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CX5012Z / SAMSUNG [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for CX5012Z / SAMSUNG.

List of fault symptoms:
  • HT is too high.
  • No power up, just strange noise from power supply.
  • Audio mute and intermittent channel.
  • Picture blanks, sound ok and text ok.
  • No TXT.
  • Arcing inside PSU.
  • Defect in the horizontal linearity stage.
  • White picture with flyback lines.
  • Top linearity is defective.
  • Vertical foldover at top.
  • Intermittent luma/chroma faults.
  • Screen only lights up intermittently.
  • No standby. No start up.
  • PSU chirps. at start-up.
  • Non-linear field scan. Cramped at bottom and stretched at top.
  • Stuck in standby.
  • Reduced horizontal size. Burning smell.
  • Blank raster. Flyback lines.
  • No picture. (CX5012Z tips)
  • Frame collapse of approx. 1.5".
  • Very low audio.
  • Red flyback lines in picture.
  • Attempts to start up. Noise from PSU.
  • Line frequency is too high.
  • PSU whistles. Shuts down.
  • Blank raster. No audio. No front panel function. No RC functions. (CX5012Z tip from SAMSUNG)
  • Reduced vertical size.
  • When power is turned on makes a squealing noise and the LED goes out. (service info for SAMSUNG -CX5012Z)
  • Intermittently picture blanks. Sound OK. TXT OK. Picture comes back after TXT selected.
  • No start-up.
  • Needs to be degaussed quite often.
  • Dead or intermittently dead.
  • Excessive HV.
  • Switches back to channel 1 instantly when trying to change channel, then no function and no standby indicator.
  • No audio.
  • Appliance is dead or trips, standby LED does not light up.
  • Audio interference at switch over and scene change despite adjusting the volume.
  • Signs of a burn up in the line output stage. (CX5012Z tip from SAMSUNG)
  • No picture. via AV. Audio OK .
  • Raster is white and blank, sound is missing.
  • Mains fuse (3.15A) or surge limiter resistor R601 (5R6/7.5W) O/C.
  • Not switching between CVBS and AV mode.
  • No colour.
  • No start-up. Standby LED does not light.
  • Set shuts down intermittently. Eventually standby light just pulses on & then off. Set will not come on. (CX5012Z tip from SAMSUNG)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Dead or goes dead.
  • Comes on in standby mode. (SAMSUNG - CX5012Z information)
  • PSU tripping or volts low.
  • At random intervals picture blanks leaving sound and a dark raster.
  • With some appliances AGC distortion occurs in lower range of VHF band.
  • Ragged verticals, intermittent.
  • Randomly the picture blanks, leaving sound and a dark raster. Pressing the text button brings up a text display, then pressing the return to TV button restores the picture.
  • Vertical collapse. (CX5012Z SAMSUNG repair tip)
  • No start-up. Standby LED flashes .
  • Dark picture.
  • Only noise. No station tuning. (service info for SAMSUNG -CX5012Z)
  • Trips. after a few seconds.
  • Picture too big. (service info for SAMSUNG -CX5012Z)
  • Bright picture. Flyback lines. (SAMSUNG - CX5012Z information)
  • Whitish screen. Sound and OSD OK. (SAMSUNG - CX5012Z information)
  • Chirping. at start-up.
  • Chirping PSU that switches off. No standby light. (CX5012Z tips)
  • Standby light flashes once when turned on, otherwise dead. PSU makes low twittering sounds. Can also be intermittent no go, with twittering sounds coming from psu when in standby.
  • Weak contrast.
  • Blank screen. No TXT. intermittently.
  • Poor luminance.
  • No functions. Squealing from PSU. (SAMSUNG - CX5012Z information)
  • At switch on standby LED is lit for few seconds then goes off.
  • Reduced contrast and brightness.
  • No picture or sound in TV mode. AV mode ok.
  • Intermittently stops. after warm-up.
  • Does not switch to standby.
  • Attempts to start up, a whistle can be heard, but does not switch on.
  • Black screen.
  • No video or luma overload when using Amiga.
  • No picture. No audio. Standby LED flashes .
  • Volume control at max.
  • No HF reception.
  • Blue screen. Flyback lines. (CX5012Z tip from SAMSUNG)
  • Blank raster. intermittently. Flyback lines.
  • No response to RC station commands.
  • Crackling audio.
  • No picture, only OSD available.
  • Picture too wide, then switches to standby.
  • Chopper transistor hisses in standby.
  • No picture brightness/control of the video amplifier when connecting an Amiga computer.
  • Horizontal output transistor Q402 (2SD1651) becomes defective after short operation. (CX5012Z SAMSUNG repair tip)
  • Arcing. Dead. after a few seconds.
  • Smoked then dead.
  • Searches for channels continuously.
  • Dead.
  • Appliance will not produce signals (tuning voltages shows that it swept, but no station is found).
  • Transistor Q402 fails (no high voltage).
  • Channel numbers on front control panel light up.
  • Deflection collapses. (CX5012Z tips)
  • White screen.
  • Reduced vertical size and compressed at bottom.
  • Appliance does not switch between the TV- and AV mode.
  • White raster with flyback lines when first switched on.
  • Shuts down. intermittently.
  • Picture linearity fault, picture shifted at top and stretched at bottom.
  • When switched off, makes squelching noise and LED goes out.
  • Dry joints.
  • No power up from cold.
  • Vertical foldover in cold conditions. After warming up, it corrects by itself. (CX5012Z tip from SAMSUNG)
  • Picture is too big with occasional arcing. HT is high.
  • Ticking noise. Tripping.
  • Repeated failure of Q402.
  • In soak mode the following resistors change their value.
  • Intermittently impossible to switch on, especially when warm. Standby LED only lights up after trying to switch on for a while.
  • Poor vertical linearity.
  • No RC functions.
  • Image has normal brightness only after 2 minutes after turning on.
  • Failure of Q402.

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Last updated: 19. Nov 2008 15:23:48 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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