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ICC5103ML03 / SABA [TV (chassis)]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for ICC5103ML03 / SABA.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Screen is blank with rolling lines at the top.
  • 3 to 4 pulses of line transformer then nothing.
  • 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 signal or goes snowy after 1 hour. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Wavy ripples from side to side. (picture attached)
  • Bright picture. Flyback lines.
  • TP24, TP16, TP19, TP11 and fuse blow. TL31 ok.
  • Switching transistor TP24 fails repeatedly.
  • Top half picture blank, bottom half bright flyback lines.
  • No line drive. (+ 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. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No switch on. When switching off with mains switch LED switches on then off.
  • Intermittent sound from right-hand speaker.
  • No picture and screen is dark. Safety function does not work. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on.
  • No display. after a few seconds. AV OK .
  • Intermittent audio.
  • Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
  • Part number info: power supply repair (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Unstable picture. in UHF.
  • Dark picture with bright lines. Sound OK.
  • Line amplitude is too strong and there is a problem with the east/west cushion.
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • RP42 blowing. (picture attached)
  • Reduced width and width control has little or no effect. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Failure to change channels, no memory of channel data.
  • Automatically comes out of TXT mode leaving a dull, uncontrasted picture. (picture attached)
  • Cables to be connected on the vertical deflector.
  • Blank raster, sound + EHT OK, no r.g.b. Out of IV21 (HA11498). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loss of red. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No sound. Hiss only.
  • Poor focus. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No channel storing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Power supply switches off.
  • Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Poor Teletext page number.
  • Picture lacks blue colour until the brightness is turned up, then blue flares across the picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No colour when cold. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Hum bar. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Reduced vertical deflection. at bottom. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Line whistle. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No HT supplies from DP41, DP37 and DP32. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Receives no HF signals. Band switch over is not possible. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • After 5 mins stations disappear. Wrong characters with the volume OSD. Colours and size change.
  • Intermittent colour when setting picture geometry.
  • No TXT (intermittently).
  • No channel storing.
  • Picture may distort if TT module fitted.
  • After two-three hours the sound crackles very loudly. Model (51K5) Nicam .
  • No tuning of channels. Switching programmes OK, but when channel is pressed, channel does not flash.
  • Intermittent colour.
  • 1Khz tone breaking onto NICAM sound. OK in mono mode.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Dead apart from "88" in display. (picture attached)
  • Dead (after start-up).
  • Green screen.
  • TV deprogrammes, starts up again then remains in PAL. It is impossible to display S2 standard.
  • Power supply BU blows after operating for a short time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Dead (after lightning strike). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally the picture is red with flyback lines.
  • 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.
  • Part no. info.: RC.
  • Stops at random, standby LED off. Start up again possible by ON/OFF switch. (picture attached)
  • Colour flashing in and out. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Snowy raster.
  • No channel storing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Power supply transistor blows up at switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No contrast. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No red in picture or TXT. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Tripping. Arcing. Burning smell. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Malfunctioning AGC adjustment. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
  • No sound at switch on.
  • How to set up SERVICE mode when appliance remains in low range.
  • Part number info: processors. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Brightness problem, display works well but no variation. Contrast and colour ok. Clock data and enable data ok.
  • Vertical lines are jagged. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Diagonal RGB lines across screen. Poor field scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • The picture moves out of its frame when the appliance is warm. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • No tape-end shut off, changing IT20 and IR01 does not cure the problem, no reception on all channels only white shimmer.
  • No TXT. No tuning. No OSD. (picture attached) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Sound pulsing off and on Nicam lights flashing.
  • Black box appears instead of clock on channel change or when adjusting volume on IMC models.
  • Intermittent crackling in the picture (horizontal black lines).
  • Vertical collapse. at top.
  • Switches to standby (after a few seconds). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • VHF is ok, no UHF or very little. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Loss of red. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Thump from speaker intermittently. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • How to disable key code.
  • A useful note with these appliances.
  • Variable sound and picture crackling with snow.
  • Moire effect and no sound for a few moments. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No switch on at all. No standby LED or programme display on front panel. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Signal and sound are missing.
  • Power supply shuts down. Line drive pulls HT down.
  • At switch on RC must be held at least 40cm from the appliance. If appliance runs, all other functions work perfectly from 4-5m away. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • 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.
  • RC part number.
  • No picture. A flyback is apparent when you increase the G2. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off). (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No sync on TXT and sound. Mixed mode OK.
  • Intermittently noise breaks through on NICAM sound.
  • Reduced field scan 2in scan approx 1/4in from top. 9 white lines within scan. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Crackling, occasionally squealing after operating for approximately 20 mins.
  • After two minutes graphics appear on screen showing "nicam and mono" flickering and affecting audio reception. (picture attached)
  • VHF band 1 occasionally fails. Snow and sizzling noise in sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
  • The channel frequency shifts for 3 seconds then shifts again. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • TP24 blown when appliance goes into standby.
  • No picture, only flyback raster visible with distorted raster.
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • No picture just scanning lines. Incorrect frame speed. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • After replacing IV21, picture is too wide. Slight geometry fault.
  • Intermittent unlocked colours.
  • 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. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • No picture. Rainbow colours in lower picture area.
  • Crackling audio. Snow in picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No start-up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • At switch on by ON/OFF switch EHT is heard for 1 sec. then goes dead. No display, no LED.
  • Colour bleeding. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • No stereo reception on channel 60.
  • No focus. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • The appliance switches to BG standard. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Cut-off adjustment.
  • Height reduces. Creeps up from bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No stereo reception on channel 60.
  • Shuts down (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound VHT is correct but there is no picture and the screen is black. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Storage battery explodes HD404918 A08
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • Only channel 21 is received in UHF. Picture and sound ok in VHF. Displays the correct channels.
  • No RC functions. (picture attached)
  • Black, green, pink, blue screen after start-up for 1 min, then goes to normal.
  • Intermittent loud distortion, a bit like motorboating. More likely to occur at high volume settings.
  • No start up of PSU. 300V present.
  • Faulty raster. Vertical jitter. (picture attached)
  • Pincushion potentiometer PG08 acts as width control. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No reception and the display is in German.
  • Blurred picture, fine adjustment does not adjust sufficiently.
  • Dead. LED blinks .
  • No start up with RC. Functions OK with RC when switched on manually.
  • Horizontal rotating lines approx 5-8cm high. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Unstable picture. Horizontal interference on the screen. The sound crackles.
  • Displaced channels eg. M6 on channel 41 instead of 50. No channels between channel 21 and 36. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittent loss of raster at switch on with white lines at the top. Flyback raster when acting on PG08 or when going to AV.
  • No field scan when switched on from cold. Field output thyristor DL21 may not operate. (picture attached)
  • No reception. No UHF or VHF. Channels are displayed correctly.
  • No colour. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Intermittent field collapse. Bright flyback lines rolling at centre of screen 3ins high. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No blue. (picture attached)
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • No synchronisation (intermittently).
  • Accepts tuning channel number but does not alter tuning. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
  • SAT switch over is defective.
  • Power supply switches off for a short time (hiccup) when channel is switched over.
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • Tuning drifts (after a while).
  • Scanning on the screen is visible on a part of the screen. The programme number display is correct. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Channel 60 and high channels flicker. U6 (30V) is low. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Brightness of display is adjustable.
  • No normal sound just white noise. NICAM OK.
  • Shifts 8 channels after being put back into service mode.
  • Powers up, LED flashing once.
  • No picture (after a few minutes).
  • The very high tension is intermittent.
  • Snow in picture. intermittently.
  • No sound, picture is ok.
  • Power supply goes into safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Service information: Function of the E/W stage. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No reception or sound. Brightness is OK.
  • Pop at switch on. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No audio. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No sound or picture. No digits lit on display except STEREO and STEREO S2 lit.
  • HT value.
  • 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.
  • High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC.
  • Trips then shuts down.
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
  • Uncontrollable brightness with flyback lines. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Looks like crt low emission. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • The PSU switches 3 times, line transformer, E/W diodes, U4 and U5 are ok.
  • AGC problems. Poor reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Brightness varies until there is a dark picture.
  • Stop function does not function in teletext, but always jumps back to the memorized page. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No picture. via tuner.
  • No colour (intermittently).
  • Picture height below the centre of the screen.
  • Picture jitters.
  • Sound is lost intermittently.
  • How to disable key code. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • No or low start-up volts at IL14.
  • Picture lacks height "top and bottom " and width "left and right". No correction possible. E/W distortion. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • No start-up (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • The sound disappears when the appliance is warm. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Ticking noise on sound and intermittent sound mute.
  • Stations drift off tune by channel input. Can only be adjusted by fine tuning.
  • Goes into black and white, flyback lines then stops. Dead. Starts up again 2 or 3 times then cuts out completely.
  • Poor grey scale. Dominates in black and white. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No high voltage or line signal control. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical pinching fault on the picture and vertical linearity fault. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Appliance blocks in PAL. Operates in video cassette and channel. Telecom display is abnormal. L equals sound, H equals light and F equals colour.
  • Frame jumping or twitching. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture white out.
  • Intermittently no adjustment of sound with RC. RC OK. IR receiver OK.
  • Audible whistling from the back of the cabinet.
  • No audio.
  • No UHF switching voltage or programme reception. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Unable to enter channel number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Random clicks with Nicam sound.
  • Sharp picture but negative and pale. Service mode OK.
  • Blank screen. Rolling lines around top. (picture attached)
  • Intermittent switch between programme 1 and AUX. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Sound OK on Canal Plus. No luminance when using decoder.
  • S2000 in power supply defective after a few mins.
  • Random clicks with Nicam sound.
  • Shuts down.
  • Occasionally no start up. Protective circuit sets in. No soft start. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Picture is green, red or blue with flyback lines. (picture attached)
  • No or slight sound on the right and/or left tracks.
  • Lines from top to bottom of screen.
  • Blows 1.6A fuse. (picture attached)
  • No RC functions. after warm-up.
  • Crackle effect on sound. Intermittent lines across picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Red raster. Flyback lines. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture. via RF output (intermittently). OK via SCART . (picture attached) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Black and white picture if the receiver is on "Auxiliary".
  • Excessive HV.
  • Channel numbers cannot be entered.
  • Smokes then switches off. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No blue. in TXT. Picture OK .
  • No colour, no brightness. Only one colour on TXT or certain colours are missing.
  • No HF signals received. Band switch over is not possible.
  • Rainbow effect on lower picture edge, otherwise no picture. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No UHF reception, displays channel.
  • Protective circuit malfunction.
  • ICC7 chassis. N/S correction does not function properly. Initially no function.
  • Distorted verticals only on top.
  • TV goes off and switches on again three times then goes into safety mode. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • No function. PAUSE LED is lit.
  • Low HV. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Deprogramming due to static loads.
  • Intermittent audio.
  • Replacement of the diode split transformer in old chassis ICC5 and new chassis ICC5-01.
  • Flyback lines. at top. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loses programmes. Sometimes does not start up. Wrong display. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • 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. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No STEREO reception on channel 60.
  • Terrestrial channel in the background of a satellite transmission.
  • Standard does not change. Channel search is ok.
  • No signal. after a few minutes.
  • OSD only functions in PAL.
  • Excessive green. (picture attached)
  • RV82 (10R) on tube board blows repeatedly.
  • Reduced horizontal size (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • When switching on with RCU, appliance does not react unless you are approx 1m away from it.
  • 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.
  • No stereo LED operation.
  • At start up, time base and EHT for a moment then cuts out. No standby light on.
  • Teletext moves vertically. Appliance functions very well when Teletext is not displayed.
  • No off-air luma. TXT OK.
  • Part number info: power supply repair
  • Defective frequency plan.
  • Replacing BU508, BU508AV, S2000A, S2000A2 and TP24.
  • Pulsating picture. (picture attached)
  • Switched mode chopper transistor blows fuse at switch on. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture. No audio (intermittently).
  • No picture, only faint coloured areas. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • Type of memory battery. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally colour fails.
  • No sound or picture. Scanning not very apparent, greenish, flyback lines. Functions occasionally in scart.
  • Dead. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Moire pattern. when cold.
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
  • Crackling on Nicam. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
  • Loss of light after 15 minutes.
  • 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) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • No sound or picture. Teletext functions. Static discharge. New appliance.
  • TV just displays LOCK.
  • Trips 3 times.
  • PSU and high voltage pump three times. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Dark picture. Poor adjustment of sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (picture attached)
  • Very poor colour. Looks like indent fault.
  • Loses channel 1.
  • Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) too low.
  • Appliance trips and shuts down, sound or raster is missing.
  • Corrupted TXT page number. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • TL29 fails in B and C after start up.
  • With audio module black picture with unstable green bars. Without an audio module snowy picture but no reception.
  • Black screen. All the voltages are correct. The sound, line transformer and the G2 are ok but the screen remains black.
  • Only rainbow effect (picture foldover). (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Intermittently switches off ten consecutive times or just once. Mostly switches on again automatically. No LEDs lit when switching off.
  • Hum bar drifts down picture then field collapses after approx 1hr. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Hiss in audio.
  • No STEREO reception on channel 60. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Remote control operation problem. Microprocessor memory and new quartz. New remote control. Remote control information reception on the microprocessor.
  • White wavy line across the middle of picture 1in wide. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • The picture only appears after about 3 or 4 minutes and then turns red or blue.
  • At switch on, focus pot arcing and igniting. CRT board and tube ventiduct disconnected but fault persists.
  • Picture is very dark. Picture is visible only by the predominant areas of red and blue.
  • Dead (intermittently). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • 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. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Part number info: power supply repair kit
  • No IF signal from the tuner.
  • Spitting noise from speaker. Intermittent digital sound. NICAM LED's go out.
  • Contrast is low in text mode, TV and mix modes are ok.
  • Rainbow on the screen.
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • Display isn't synchronised and has black horizontal line on picture instead which disappears when pressing TV key on RC but comes back again. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • No blue on TXT. Picture OK. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Thin black lines across picture. Intermittent arcing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Poor start up, RC must be pressed for a long time. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical deflection. Rotating lines in the lower third of the picture.
  • RC part number.
  • Picture appears slowly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Unable to tune in fully. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No channel storing.
  • Vertical roll. (with circuit diagram extract) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Does not switch on and no standby.
  • Relaxation of the power supply. If point 8 of the THT is opened, the 110V voltage returns. (picture attached)
  • Stuck in standby. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No power supply and the stand-by light is lit on. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Intermittently goes into TXT mode. (picture attached)
  • Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Colour picture via the tuner, black and white in scart. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Dark picture and no picture content, no display, only standby dot. (picture attached)
  • Part number info: power supply repair
  • No channel storing.
  • Ringing in picture. on the left. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Colour drop-out. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • No picture appears in PAL.
  • Poor focus on picture or TXT. Low brightness and badly smeared. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Poor colour.
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No sound or picture except in scart. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Does not switch standards, remains in PAL.
  • TV does not start up. Power supply does not decouple.
  • Programming impossible but responds in SERVICE mode. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Part number info: power supply repair
  • No vertical text lock. (picture attached)
  • Crackling audio. intermittently.
  • 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.
  • TP24 fails after first EHT pulse.
  • Occasional raster desynchronisation.
  • In the picture appear black lines similar to lightning. Fault is not visible via scart.
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • Service info: Unlocking the code lock. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • The appliance does not work with the remote control, but requests from the appliance are accepted.
  • Horizontal collapse. (picture attached)
  • LED display characters are back to front. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • OSD doubled in height. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
  • No vertical synchronisation. (picture attached)
  • Dead. Standby LED lit .
  • Sound distorted when volume increased.
  • Arcing at switch on. CTV trips 3 times then stops.
  • Random OSD characters all over screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Snowy picture. After 3 mins picture returns to normal.
  • Colour bleeding.
  • Field collapse to approx 12 lines in centre of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Flickering picture. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture. White screen with an oscillating interference signal. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Off-air luminance is missing, text is ok.
  • No picture. There is a white raster on the right of the screen.
  • Vertical roll. Vertical foldover at bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • 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. (picture attached) (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • No LL' switching when you press C of the remote control.
  • No horizontal amplification.
  • After operating for a few minutes, channels 59 and 62 disappear: picture is replaced by snow.
  • No 22V line but ok when DP43 removed.
  • Display shows channel only. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No sound on NICAM sets.
  • No centering adjustment toward bottom.
  • No picture and strange glow at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Four vertical lines in upper picture area.
  • Low FM sound. High background noise.
  • No audio.
  • Blank screen with out of focus blob in bottom centre of screen. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Menu display in wrong language.
  • High pitch whistle on sound, varies with volume mainly on IBA transmission but can occur on BBC as well.
  • Poor channel reception and channels 59 and 62 are replaced by snow. Occasionally reception is correct.
  • Faint white lines rolling up and down picture. Slight cross-modulation effect on off-air signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • After changing the CRT base, there is HT flashover which appears as crackling sound and flickering picture.
  • Clicking on NICAM.
  • Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
  • Fades out or very dim.
  • Black screen. Switches to RGB in Canal Plus. Sound OK.
  • General information.
  • NICAM sound crackles and is distorted.
  • No sound and occasionally the mute function is activated. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Tuner cutting out occasionally.
  • Appliance switches over between VHF and UHF, instead only noise in the picture.
  • No picture. Sound will not tune. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • RF14 burns up. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound interruption and/or crackling.
  • Display flashes and turns dark. Channel displayed but cannot be adjusted. RC OK.
  • No channel tuning in search mode. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No colour (intermittently). (picture attached)
  • No audio. STEREO OK .
  • Reduced vertical deflection.
  • The picture jumps when the appliance is warm and moves downwards.
  • Line tearing/ragging on TXT and OSD. TV picture OK. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • At switch off, loud noises from the speaker.
  • Loud crackling noise from right hand side at switch on.
  • Cannot change channels. (picture attached)
  • No picture. intermittently.
  • Blows line output transformer.
  • Picture height is shrivelled to 10cm. A few rolling horizontal lines in the middle of the picture.
  • PSU fails in various conditions.
  • No text, sound muted. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • After a storm no sound and no picture. No light, filament lights up, line transformer ok. screen remains dark, light appears at switch off.
  • Only rainbow effect (picture foldover).
  • Intermittent dead. Can be OK for days. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No red. (picture attached)
  • No brightness (intermittently).
  • Field collapse across centre of screen. Hum bar may drift down screen about 1 hour before field collapses.
  • Smearing in picture. (picture attached)
  • OSD rolls. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Popping noise at switch on. (Nicam model).
  • Picture shifted vertically. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • Switches to standby. after start-up (intermittently).
  • There is 145V instead of 170V and there is too much L/T amplitude.
  • No STEREO reception on channel 60.
  • Part number info: Processors
  • Poor start up performance of the power supply. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No sound or signal.
  • Sometimes the sound mutes.
  • PSU does not oscillate correctly. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Short lived line output transformer. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Heavy patterning on picture. Turning colour down patterning disappears, but the B/W picture has silvery effect on white areas.
  • Standby LED flashing in standby mode. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • The picture amplitude is too small. The whole of the picture is recorded in the lower half of the screen. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No start up. No drive pulse for PSU Pin 7 IC14 (TEA2029). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Flyback rasters on screen. No picture, no sound. Display on the front is ok. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Primary power supply fails under load. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TP48 fails after short time.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • IG01 (TDA4950) fails repeatedly. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No audio. No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • Operation OK. Dark screen, no sound. RCU OK. As in AV position no snow or thermal tube noise. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Channel programming is impossible. The channels are defective on the display.
  • Brightness varies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Desynchronisation of the OSD when changing channel or "display line adjustment" display circulates on the screen and is illegible. (picture attached)
  • Receives no HF signals. Band change is not possible.
  • Empty lines in top part of picture.
  • No AGC.
  • No UHF channels. when cold.
  • Blue picture. Line at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Blows TP24 and/or TL31. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally colour fails.
  • Part number info: processors
  • Switches off for a short time then returns on programme 1 (early F15 chassis).
  • Variable sound and picture crackling with snow. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No FS tuning. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • RC part number.
  • Goes into standby and cannot be turned on using RC; OK when channel up button on set is pressed for approx 8 secs. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture. Horizontal collapse. Audio OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • PSU does not start up. standby point is visible for a short time.
  • In time picture increasingly wanders down the screen.
  • Blurry picture.
  • Picture geometry problems.
  • White line approx 10 cm from top of picture. Other functions ok.
  • No tuning. Channel display flashes. (with circuit diagram extract) (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • NICAM sound drops out. NICAM indicators flash as sound cuts out.
  • CTV loses its programming when there is a power cut. What is the value the battery must charge at ?
  • Appliance has no HF reception. Snowy picture.
  • The appliance starts up after a few mins.
  • No horizontal deflection (intermittently).
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly. at start-up.
  • No audio.
  • No red in picture or TXT. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels.
  • Picture jumps and vertical distorsion according to video content, mostly on second station, channel 21. Intermittent fault.
  • Occasional tuning drift and breakup of picture.
  • Power supply does not start up. No standby. 5V present. IR01 is ok. TEA2029 is ok. No oscillation on the primary circuit.
  • Receives no HF signals. Tape switch over is not possible.
  • No line oscillation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture or PLL operation. There are vertical interference bars present. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches to protection mode. intermittently.
  • Teletext graphics are incorrect with black bars down the screen.
  • Poor reception. Pieces of OSD appear erratically on display. No menu display.
  • Picture appears after 1.5 mins when cold and after 25 mins when warm (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Picture appears to pulse or flutter.
  • Colour bleeding.
  • Switches off a few times each evening after replacing transformer. Intermittently switches on again after a while. Sometimes needs to be switched on again.
  • Sound reduction. It sometimes returns when changing channels.
  • When appliance is switched on by the mains switch, the TV starts up for a moment, then goes into standby. Does not start up from the RCU.
  • No picture content. After switching on bright picture with colour flecks, same picture without HF signal. Sound OK.
  • No sound. No vertical or horizontal scanning. Just a blue line.
  • Trips after 15-20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No RC functions (intermittently). (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • U5 voltage incorrect.
  • No colour.
  • No scanning. When appliance is switched on green bars then they disappear. FBT is ok. Function is ok. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Hum bar. Vertical collapse. after warm-up. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Signal and tuning are missing.
  • Service information: Function of E/W stage.
  • Spare part no. info: power supply repair kit.
  • No raster deflection. No picture, only vague light in background. Looks like coloured spot at bottom of picture. No start up.
  • No NICAM sound. Normal sound OK. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Narrow horizontal lines in the picture. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • V2 voltage.
  • Chroma fault in Secam. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Monochrome picture when AUX selected on IMC receiver.
  • Protection circuit comes into force inappropriately.
  • No signal.
  • Channel tuning number does not correspond to the frequency required. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Black patch on left hand side, approx 1/3 of picture. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Echo on picture.
  • Vertical fault.
  • 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.
  • Low gain.
  • No raster with text board fitted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Occasionally static discharge.
  • RC part number.
  • No synchronisation. TXT OK . (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No red on TXT. Picture OK.
  • No stereo reception on channel 60.
  • No audio.
  • The appliance remains in PAL. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • 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!
  • No picture or the picture blows. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Intermittent NICAM sound. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No voltage on varicaps. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Picture is too dark - coloured edges on the right. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Blurred colour blobs on screen.
  • No Y-picture or colour.
  • Goes into safety 3 times. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Dead. Standby dot lights up for 1 sec. at switch off. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Mains switch does not lock on.
  • Intermittently switches between programme 1 and AUX. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • 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.
  • Faulty TXT.
  • Red picture (after a while).
  • Picture is dark and no picture content, no display, only standby dot (line drive ok). (picture attached)
  • Moire pattern. after warm-up.
  • Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Switches on, but HV does not build up.
  • No brightness.
  • No sound. No picture. No OSD. Only purity spots.
  • Incorrect TXT graphics. Black bars displayed down screen.
  • Picture becomes yellow intermittently. No reaction to shocks. (picture attached)
  • No PIP.
  • White screen, no picture. At start up displays 1 and after 5 secs 88, no function possible 5V OK, 20V OK.
  • Start up is difficult and occasionally impossible with the IR remote control.
  • 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. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • 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. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • No tuning. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Channels drift after start-up. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Teletext displays page 100 only.
  • Picture interference at the top and bottom, which changes with the line amplitude. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Vertical rolling, will not lock with adjustment of the potentiometer.
  • Black raster. 1/2in of picture. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No stereo reception on channel 60. (+ 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.
  • Black rapid flashing.
  • Hum on picture and noisy chopper transformer.
  • Blocked on channel no 1 in manual and in RCU.
  • Pincushion potentiometer PG08 controls picture width.
  • The appliance switches off automatically and loses its station memory.
  • Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
  • Chopper transistor is defective intermittently. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Black bar. at top and bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No colour (via SCART).
  • Loss of channel 1.
  • All rails are very low, 3V on 158V (158 reads 500 Ohm). (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Poor quality sound in FM, ok in AM.
  • PSU starts up 1 time out of 10. At switch off, green dot lights up and then goes out.
  • No blue. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Receiver goes off after tripping of power supply.
  • Excessive brightness. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Trips. NICAM lights appear to flash. (picture attached)
  • Cabinet back cover vibrates at certain audio frequencies.
  • No audio.
  • Spare parts information - Part reference for TP24 and TL31. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • 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.
  • Vertical lines run over the whole screen. (picture attached)
  • Line tearing. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No picture, sound o.k. High voltage and power supply in good order.
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • Video disappears and comes back after a few seconds. Sound present.
  • Bright screen for short period of time, after this just snow confusion and crackling noises in sound.
  • Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection).
  • No or intermittent picture. via RF output. OK via SCART . (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • No or poor synchronisation. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • If a channel is programmed, the programme reappears and the appliance goes to safety mode. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No standard switching. Blocked on PAL. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Line tearing in TXT.
  • Picture has shifted horizontally. Sound available only every 2 secs. Picture and sound OK via AV.
  • Only 1/4 inch of picture at left hand side. Remainder of picture blank.
  • Weak signal. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No tuning.
  • No picture at switch-on. Sound OK. Picture may return intermittently. (picture attached)
  • Child lock.
  • 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.
  • Intermittent large noise bands. Picture OK via SCART socket. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Teletext clock stops. Each 5cm high part of the picture is missing. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Remains in PAL when cold.
  • No horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • When increasing contrast or on bright video scenes, chroma disappears and 1 or 2 vertical fine black lines appear on left of screen.
  • The TV may function for several days then cut out. VHT is present, black screen and the display indicates standby mode.
  • Vertical lines pulling at the top of the picture. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Black lines appear on the screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • After switch on power supply pulsates three times. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture. Centre section of white line just visible at top centre of screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Green picture. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Intermittent motorboating noise on sound.
  • Power supply BU blows after 10 secs. Correct power supply attempted with line transformer load disconnected.
  • Bottom of picture stretches intermittently. E/W effect.
  • Flickering on channel 60 and on special channels.
  • Picture is missing, random lines on screen. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Colour flashing in and out. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No HV (intermittently).
  • Trips after warming up for a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Intermittent loss of colour. Worse when warm.
  • Difficulty starting up. When started up it functions for a few mins. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Colour fails occasionally.
  • Loss of memory. All program sites on C00.
  • Negative picture, striped and running through in UHF. OK in VHF.
  • Severe patterning like white sparklies. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Intermittent audio. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Does not store programmes.
  • Part number info: processors (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Various video faults. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • VHF band 1 fails occasionally. Snow and sizzling in the sound. Band 3 and high channels are ok.
  • Sporadic hum from speaker. Hum disappears when switched off and on. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Intermittent colour.
  • No audio.
  • Line transformer does not start up.
  • 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 brightness. Audio OK .
  • Mains transistor TP24 (S2000AF) blown straight after being turned on.
  • Horizontal lines.
  • Service info: Function of E/W stage.
  • Ticking noise. Muted audio. intermittently.
  • TXT functions for only 2 secs on high VHF. Functions OK on low VHF low and S channels.
  • Screen is very snowy.
  • Vertical collapse. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Interchangeability of teletext boards between chassis ICC5 and ICC5.01.
  • Occasionally dead, then snow. Goes into standby by the RCU and only starts up again after 30 secs.
  • Blank raster. White and RGB lines at bottom of screen. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • When TV is switched on in standard G, standard cannot be modified. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Back cover anti-vibration kit. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ok but teletext is green. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No audio. after a few minutes. No picture. after a few minutes. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Vertical displacement of approx 5cm towards the top of the screen when warm.
  • Service Info: Unlocking the code lock. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Low FM audio, high background noise.
  • No picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No picture. TXT OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Intermittent trip/chopper failure.
  • Very faint and bright picture via tuner. Picture ok via scart via a VCR.
  • Power supply fuse blown. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • U system voltage table.
  • No sound or vision. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Loud tripping noise from the output stage. Trips three times then dies. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Disable electronic combination lock.
  • Noisy sound on both channels (dependent on the volume setting).
  • Power supply switches off, breaker circuit doesn't start up even with continuous attempts to start up.
  • Blank raster. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract) (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Random flashing of lines on screen.
  • Impossible to go into SECAM. (picture attached)
  • Volume changes by itself or sound is distorted.
  • Sound only at maximum volume.
  • No channel storing.
  • No V1, V2 or VS supplies. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Cannot be switched over from all channels.
  • No audio (after start-up).
  • The video fails with the decoder syster. No problem with the old decoder.
  • No picture. No audio. when changing channels.
  • Only colour info visible. No Y signal.
  • Replacement of uP HD 404019 A05.
  • Constant red, green and blue line scanning.
  • Will not go into standby cleanly when hot, it will pulse between standby and on 5/6 times before finally staying in standby.
  • Channel tuning possible up to channel 45. 5 is obtained on channel 39 and afterwards no fine tuning possible. Eg. 2 on channel 59.
  • Coloured flyback lines over picture. (picture attached)
  • The brightness control display may switch off.
  • Trips three times at start up.
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Sound pops.
  • Some text pages not available. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No operation (intermittently).
  • Picture and sound disappear after approx 5-10 minutes. Not heat-sensitive. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Snowy picture after 20 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Colour bleeding.
  • No standby light when put into standby and impossible to start up again, except when starting up from the control panel.
  • Partial blanking of video info. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • After an hour dark screen, no sound, display is correct. The display remains on the channel selected then a moment afterwards goes into standby.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • Horizontal line. at top. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Reduced vertical and horizontal size.
  • No switch on from main switch or via RC.
  • When cold trips 3 times with crackling in the speaker, then safety mode. When warm trips then starts up. (picture attached)
  • Protection mode activated. Standby LED flashes .
  • No power supply. Standby light comes on then goes off.
  • Blanking lines in the top part of the picture.
  • No signal.
  • No picture. Loss of 1 or more colours.
  • Functions well but occasionally picture turns grainy as if there was a reception fault. Occasionally 5 and 6 disappear. IF screening ok.
  • No grey scale. Functions in SCART.
  • Service info: Unlocking the code lock.
  • PSU collapses/cuts off. (picture attached)
  • Anomaly due to built in switch.
  • Popping noise from speakers at switch on. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Line at the bottom, no picture. Rattling. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Loss of stored settings: Tuning, picture or sound.
  • Colour bleeding. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Channel display does not correspond to the channels received. eg. displays CH52 when 43 is received.
  • Non-linear. Cramped at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • No audio.
  • Resistor RP01 on the power supply module burns.
  • Cycles on/off.
  • No tuning, OSD or TXT.
  • The sound cuts out when warm.
  • No sound, no picture. Weak brightness. Flyback lines if G2 pushed. No functions from TV front panel.
  • No HV. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Functions in PAL. Does not take the Secam standard. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Switches to standby (intermittently). (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • PSU trips 3 times then shuts down. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • In safety mode after working for a long time appliance trips then stops. Display off.
  • The TV locks in low range frequency. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Incorrect horizontal linearity, right part of test pattern is wider than left.
  • No picture, white screen and there is an erasing problem after one hour.
  • Memory loss. after a while.
  • No horizontal deflection.
  • No TXT, although control shows appliance is in TXT.
  • Wrong display. Low light with no picture or sound. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Ticking noise on sound with intermittent mute.
  • Colour fails occasionally.
  • Picture detuned on all channels. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • After operating for 5 mins in black and white, it loses G2 and turns mauve.
  • Blank screen. Coloured spots rising from bottom. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • White noise only. No channel LEDs. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Dead. Standby LED does not light. Standby LED lit . No RC functions. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • The power supply transformer trembles. (with circuit diagram extract) (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Channel raster has shifted by two or more channels. (picture attached)
  • Intermittent fault. The TV stops and even the standby light has gone out. Starts up again by itself.
  • 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)
  • Loud noises from speaker (at switch-off).
  • Loud crackling noise from right hand loud speaker at switch on.
  • Interference in picture. Audio OK . (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Impossible to select bands. Tuner UHF OK. OK via scart. Signal present.
  • Only rainbow colours (vertical deflection error). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • LED remains on when set switched on.
  • At switch on, raster linearity fault for 1-2 minutes.
  • Crackling audio.
  • Volume alters by itself or sound is distorted.
  • No functions. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TL17 shorts at start up.
  • The channel display is incorrect (eg.when receiving channel 36, the display shows channel 38). (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intense patterning on picture, silvering effect on all white areas.
  • Lines in picture. at top. (picture attached)
  • Clicking on NICAM.
  • When the appliance switches off, a spot appears on the screen. (picture attached)
  • RC part number.
  • Service info: Contrast- and beam current adjustment after replacing chroma video module.
  • Spare part no. info: Power supply repair kit.
  • There is a moire effect on the screen for a short while and no sound.
  • Blurred coloured blobs on screen. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No audio. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • TV cuts out intermittently. No sound. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Memory loss.
  • Improving the reliability of TP24 (S2000 or BU508). (picture attached)
  • No sound. TV cuts out after 10 minutes. Sound board OK.
  • NS pincushion distortion. More at the bottom than at the top.
  • No correct reading on the display.
  • Sound makes a noise on both channels and is dependent on the volume setting.
  • No tuning (after a few minutes).
  • Picture is split in two like an aerial echo on all channels even on cable channels.
  • No vertical deflection. intermittently.
  • White lines in the middle of the screen, which is black. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sometimes CTV starts up and functions. When the CTV is functioning, it stops then starts up again all by itself.
  • RC part number.
  • Trips when aerial is inserted. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Power supply of the control micro is too low (micro has been changed). 3 Volts, CTV does not start up. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Trips 3 times then shuts down. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • White screen with flyback lines. Beam current limiter fault G2. A450VT has already been adjusted.
  • Missing B-Y.
  • No OSG, (on screen graphics). Although no OSG, picture functions can still be altered.
  • Programme indicator "1" flashes but will not tune.
  • Spare part info: value of RL55.
  • Channel indication flashing 1, will not tune or adjust.
  • Colour cuts out occasionally.
  • Occasionally memorized data of control unit processor is lost at switch on or switch off with mains switch.
  • No TXT. Intermittently low contrast picture in TXT mode. (picture attached)
  • Only the green LED on.
  • No N/S correction. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Faulty raster. (picture attached)
  • Disable electronic lock.
  • Shuts down. after start-up.
  • After working for a while, RVB lines appear at the top of the screen.
  • No sound except on the headphones and the scart plug.
  • Picture has severe distortion at top and bottom. Changes with line amplitude. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No B-Y. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • No audio. (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • No picture and no direct display of the channel possible. Picture shifts.
  • Failure to switch on from standby unless programme "UP" button is used.
  • Unstable operation of the oscillator.
  • Switches to protection mode. after start-up.
  • Drifts at switch on after 2 mins.
  • Part number info: RC
  • Wavy picture on right side. Switches off after 5 to 10 mins. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No picture. Lines in picture. intermittently. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Bright picture after 2 secs from start-up and no contrast. After 5 secs picture is OK. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Unfocused raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Volume changes by itself or distorted sound.
  • No stereo reception on channel 60.
  • No SECAM. Only PAL, even adjusting it to SECAM F. Remains in PAL. OK via scart.
  • In cold state of the television receiver, the thyristor DL21 (ESM740G) in the vertical stage may not switch on. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Poor vertical linearity.
  • Rolling coloured and white lines. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Nicam is intermittent.
  • Fuse and power supply transistor defective.
  • Double picture. Picture shifted 1mm.
  • No picture. Single lines approx 2ins apart. Raster appears if height or field shift adjusted. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • 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.
  • Line BU blows after some time.
  • Picture reduced to the top half of the screen with a linearity fault. Light pulsates and flyback raster on some lighter pictures. Scanning returns to normal occasionally when changing channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No Canal Plus decoding.
  • Does not start up, no standby. Voltage on TP48 C 0V, Bet E 7.35V. Voltage 300 on CP03 OK.
  • LED characters are displayed back to front.
  • No channel storing.
  • No clock signal in 14 of the IV21. No Y signal in 41 of the IV21 and no light.
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Colour fails occasionally. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Line output transistor TL31 fails. Works for days sometimes weeks. (picture attached)
  • Distorted sound, balance off centre, supersound and NICAM defective.
  • Sound is very distorted on both channels when cold like when warm. All the other functions are normal.
  • Set blocks (operation via RC or via user control only possible, after the set has been switched off and on again by mains switch.
  • Channels have shifted (test picture on channel 33, channel no. 42 displayed).
  • Thumping noise from one channel at switch on.
  • No NICAM sound, normal sound ok.
  • No fastext. Normal text OK. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Intermittent NICAM sound.
  • Intermittent crackle on sound. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Poor grey scale. TXT too bright. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally the video signal is reversed. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No TXT. Command is received but not carried out. Picture does not turn black.
  • Picture visible in one inch strip at left side of screen, rest is blanked. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No TXT. Muted audio. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No audio. after a while. No raster. after a while. Trips. Shuts down. (picture attached)
  • No audio. (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Appliance trips or RL44 burns up.
  • TP24 is defective. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Program site is displayed but the appropriate picture does not appear. If fine tuning is activated, picture appears.
  • No red in graphics display. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No channel storing.
  • No green. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • TV functions but the displays are erased after a few secs.
  • Poor reception. in UHF. Hum in audio.
  • Does not change channels. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Slight picture jitter in the vertical synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • TL31 heats up and blows after 5 mins.
  • Terrestrial channel in background of Satellite transmission.
  • No reception.
  • Rolling colours and white lines. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Occasionally the appliance is blocked. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Maladjusted convergence on the top quarter of the picture.
  • 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 picture no sound, EHT ok. (picture attached)
  • Loss of sync on teletext. Mix teletext/picture ok.
  • No start up. The standby light comes on then goes off straight away when stop function is requested. ***MODIFY PAGE ACCORDING TO FRENCH.***
  • Dark screen dark with vertical bright flyback lines. Picture suddenly appears leaving 2" band at top. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Voltage U5 21V goes to 35V when appliance is warm. Vertical displacement. The other EHT secondary voltages are stable.
  • PSU trips three times then powers down. Standby LED lit briefly at switch on. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No video signal. Sound and TXT display OK.
  • 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. (picture attached)
  • Changes between standby and ON mode. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No standard switch over. No SECAM.
  • Approx 3cm at top of picture has coloured lines. (picture attached) (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • TP24 is destroyed, following a circuit break and return to programme 1. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (ICC5103ML03 tips)
  • Does not store settings.
  • Poor audio.
  • Poor audio.
  • Horizontal line runs from top to bottom and distorts picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Rainbow effect on picture. Flyback lines. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Picture is almost dark, colours are weak and the Y-signal is too weak.
  • Intermittent power up; line at top. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No channel storing. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Intermittently blocks in AV. The channels remain displayed on the display.
  • No sound or raster. (picture attached)
  • No picture. Audio OK . (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Reduced horizontal size. (picture attached)
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Intermittent loss of colour while setting up picture geometry.
  • 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.
  • Intermittent tripping, display ok. Possible start up again via On/Off switch.
  • Intermittent loss of channels from memory after switching on again. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No blue just smeary.
  • No NICAM sound.
  • No picture, picture appears after each channel change then disappears a few seconds later. Sound ok. (picture attached)
  • The power supply blocks.
  • No synchronisation. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (ICC5103ML03 tip from SABA)
  • Poor chrominance of black/white with colour at zero.
  • White dotted line appears on the left of the picture in VHF/Band I reception. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • No programming.
  • Colour cuts out occasionally.
  • Poor horizontal synchronisation. when changing channels.
  • No colour in Secam, ok in Pal. RGB ok.
  • 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. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • No raster. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Only rainbow colours. Picture foldover. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • VCR problems.
  • Slow start-up. (picture attached)
  • No search possible, snow.
  • Distorted text page numbers.
  • Various breakdowns due to U1=7V.
  • Starts up three times then switches off.
  • Intermittent OSG display and sound is reduced. (picture attached)
  • All programme numbers tuned to the same channel.
  • Sound pulses.
  • A1 voltage.
  • Power supply doesn't start up.
  • Picture shifted vertically. at top.
  • Stuck in standby when switched off into standby using RC.
  • No picture (intermittently). (picture attached) (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • No EHT or power supply when switched on. 7V=6.3V.
  • The 1.6A fuse is open circuit. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Field collapse with RGB lines at top of picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Lines in picture. No colour. No RC functions.
  • HT is low at approx. 152V and has intermittent tripping.
  • Low brightness. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • No switching possible in standard LL. (+ extract of circuit diagram) (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Moire effect in the colour areas.
  • Code lock.
  • Accepts channel number but will not tune.
  • Height of picture shifted below centre of screen. (picture attached)
  • Only rainbow colours (picture foldover).
  • Line output transistor S/C. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • TP48 fails after a few days. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Crackling sound on "Nicam". (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • Picture shifted vertically. at bottom. (picture attached)
  • No tuning possible. Hum in VHF. Channel display correct.
  • Red coloured spot at the bottom left of the screen.
  • Automatically changes channels and goes into standby.
  • Intermittently unlocked colour.
  • No colour. (picture attached)
  • Service info: Function of the E/W stage.
  • Only a horizontal line at the bottom. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Functions in Pal but snowy screen in Secam. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Weak blue until the brightness is turned up, but then blue flares. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Occasionally there is a luminance problem when warm. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Sound from right channel is missing.
  • Sound ok, raster blue with flyback lines. (picture attached)
  • Intermittent loud "thump" from speaker.
  • Appliance functions in VHF but not in UHF. Snow is present.
  • Vertical interference line (1/2cm wide) at left of picture on low channels.
  • Poor picture and sound synchronisation. Moire effect on the picture. Occasionally there is no sound or picture.
  • No sound at switch on. Sound returns when channel is changed. Fault only occurs at start up.
  • Does not always start up. Standby light flashes. Loses memory. (service info for SABA -ICC5103ML03)
  • No UHF or VHF on the tuner. Pin 6 of the UHF on 33V permanently.
  • Weak UHF and VHF reception.
  • Dead. Standby LED flashes . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Remains blocked in PAL.
  • No colour in SECAM. Functions in PAL via scart.
  • No colour in PB from a Ferguson FV26D VCR when VCR is positioned under the TV.
  • Blank screen with coloured dots/interference and possible smell of over heating.
  • Colour cuts out occasionally.
  • No IF signal from tuner.
  • Line transformer vibration on white pictures.
  • TP24 gets hot and short circuits. Poor base command. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • Failure of LG11 in line output circuit. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Part number info: Processors
  • No sound via scart and Canal Plus.
  • Tripping. (part of circuit diagram displayed) (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • Intermittent flashing lines on screen. Picture OK with scart input. (+ extract of circuit diagram)
  • Poor base command. TL31 at -0.4V instead of -0.8V, correct format.
  • The display indicates 88.
  • Dark picture with 3 RGB lines. Sound available.
  • Intermittently when changing channel, black bars and no picture on channel 23. (part of circuit diagram displayed)
  • Only rainbow colours (picture running through). (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No vertical deflection. Burning smell. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Channel 60 and special channels flicker. U6 (30V) is too low.
  • With a 220V/100W load or with line connected, power supply stops but functions with the line disconnected.
  • Sound pops.
  • 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. (SABA - ICC5103ML03 information)
  • No UHF, VHF reception. Similar picture without an aerial.
  • Green screen. (picture attached)
  • No functions. Standby LED lit . (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Pincushion distortion. (with circuit diagram extract)
  • Replaced small transformer which was burning but TV remains in standby and FBT crackles for 5-6 secs then nothing.
  • Only white noise, channel LEDs do not light up.
  • Shade gradually becomes purplish. Ok at start up. Degaussing ok.
  • Dark picture. (extract of circuit diagram attached)
  • Switches off by itself. intermittently. (ICC5103ML03 SABA repair tip)
  • No audio.

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