colour. (picture attached)
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (picture attached)
• Missing B-Y.
• No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• No audio.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Frame jumping or twitching. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (with circuit diagram extract)
• RC part number.
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Blurry picture.
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (picture attached) (SABA - FF346 information)
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• Vertical fault. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• 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!
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound or signal.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (picture attached)
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• No B-Y. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• 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 blue on TXT. Picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Cannot change channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• Intermittent audio.
• Spare part info: value of RL55. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels. (FF346 tips)
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (picture attached)
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• No FS tuning. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RC part number.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Loss of channel 1. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Dead. Standby LED lit . (service info for SABA -FF346)
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• SAT switch over is defective.
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• HT value.
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (picture attached)
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Some text pages not available. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No raster with text board fitted. (picture attached)
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• Green picture.
• Intermittent unlocked colours.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The appliance remains in PAL. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• Part number info: processors
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• Looks like crt low emission. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF346 information)
• No programming. (FF346 tips)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Distorted text page numbers.
• Unable to tune in fully.
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• No sound at switch on.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (picture attached)
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• Intermittent colour.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (with circuit diagram extract)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (with circuit diagram extract)
• RF14 burns up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through).
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (picture attached)
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• 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)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• No correct reading on the display.
• No picture. via tuner.
• Sound interruption and/or crackling.
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• No colour when cold.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• 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.
• No channel storing.
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Corrupted TXT page number. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio. No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No red. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Tripping. (picture attached)
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (picture attached)
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• OSD rolls. (picture attached)
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• Memory loss.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• Horizontal collapse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (picture attached)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns. (SABA - FF346 information)
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Slow start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• Intermittent NICAM sound.
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (picture attached)
• Snowy raster.
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• RC part number.
• 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. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug. (FF346 tips)
• Signal and sound are missing.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tips)
• Loss of red.
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Fades out or very dim.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• No audio.
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• 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 start-up (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Pulsating picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture white out.
• Disable electronic lock.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• No channel storing.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• Part number info: Processors
• Cut-off adjustment. (FF346 tips)
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• 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.
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Poor focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• No audio.
• No blue just smeary.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• Stuck in standby. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• 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. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• How to disable key code.
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Nicam is intermittent.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• 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.
• Partial blanking of video info. (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. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• No audio.
• Screen is very snowy.
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line tearing in TXT.
• No brightness (intermittently).
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• No PIP.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• No horizontal amplification.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• The power supply blocks.
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (picture attached)
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• Dead. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• Part number info: Processors (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• Code lock. (FF346 tips)
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF346 tips)
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (picture attached)
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• Blows line output transformer.
• No picture. TXT OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No AGC.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• 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.
• U system voltage table.
• Poor audio.
• Colour bleeding.
• Child lock.
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• No channel storing.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• Smokes then switches off. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No vertical synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (picture attached)
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No sound or vision. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• Black lines appear on the screen. (picture attached)
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• Various video faults. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Crackling on Nicam.
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF346 information)
• The power supply transformer trembles. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing.
• Line transformer does not start up. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (picture attached)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Colour drop-out. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF346 information)
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Display shows channel only. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Lines in picture. at top. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF346 tips)
• 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.
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby. (FF346 tips)
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• The display indicates 88.
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• RC part number.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• 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.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No red in picture or TXT. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• V2 voltage.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Unable to enter channel number. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No channel storing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Excessive HV.
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (picture attached)
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• Line output transistor S/C. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• A1 voltage.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture or the picture blows. (picture attached)
• No audio.
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board 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)
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• No picture (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Trips three times at start up.
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Part no. info.: RC.
• No start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• Intermittent audio. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical collapse. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No voltage on varicaps. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• 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 attached)
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• Intermittently unlocked colour. (SABA - FF346 information)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (picture attached)
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Weak signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Does not store programmes.
• No N/S correction. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No tuning.
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• Excessive green. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Low gain. (SABA - FF346 information)
• No contrast. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No text, sound muted. (picture attached)
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light. (SABA - FF346 information)
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Pincushion distortion. (picture attached) (SABA - FF346 information)
• No audio.
• Shuts down.
• Unfocused raster. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No functions. (picture attached)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• OSD doubled in height. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Type of memory battery. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• Cycles on/off.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line whistle. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No brightness.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF346 information)
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tips)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• No reception.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• No sound or picture except in scart. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• 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 standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• No vertical text lock. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No RC functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Smearing in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• RC part number.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• TP48 fails after short time.
• Vertical roll. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line BU blows after some time.
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent colour.
• 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 channel storing.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (picture attached) (FF346 tips)
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• The very high tension is intermittent. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• 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.
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• No colour (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Picture appears slowly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Rolling colours and white lines. (FF346 tips)
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• No sound or raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (picture attached)
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Channels drift after start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial. (SABA - FF346 information)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• Picture geometry problems.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (picture attached)
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Poor colour.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Faulty TXT.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• Reduced horizontal size. (picture attached)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• Intermittent audio.
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line tearing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (picture attached)
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it. (FF346 tips)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. Audio OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF346 tips)
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• No audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Blue picture. Line at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• 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)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF346 tip from SABA)
• VCR problems.
• No channel storing. (+ 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. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No red in graphics display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault. (FF346 tip from SABA)
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (picture attached)
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Does not change channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Crackling audio.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (picture attached)
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• Colour flashing in and out. (picture attached)
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (picture attached)
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Low brightness. (picture attached)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (FF346 tips)
• Loss of red. (picture attached)
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (picture attached)
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• Intermittent crackle on sound. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode. (SABA - FF346 information)
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No Y-picture or colour. (service info for SABA -FF346)
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• How to disable key code.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound. (FF346 SABA repair tip)
• 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 and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• Dead (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• Tuner cutting out occasionally. (FF346 tips)
• 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.
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.