FF441 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• Green screen.
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (picture attached)
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible. (FF441 tips)
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour cuts out occasionally. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Disable electronic lock.
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No channel storing.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF441 information)
• No audio.
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached)
• Trips 3 times.
• No picture (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Vertical lines are jagged. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour flashing in and out.
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (picture attached)
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (picture attached)
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (picture attached)
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (picture attached)
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• No picture. via tuner.
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• Child lock.
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• RC part number. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Flyback lines. at top. (picture attached)
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (picture attached)
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• Intermittent NICAM sound.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• No channel tuning in search mode. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Excessive green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unable to enter channel number. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• No sound or signal.
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• No voltage on varicaps. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF441)
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (picture attached)
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF441 information)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• Corrupted TXT page number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Memory loss. after a while.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• OSD only functions in PAL.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• Green screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Poor audio.
• V2 voltage.
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover). (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• Colour bleeding.
• 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) (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• Blurry picture.
• Colour flashing in and out. (with circuit diagram extract)
• A useful note with these appliances.
• Sound pops.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Frame jumping or twitching. (picture attached)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover). (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Line BU blows after some time.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• RP42 blowing. (picture attached)
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Service info: Function of E/W stage. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Dead (intermittently). (picture attached)
• No NICAM sound.
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No reception and the display is in German.
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• Signal and tuning are missing. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No correct reading on the display.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Blows line output transformer.
• Cut-off adjustment.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Trips then shuts down.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines. (FF441 tips)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• VCR problems.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Faulty raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Tripping. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• Dark picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 tips)
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (picture attached)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (FF441 tips)
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture reduced to the top half of the screen with a linearity fault. Light pulsates and flyback raster on some lighter pictures. Scanning returns to normal occasionally when changing channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No brightness. Audio OK . (FF441 tips)
• Weak signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• Vertical fault.
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• Switches on, but HV does not build up.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Colour drop-out.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• No text, sound muted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
• Intermittent audio.
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• No sound, picture is ok.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• No start-up (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (picture attached)
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• 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.
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• Partial blanking of video info. (picture attached)
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Sound distorted when volume increased.
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• Loses channel 1. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Screen is very snowy.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen.
• No synchronisation. TXT OK . (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No RC functions (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Does not change channels. (picture 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.
• Looks like crt low emission. (picture attached)
• General information.
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• Dead. LED blinks .
• Nicam is intermittent.
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• No audio.
• Black lines appear on the screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• Sound pulses.
• No channel storing.
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Reduced horizontal size. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• U5 voltage incorrect. (FF441 tips)
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Some text pages not available. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part number info: Processors
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• No TXT. Muted audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF441 information)
• No audio.
• No HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• 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!
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• 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.
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• No channel storing. (picture attached)
• 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.
• Horizontal collapse. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply fuse blown. (picture attached)
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or picture except in scart. (picture attached)
• Loss of red. (picture attached)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
• No channel storing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• TP48 fails after short time.
• Various video faults. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (picture attached)
• 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.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
• Defective frequency plan.
• Snowy raster.
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• No vertical synchronisation. (picture attached)
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• No horizontal deflection.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (picture attached)
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour (intermittently).
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• No IF signal from tuner. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• 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.
• No search possible, snow.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (picture attached)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Dead (after start-up).
• No stereo LED operation.
• Low brightness. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Chroma fault in Secam. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• Faulty TXT.
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• No reception.
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
• Smokes then switches off. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Green picture.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• Cycles on/off.
• Picture shifted vertically. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC. (FF441 tips)
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• No red in graphics display. (picture attached)
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• 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.
• No blue just smeary.
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• The power supply transformer trembles. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture jitters.
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tips)
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through).
• TL17 shorts at start up. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• Unstable picture. in UHF. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Picture detuned on all channels.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• LED display characters are back to front. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (picture attached)
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• No operation (intermittently).
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RF14 burns up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• No audio.
• No picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (with circuit diagram extract)
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• No audio.
• Hiss in audio. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune.
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Channels drift after start-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• No colour (via SCART).
• Goes into safety 3 times.
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• No FS tuning. (picture attached)
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 tips)
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (picture attached)
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Pop at switch on. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No AGC. (SABA - FF441 information)
• The power supply blocks.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• No HV (intermittently).
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour bleeding.
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• Short lived line output transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No PIP.
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (picture attached)
• 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 picture. No audio. when changing channels. (SABA - FF441 information)
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• Loss of red. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• No start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• Fades out or very dim.
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• Blue picture. Line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stuck in standby. (picture attached)
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour.
• No RC functions. after warm-up. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Low FM audio, high background noise.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour cuts out occasionally. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• Unfocused raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• Colour bleeding.
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• Horizontal lines.
• RC part number.
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• Shuts down. after start-up. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Sound interruption and/or crackling. (SABA - FF441 information)
• RC part number. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Picture height below the centre of the screen. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module. (FF441 tips)
• Part number info: processors
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (picture attached)
• No green. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF441 information)
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• Pulsating picture. (picture attached)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No audio.
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (picture attached)
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (picture attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply switches off.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No line drive. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF441 information)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Code lock.
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No brightness (intermittently).
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Does not store programmes.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again. (SABA - FF441 information)
• 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.
• 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.
• Colour fails occasionally. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture white out.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No B-Y. (picture attached)
• Line whistle. (picture attached)
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No audio. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No tuning.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No red in picture or TXT. (picture attached)
• Vertical roll. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Brightness varies. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Intermittent audio.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
• RC part number.
• Crackling on Nicam.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Starts up three times then switches off. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Low HV. (picture attached)
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• No sound or raster. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (picture attached)
• How to disable key code.
• Red picture (after a while).
• Poor focus. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• No picture only on 3 channels (eg. nothing on 1, 3 and 6 but picture on 2 and 5) after warming up for 10 mins. This problem disturbs other TVs plugged into the same aerial. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• No red in picture or TXT. (picture attached)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Colour bleeding.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• How to disable key code.
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
• No tuning (after a few minutes).
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• Memory loss.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• 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.
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• Type of memory battery. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - FF441 information)
• LED remains on when set switched on. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No audio (after start-up).
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• Smearing in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• Trips three times at start up.
• Part number info: processors.
• Echo on picture.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Line tearing in TXT. (FF441 tips)
• U system voltage table.
• 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.
• Horizontal line. at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on.
• Part number info: Processors
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top. (SABA - FF441 information)
• No picture. TXT OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No vertical text lock. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• Rainbow on the screen.
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• TP24 is defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
• No audio.
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (picture attached)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• 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.
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• Distorted text page numbers. (FF441 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.
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (picture attached)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No colour when cold.
• Part number info: RC
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (picture attached)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• No red. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Poor vertical linearity. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• No audio.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (picture attached)
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
• A1 voltage.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF441 tips)
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• No brightness.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (picture attached)
• No picture. intermittently. (SABA - FF441 information)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (picture attached)
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• No tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No programming.
• No line oscillation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour fails occasionally.
• No channel storing.
• 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.
• OSD doubled in height. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• Tuning drifts (after a while). (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• No sound on NICAM sets.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• The appliance remains in PAL. (picture attached)
• Part number info: power supply repair (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Line tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The display indicates 88.
• TP48 fails after a few days. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (picture attached)
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Picture appears slowly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• Empty lines in top part of picture. (FF441 tips)
• Loss of channel 1.
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Part no. info.: RC.
• Picture geometry problems.
• Poor colour.
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
• Line output transistor S/C. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not store settings.
• RC part number.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (picture attached)
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch. (FF441 tips)
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
• 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.
• 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. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
• HT value.
• No sound or vision. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (picture attached)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (picture attached)
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Line transformer does not start up.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• OSD rolls. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Hum bar. (picture attached)
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• Poor Teletext page number.
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• No functions. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No switching possible in standard LL. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No or poor synchronisation. (picture attached)
• No contrast. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (picture attached)
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 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 focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing.
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
• No audio.
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• Occasional raster desynchronisation.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - FF441 information)
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Part number info: processors
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (picture attached)
• Pincushion distortion. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• Colour bleeding.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Intermittent audio.
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• Tuner cutting out occasionally.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (with circuit diagram extract)
• No raster with text board fitted. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory.
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• No raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No signal.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• RC part number.
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Poor audio.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Black rapid flashing.
• Menu display in wrong language.
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK. (FF441 tips)
• No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No horizontal amplification.
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (picture attached)
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (picture attached)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Intermittent unlocked colours.
• Dead. (with circuit diagram extract)
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• Display shows channel only. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -FF441)
• No audio. No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (picture attached) (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• No N/S correction. (with circuit diagram extract)
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (picture attached)
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• Only the green LED on.
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing.
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Intermittent colour.
• No TXT (intermittently). (FF441 tips)
• 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 colour.
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31. (SABA - FF441 information)
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Reduced vertical deflection. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Cannot change channels. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• All adjustments at zero (brightness, colour, contrast). Channels are also at zero. Adjustments can be made at 50 but they are lost during standby or ON/OFF. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF441 tips)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
• No sound at switch on. (FF441 tips)
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -FF441)
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (picture attached)
• Slow start-up. (picture attached) (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok.
• Signal and sound are missing.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover). (FF441 SABA repair tip)
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards. (FF441 tips)
• Crackling audio.
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• Sound pops. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance. (FF441 tip from SABA)
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• No picture or the picture blows. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - FF441 information)
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out. (SABA - FF441 information)
• TV just displays LOCK.
• SAT switch over is defective.
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• No colour. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Excessive HV.
• No signal.
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No picture. Audio OK . (picture attached)
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Missing B-Y.
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Unable to tune in fully.
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm. (service info for SABA -FF441)
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• No audio.
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Shuts down.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Low gain.
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.