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66KS1252 / SIERRA [TV 70-74 (66-70) cm picture]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 66KS1252 / SIERRA.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Display indicates E1.
  • Power supply hiccups.
  • Cycles on/off. intermittently. (66KS1252 tips)
  • Very intermittent hiccups.
  • No picture. If screen grid is turned up, vertical line appears.
  • Background-colour changes.
  • EHT arcs.
  • Fails.
  • Noisy audio. Alternator noise may be generated when using an xr car radio with an XM701 car amplifier.
  • Remote telco decoder problems.
  • No RC functions.
  • Dark picture. intermittently.
  • Poor REC/PB. Picture is too big.
  • Connection of a loop system to the TV.
  • Part field collapse.
  • Lines on picture plus excessive brightness. (66KS1252 tips)
  • Appliance stuck on channel 1.
  • Lines folds over when cold. Ok again after approx. 1 min.
  • Brightness and contrast problems. (service info for SIERRA -66KS1252)
  • Light-spot after switching-off.
  • No picture. after warm-up (intermittently). (SIERRA - 66KS1252 information)
  • Service tips Japanese VCRs.
  • Switches on to channel 9
  • Lower half of screen wrong colour.
  • No synchronisation.
  • Linearity distortion in centre of screen.
  • Video is missing, small amount of chroma.
  • Green picture after approx 2 hrs. (66KS1252 tips)
  • Zigzags.
  • Various problems deleting picture which occur very intermittently and may disappear when warm.
  • No picture. at bottom. (SIERRA - 66KS1252 information)
  • Cramped raster.
  • Picture collapse.
  • Intermittently starts and stops. E1 on display.
  • Intermittent dropouts.
  • Light picture with min brightness and flyback lines. (66KS1252 SIERRA repair tip)
  • No or low brightness. (66KS1252 tip from SIERRA)
  • No functions. after start-up (intermittently).
  • Dim blank raster.
  • Blank raster. Audio OK .
  • Fine white lines.
  • No picture. High voltage is present. No RGB drive. RGB module has already been replaced.
  • No response to control panel or RC. No channel change. Picture OK.
  • Width problems.
  • Frame linearity problems.
  • Reduction in contrast level.
  • No frame sync.
  • No start-up (intermittently).
  • No function, the power supply does not start up, the display indicates E1.
  • As soon as the TV is switched on the TV discharges the EHT.
  • Intermittent colour.
  • Dead.
  • Randomly trips.
  • Set switches off after approx three hours.
  • Blank screen.
  • Dark raster. Audio OK .
  • Part nos for line transformer, focus cable, clamping ring and HT cable.
  • Trapezoid shaped raster.
  • Low brightness. Flyback lines.
  • Sound ok, after about 30 mins there are lines on the screen, (no brightness or colour).
  • No vertical synchronisation.
  • No station tunning on 4 of the channels.
  • Slow start-up. (66KS1252 tip from SIERRA)
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Deviation or intermittent operation of the tuning.
  • The stations are out of tune when the appliance is switched on, the television is correctly tuned after approx 1 min.
  • No function. E1 on display.
  • Intermittently frame collapses.
  • Black band at bottom of screen.
  • Distorted picture. at bottom.
  • Moving or stationary hum bars.
  • After approximately 20 minutes the raster is lost.
  • No audio. No picture.
  • Picture rolls in at the bottom. Vertical linearity error.
  • Pincushion distortion. E/W fault.
  • Trips.
  • Low contrast in picture and impossible to adjust. Intermittent fault. (66KS1252 SIERRA repair tip)
  • Reduced brightness with limited adjustment possibility. Contrast and colour OK.
  • LHS of screen is dark and gets lighter towards RHS with flyback lines present.
  • No picture, just bright screen with white lines. Sound OK.
  • Contrast problems.
  • Extension print (SBC 312).
  • Picture and sound are missing. Raster OK.
  • No functions.
  • Does not stop at K5 and/or K21 in search mode.
  • Black band across screen.
  • Tint alters.
  • Vertical fault. (service info for SIERRA -66KS1252)
  • After 30 minutes lines appear on screen, luma and chroma are missing. Sound ok.
  • Bad luminance striations.
  • Loss of line hold.
  • Dark picture for first 10 mins. (service info for SIERRA -66KS1252)
  • Replacement for U341 tuner.
  • Hiccups from PSU when fluorescent light switched on/off.
  • Blank raster.
  • Venetian blind effect.
  • No vertical deflection.
  • Intermittently stops and starts again after a few secs.
  • Screen is lit (no snow on raster).
  • Over a period of approx two hours picture gets progressively greener.
  • Constant tripping.
  • Horizontal stripe. intermittently (after a while).
  • Vertical collapse. intermittently.
  • Raster is blank, sound ok.
  • Dark picture. No adjustment from RC. After approx 3 minutes brightness comes back to its preset value and can be controlled.
  • Lines across picture plus hissing or crackling.
  • No tuning.
  • Reduced vertical size. after warm-up.
  • Flyback lines.
  • The top part of the picture is blanked out, only the bottom three inches having a picture.
  • No luminance output from the TDA2560.
  • E/W fault.
  • Colour varies. (service info for SIERRA -66KS1252)
  • TXT reception problems with K30/K35 chassis.
  • Replacing TDA2523 with TDA2525.
  • No picture. intermittently. (66KS1252 tips)
  • Intermittently the background changes colour.
  • No E/W correction.
  • Poor picture quality, smearing, glistening, milky whites or insufficient brightness.
  • Memory loss.
  • No +12V on IC332.
  • Sync IC (TDA3571BQ) replaces IC (TDA2571AQ).
  • Vertical lines on left of picture.
  • No audio. after warm-up.
  • Safety test after repair.
  • Replacement of tuner ECL2006 with UV418.
  • Appliance keeps searching for channels after switching on the T.V.
  • Processing of "non-standard" signals.
  • Height problems.
  • Print plate 256 divider U18.
  • Purity is poor.
  • The station storage breaks down with system TRD111.
  • Sometimes no start up of PSU and/or drop outs.
  • Squeaking.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Picture quality poor, smearing, glistening or milky whites and insufficient brightness.
  • Line synchronisation is missing or line collapse. (SIERRA - 66KS1252 information)
  • Dark picture. Lightens after a short time.
  • No line synchronisation.
  • Brightness too high/flyback line visible.
  • Loss of raster after approx twenty minutes. Sound remaining ok.
  • Contrast and brightness problems.
  • Switches off after some time, strange noise audible.
  • Ballooning effect.
  • No red. intermittently.
  • After working normally for a short time, the TV switches off.
  • Change of code C2609
  • No function, no start up of PSU, E1 on display. (SIERRA - 66KS1252 information)
  • Attempts to start up.
  • Black lines.
  • Teletext problems.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • Lines on picture plus hissing or crackling.
  • No colour. Audio OK .
  • Picture quality poor, smearing, glistening, milky whites or insufficient brightness.
  • Vertical foldover at bottom.
  • No blue luminance.
  • No brightness.
  • No picture. Lines on screen if left on for approx 30 mins.
  • In the tuning phase the TV does not stop. Receives VHF in UHF band.
  • No raster. after warm-up (intermittently).
  • Hum when volume off also during low sound passages.
  • Vertical lines.
  • No start-up.
  • On reception of some UHF-channels, AFC does not work correctly. After opening the tuning tray, the picture is perfect.
  • Flyback lines on one colour.
  • The picture is too dark, the picture lightens after some time.
  • The stations run through when tuning the appliance.
  • No tuning. only on certain channels. (66KS1252 SIERRA repair tip)
  • Contrast varies.
  • Insensitive after IF replacement.
  • Diamond-shaped distortion visible in vertical lines. Phenomenon relocates depending on brightness.
  • Does not lock in on high frequency channels. Locks incorrectly in on low frequency channels.
  • Poor picture.
  • No E/W correction. Excessive horizontal size.
  • Reduced horizontal size.
  • Partial picture collapse.
  • No audio. Picture OK .
  • Attempts to startup with no result. (66KS1252 tip from SIERRA)
  • Lines in picture when using Japanese VCRs.
  • Stuck in standby. No display. LED lit. . (66KS1252 tips)
  • No TXT.
  • No blue signal output of TDA3560.
  • Contrast control.
  • Dead or intermittently dead.
  • No picture.
  • Three types of line transformers.
  • Insufficient height. Cramped at bottom.
  • Picture is missing, sound ok.
  • Low brightness when first switched on, line shading and flyback lines.
  • Field low and severe flyback lines.
  • The picture becomes greener over a period of two hours.
  • PAL/SECAM transcoder
  • Trips (intermittently).
  • Dim picture. (66KS1252 tip from SIERRA)
  • Dark picture.
  • No luminance.
  • Intermittently does not start up or fails.

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