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68868 / TCM [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for 68868 / TCM.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Dark picture. intermittently. (68868 tips)
  • No audio. after start-up. (68868 tips)
  • No audio. Picture OK . (68868 tip from TCM)
  • The appliance is tripping intermittently. (68868 tips)
  • Switches to standby. (68868 TCM repair tip)
  • Reduced horizontal size. Poor vertical linearity.
  • PSU does not start up correctly. (68868 tips)
  • Reduced picture with lines but no picture content.
  • Dead. No display. (TCM - 68868 information)
  • Low brightness.
  • Chopper transistor keeps blowing.
  • Picture is curved inward on both sides in the middle of screen. No E/W correction.
  • Vertical fault.
  • No picture. No audio.
  • Mains fuse fails.
  • No picture, no sound. Bubbling sound from the speakers and PIP relay rattles. (service info for TCM -68868)
  • Crackling noises, channels keep changing, volume can go high.
  • Field cramp and intermittent tripping.
  • HV flashover from line transformer. (68868 TCM repair tip)
  • No picture content. Grey-white area. Sound present. TXT and OSD with E/W fault.
  • Incorrect colours in picture (degaussing does not work OK).
  • Horizontal transistor becomes hot and fails.
  • Excessive horizontal size. Pincushion distortion. on sides.
  • Low HT, intermittent tripping and field cramping.
  • Dark picture.
  • Bright picture. Flyback lines.
  • Black, horizontal lines in the lower half of the picture. Vertical output stage oscillates.
  • No functions. No start-up from standby.
  • Picture width jumps sporadically after some time and vertical waves run through on the right half of the picture. Temperature sensitive. (68868 TCM repair tip)
  • Cycles on/off. (68868 tip from TCM)
  • Line shift.
  • Comes on for a short time.
  • No start-up. intermittently.
  • Picture rolls.
  • No E/W correction. Excessive horizontal size.
  • Enter service mode.
  • No vertical deflection.
  • Noisy picture and sound. No LED's lit.
  • No start-up.
  • Only a horiztontal line in picture centre. (TCM - 68868 information)
  • EHT tripler faulty.
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • PSU pulsates.
  • No function. Fuse F601 1A in power supply o/c.
  • Poor vertical synchronisation.
  • White screen.
  • Black screen.
  • Deflection BU fails immediately at switch on.
  • Dead.
  • HV attempts to start up.
  • Horizontal line. in the centre. (service info for TCM -68868)
  • No picture. Sound ok, G2 ok.
  • HV builds up briefly and then switches off immediately. (68868 tips)
  • Vertical red stripes.
  • Grey screen. No picture. OSD and TXT OK .
  • No E/W correction.
  • Tripping.
  • Intermittent audio (via SCART).
  • Vertical bar.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly.
  • No HV.
  • E/W error. Slight brushing in picture.
  • Flyback lines. on upper half screen.
  • E/W dented, slight sparying in picture.
  • Failure of chopper transistor (intermittent).
  • Programs, picture and sound cannot adjusted.
  • No picture, just a plain white raster, with a blue band on the left hand side.
  • Line output stage becomes defective.
  • Incorrect field lock at switch on. (68868 tips)
  • No picture. No sound. Red LED is briefly displayed.
  • Line transformer fails.
  • Set dead, fuse blown.
  • Mais fuse (2A) fails intermittently.
  • Tuning problems, drifts off tune.
  • No picture. on upper half screen.
  • Intermittent failure to start.
  • Bright picture. after a while. Flyback lines. Shuts down.
  • Deflection transistor Q307 is after 10 min. S/C.
  • No picture.
  • Text characters appear after 3-4 days of operation. RC does not function.
  • No picture after switch on. Sound and deflection ok. Ok after running for 10 mins and switching off and on again.

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Last updated: 07. Oct 2008 23:02:57 MET, doccode ISO9002AS168EKA200805C EURASMOP

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