GJ2818C 000054810 / SABA [TV]

• No power.
• Pincushion distortion. (picture attached)
• Switches to standby when cold (error code 27).
• OSD flickers. Picture flickers intermittently.
• Switches to safety when changing from a dark scene to a bright one. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Part number for line output transformer replacement kit.
• Low contrast. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Shuts down. after a few minutes.
• RL26 fails repeatedly.
• Lamp test.
• Dark picture, low amplitude RGB signals. No way to enter service mode.
• No start-up. Power LED lit . (picture attached)
• Switches off a few minutes after switching on and it doesn't start up until cold.
• No start-up. LED blinks orange . (SABA - GJ2818C information)
• Blurry picture. after a few minutes. OK via SCART . (picture attached)
• Video output stage IC (TEA5101A) on CRT board is defective.
• After switching on via power switch language menu is displayed. Appliance does not respond either to user control or to RC. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Vertical line tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. when cold. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (GJ2818C tips)
• Switches off after a few mins. Slight static noises can be heard at switch-off. (GJ2818C tips)
• No TXT. Displays 'TXT page not found'. (picture attached)
• TL61 and TL62 in horizontal deflection become hot. Appliance OK.
• Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
• Switches to standby (intermittently). (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• 2" thick vertical line on left side. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Enable child lock.
• Recognition of chassis version 1 , 2, or 3, for line output transformer replacement.
• Line transformer is defective.
• Dark shadows in horizontal direction at the transistions between light and dark. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No start-up from standby (intermittently). Shuts down. after a few seconds.
• Stops intermittently or no start up. Error code 27.
• Switches after switch on immediately to standby and then into protection mode. Code 27. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches briefly out of standby and then code 27.
• Band I does not work.
• No colour. (GJ2818C tips)
• Spark flash-over on the back of the picture tube, behind deflection yoke.
• Three start-up attempts with HV after switch on with RC, then error code 27.
• Does not start up at first attempt but after second one. Dark picture. Menus can hardly be read excepting what is written in yellow. (picture attached)
• Starts up three times then switches off.
• Sound goes to zero by itself even when it's increased with RC.
• No operation. No LED lit.
• Changes channels by itself (down).
• Picture is blue or red.
• No picture in AV mode. (picture attached)
• E/W fault. Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (picture attached)
• No raster. No audio. LED flashing from green to orange twice, then six times. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dead. LED blinks . Squealing from PSU. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - GJ2818C information)
• Service menu.
• Volume varies.
• TL65 in horizontal deflection fails thermically.
• Error code 15. Switches off when picture appears on screen.
• Piecrusting in picture on verticals.
• No sound. Picture OK. Sound OK from SCART.
• Picture distorted on a vertical band approx 1.1inch wide on the left side of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Wrong colours. Sometimes picture does not appear, TV does not start up and LED flashes orange/green.
• Dead. Blows fuse. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tries to start up then goes into standby. Error code 27.
• Shuts down. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (GJ2818C tips)
• Stuck in Standby. Red LED switches on, then blinks every 3 secs.
• Line deflection transistor is defective.
• LED lights up orange then flickers error code 27.
• Starts up again, INSTALL menu appears with language request. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dead. LED flashing 7 and 4 times. (picture attached) (GJ2818C tips)
• G2 adjustment.
• No start-up. when plugged in.
• No picture at top of screen. The upper side of image appears at bottom half of screen. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No sound. Bargraph advances only one bar.
• Red LED flashes 2 then 7 times after start-up then appliance stops and LED lit constantly. No start-up.
• Error code 26. LED flashes twice and then 6 times.
• Part no. info: PSU repair kit.
• Noise in picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Faint picture after some time.
• No functions. Red LED blinks.
• Disable child lock.
• No start-up. LED flickers .
• Dead.
• No start-up. Green LED flashes .
• Flashovers at CRT board. (picture attached)
• Intermittently trips. Attempts to start then enters standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• How to quit factory setup.
• Vertical fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Tries to start up 3 times, then LED blinks (2+7) 4 times.
• Excessive horizontal size. Pincushion distortion. on sides. (picture attached)
• Tuning drifts. Patterns in picture.
• FBT and EEPROM fault.
• Switches to protection mode. after a while.
• Reduced horizontal size. Excessive vertical size. Flyback lines. White screen. (picture attached)
• Volume increases for no apparent reason.
• Intermittent horizontal synchronisation and OSD jitters intermittently on high contrast.
• Sound stuck at about 1/10 of bar graph. No reaction to VOL(+) on keyboard or to key (+) on RC.
• Remains in standby. Attempts to start up with RC.
• Black screen. when cold. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Channels change at random. after a few minutes.
• No sound in HF or via scart input. If sound is increased via RC or keyboard, bar graph appears, but sound increases with only one bar.
• No start-up. LED flashes twice, then 6 times. Error message indicates that the tube is not heated. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Comes on for a short time and chirps, standby LED goes off.
• Sound increases to maximum randomly.
• No audio.
• No start-up. HT rustle. LED flashes 2 times, then 7 times (error code 27). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• LED lights up three times at switch-on and attempts to become green but then it changes to red.
• No start-up. LED blinks .
• Line scanning. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Sound disappears on certain channels as well as on AV2. It appears again for a second when switching over.
• How to disconnect protection when appliance doesn't start up and LED flickers with error code.
• Doming effect on whole screen (coloured dome in the middle of screen). (with circuit diagram extract)
• How to disable hotel mode.
• No audio and picture after warm-up.
• Upside-down picture. Picture is too small. E/W fault.
• No audio.
• Pulses three times then vertical fault. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Blocked using RC and front panel. (picture attached)
• Intermittently no line sync (temperature dependent). Noise.
• How to activate install menu. (SABA - GJ2818C information)
• No brightness. No contrast.
• Picture gets darker when changing its format.
• LED flashes once, then reverts to standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dead. after lightning strike.
• Excessive horizontal amplitude in 4/3 mode.
• Enter service mode.
• G2 adjustment.
• Power supply transistor TP10.
• Starts up 3 times, then error code 27. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No picture via EE or AV. No sound. Menu display OK.
• Geometry fault.
• Picture jitters. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Does not find stations in auto tune mode.
• OSD jitters and picture is horizontally unstable.
• SMPS rattles or ticks faintly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Horizontal line. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• HV builds up briefly and then switches off. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Streaks in picture.
• Clicking and arcing from tube base. Switches to standby.
• Switches off by itself. intermittently. Clicking noise.
• Low audio. intermittently.
• No degaussing.
• Horizontal tearing. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Mains transformer rattles with 50Hz. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No picture. LED blinks .
• No picture and audio, only low humming. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (GJ2818C SABA repair tip)
• E/W fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Trips. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Low brightness. (picture attached)
• Picture flickering, pumps or is noisy. Signals via AV1 or AV2 ok.
• Horizontal and vertical amplitude change with brightness and contrast changes. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to protection mode. after a while.
• Volume increases to maximum, then cannot be adjusted.
• Vertical jitter. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Stuck in standby. Standby LED lit . (picture attached)
• No start-up.
• Excessive brightness.
• No volume control. Unable to enter some menus.
• Black screen. Audio OK . (with circuit diagram extract)
• At switch ON, EHT appears. LED flashing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Cannot switch TV in 4/3 mode. Picture remains in 16/9 mode.
• Error codes.
• Dead. LED flashes once every 3 secs.
• Switches immediately into protection mode. Red LED flashes twice, then seven times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dark picture. LED flashes red/green. (GJ2818C SABA repair tip)
• No picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Enters tuning mode.
• Red LED flashes every 2 secs.
• Volume lowers without any obvious reason.
• Vertical collapse. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No audio. (with circuit diagram extract)
• How to exit SERVICE mode.
• Attempts to power up then EHT appears then trips. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (GJ2818C tips)
• RP20 (470R/0.25W) burnt.
• Red picture. Switches to standby. (picture attached)
• Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
• How to quit production mode.
• Switches off by itself. after a while.
• How to enter Installation menu in order to set parameters in French.
• No display when menu is called up. No RC and user control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• TL41 faulty. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Error codes. (picture attached)
• At switch on, EHT rustles and unit shutsdown. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Transistor TB02 destroyed on tube board. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Tripping. intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No G2 voltage. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Ringing in picture. on the left. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• TL19 in horizontal deflection fails without reason.
• Bright picture. Flyback lines. Tripping.
• No or intermittent start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Switches to standby. intermittently. Knock sensitive. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• More or less serious picture tearing, sometimes switching to standby.
• Wrong picture size.
• No E/W correction. (picture attached)
• Tripping. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Dark or black picture. (picture attached)
• Red or green picture. (picture attached)
• TV is dead. Standby LED flashes twice and then seven times. (GJ2818C tip from SABA)
• How to improve reception with an internal aerial. (with circuit diagram extract)
• No contrast.
• Installation menu is displayed at switch on.
• Unable to adjust volume or to navigate in menu. Channel change OK.
• Black screen. LED blinks . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No manual functions. Control is possible via RC but appliance switches again to AV1 and AV2.
• Picture shifted vertically.
• Dead. Power LED lit . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No function. Red LED display at switch ON, then LED goes OFF, comes back with two pulses, goes OFF again and returns with seven pulses. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• How to improve tube's power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Difficult start up. Impossible to enter service mode. Reduced horizontal deflection. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Stuck on menu.
• No vertical deflection. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• No start-up from standby. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Switches to protection mode. after warm-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Switches to standby. at start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Ballooning effect. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No start-up. Standby LED lit . PSU chirps. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Retrace lines. Focus problems.
• No start up. LED flashes every second.
• No contrast in 4:3. Normal contrast in 16:9.
• Vertical jitter after replacing IC IV01
• Afterglow. (service info for SABA -GJ2818C)
• No audio.
• How to store 16/9 picture size.
• No start-up. LED is red . (part of circuit diagram displayed) (GJ2818C tips)
• No contrast and faint picture. (service info for SABA -GJ2818C)
• Protection mode activated. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Tripping. Arcing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Picture is green with black stripes.
• Switches over by itself, from time to time.
• PSU starts but with too low voltages. (GJ2818C tip from SABA)
• Stations jump one program downward after station search.
• Horizontal amplitude and East-West geometry are defective.
• Enable Hotel mode. (GJ2818C tips)
• No UHF channels.
• No reception on area I.
• Tripping. Red LED blinks. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Stuck in standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• No reception.
• No TXT.
• Transistor TP50 (BUH516) destroyed. (picture attached)
• Dark picture after line output transformer was replaced.
• No start-up from standby via RC intermittently. When switched off via mains switch, it switches on again in standby and starts up via RC. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Dark picture. High voltage present. LED lights up red. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Tries to starts when HV pulls in, then protective mode and error code 27. (picture attached)
• Picture too large or foldover.
• Power problem.
• TV stops immediately after switch-on.
• Fuse FP01 blows. (GJ2818C tips)
• Poor colour. intermittently. (picture attached)
• White screen. Flyback lines.
• Sound increases jerkily. Bargraph increases normally. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• LED flashes. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Vertical jitter. intermittently.
• Transistor TL32 destroyed. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (GJ2818C SABA repair tip)
• IC IV5 fails after EHT flashover.
• No RC functions. after warm-up.
• Moire pattern. only on certain channels. (picture attached)
• Always in Secam L.
• Input diodes fail repeatedly.
• Volume uncontrollable. (GJ2818C tip from SABA)
• 9V voltage regulator IP03 (7809) in PSU overheats.
• Loud audio.
• Red standby LED flashes once after switch on. No RC function. (with circuit diagram extract)
• Dark screen. No front panel function. No RC functions.
• Channels change at random.
• Trips 3 times then dead. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Dark picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Shuts down. LED blinks .
• Stuck in standby. LED is red . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Vertical lines are torn, frayed (spikes). (picture attached)
• Dark picture. Unable to enter service mode.
• No tuning. intermittently.
• No start-up from standby with RC. No decoder function. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Streaky picture and noise when cold. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
• Spot on screen when ON/OFF switch is used quickly. (picture attached)
• CL21 (14nF/1.6KV), CL22 (30nF/1KV) and transistor (BUH516) fail repeatedly. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - GJ2818C information)
• Folded up frame on left-hand side of screen.
• Different chassis versions.
• Picture too small. Picture goes off when zoom is selected.
• Chirps. Vertical lines in picture. Line end stage buzzes. (GJ2818C tips)
• Blanked vertical bar on left side of picture. (GJ2818C tip from SABA)
• PSU does not start properly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
• Red LED lights up at switch on instead of green LED. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• Disable hotel mode.
• No functions. (GJ2818C tips)
• No start-up.
• Dark bands running up screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
• FBT defective. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - GJ2818C information)
• Shuts down (when cold).
• Switches to protection mode. (picture attached)
• Switches to standby. at start-up (when cold). (picture attached)
• Black vertical stripes on bright background.
• Picture shifted vertically. at bottom.