FF364 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (picture attached)
• No audio.
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
• Poor audio.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• How to disable key code.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No red in picture or TXT. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• HT value.
• Part number info: Processors
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• 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.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Poor focus. (picture attached) (FF364 tips)
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Code lock.
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• No colour (via SCART).
• Pincushion distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• No N/S correction. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Intermittent audio.
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (with circuit diagram extract)
• General information.
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Low brightness. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Low gain.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• No blue. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blurry picture.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Corrupted TXT page number. (picture attached)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• No audio.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• No sound or signal.
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• RC part number.
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Vertical lines are jagged. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• No synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
• No raster. (picture attached) (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF364 tips)
• Channel numbers cannot be entered. (FF364 tips)
• Hum bar. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• RC part number.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• 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)
• Sound distorted when volume increased.
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Fades out or very dim.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture white out.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• No sound or raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• Red picture (after a while).
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Green screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off. (FF364 tips)
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal. (FF364 tips)
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Colour fails occasionally. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• RC part number.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• 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.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• No green. (picture attached)
• No picture. intermittently. (FF364 tips)
• Vertical fault.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Brightness varies. (picture attached)
• TV just displays LOCK.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• No audio. (SABA - FF364 information)
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• No PIP.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Intermittent unlocked colours. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Low FM audio, high background noise.
• 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!
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• 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.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No sound at switch on.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• No AGC.
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (picture attached)
• No raster with text board fitted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio. No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• No brightness (intermittently).
• Vertical collapse. at top. (FF364 tips)
• 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 tuning. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture appears in PAL.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• No correct reading on the display.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• No functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF364 information)
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• Various video faults. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Picture appears slowly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Menu display in wrong language.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• Part no. info.: RC.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Hiss in audio.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• No line drive. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (picture attached)
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• A useful note with these appliances. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (picture attached)
• Dead (after start-up).
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (picture attached) (SABA - FF364 information)
• Switches off by itself. intermittently. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• No programming.
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• OSD doubled in height. (picture attached)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (picture attached)
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Unable to enter channel number. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• Line tearing in TXT.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (with circuit diagram extract)
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• Part number info: processors
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down. (SABA - FF364 information)
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• RC part number. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Channels drift after start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• 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 sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• No colour.
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• Unable to tune in fully.
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (picture attached)
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out.
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Smearing in picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No operation (intermittently).
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (picture attached) (FF364 tips)
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (picture attached)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• Dead. LED blinks .
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (picture attached)
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Stuck in standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm. (SABA - FF364 information)
• Horizontal line. at top. (picture attached)
• Faulty TXT.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent audio. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Part number info: RC
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (picture attached)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (picture attached)
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Flyback lines. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Sound pops.
• Picture geometry problems. (FF364 tips)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (picture attached)
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• No contrast. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• No or low start-up volts at IL14. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Cut-off adjustment. (FF364 tips)
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Does not change channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode. (FF364 tips)
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line output transistor S/C. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• No signal.
• No picture (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (picture attached)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No line oscillation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or vision. (with circuit diagram extract)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• No picture. via tuner. (FF364 tips)
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• No B-Y. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No TXT. Muted audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No RC functions (intermittently). (picture attached)
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• No red in picture or TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No channel storing. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• A1 voltage.
• No audio.
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour bleeding.
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• No colour (intermittently).
• At switch on RC must be held at least 40cm from the appliance. If appliance runs, all other functions work perfectly from 4-5m away. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• RP42 blowing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Excessive HV. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• Dark picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound. Hiss only.
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Cycles on/off.
• No horizontal deflection.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Looks like crt low emission. (picture attached)
• Frame jumping or twitching. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (picture attached)
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No stereo LED operation.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• No start up of PSU. 300V present. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• No NICAM sound.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Only the green LED on.
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• 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.
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Display shows channel only. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No signal.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Excessive green. (picture attached)
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Tripping. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• No sound or picture except in scart. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No colour when cold.
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• 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.
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• No channel storing.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module. (SABA - FF364 information)
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• RC part number.
• Colour bleeding.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance starts up after a few mins. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (picture attached)
• Vertical roll. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line whistle. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through).
• Faulty raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Screen is very snowy.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (picture attached)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (picture attached)
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unfocused raster. (+ 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.
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (picture attached)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No audio.
• Blows line output transformer.
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• 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. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• The display indicates 88.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Clicking on NICAM. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Blurred colour blobs on screen. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• No audio.
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• No focus. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Line transformer does not start up.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture shifted vertically. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (picture attached)
• Does not store programmes.
• Colour bleeding.
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Distorted text page numbers.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Disable electronic combination lock. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Smokes then switches off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (picture attached)
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• OSD rolls. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: processors.
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• No picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• No audio.
• Snowy raster.
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Black lines appear on the screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Shuts down.
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• No or poor synchronisation. (picture attached)
• Shuts down (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (picture attached)
• 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.
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (picture attached)
• V2 voltage.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• Part number info: processors
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• 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 colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor audio.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Colour flashing in and out.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (picture attached)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• Horizontal collapse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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)
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Green screen.
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Colour flashing in and out. (picture attached)
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• LED display characters are back to front. (picture attached)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• When appliance is switched on by the mains switch, the TV starts up for a moment, then goes into standby. Does not start up from the RCU.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of red.
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• Partial blanking of video info. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF364 information)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (picture attached)
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• Loses channel 1.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Child lock.
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• Intermittent audio.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• No start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply fuse blown. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• Intermittent colour. (SABA - FF364 information)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RC part number.
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Short lived line output transformer. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply switches off.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (picture attached)
• Memory loss. after a while.
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (picture attached)
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• No vertical text lock. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Some text pages not available. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF364 tips)
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (picture attached)
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Colour bleeding.
• SAT switch over is defective.
• Loss of red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• No start-up (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture or the picture blows. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• No colour. (picture attached) (FF364 tips)
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• No reception.
• 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.
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• No text, sound muted. (picture attached)
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
• Colour drop-out.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
• No IF signal from tuner.
• No brightness.
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• Trips 3 times.
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels. (FF364 tips)
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (picture attached) (SABA - FF364 information)
• No channel storing.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio (after start-up).
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (picture attached) (FF364 tips)
• Rainbow on the screen.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• Pop at switch on.
• The power supply blocks.
• No audio.
• How to disable key code.
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Green picture.
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• VCR problems. (FF364 tips)
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• No channel storing.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• 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.
• Blue picture. Line at top. (picture attached)
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (picture attached) (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns. (SABA - FF364 information)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (picture attached)
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• Sound pops.
• 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.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No tuning. (FF364 tips)
• 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.
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (picture attached) (SABA - FF364 information)
• No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Does not store settings.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Low HV. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (picture attached)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Part number info: power supply repair (FF364 tips)
• No voltage on varicaps. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound pulses.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent colour.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• 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 FS tuning. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Type of memory battery. (with circuit diagram extract)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• 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 for SABA -FF364)
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (picture attached)
• No search possible, snow.
• Reduced vertical deflection. (FF364 tips)
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (picture attached)
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• Nicam is intermittent.
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Unstable operation of the oscillator. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• Picture jitters.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (picture attached)
• Slow start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF364 tips)
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• Memory loss.
• Poor colour.
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• TP24 is defective. (picture attached)
• Sound interruption and/or crackling. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (picture attached)
• No channel storing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical collapse. (picture attached)
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• 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) (FF364 tips)
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound on NICAM sets.
• Disable electronic lock.
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• Colour bleeding.
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• Crackling on Nicam.
• 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.
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Echo on picture.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No blue. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (picture attached) (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (picture attached)
• No red in graphics display. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Thump from speaker intermittently. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• No red. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• No picture. TXT OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Missing B-Y.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (picture attached)
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• RF14 burns up. (picture attached)
• Line BU blows after some time. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Crackling audio.
• No blue just smeary.
• 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.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loss of channel 1. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Pulsating picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Black rapid flashing.
• No horizontal amplification.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Tuner cutting out occasionally.
• Cannot change channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Weak signal. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Horizontal lines.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• No colour (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (picture attached)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (service info for SABA -FF364)
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
• U system voltage table.
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF364)
• No channel storing.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (picture attached)
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Reduced horizontal size. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• No RC functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (with circuit diagram extract)
• TP48 fails after short time.
• Signal and sound are missing. (FF364 tip from SABA)
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture. (FF364 SABA repair tip)
• Defective frequency plan.
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The power supply transformer trembles. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Part number info: Processors
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• Line tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
• Poor vertical linearity.
• No audio.
• Protective circuit malfunction. (FF364 tips)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.