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WD28SL / WINDSOR [TV]

The EURAS repair tip database for professional technicians and service engineers supplies the following faults for WD28SL / WINDSOR.

List of fault symptoms:
  • Line output stage transistor fails after approx. 3 sec. after switch on.
  • No start-up. Faint ticking from PSU.
  • Vertical jitter.
  • Starts up with difficulty from standby. Loud noise coming from PSU. (WD28SL tip from WINDSOR)
  • Contrast problems.
  • No audio. Lines on picture. Intermittently OSD appears. Green LED flashing.
  • 12" wide picture.
  • White screen. Flyback lines.
  • Bleached picture on screen. No E/W.
  • Video IC fails again after approx 1 hour.
  • Small picture in centre of screen.
  • PSU fails.
  • Reduced vertical size. Vertical foldover at top.
  • Switches to standby.
  • If the TV is on for more than 5 minutes and then switched to standby mode, it does not come on again.
  • Field collapse with no sound and the channel LEDs do not light up.
  • Only half picture, lower half is black.
  • Intermittently standby LED goes dim during warm up, then set goes to standby.
  • Colour varies.
  • No picture. via tuner. AV OK .
  • No start-up. intermittently.
  • In standby attempts to switch on via RC, red LED goes off and then back to red within 3 seconds
  • No picture. CRT stays dark.
  • No raster.
  • Tripping.
  • Wavy picture.
  • Reduced horizontal size. Pincushion distortion.
  • Enter service mode.
  • No reception, deflection also defective.
  • PSU pulsates. in standby.
  • Dead, pop from loudspeaker.
  • No start-up.
  • Tripping (intermittently).
  • Excessive horizontal size. No E/W correction. Reduced vertical size.
  • Dark picture.
  • Standby LED flashes green and motorboating from the speakers when cold. Picture too small and hum from the speakers after warming up.
  • Picture is missing, sound and raster ok. (WINDSOR - WD28SL information)
  • Horizontal output transistor is defective.
  • Vertical bar. in the centre.
  • No picture. Raster OK .
  • Squealing noise. in standby.
  • Hum in audio. Patterns in picture. at start-up.
  • PSU pumps during operation. Standby OK.
  • Excessive HV.
  • Bubbling in loudspeakers. No standby LED, cannot be switched on.
  • Tries to start up. LED goes from red to green then becomes red again. Mains pulsating.
  • HV builds up rhythmically.
  • Vertical ripple on picture.
  • Stuck in standby. LED is green.
  • Q304 (S2055AF) becomes defective immediately after start-up.
  • Excessive horizontal size. (WINDSOR - WD28SL information)
  • Switches to standby. at start-up. Red LED blinks.
  • PSU chirps.
  • Intermittently line output transistor blown at switch on.
  • No RC functions. LED is green.
  • Line BU and R629 burnt at start-up.
  • LED flashes. after start-up.
  • Mains fuse (2,5 A) is defective.
  • Line tearing, sometimes more, sometimes less
  • Only about a 30cm wide picture. (WD28SL tip from WINDSOR)
  • No picture. Vertical stripe is available for a short time after switch off. Sound ok.
  • Starts from standby. LED is red. LED flashes green than switches back to standby.
  • Horizontal piecrusting. Line sync fault.
  • No picture, no sound. LED blinks fast.
  • LED flashes red.
  • Audio goes to minimum when V+ pressed.
  • Adjustment code.
  • No raster. No audio.
  • Appliance whistles.
  • PSU trips quickly and audibly in standby.
  • Coloured lines. on upper half screen.
  • Shuts down. after start-up.
  • Dead. Power LED lit .
  • Grey screen. Flyback lines.
  • Switches to protection mode.
  • No frame synchronisation on OSD and TXT.
  • No functions. Red LED blinks.
  • Horizontal collapse.
  • Excessive brightness. Retrace lines.
  • No channels.
  • Reduced raster size.
  • Vertical fault.
  • Vertical collapse.
  • User control doesn't function.
  • Switches to standby. after start-up.
  • Picture is fluttering, flashing and patterning.
  • Brightness fault.
  • Picture content on the right hand side approx. 3cm to narrow. Picture size adjustment ok. (service info for WINDSOR -WD28SL)
  • Switches off by itself. intermittently. LED blinks .
  • Remains stuck in 4/3 mode.
  • CRT problems.
  • Dead. Standby LED flashes .
  • No start-up, no LED and noise from loud-speakers.
  • Dark picture. Low contrast.
  • Power supply burns up.
  • Only brightness, with approx. 6 cm wide black stripes on the left and right side. Sound is available.
  • No E/W correction.
  • No start-up. Standby LED flashes .
  • Picture is black. Sound and vertical deflection OK.
  • No power.
  • At start up, EHT crackles briefly and TV switches to standby.
  • Switches to standby after start-up with RC. LED turns green for a second.
  • Standby ok, LED is red. LED switches off after switch on and reappears again in red.
  • Disable child lock.
  • Black screen. Audio OK .
  • Switches to standby. after start-up. LED is green.
  • Picture width control defective.
  • Flashing picture.
  • No picture. at start-up.
  • Switches to standby. after a few seconds.
  • Aquealing, appliance tries to start up, green LED flashes. (WD28SL tips)
  • Vertical lines.
  • No picture. Flyback lines. Audio OK .
  • No function. Humming.
  • No picture. Audio OK .
  • Dead.
  • Line collapse and incorrect width.
  • Degaussing problems.
  • No RC functions.
  • Picture is too high and dented. (WD28SL WINDSOR repair tip)
  • No picture. intermittently.
  • Vertical line.
  • Blank picture. White horizontal stripe at top. No OSD. Audio OK.
  • Fast blubber from the speakers, no operation.
  • Line output transistor fails repeatedly. (WD28SL WINDSOR repair tip)
  • E/W fault.
  • LED lights for a short time, then switches off.
  • Distorted picture.
  • No raster. Audio OK . (WD28SL tip from WINDSOR)
  • Switches to standby mode after a few minutes. Green LED flashes when trying to come out of standby mode.
  • Stuck in standby.
  • Protective circuit beeps rhythmically.
  • Comes on for a short time.
  • Washed out picture. TXT OK .
  • No correction to pincushion and width.
  • Pincushion distortion.
  • RCU problems.
  • Video-IC (TDA6108JF) fails.

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