FF515 / SABA [TV (Standard)]

• Smearing in picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Service information: Function of the E/W stage.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (picture attached)
• Sound interruption and/or crackling.
• Sound pops.
• Poor colour. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No channel tuning in search mode.
• Channel numbers cannot be entered.
• No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
• Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom.
• Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (picture attached)
• Crackling sound on "Nicam".
• Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture. (FF515 tips)
• White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
• Random OSD characters all over screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Smokes then switches off. (picture attached)
• No audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
• No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
• No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
• NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
• Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Reduced horizontal size. (picture attached)
• Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor focus. (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.
• Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
• When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of 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. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• 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.
• Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (picture attached)
• No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittent crackle on sound.
• Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Menu display in wrong language.
• Channels drift after start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (picture attached)
• The appliance remains in PAL. (picture attached)
• OSD rolls. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
• Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Clicking on NICAM.
• No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Intermittent audio.
• White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (picture attached)
• No red in picture or TXT. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Various video faults. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No TXT (intermittently).
• Looks like crt low emission. (picture attached)
• Pulsating picture. (picture attached)
• No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF515 tips)
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
• Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
• Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF515 tips)
• Colour bleeding.
• Partial blanking of video info. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
• Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• No UHF reception, displays channel.
• Low brightness. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply fuse blown. (picture attached)
• Low FM sound. High background noise.
• 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. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely. (FF515 tips)
• Low gain.
• No picture. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or vision. (picture attached)
• RC part number.
• Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Horizontal line. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No audio.
• No line drive. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen.
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Moire pattern. after warm-up.
• No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
• Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Does not store programmes.
• Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
• No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
• Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Code lock.
• Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
• Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen.
• Signal and tuning are missing.
• Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
• No audio.
• Poor start up performance of the power supply. (picture attached) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (picture attached) (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Intermittent unlocked colours.
• No sound or picture. Dark screen. In scart with a VCR, normal sound but no picture. Raster appears faintly when the TV is switched off then switched on again immediately.
• TP24 is defective. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning.
• Colour bleeding.
• No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
• Only rainbow colours (picture running through).
• Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• U5 voltage incorrect.
• Tripping. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
• No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
• No colour (via SCART).
• 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.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Brightness varies until there is a dark picture. (FF515 tips)
• Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
• No PLL locking when the appliance is switched on. The power supply from TDA6316A is 4.4V instead of 5.1V. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No V1, V2 or VS supplies.
• Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (picture attached)
• No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
• The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
• No switching possible in standard LL. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Loss of channel 1.
• Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Power supply doesn't start up.
• TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
• Dead (after start-up). (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Does not change channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (picture attached)
• Black rapid flashing. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
• Colour flashing in and out. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Child lock.
• 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.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
• Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches on, but HV does not build up. (FF515 tips)
• Cannot change channels. (picture attached)
• When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
• Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
• A1 voltage.
• The display indicates 88.
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
• Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
• After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
• Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
• Missing B-Y.
• Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
• Goes into safety 3 times. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Interference in picture. Audio OK . (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Standard does not change. Channel search is ok. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No picture (after a few minutes).
• Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
• Part number info: RC
• Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK.
• Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• No reception and the display is in German.
• No horizontal amplification.
• No audio.
• Snow in picture. intermittently.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
• Moire effect in the colour areas. (FF515 tips)
• No colour. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Display shows channel only. (picture attached)
• Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Accepts channel number but will not tune. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket.
• Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No search possible, snow.
• TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
• When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
• No audio (after start-up). (FF515 tips)
• Cut-off adjustment. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Slow start-up. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Type of memory battery. (picture attached)
• No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - FF515 information)
• TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode.
• Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Anomaly due to built in switch.
• No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Corrupted TXT page number. (picture attached)
• No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
• Poor audio.
• Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
• Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
• The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
• Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
• Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. via tuner.
• No picture no sound, EHT ok. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black lines appear on the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No signal.
• Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Remains blocked in PAL.
• Service Info: Unlocking the code lock.
• No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
• No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
• No channel storing.
• Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines.
• No N/S correction. (picture attached)
• Tuner cutting out occasionally.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Trips then shuts down.
• Loss of red. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line transformer does not start up. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
• No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
• Hum bar. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (picture attached) (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Powers up, LED flashing once.
• Dead (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Popping noise from speakers at switch on.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
• No IF signal from tuner.
• Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
• HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
• Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
• No operation (intermittently).
• Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (picture attached)
• Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line whistle. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blurred colour blobs on screen.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• RF14 burns up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Power supply switches off.
• Mains switch does not lock on.
• VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
• No start-up (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
• Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
• Picture height below the centre of the screen.
• Horizontal collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• PSU collapses/cuts off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
• Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• Picture detuned on all channels. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Part number info: Processors
• The power supply blocks.
• When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• How to disable key code.
• Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No tuning (after a few minutes). (FF515 tip from SABA)
• When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
• Picture appears slowly. (picture attached)
• No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
• Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Colour flashing in and out.
• Random clicks with Nicam sound.
• SAT switch over is defective.
• Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
• Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
• No vertical synchronisation. (picture attached)
• No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated.
• Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
• Drifts at switch on after 2 mins. (FF515 tips)
• Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently.
• Service info: Function of the E/W stage. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Dead. LED blinks .
• No horizontal deflection.
• 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.
• Distorted verticals only on top.
• No functions. Standby LED lit . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
• No red. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Nicam is intermittent.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Blurry picture.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received. (FF515 tips)
• No blue. (picture attached) (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
• No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract) (FF515 tips)
• No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
• Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
• Green picture.
• Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Faulty raster. (picture attached)
• No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
• Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
• Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
• Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Picture white out.
• TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
• Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
• No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
• Does not switch on and no standby.
• Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture.
• Sound is lost intermittently.
• The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
• Part number info: processors. (SABA - FF515 information)
• No tuning. Channel display flashes. (picture attached)
• Remains in PAL when cold.
• AGC problems. Poor reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
• Spare part info: value of RL55.
• 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.
• All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
• White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
• Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
• Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (picture attached)
• Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
• No brightness. Audio OK .
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• VCR problems.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF515 tips)
• S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Weak signal. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No brightness.
• Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well. (SABA - FF515 information)
• No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• VHF is ok, no UHF or very little.
• Distorted text page numbers.
• Trips 3 times.
• Chroma fault in Secam. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
• Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive.
• No colour (intermittently).
• Screen is very snowy. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Bright picture. Flyback lines.
• Intermittent colour.
• Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (picture attached)
• Vertical lines are jagged. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Snowy raster.
• Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (picture attached)
• 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.
• Low FM audio, high background noise. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Moire pattern. when cold.
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• 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.
• Intermittent motorboating noise on sound. (FF515 tips)
• Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
• After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
• Blows 1.6A fuse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Various breakdowns due to U1=7V. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No synchronisation. TXT OK .
• Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
• Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No focus. (picture attached)
• No correct reading on the display.
• Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Colour bleeding.
• At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
• No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
• Tuning drifts (after a while).
• Sound pulses.
• Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
• Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
• NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
• Loss of light after 15 minutes.
• Horizontal lines.
• Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio.
• No NICAM sound.
• Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Frame jumping or twitching. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: Processors
• White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• When going into standby with RC, impossible to start operating again with the RC and light flashes after a few moments. (picture attached)
• Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
• No vertical text lock. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 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)
• The brightness control display may switch off.
• Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor Teletext page number.
• Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
• Back cover anti-vibration kit.
• Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok.
• Dead (after lightning strike). (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
• No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
• Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (picture attached)
• Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
• Intermittently unlocked colour.
• LED remains on when set switched on.
• No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
• 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.
• Impossible to go into SECAM. (picture attached)
• A useful note with these appliances.
• Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
• No voltage on varicaps. (picture attached)
• Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio.
• Excessive green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No AGC.
• No text, sound muted. (picture attached)
• Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• No IF signal from the tuner.
• Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
• No picture. Sound will not tune. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Sound distorted when volume increased.
• Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
• PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
• Switches off then starts up again, mostly when cold. When TV works, sound mute and background noise, but sound reappears at channel switch over.
• No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• General information. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Dead. (picture attached)
• Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
• TL17 shorts at start up.
• Part number info: power supply repair
• Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
• No picture or the picture blows. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
• No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
• Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (picture attached)
• Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
• How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
• Intermittent colour.
• No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
• Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (picture attached)
• Power supply goes into safety mode. (picture attached)
• Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black.
• TP48 fails after short time.
• No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Blue picture. Line at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
• Vertical collapse. at top.
• PSU does not oscillate correctly. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Reduced vertical deflection.
• No tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Flyback lines. at top. (picture attached) (FF515 tip from SABA)
• In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
• Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
• Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
• Primary power supply fails under load. (picture attached)
• Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
• 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.
• No off-air luma. TXT OK.
• Low HV. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Unable to enter channel number. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• 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. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right.
• TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
• Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (picture attached) (SABA - FF515 information)
• TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Red raster. Flyback lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (picture attached)
• Intermittent NICAM sound. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No stereo reception on channel 60. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Random flashing of lines on screen.
• Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally static discharge.
• RC part number.
• Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
• No picture, only faint coloured areas. (picture attached)
• Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
• Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
• Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture.
• Line tearing in TXT.
• Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
• No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Coloured flyback lines over picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• RP42 blowing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (picture attached)
• Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Cannot be switched over from all channels.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
• 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.
• Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
• Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Disable electronic lock.
• 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) (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No raster with text board fitted. (picture attached)
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• Protective circuit malfunction.
• Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
• HT value.
• The sound cuts out when warm.
• Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
• Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
• White noise only. No channel LEDs. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Line BU blows after some time.
• No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
• Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display.
• Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
• Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
• Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
• Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
• White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
• Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
• Vertical collapse. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The appliance starts up after a few mins.
• Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX.
• Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
• Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
• Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
• Crackling audio.
• Teletext displays page 100 only.
• Thump from speaker intermittently.
• No programming.
• No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No channel storing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: processors
• No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
• Colour drop-out.
• TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
• 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)
• TV just displays LOCK. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
• Memory loss.
• Does not store settings. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound.
• 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. (FF515 tips)
• Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
• No audio.
• Brightness varies. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
• Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
• No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
• No stereo LED operation. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• LED characters are displayed back to front.
• No picture. intermittently.
• No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical fault.
• Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
• Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
• Dead apart from "88" in display. (with circuit diagram extract)
• OSD doubled in height. (picture attached)
• Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
• Disable electronic combination lock.
• Line tearing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
• Hiss in audio.
• With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
• Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
• Snowy picture after 20 mins. (picture attached)
• Stuck in standby. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No colour (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• 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 attached)
• Crackling on Nicam.
• Colour fails occasionally.
• Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
• Sound from right channel is missing.
• Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
• Shuts down (intermittently). (picture attached) (FF515 tips)
• Line output transistor S/C. (with circuit diagram extract)
• PSU and high voltage pump three times. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up.
• After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
• Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (picture attached)
• Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart.
• Colour bleeding.
• No HV. (picture attached)
• Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No green. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound. Good picture then goes into stand-by after 5 mins then starts up again after pressing a channel number 3 or 4 times.
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF515 tips)
• Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
• Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
• Clicking on NICAM.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
• No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster. (SABA - FF515 information)
• High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
• Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
• Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (picture attached)
• Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
• No signal. (FF515 tips)
• Occasional raster desynchronisation. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (picture attached)
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Sound only at maximum volume.
• 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) (SABA - FF515 information)
• TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
• No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
• Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
• Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
• Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
• No audio. No picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Faulty TXT.
• No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
• Intermittent audio.
• Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Rainbow on the screen.
• Crackling audio. intermittently.
• Defective frequency plan.
• No start up of PSU. 300V present.
• Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
• No reception.
• Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No FS tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No blue just smeary. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Cycles on/off.
• No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Pulsates once with line transformer then line BU blows and power supply pulsates twice. When line transformer starts up for the first time, arcing between deflector and tube.
• No high voltage or line signal control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No sound, picture is ok. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Memory loss. after a while.
• No STEREO reception on channel 60. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• The power supply transformer trembles. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (picture attached)
• Rolling colours and white lines.
• No synchronisation (intermittently).
• The sound disappears when the appliance is warm.
• Fades out or very dim.
• No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Changes between standby and ON mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
• Shuts down.
• Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
• No picture appears in PAL.
• No signal. after a few minutes.
• 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.
• No channel storing.
• Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
• Picture shifted vertically. (picture attached)
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
• Colour cuts out occasionally.
• No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK. (SABA - FF515 information)
• No fastext. Normal text OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No Canal Plus decoding.
• No tuning.
• Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
• No or low start-up volts at IL14.
• 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.
• Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
• No switch on from main switch or via RC.
• Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (picture attached)
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Weak UHF and VHF reception.
• Part number info: power supply repair kit
• No HV (intermittently).
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• U system voltage table.
• No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
• Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
• Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
• The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
• There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
• CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
• No standard switch over. No SECAM.
• No picture. TXT OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The appliance switches to BG standard.
• No sound. Hiss only.
• Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
• Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
• No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
• Pop at switch on. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Occasionally colour fails.
• Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
• Unstable picture. in UHF.
• Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
• Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Black bar. at top and bottom. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No picture. No audio (intermittently).
• Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
• No audio.
• Green screen.
• No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
• Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
• Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
• No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (picture attached)
• Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
• In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Rolling coloured and white lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
• No audio.
• Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• RC part number.
• Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
• No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
• Red picture (after a while).
• No picture (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No centering adjustment toward bottom.
• No audio.
• TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (picture attached)
• RC part number.
• No audio.
• No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
• Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
• No red on TXT. Picture OK.
• Deprogramming due to static loads.
• PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Unfocused raster. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (picture attached)
• Lines from top to bottom of screen.
• No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
• Loses channel 1.
• Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
• Unable to tune in fully.
• Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again.
• White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (picture attached)
• No TXT. Muted audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
• Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
• Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Non-linear. Cramped at top. (picture attached)
• No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• No RC functions (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Loss of red.
• No colour when cold.
• No sound at switch on.
• Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
• Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
• Signal and sound are missing.
• Intermittent NICAM sound.
• No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• How to disable key code.
• In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
• Line transformer vibration on white pictures. (SABA - FF515 information)
• No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (FF515 tips)
• Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
• No line oscillation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• V2 voltage.
• No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
• No sound or signal.
• No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Only the green LED on.
• Picture shifted vertically. at top.
• The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
• No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
• No vertical deflection. intermittently.
• No Y-picture or colour.
• No stereo reception on channel 60.
• PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command.
• Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (picture attached)
• No sound on NICAM sets. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
• After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
• Dead. Standby LED flashes . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
• ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
• 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.
• Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
• Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
• Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (picture attached)
• Part no. info.: RC.
• No contrast. (picture attached)
• 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!
• Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
• With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
• Service info: Function of E/W stage.
• All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm).
• No red in picture or TXT. (picture attached)
• Intermittent audio.
• Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
• Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
• Excessive HV.
• Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
• Sound pops.
• Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
• Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width. (FF515 SABA repair tip)
• Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Picture is missing, random lines on screen. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
• No channel storing.
• Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode.
• No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
• No channel storing.
• Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
• Standby LED flashing in standby mode.
• Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (picture attached)
• Trips three times at start up.
• Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
• Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
• VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
• 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.
• No red in graphics display. (picture attached)
• Pincushion distortion. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Echo on picture. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Moire effect in the colour areas.
• Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
• Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shuts down. after start-up.
• Poor audio. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Unstable operation of the oscillator.
• The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
• Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
• No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
• Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
• No colour.
• Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No brightness (intermittently).
• Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
• Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
• NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
• Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (picture attached)
• Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
• Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
• PSU fails in various conditions.
• No channel storing. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
• Green screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
• Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
• Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
• Trips after 15-20 mins. (with circuit diagram extract)
• At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
• Blows line output transformer.
• Dead. Standby LED lit .
• Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply. (SABA - FF515 information)
• No start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Part number info: processors
• Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
• No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
• Dark picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
• Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (picture attached)
• Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
• Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
• No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK. (FF515 tips)
• Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
• No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
• Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (picture attached)
• Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blank raster. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
• The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
• There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
• LED display characters are back to front. (picture attached) (SABA - FF515 information)
• No B-Y. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune. (service info for SABA -FF515)
• Does not switch standards, remains in PAL. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
• No RC functions. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No channel storing.
• Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
• Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
• No audio.
• Sometimes the sound mutes.
• Picture geometry problems.
• Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Service information: Function of E/W stage.
• No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
• Poor vertical linearity.
• Brightness of display is adjustable.
• Picture jitters.
• No audio. STEREO OK .
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
• No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Short lived line output transformer. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound or picture except in scart. (picture attached)
• After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
• Lines in picture. at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
• Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
• Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31.
• No PIP.
• RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• RC part number.
• Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
• Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
• Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The TV locks in low range frequency. (picture attached)
• No synchronisation. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm.
• Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
• Some text pages not available. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
• OSD only functions in PAL. (SABA - FF515 information)
• Empty lines in top part of picture.
• Colour bleeding. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
• RC part number. (FF515 tips)
• No channel storing.
• No sound or raster. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No STEREO reception on channel 60.
• Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
• 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. (SABA - FF515 information)
• TP48 fails after a few days.
• Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
• Severe patterning like white sparklies. (picture attached)
• Trips when aerial is inserted. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up. (FF515 tip from SABA)
• The very high tension is intermittent.
• No tuning, OSD or TXT.
• No UHF channels. when cold.
• Vertical roll. (with circuit diagram extract)
• If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (extract of circuit diagram attached)