FF387 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• No contrast. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• No picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• A useful note with these appliances.
• Colour bleeding.
• Horizontal line. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• Dead (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Tripping. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Part no. info.: RC.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No sound or raster. (picture attached)
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Hum bar. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line tearing in TXT.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Pop at switch on.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The power supply blocks.
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Dead. (picture attached)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 tips)
• 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.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Some text pages not available. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RF14 burns up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• 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.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• At switch on RC must be held at least 40cm from the appliance. If appliance runs, all other functions work perfectly from 4-5m away. (picture attached)
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• All adjustments at zero (brightness, colour, contrast). Channels are also at zero. Adjustments can be made at 50 but they are lost during standby or ON/OFF. (picture attached)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Weak signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF387 tips)
• No picture or the picture blows. (picture attached)
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Green picture.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• RC part number.
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• 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.
• Dead (after start-up). (FF387 tips)
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (picture attached)
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• No B-Y. (picture attached)
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Menu display in wrong language.
• Colour bleeding.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• Vertical roll. (picture attached)
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• LED display characters are back to front. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No colour (intermittently).
• 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.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• No red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• No programming. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• No channel tuning in search mode. (SABA - FF387 information)
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Nicam is intermittent.
• No sound on NICAM sets.
• No signal.
• RC part number.
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Sound distorted when volume increased. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• No picture (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• Tuner cutting out occasionally.
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings. (FF387 tips)
• Snowy raster.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Child lock.
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used. (FF387 tips)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover). (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines). (FF387 tips)
• Picture shifted vertically. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• Intermittent NICAM sound.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• No audio. (FF387 tips)
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loss of channel 1.
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached) (FF387 tips)
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• No reception and the display is in German.
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Vertical lines are jagged. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No operation (intermittently).
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (picture attached)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• Poor colour.
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• Short lived line output transformer. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• Power supply fuse blown. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• No channel storing.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective. (FF387 tips)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• No search possible, snow.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• No channel storing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• No audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off). (FF387 tip from SABA)
• 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 3 times.
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (picture attached)
• No colour (via SCART).
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Moire pattern. after warm-up. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Low brightness. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• No audio.
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• Vertical collapse. (picture attached) (FF387 tips)
• Missing B-Y.
• Faulty TXT.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RC part number.
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel. (FF387 tips)
• Channel numbers cannot be entered. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Type of memory battery. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line tearing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• No red in picture or TXT. (picture attached)
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Cut-off adjustment.
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently. (FF387 tips)
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• Excessive HV.
• RC part number.
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Blurry picture.
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Loss of memory. Crackle in sound. Flashing picture. Distorted µPC. No sound only noise. No stereo reception. Does not always start up. Wrong values which cannot be changed. Wrong colours and distorted PIP-function.
• No 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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!
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Picture geometry problems.
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Line transformer does not start up.
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Looks like crt low emission. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or vision. (picture attached)
• Colour flashing in and out. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 tips)
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Colour drop-out.
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Shuts down. after start-up. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (picture attached)
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (picture attached)
• RC part number.
• Pincushion distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• Slow start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• 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). (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• TV just displays LOCK.
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• No audio.
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out.
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• How to disable key code.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• Part number info: processors.
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No line drive. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Cannot change channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• RC part number.
• No signal.
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• Unable to enter channel number. (picture attached)
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• No picture. via tuner.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Mains switch does not lock on. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Crackling on Nicam.
• 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.
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (with circuit diagram extract)
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound pops.
• Black lines appear on the screen. (picture attached)
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Colour flashing in and out.
• Does not store programmes.
• Loss of red.
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No focus. (picture attached)
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• 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. (FF387 tips)
• No audio.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Shuts down.
• No RC functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Red picture (after a while).
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (picture attached)
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF387 tips)
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Poor focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (FF387 tips)
• SAT switch over is defective.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (picture attached)
• Intermittent colour.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (picture attached)
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (picture attached)
• Power supply switches off.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No N/S correction. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No PIP.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• No red in graphics display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• No NICAM sound.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (picture attached)
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• No channel storing.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• V2 voltage.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• No channel storing. (FF387 tips)
• The power supply transformer trembles. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (picture attached)
• Green screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down. (FF387 tips)
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• No audio (after start-up).
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (picture attached)
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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 horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width. (FF387 tips)
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• Sound pulses.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF387 information)
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• No audio.
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Part number info: RC
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (picture attached)
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• Poor audio.
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• General information.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (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.
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (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.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Low HV. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• Smearing in picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio. No picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (picture attached)
• Signal and sound are missing.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• 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.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (picture attached)
• No raster with text board fitted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (picture attached)
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• A1 voltage.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok. (FF387 tips)
• Frame jumping or twitching. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Disable electronic lock.
• U system voltage table.
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• Defective frequency plan.
• No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Excessive green. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour cuts out occasionally. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (picture attached)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Line BU blows after some time.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering 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. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• No TXT. Muted audio. (picture attached)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• No line oscillation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• No audio.
• Intermittent unlocked colours. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No channel storing.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Picture reduced to the top half of the screen with a linearity fault. Light pulsates and flyback raster on some lighter pictures. Scanning returns to normal occasionally when changing channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• No functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No red in picture or TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent audio.
• Code lock.
• Intermittent colour.
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (FF387 tips)
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary". (SABA - FF387 information)
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unable to tune in fully.
• No colour.
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• 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.
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Memory loss. after a while.
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (picture attached)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No blue just smeary.
• Distorted text page numbers.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Line output transistor S/C. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• No IF signal from tuner.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (picture attached)
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (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. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent audio. (SABA - FF387 information)
• 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. (FF387 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 picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• No picture appears in PAL. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• No sound at switch on.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• 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.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Picture jitters.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• When switching on snow with moiré on all stations. It seems as if the stations are way out. After running for a short time picture is ok.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Only the green LED on.
• Dark picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Part number info: Processors
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (picture attached)
• Low gain.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Trips three times at start up.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• Green screen.
• Rainbow on the screen.
• No AGC.
• No tuning.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• 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.
• Horizontal lines.
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• No TXT (intermittently).
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• Various video faults. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (with circuit diagram extract)
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Line whistle. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blue picture. Line at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Picture appears slowly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Hiss in audio.
• RP42 blowing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (picture attached)
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• Display shows channel only. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model). (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• No start-up. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• Smokes then switches off. (picture attached)
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Does not store settings.
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Brightness varies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Blows line output transformer.
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• Part number info: processors
• OSD doubled in height. (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. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No brightness.
• No audio.
• No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• 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. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (picture attached)
• Flyback lines. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dead (after lightning strike). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Powers up, LED flashing once. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker. (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Faulty raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (picture attached)
• Shuts down (intermittently). (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• No picture. intermittently.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
• 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)
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• Vertical fault.
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• No channel storing. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (picture attached) (FF387 tips)
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (picture attached)
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• Stuck in standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced horizontal size. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up. (SABA - FF387 information)
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Partial blanking of video info. (picture attached)
• Loses channel 1.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Memory loss.
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• 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 tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
• Fades out or very dim.
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through).
• No raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No audio.
• How to disable key code.
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• No green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Corrupted TXT page number. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (picture attached) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• No FS tuning. (picture attached)
• OSD rolls. (picture attached)
• Sound pops. (SABA - FF387 information)
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Cycles on/off.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• No stereo LED operation.
• No correct reading on the display. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (picture attached)
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture white out.
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (picture attached)
• No tuning. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• No colour (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No reception.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Echo on picture.
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (picture attached)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Colour bleeding.
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (picture attached)
• Part number info: processors
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• No text, sound muted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• No horizontal deflection.
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channels drift after start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• No channel storing.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF. (FF387 tips)
• Part number info: power supply repair (FF387 tips)
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of red. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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.
• Part number info: Processors
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• Crackling audio.
• Colour bleeding.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• Low FM audio, high background noise.
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (picture attached)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• TP24 is defective. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• No audio.
• Does not change channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unfocused raster. (picture attached) (FF387 tips)
• TP48 fails after short time.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• No voltage on varicaps. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• No sound or picture except in scart. (picture attached)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• U5 voltage incorrect. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• No Y-picture or colour. (FF387 tips)
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Pulsating picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Black rapid flashing.
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF387)
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• The display indicates 88.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF387 information)
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No vertical text lock. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour bleeding. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• No picture. TXT OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• No vertical synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound or signal.
• 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.
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins. (FF387 SABA repair tip)
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue. (FF387 tips)
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• No blue. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No brightness (intermittently).
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF387 tips)
• Poor audio.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• HT value.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent audio.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• No colour when cold.
• Sound interruption and/or crackling.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No horizontal amplification.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Horizontal collapse. (picture attached)
• VCR problems.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• No audio.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module. (FF387 tip from SABA)
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (picture attached)
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Screen is very snowy.
• No audio.