CTC177 R1904 set had low audio output which would vary with the volume. Found pins 2 and 4 of u1901 at. Volts dc, due to r1904, and r1906 increasing in value. Replaced r1904 and r1906, which restored full volume.
CTC177 R1904 set had low audio output which would vary with the volume. Found pins 2 and 4 of u1901 at. Volts dc, due to r1904, and r1906 increasing in value. Replaced r1904 and r1906, which restored full volume.
CTC177 R1904 set had low audio output which would vary with the volume. Found pins 2 and 4 of u1901 at. Volts dc, due to r1904, and r1906 increasing in value. Replaced r1904 and r1906, which restored full volume.
CTC177 R1904 set had low audio output which would vary with the volume. Found pins 2 and 4 of u1901 at. Volts dc, due to r1904, and r1906 increasing in value. Replaced r1904 and r1906, which restored full volume.
CTC177 R1904 Set had low audio output which would vary with the volume. Found pins 2 and 4 of u1901 at .65 volts dc, due to r1904, and r1906 increasing in value. Found resistors to both be approx. 2kohm, should be 150 ohm. Replaced r1904 and r1906, which restored full volume. Audio CTC177CD L2304 Low volume and distorted sound. Measuring voltages we found u1001 pin 2 (if vcc) was 5.2 volts. Replaced l2304 (u1001-2) which measured 360 ohms. F31671 Audio CTC177 CF1201 Audio noisy. When connecting an audio source to th Found 0 volts at U1001 pin 58. Found pins 2 and 3 Audio CTC177BH2 U1001 Intermittent crackling in the left channel . U1901 had been replaced .Found that pin 60 of u1001 was at .6 dc supposed to be around 3.81vdc. Resistance measurement from ground the l channel was 60 ohms. Lifting the pin didn't increase the resistance. Disconnecting the foil on the pad of pin 60 to r1901 and hardwiring between pin 60 and r1901 resolved the problem. F276325E Audio CTC177BB CF1201 Noisy sound, connecting a sound source to the audio input jack the sound was ok. Found 0 volts at u1001-58. Clipped leads of cf1201, pins 2 & 3 were touching and grounding u1001-58. F27150SE Audio Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AC CF1201 Noise in audio on cable channels with graphics, video had audio beat on the same channels. He had repaired grounds for a vertical problem. Checked the tuner, it checked normal. After a lot of clarification of the symptoms I told him to replace cf1201 the Removing cf1201 & reinstalling properly cleared up sound & pic. F25190SE Audio CTC177 CF1201 Audio noisy on cable channels with graphics. Video Found CF1201 pin 3 had a bad solder connection. Re Audio CTC177BB ground Slight buzz in audio when graphics or osd is being displayed. The buzz was also present in the mute condition. Resoldering the recommended ground connections cured the problem. F27150SE Audio CTC177 C1953 Audio missing Found C1953 was open. Replacing C1953 repaired the Audio CTC177 OPEN TRA Audio missing U1701 had no signal input at pin 5. Voltage at pin Audio CTC177 U1901, R1 Audio missing The audio output, U1901, was blown. The replacemen Audio Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 TRACE Audio int and Audio noisy on the left channel only Found a broken printed trace going to JW413. The t Audio CTC177 U1001 Audio crackle in the left channel only. Replacing Pin 60 of U1001 measured 0.6VDC, it should be arou Audio CTC177AF2 Trace No audio, u1701 had no signal input at pin 5. Voltage at the pin was at 0 volts. Lifted the pin and voltage returned to the pin. Traced signal from u1001 pin 3 to c1703. Had signal to one side but not the other. Measured resistance on the trace to ground Jumped trace from c1703 to pin 5 of u1701 25GT520 Audio CTC177 C1201 Audio distorted intermittently. U1001 pin 57 was at 4.7V instead of 5.9V. C1201 of Audio CTC177 JW107 Problem with interface between MCR029 and external Remove jw107 from board restored operation of mcr Audio CTC177 JW431 Set had intermitten audio. The audio mute transist Cleaned up the board between the two jumbers fix t CHASSIS: Audio Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 c1201 Intermittent distorted audio. U1001 pin57 was at 4.7v instead of 5.9v. Found c1201 off of pin 57 installed backwards. Installing new part with correct polari ty restored operation. Install new part with correct polarity. G27683hp Audio CTC177 C1909, R19 The unit would not go into Audio mute when selecte There was virtually no DC logic change at U3101 pi Audio CTC177 trace Intermittent and noisy sound on left channel only. Repaired broken printed trace to jw413. Trace was broken on r1901 side of jumper wire. 27GT617 Audio ctc177 u1901 Audio output, u1901, blown. Replacement gets real hot. After a minute or so the dc voltage on pin 9 of u1901 starts to pulsate down to 3 volts from 26 volts. Pin 10 also pulsated, but pin 8 stayed at zero. Found that one end of r1903 was touching the hea Repositioned r1903. Audio CTC177 R1903, R19 Audio low Pins 2 and 4 of U1901 were at 0.65VDC. R1904 and R Audio CTC177 CR4109 Poor Regulation. Picture width would decrease when Regulated B+ would vary from 140VDC to as low as 1 B+ Regulator Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4124 Tic tic. The set makes a ticking noise after the p Pin 3 of IHVT was cycling between 100V and 125V. W B+ Regulator CTC177 R4105 The set makes a Buzzing sound in the off mode. The regulated B+ was high. The set operated normal B+ Regulator CTC177 R4136, C41 Arcing C4107 vents and the regulated B+ was 400VDC. C4107 B+ Regulator CTC177 C4007 Standby voltages high. The 140 volt measured 180 volts. The raw B+ had no B+ Regulator CTC177 IR WINDO Remote operates only at very close ranges. Removing the IR window allowed the remote to opera Cabinet CTC177 R2806 No chroma. The waveform on pin 48 of ic1001 was close to 1 v peak to peak for the luminance signal but on pin 49 there was not any waveform for the chroma. There was chroma on both sides of c2805 but it was only on one side of r2806 on the foil. Resolderi Resolder r2806 Chroma Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 c2806 No color. Applying 4 volts to pin 47 of u1001 to defeat the color killer brings back good color. Had replaced u1001 and y2801. The dc voltage on pin 47 was slightly low, 3.3 volts. Found that lifting c2806 (off of pin47) allowed the dc to rise to 3.75 vo Replaced leaky c2806. 25GT522 Chroma CTC177 N\A No color on channel 3 only. Reverse instructions on sps 4313 packed with 211962. Change r2805 to a 750 ohm (215200) at coordinates 16b & c2801 to 1uf (189991) at 12ee. Replace r2806 at 16b with a chip jumper (205408). G27683HP Chroma CTC177AF3 R2801 Set had no color and in troubleshooting found pin 47 of u1001 to be 3.3 volts due to one side of r2801 not soldered. Soldered r2801 Chroma CTC177 C2801 Intermittent color. pin 47, u1001 measured 2.2v. it should have measured 3.6v. found a leaky capacitor (c2801) off of pin 47, u1001. Replacement of c2801. Chroma CTC177BE U1001 No color, no station audio (noise only). Would direct access channels, but tuning was slow. Autoprogram wouldn't capture anything due to slow tuning. Checking around y2801, we found that u1001-15 measured 9 ohms to ground. Replacement of u1001 restored no Replace u1001. F27631SF Chroma CTC177 R2806 Chroma missing. The waveform on pin 48 of IC1001 was close to 1Vp- Chroma Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R2801 Color missing. Pin 47 of U1001 measured 3.3V. There was a bad sol Chroma CTC177 C2806 Color missing Applying 4 volts to pin 47 of U1001 to defeat the Chroma CTC177 C2805 Color missing. Video was normal but was in black a There was video out at pin 51 of IC1001, but no co Chroma CTC177 C2805 No color video okay in black and white. Had video out 51 but no color back in pin 49 of ic1001. Ic1001 and the 3.58 crystal had both been replaced before the servicer call tech. line. Found color on one side of c2805 but none on other side. Resolder cap. and color was restored. C2805 is the path for color to pin 49. Chroma CTC177 R5014/16 Red picture. Low drive from q5002 and q5003. Servi Replacement of resistors R5014/16 restored picture High Voltage CTC177 C7410 High Voltage @ 10KV; 26V, 12V, -12V Run sources OK Replaced c4710. High Voltage Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4904 Dead set There was 2.5V on pin 26 of U1001. U1001 had been High Voltage CTC177 R4119 Vertical int The 7.6V run source was varying at pin 32 of U1001 High Voltage CTC177 TRACE 14 Video missing/OSD missing. Audio was normal. Normal video was present at U1001-44. checked U100 High Voltage CTC177 T4301 Dead. hot had shorted and f4001 had opened .found connections at primary of the horizontal driver transformer t4301 bad. Resolder connections at the horizontal driver transformer t4301. Horizontal CTC177 C4403 Insufficient horizontal sweep.horizontal near collapse. Tracing waveforms at the yoke return capacitor the signal dropped off dramatically on one side of the capacitor. Replaced open c4403. Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 Pincushion error evident. Servicer found shorted q4851 pin out put transistor. Upon replacement the new part promptly went up in a puff of smoke. Pulling the collector loose on the pin output, the dc level on the foil was at 39vdc with horizontal ac also This applied reg b+ to the pin circuit thereby toast ng q4851. Replacement of the above components restored normal operation Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 short Dead data and clock line from u3101 were not present, which is correct and they would start up when the power button is hit. There is no dc voltage on pin 24 of u1001 the trace from r4311 to jc404 was reading 0 ohms to grnd.. Found trace under r4308 was Removed short. Horizontal CTC177 R2709 Bright screen no video pin 31 of u1001 was 7.4 volts instead of 6.36. Found resistor r2709 (27k) was open. Resistor is off pin 4 of flyback. 25GT506 Horizontal ctc177 r4904 Dead. Found 2.5v on pin 26 of u1001. U1001 had been replaced. Found r4904 open. Pin 26 pulled up from inside u1001. Replaced r4904 and set worked. f25651 Horizontal CTC177 C4403 Dead set with c4105 failure. replacement of c4105, chassis will run for a very short time with c4105 failing again. replacement of c4403 (yoke return cap) resolved the problem. Replacement of c4403. Horizontal CTC177 CR4303 Found the horizontal pulse at q4301 to be 5.7vpp and -2.3vdc at the base, and .4vpp and 145vdc at the collector. Cr 4303 checked open. Replaced cr4303, restored operation. Horizontal CTC177AA3 TRACE Dead set. Pin 24 of u1001 was at 1.5 volts in standby it should of been 6 volts. There was leakage in the trace at the two jumpers jc404 and jw317 off pin 24 of u1001. The two jumpers were removed and a wire jumper was placed between resistors r4311 and r4310. Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AG leakage Turning tv on, it came up than down. Grounding pin 26 of u1001 tv stayed on with correct high voltage. Checking voltage on q4901-b found 7.5 volts. Also, found 700 ohms across xrp test points. Tech removed printed wire between r4902 & xrp- 1 and replaced with a jumper. Leakage in circuit board. F25651 Horizontal ctc177 trace Dead. U3101 pins 15 and 16 ok. U1001 pin 26 (xray shut protect) at 2.6v. Found and repaired an open trace between pin 26 and r4904. Set then worked normal. 25gt506 Horizontal CTC177 CR4403 Pincushion problem.repeat failure of q4851 in the pincushion circuit.the voltage at the collector of q4851 was down to about 12 volts .it should be about 17 volts.cr4403 was checked out of circuit(it checked good).the diode was breaking down under load. Replacement of cr4403 as well as the damaged q4851. F27631SF Horizontal CTC177 T4301 Dead set. T4301 had an open primary winding. Set w Replacement of T4301 repaired the set CHASSIS: Horizontal CTC177 connection Picture pulled in 1 to 1.5 inches on both sides. Found pin 2 of l4853 not soldered. This connection was on the coil not the board. Resoldered l4853. G27683 Horizontal ctc177 c4407 Picture is too tall and bowed out at the top. The sides are bowed in.. The collector voltage on q4851 is at 19vdc.. The vertical height can be controlled by the service menu... Replaced def c4407.. Cap checked good out of ckt Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4303 Narrow pix. Horizontal waveform at collector showe Remove solder splash c4303 (emitter q4302). Horizontal ctc177 t4401 Dead. Set was intermitant initially. 140v was at 148. Checking voltages we found a poor solder connection on pin 1 of the fly. Repair of solder connection fixed set. f27631sf Horizontal CTC177 trace No video or osd- audio normal had changed u1001. Found normal video at u1001-44. Checked u1001-25 for 8vpp horiz. Pulse and found no pulse with 6vdc (should be 2.1vdc). Found a normal 25vpp pulse at t4401-8, but not at r4303. The trace between t4401-8 an Repair trace 27GT613 Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 Hot failure.found cr4402 leaky. have seen a few of these diodes failing. Replaced q4401. cr4402. Horizontal CTC177AM2 Originally the set had a blown horizontal output transistor. After replacement the sides pulled in and pincushion correction was not correct. The servicer had replaced c4402, c4406 and the yoke return caps without any improvement. This set has a 27 inch t When the servicer reinstalled the chassis back into the original set the width and pincushion problem disappeared. Horizontal ctc177aa3 Q4301 Turn set on would have drive out of u1001-24 to base of q4301 no collector wave form and had 17v on collector. Tech may have caused this,set came in for ground problem and the set would not turn on after he soldered the set. Replace q4301 x25103sg Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4403.HO Intermittent failure of the hot. found an open (under load) r4403 and a intermittent c4403. the set had worked briefly with the first hot replacement. Replacement of q4401, r4403, c4403. Horizontal CTC177 T4301 Dead set. Tracing the horizontal drive signal revealed there Horizontal CTC177 C4407 Picture would bloom with channel changes or a change of screen voltage. Width was also affected. Replacement of c4407 which is located across the pincushion damper resolved the problem. Horizontal CTC177AR2 R2709 Intermittent vertical black bar in center of picture. Found r2709 overheated. Replaced overheated r2709 (ihvt pin 4). F25215W Horizontal CTC177BE C4313 No video or osd, replaced u1001, 3201 and 3101. Pin 25 of u1001 had 4.3 volts with a waveform of only 2.1 volts peak to peak.The servicer noticed c4313 in parallel. Lifting the cap returned video and osd. Checking the service lit and c4313 is not shown. T Replace c4313. F27630 Horizontal CTC177AA R4201 Intermittent xrp shutdown . By grounding pin 26 of u1001 the set would operate. The base voltage on q4901 would vary lower causing the xrp to trip. The base of q4901 read 13k to ground. Removing r4201 off from it's pad and cutting along the foils with a k Removing r4201, cleaning the traces underneath this resistor and reinstalling this component took care of the problem. 25GT506 Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177bg q4851 Picture is too wide. Horizontal freq. Was set ok. Read a short across cr4403 in circuit. Found q4851 shorted c-e g27341wk Horizontal ctc177 c4402 Cycles when turned on. Found by substitution c4402 bad. C4402. x25101 Horizontal CTC177 PCB Dead set.chassis tries to power up.found the 140 volt supply missing at the collectors of both the horiz. Driver and output.found an open trace at pin 2 of the ihvt. Repaired open trace. Horizontal CTC177 T4301 No high voltage had drive to horz driver transistor Horz driver transformer t4301 had a broken wire at terminal # 3 was able to repair. 27GT613 Horizontal CTC177 C4706 Dead set servicer had replaced cr4704 and r4702 the run voltage came up to 4 vdc. Tried another diode but the voltage remained low. Re- moved one end of c4706 and restored the 12vdc. Replaced c4706 25GT542 Horizontal ctc177 trace Dead set. Clock and data on u3201 pins 5 and 6 are ok. Found drive for horizontal coming out of u1001 pin 24. Found open trace between l4401 and pin 6 of t4301. Jumped trace with wire fixed set. Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AF2 C4307 Set had zig zag lines in the top 4" of the picture. Checking waveforms on the set showed what was described as a ringing in video and horiz drives. Subbing in a horiz drive at pin 24 of u1001 cleared up the picture. Checked voltage at pin 23 and it at .5 Replace c4307. F26251ET Horizontal CTC177BH2 T4301 Dead. Tracing horizontal drive signal we found only 18v p-p on the collector of q4301. Replaced t4301 which checked 17 ohms across the primary (should be 37.8 ohms). 27GT613 Horizontal CTC177AK R4302 No video or osd no sandcastle at u1001-27, at pin 25 the fb pulse was 7vpp but was clipped. Dc was 2.7vdc. Checking r4302 for resistance, it checked open (should be 22k). Substitution of a 22k resistor across r4302 restored video and osd. Replacement of r4302 25GC710 Horizontal CTC177BF CR4302 Set would get a black bar on right side of pix from top to bottom. Over a period of 3-5 min more bars would appear and they would get thicker. Slowly the pix would be blacked out from the right side to the left. Sandcastle pulse at pin 27 of u1001 was wr Replace leaky cr4302 clamp diode 27GT617 Horizontal ctc177 c4403 No horizontal sweep. High voltage present. Servicer found and replaced defective c4403 and cr4401. Replaced c4403 and cr4401. j25330bl Horizontal ctc177 adjustment Flagging at top on tuner and vcr. Readjusting the horizontal oscillator corrected the problem. Servcier said the adjustment was a couple of numbers off. Reset horizontal oscillator. Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4307 Flagging at the top of pix with tv video and aux video. All voltages off pins 20,23 and 25 of u1001 checked ok. Replacing c4307 (off pin 23 of u1001) cured the problem. Horizontal CTC177 CR4403 Pincushion problem. Repeat failure of Q4851 in the pincushion circuit. Horizontal CTC177 TRACE Dead set Clock and data on U3201 pins 5 and 6 were normal. Horizontal CTC177 R2709 Pix narrow Voltage checks around U1001 indicated a problem at Horizontal CTC177 C4402 Cycles on/off when turned on. C4402 was bad. Replacing C4402 repaired the set. Horizontal CTC177 T4301 Hi voltage missing. The set had drive to the horiz The horizontal driver transformer (T4301) had a br Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4706 Dead set The run voltage came up to 4VDC. Removing one end Horizontal CTC177 CR4115 Dead set All standby voltages were normal. The microprocess Horizontal CTC177 R2709 Bright screen/Video missing Pin 31 of U1001 was at 7.4 volts instead of 6.36 v Horizontal CTC177 CR4402,C4 Dead set CR4402 was shorted. C4701 and C4505 on the 26 volt Horizontal CTC177 C4502 Dead set HOT leads were severed on the PCB. After replaceme Horizontal CTC177 HEAT SYN With the antenna connected, the set would Pulse on The heat sync that the horizontal output was mouun Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR4402,U4 Dead set. When plugging the set in, a chirping sou A short was detected across the horizontal output Horizontal CTC177 T4401 Dead set. Initially, the set operated only intermi The 140V supply measured 148V. Checking voltages r Horizontal CTC177 C4311 Dead set U3101 voltages were normal. Had no drive from U100 Horizontal CTC177 CBA Dead set U3101 pins 15 and 16 were normal. U1001 pin 26 (Xr Horizontal CTC177 CIRCUIT T No Pincushion correction. Pix narrow with sides bo Checking waveforms and voltages in the pincushion Horizontal CTC177 L4853 Pix compressed. The picture was pulled in 1 to 1.5 Pin 2 of L4853 was not soldered. This connection w Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CBA Dead set U3101 had normal voltages. Pin 15 had data when th Horizontal CTC177 Q4302 Shutdown int after resoldering ground connections Q4302 base connection did not have any solder on i Horizontal CTC177 Q4851 Pix narrow The collector voltage was low on Q4851. Q4851 was Horizontal CTC177 T4401 No Vertical/Audio missing. The voltage at diode CR4704 cathode was 0VDC. Chec Horizontal CTC177 T4401 Dead set. The power supply made a singing noise. The collector of the horizontal output transistor Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 Dead set int Intermittently Q4851 would overheat and open. The Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR4402, Q Pincushion error. The Q4851 pin output transistor was shorted. Upon Horizontal CTC177 Q4401 No startup/Dead set. If the chassis was positioned Resoldering the tabs at the system control shield Horizontal CTC177 Q4401 Dead set The heat sink where the horizontal output was moun Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 Dead set When the set was plugged in, parts on the 26V line Horizontal ctc177bh2 r4854 Pix on left side bowed. Cannot adjust out. U4851 4.5v on pin 2 and 3. R4854 is a 27k resistor instead of 41.2k Replaced with 41.2k resistor. f27632se Horizontal CTC177 C4405 Dead set. The set had a repeat failure of CR4401. Isolating Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4854 Pix bowed in on left side. Could not be adjusted. Checking U4851 4.5V on pin 2 and 3 showed R4854 re Horizontal CTC177 R2709 There was an intermittent vertical black Bar in pi R2709 (IHVT pin 4) had overheated. Replacing R2709 Horizontal CTC177 TRACE Dead set The foil at pin 2 of the flyback transformer was o Horizontal CTC177 E4403 Dead set. Pin 24 measured zero volts, it had 990 ohms to gro Horizontal CTC177 CR4403 Pincushion distortion with repeat failure of Q4851 The pin damper diode CR4403 had physically deterio Horizontal CTC177 CR4303 Dead set. The horizontal pulse at Q4301 was 5.7Vp-p and - 2.3 Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4307 Flagging at the top of the picture with TV video a All voltages off pins 20, 23 and 25 of U1001 were Horizontal Ctc177 C4311 Dead set, u3101 voltages normal, no drive from u1001 pin24 voltage on base of q4302 near 0.0. R4301 had 7.6 volts on one side, 0.0 on the other. Lifted c4311 and voltage and drive returned. Replace c4311 Horizontal CTC177 E802 Video missing. There was no pulse at pin 25 of U1001. Pin 25 of U Horizontal CTC177 c4401 TV would not turn on instantly. Followed horizonta Replacement of c4401 and set turned on and off oka Horizontal CTC177 C4307 Lines in pix. The set had zig zag lines in the top Checking waveforms showed a ringing in video and h Horizontal CTC177 R4201 Shutdown intermittently. The unit would enter into The base voltage on Q4901 would vary lower causing Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4313 Video missing/OSD missing. U1001, U3201 and U3101 Pin 25 of U1001 had 4.3V with a waveform of only 2 Horizontal CTC177 Q7404 VHF channels were Snowy. Found Q7404 was shorted with 11 volts on the colle Horizontal CTC177 CR4302 Intermittent Jailbars. CR4302 checked good but was defective. Replacing C Horizontal CTC177 CR4302 Video missing/OSD missing/Screen black. U1001 pin 25 was at 4.3VDC and pin 27 was at 2.8VD Horizontal CTC177 R4854 Pix bowed in on left side. U4851 measured 4.5V on pins 2 and 3. Found resisto Horizontal CTC177 JUMPER Turning the TV on, the set comes on and then Shutd Grounding pin 26 of U1001 caused the TV to stay on Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4403 Horiz sweep was insufficient. The horizontal was n Tracing waveforms at the yoke return capacitor rev Horizontal CTC177 CR4302 Black bars would appear on the right side of the p Sandcastle pulse at pin 27 of U1001 was incorrect. Horizontal CTC177 C4403, CR Horizontal sweep missing. High voltage was present Found C4403 and CR4401 were defective. Replacing C Horizontal CTC177 Q4851 Pix wide Horizontal frequency checked normal. Detected a sh Horizontal CTC177 TRACE Dead set There is no DC voltage on pin 24 of U1001. The tra Horizontal CTC177 PCB Dead set. Chassis tries to power up. Found the 140 volt supply missing at the collector Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 T4301 Dead set HOT had shorted and F4001 had opened. Found connec Horizontal CTC177 C4407 Pix tall and Pix bowed at the top and sides are bo The collector voltage on Q4851 was at 19VDC. The v Horizontal CTC177 R4302 Video missing/OSD missing Had no sandcastle at U1001 pin 27. At pin 25 the F Horizontal CTC177 R4301 Dead set Found voltage and output missing on pin 24 of U100 Horizontal CTC177 R4854 No Pincushion correction. Varying parameters P03 and P04 had no effect on th Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 Dead set Found cr4402,cr4403 and q4851 shorted. G27343HP Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 T4401 No vertical or sound. Checking voltage at diode cr4704 cathode we found 0vdc. Checking between pins 5 and 9 on t4401 we found an open Replace t4401 F31631SE Horizontal CTC177 T4401 Dead unit. Power supply making a singing noise. Checking the collector of the horz output transistor to ground read shorted. Isolating the various other components off t4401 pins 1, 2, and 3 we still had a short. Flyback (t4401) shorted pin 3 to core Replace t4401 G25341WK Horizontal ctc177bh2 r4301 Dead. No volts or output on pin 24 of u1001. Found r4301 present but not soldered in. Soldered r4301. 27gt613 Horizontal CTC177BH2 CR4302 Intermittent jailbars. Cr4302 checked ok but when it was replaced it took care of the problem. Replaced cr4302 27GT613 Horizontal CTC177 R4303 No picture with strong signal and tearing with weak signal. Less than 1v p-p at u1001-25. Replaced open r4303 which supplies flyback pulse to u1001-25. F25651 Horizontal ctc177 CR4402 Intermittently q4851 would overheat and open. Found the cathode lead of cr4402 was long enough so that when the chassis was slid into the tray it caught on the tray and broke the circuit trace. The break would intermittently connect and the unit would wo Repaired connection on cr4402 and the board around q4851. G27665wk Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Q4851 Slightly narrow pix. Collector voltage low on q4851 Found q4851 leaky base to emitter. 27GT617 Horizontal ctc177 cr4402 Dead set. Replaced shorted u4101 and it blew again immediately. Svcr found cr4402, damper diode, shorted. After replacement of cr4402, and u4101 again, it worked. Replaced cr4402 and u4101 again. F27150se Horizontal CTC177 Q4401 No-start. If the chassis was positioned vertically as for servicing the bottom side, the set would start and play normally. Resoldering the tabs at the system control shield did not help. When the horizontal output transistor leads were resoldered, the c Extending the lead through the chassis and soldering restored normal operation. G27681CK Horizontal CTC177 Q4401 No pix no high voltage. Traced horz signal out of the collector of the horz driver transistor. Found base lead of q4401 (horz output) broken. G27687WA Horizontal CTC177 CR4402 When set plugged in parts on 26v line blow up. C4701, c4705, c4506, c4505, q4851, c4853 all vented or shorted as soon as set was plugged into wall. Other parts on the 26v line may also be damaged. The cause was a shorted damper diode cr4402 putting 140v Replace cr4402 and all failed components on the 26v line. G27343HP Horizontal CTC177 Cr4402 Dead set. Upon pluging the set in a chirping sound was heard. Found a short across the horizontal output which turned out to be cr4402. Replacing cr4402 brought the set back to life but it had no vertical deflection. U4501 cured the vertical problem but Cr4402 shorted damaging u4501 and q4851. G27665 Horizontal Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR4402 Dead set cr4402 was shorted also found c4701 and c4505 on the 26 volt supply were shorted. Replaced cr4402 c4505 and c4701 F27150SE Horizontal CTC177 R2709 Picture is narrow. voltage checks around u1001 indicated a problem at pin 16.the voltage was higher. traced problem to an open r2709 in the beam sense line that connects to pin 4 of t4401. Replaced r2709. Horizontal ctc177 trace Dead u3101 had voltages ok. Pin 15 had data when power pressed. Pin 24 of u1001 had a waveform. Traced to an open trace between pin 6 of t4301 and l4401. Repair of trace repaired set. g27665wk Horizontal ctc177 cr4402 Unit came in with almost everything on the 26v run line blown. The servicer replaced c4701, cr4701, r1908, c1909, and u1901 (audio). When he plugged the set in it blew all of these out again. We found a shorted damper diode, cr4402, allowing reg b+ into Replaced shorted cr4402. 27gt614 Horizontal CTC177 trace Overloaded pix. Agc too high. Co channel interference and some times snowy pix. Flexing the chassis the problems clear up. Found trace from pin 1 of the saw filter ( sf2301 ) to c7605 in the tuner area cracked. The foil was cracked just as it enters the shielded area. C7605 is off q7601 collector. F25251WN IF CTC177 U1001 Slight distortion in tuner audio, aux audio is clean. All voltages are normal. Waveform at pin 3 of u1001 has a slight distortion in it. Replacement of u1001 fixed problem Replace u1001 F27631SF IF Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AF trace Snowy picture on all channels. Corrected broken trace between u1001-6 and r2316. 25GT520 IF CTC177 GROUND G Tuning weak in all bands. Hi VHF was worse. All voltages at varactor and switching diodes chec IF CTC177 U1001 Tuner Audio distorted. Aux audio is normal. All voltages checked normal. The waveform at pin 3 IF CTC177 Q7601 When changing channels, the picture would lock in the drift to snow. Monitoring the tuning voltages at the varactor diodes showed no change when the channel would drift off. Had a if signal inputted off pin 1 of u7301 and got the same results. Traced faul Replace shorted if amp, q7601. IF CTC177 CBA Video distorted The AGC was too high. There was co channel interfe IF CTC177 C2307 SOL Tuner inop. All channels are snow. The AGC voltage at pin 12 of U1001 remains at 0V o IF Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 alignment Rf agc stuck at 8v all the time. Picture is going into agc overload. Controlling the agc from an external source we got a good signal through. Servicer had changed u1001 and u3201. Adjusting the 4.5mhz trap in the eeprom corrected the agc problem. Eeprom adjustment. IF CTC177 C1201 Audio buzz only on some channels. A VCR was connected to the aux-1 inputs. One of th IF CTC177ac Ground Weak tuning all bands all voltages at varactor and switching diodes checked good. Checking if amp q7601 found 12vdc on coll. and 0vdc on base and emitter. Resistance from base to ground measured less than 1 ohm. Found that tech had bridged the base circui Removal of solder bridge at grid 20f restored tuner operation. F25190 IF ctc177 c1201 Audio buzz only on some channels. Servicer tried changing c4129 to a 100uf but the symptom was the same. He then connected a vcr to the aux-1 inputs, tuned one of the bad stations on the vcr, and switched between tv and vcr listening to the same station Changing this defective c1201 fixed the set. G26685wk IF CTC177 SF2301 Video int. When video was input to the external ja All the voltages in the tuner checked normal. Subs IF CTC177 TRACE Pix snowy on all channels. Found a broken trace between U1001 pin 6 and R2316 IF Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C2307 Tuner signal missing. DC voltage on U1001 pin 12 measured zero volts and IF CTC177 L2302 Very snowy or no pix sound ok. Servicer found that moving coil l2302 would make pix come and go. Replacing coil cured prob. Servicer said he has seen two of these. Replaced l2302 G31641CK IF CTC177 EEPROM AGC overload. The AGC was stuck at 8V all of the time. Controlli IF CTC177 C2307 All channels are just snow. Agc voltage at pin 12 of u1001 remains at 0v on all channels. Checking pins 13 & 14 of u1001, we found less than 1v on both. Resistance from pin 14 to ground measured 800 ohms. Found and removed a solder splash from c2307 in the circuit off u1001 pin 14. F25190SE IF CTC177 SF2301 Intermittent video input of video to the external video jack worked okay. All the voltages in the tuner checked okay. Subbing IF signal no video. The saw filter was intermittent. Replace saw filter F27351 IF CTC177 C2313 No video from the tuner. Unit had a slick raster not snow but had static for audio. Found 2vdc on pin13 of u1001. Disconnect pin 12 and video came back. C2313 checked good out of ckt. Replace c2313 and the unit worked fine. IF Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177BH2 C2307 No tuner signal. Dc voltage on u1001-12 measured 0 volts and about 2 volts on pins 13 & 14 of u1001. Replaced leaky c2307 (near u1001-14). 27GT613 IF CTC177 C2313 Video missing from the tuner. There was 2VDC on pin 13 of U1001. Disconnecting p IF CTC177 L2302 The set had a very Snowy pix or Pix missing. Audio Moving the coil (L2302) would make the picture com IF CTC177 Q2301 Unit had no voltage at pin 12 of u1001. On checkin Q2301 shorted. IF CTC177 17J STRIP Keyboard func inop Lifting the shunt capacitors, the keyboard would f Keyboard CTC177 JW427, JW Front panel cntrls. No menus were present when the There was a solder bridge from JW427 to JW428. Rem Keyboard Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 SW3410 Dead set. The standby supplies were normal. There was no data at U3101-15/16. Checking U3101 p Keyboard CTC177 S3411 Power button inop. The TV would not turn on with t Removing a solder splash near the power switch (S3 Keyboard CTC177 PCB Functions inop. The set turns on when the volume u There was leakage between pins 5 and 6 of U3101. R Keyboard CTC177 C3106 The set Turns on/off intermittently. The voltage on pin 5 of U3101 was fluctuating up a Keyboard ctc177 board Set turns on when vol up button is pressed. When on channel up and down work but no other controls will operate. Found leakage between pins 5 and 6 of u3101. Removing components off of pins 5 and 6 and cleaning board removed leakage. Components were put b Cleaned pcb. Keyboard CTC177 SW3431 Front panel inop. Measured a short from pin 2 to pin 5 on the front Keyboard Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C3103 Volume control inop. The volume down control on th The microprocessor had been changed. Pin 7 of U310 Keyboard CTC177 C4501, C45 Vertical will pull up from the bottom intermittent Pressing down on C4501 and C4503 will cause the ve N/A CTC177 Y7401 Tuner inop. The band switching was normal. The tuning voltage N/A CTC177 C5002 CRT shorts. G1 voltage remained high when disconnected from th N/A CTC177 C7404 Tuner inop The tuning voltage on the collector of Q7401 was f N/A CTC177 C4506, U4 The neck of the CRT was burned off. Had apparent high current through yoke windings. F N/A Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7117 Tuner inop/Snow on screen Tuning voltage on Q7401 collector varied with chan N/A CTC177 R7412 VHF low band was missing. High band was normal. The collector of Q4702 was at zero volts in low VH N/A CTC177 C4129 Audio buzz Changing C4129 from 10UF to 100UF (part number 194 N/A CTC177 GROUND Audio buzz when graphics or OSD were being display Resoldering the recommended ground connections eli N/A ctc177bf c7304 Only snow. Q7401 volts changed to proper voltage for channels we selected. However the voltages on u7301 were all wrong. Pin 8 had 3v and the chip was loading it down. Pin 7 had 3v (the only correct voltage) most of the pins had 0v. Checked resistance to Cleaned c7304 off of pin 5 of u7301 to repair the set. N\A CTC177 R7117 No tuner signal and snow on screen. Tuning voltage on q7401 collector varied with channel change. Found zero volts on q7102-g1. Replaced open r7117. F25651BL N\A Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 c2708 Intermittent red components of osd. Off of u1001 pin 40 c2708 was in backwards. Replacing c2708 and putting in correctly solved problem. g27687wkl OSD CTC177BE Q2701 No green in menus q2701 (g-osd driver) had correct waveform at base and emitter, but the emitter waveform was not reaching the negative side of c2707, which should have been a direct connection. The trace between q2701-e and c2707 checked good up to the f Soldering q2701-e repaired set. F27631SF OSD CTC177 R3311 No osd. found fsw signal missing at pin 39, u1001.there was signal at pin 22, u3101.found an open r3311 (connected to pin 39 u1001). Replacement of r3311. OSD CTC177BG U1001 Channel number and vol. indicator were red, menus were red blocks with no information displayed. U1001-40 (red osd input) had a normal waveform, but the dc level was 2v too high at 7.4v tech replaced u1001, and normal voltage and osd returned. Replace u1001. G27341WK OSD CTC177 CRT Pix green. The set had a faint green box in the pi Traced back from U1001 to the kine drive PCB. When Picture Tube ctc177 yoke Set would squeal when turned on. Horizontal output, q4401, was shorted when the set came in. No scan derived voltages. The voltage would return and the squealing would stop with the horiz yoke unplugged. Set also drew 2 amps of current with the yoke plug Replaced picture tube, bad yoke. 25gt522 Picture Tube Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CRT, Q440 When the set is powered on, it will Squeal followe Components off of the collector and the base circu Picture Tube CTC177AF C5002 The raster is bright with retrace. The g1 voltage was 180 vdc. We removed the socket. The voltage was still at 180 vdc. We removed r5007. We still had 180 vdc. At this point we removed c5002. It measured 14k ohms. The 180 vdc dropped to about 16 vdc. Replaced shorted c5002 F25251WN Picture Tube CTC177 CRT When the set is powered on,the set will squeal followed by a failure of the hot. checking the various items off of the collector and the base circuit checked normal.disconnecting the crt allowed the set to turn on and stay on.the servicer had a couple se Replacing the crt. F26251SE Picture Tube CTC177 CR2901 Pix flickers slightly in the background. Found a bad solder connection on the cathode of CR Pix/Pix ctc177ac R3116 No video. Found pin 22 of u2901 at 0v traced back to u3101 pin 12 and found r3116 missing. Tech induced Installed r3116 Pix/Pix CTC177 R7306 Cable channels 2 through 48 tune poorly. Tuner. Checking tuning voltages found junction of CR7302 Pix/Pix Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R2908 No pip or box for the small picture. Main picture was ok. Measuring voltages we found the voltage low on u2901-20. Replaced open r2908. F25190FE Pix/Pix CTC177 C2918 PIP inop. The set had been hit by lightning and U2 Pins 1, 26, 25, 13, 18, 7 and 9 of U2901 were at z Pix/Pix CTC177AE R2909 No video. Traced video signal to u2901, but had no output. Checking pins 20-22, we found data information on 20 and 21 but pin 22 was at .3 volts. U3101 pin 12 was at 4.8 volts. Following the line up to u2901 we found one side of r2909 unsoldered. Resolde Resolder r2909 G26681CK Pix/Pix CTC177 R2908 PIP missing, the box for the small picture was mis Found the voltage on U2901 pin 20 was low. R2908 w Pix/Pix CTC177 SOLDER R Pix flickering The flickering resembled a video picture of a TV p Pix/Pix CTC177 TRACE Video missing Video was lost at PIP IC. Pins 11 and 12 of U2901 Pix/Pix Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R902 Normal color on big picture, has color sync problem on pip. While examining circuitry at u2901, found r2902 (connecting to pin 24,u2901) was mounted incorrectly on the board (90 degrees off) not completing the circuit. Removing the mispositioned r2902 and installing a new one fixed the set. F27671 Pix/Pix CTC177AE C2918 Set hit by lighting, u2901 and u2902 had been replaced. Found pins 1, 26, 25, 13, 18, 7, and 9 to be 0 volts, which was due to c2918 being shorted off the 14.318mhz crystal. Replaced c2918 Pix/Pix CTC177 SOLDER Good main pix video, pip video looks like a double image. In checking pip micro, u2901 tech noticed a solder bridge from pin 41 (ground) to pin 42 (a4 line from sram u2902). Removing the solder bridge fixed the set. Remove solder bridge from pins 41 and 42 of u2901, pip micro. Pix/Pix CTC177 R2902 The set produces normal color on the big picture, R2902 (connecting to pin 24, U2901) was mounted in Pix/Pix CTC177 R2932 Pix missing. Had video into U2901 at pins 4 and 8, Pin 6 of U2901 measured 4.3V. The DC on pin 4 was Pix/Pix CTC177 U2903 Video missing. The set had video to the D-PIP IC b The VDD to IC2901 (the D-PIP pins 11 and pin 43) s Pix/Pix Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 trace No video. Video lost at pip ic. Pins 11+12 of u2901 had 5.4v. Pin 43 had 2.5v. Found open trace between fb2901 and 5.4v source. Repaired open trace. f31671se Pix/Pix CTC177AE R2925 No small picture in the pip mode. The osd would indicate that pip had been selected, but there was no small picture or frame for the picture. At u2901, we found there was no sync signal or dc voltage at pin 19. Checking through the sync amps, q2904 and q2 R2925 in the base circuit of q2904 had been bridged to ground while previous soldering of shield tabs was performed. (loc 4-j). Removing the short restored the small pip picture. Pix/Pix CTC177 R2925 Small pix missing in PIP mode. The OSD would indic There was no sync signal or DC voltage at pin 19 o Pix/Pix CTC177 CR2902 Pix flickers slightly in background. Servicer said he found the cathode of cr2902 (off u2903 5v regulator ic pin 2 to ground) not soldered. Resolder cr2902 F27671 Pix/Pix CTC177 R2909 Video missing Traced the video signal to U2901, but had no outpu Pix/Pix CTC177 R2932 No pix. Had video into u2901 at pins 4 & 8 but not out at pin 6 u1001,u2901,u3201 had been replaced. Dc on. Pins 4, 6 were at 4.3v. 5 volts is fed to a voltage divider ( r2931 and r2932 ) to the anode of cr2904 off pin 4-u2901. We found 5v on the anode, Replace open r2932 10k G27687 Pix/Pix Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AF2 Q4105 The set intermittently won't turn on. If you have it on and turn it off it may not come on. If you remove the ac and count to ten reconnect the ac, the set won't turn on. The voltage at u3101-20 was changing from 4.8 to 6.6 vdc. Found that q4105 was leaky Replaced q4105 F26251E Power Supply CTC177BG C7109 Coil l4101 off the secondary of the flyback had become very hot. Taking a resistance measurement to ground there was a dead short on the 12v e run source. Lifting jw 420 removed the short which is used to supply 12v to the tuner. Upon closer inspection a Removing the solder splash across c7109 resolved the problem. G27341wk Power Supply CTC177AM2 C4135 U4101 would short out. After replacement the set ran for about 5 minutes but on bright scenes the picture would pull in. This caused the regulator chip u4101 to blow out again. After replacing u4101 we found that the regulated b+ was being sucked down and Replacement of c4135 resolved the problem G27304DT Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 This set had weak, transparent osd like has been reported before, with the add. symptom of no video muting at channel change. It was possible to see the hor. freq. Change and lock back in as channels were changed. Cr4104 was zenering at 5vdc and the 5v st Replace cr4104 F25190se Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 No on screen display the 5 volt standby was reading 4.7 volts which is low but everything else was working on the set. Cr4104 which is 5.6 volt diode was reg. At 5 volts. F27150SE Power Supply ctc177af3 cr4109 Reg b+ would change from 140vdc to 120vdc. The pix would change from a full size picture to a postage stamp picture. It would change sizes slowly. Found cr4109 defective. Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4105 The set makes a buzzing sound in the off mode. Reg b+ is high the set worked ok but when you turn it off the regulated b+ measured 215 vdc at t4401-3. The servicer had replaced c4103. The voltage at u4101-2 & 6 was about right. On pin 6 side of c4102 the Resoldered r4105. F26631SE Power Supply CTC177AF C4108 Piecrusting- sometimes in bands, sometimes over whole picture. Checking power supplies, tech found c4108 at 100uf, should be 1000uf. Replacement of c4108 cured problem. F26251ET Power Supply CTC177 C4108 Piecrusting. Sometimes in bands, sometimes over th Checking power supplies, found C4108 at 100uf - sh Power Supply CTC177aa3 JC403/411 Dead set. Had no supply to u1001 pin 22. Found a open between jc403 and jc411, which is supplying the 12volts stby 2a to pin 22 of u1001. Replaced defective jc411. Power Supply CTC177 CR4115 Dead set. All standby voltages were key. Micro was working okay. Pin 22 of u1001 was at .4 vdc. Found diode cr4115 off pin 22 was shorted. 31GT657 Power Supply CTC177AD C4127 Regulated 140.5v goes to 300 volts and vents c4107. Tech found c4127 value checked ok but, esr was high. Replaced c4127 (near u4101-1). G27341WK Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177h2 cr4701 No vertical. No b+ to u4501. No 26v. Cr4701 checked good but replacement fixed set. j20530bl Power Supply CTC177 Q4105 Remote would not function most of the time. Ir3401 Replacement of Q4105 restored remote operation of F25215WT Power Supply CTC177 FIX Dead set due to the 5 volt supply down to 2.9volts Removed R4108 and cleaned the area under the compo CHASSIS: Power Supply CTC177BG L4102 Intermittently tv was dead. Corrected bad solder connection on l4102 (on the 140v line). G27343HP Power Supply CTC177 trace Intermittent dead, changing chans, bringing up menus etc. Found the foil that connects to jw447 and jw448 cracked. (jw448 is off the emitter of q4103 the 5v stby2 source) F27671 Power Supply CTC177 CR4701 Vertical missing. There was no B+ to U4501 and no CR4701 checked good, but was defective. Replacing Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 COIL WIR Streaks in pix. Digital noise in picture. The degaussing coil wires were laying too close to Power Supply CTC177 C4105 Vertical was pulled down approximately one inch fr The 140V line was noisy. C4105 was defective. Repl Power Supply CTC177 C4103 Dead set.the secondary of the power supply (the 143volt especial ly) was over 250 volts. checking the circuit at the chopper regulator ic, found an open capacitor at pin 6, u4101. Replacement of c4103 fixed the set. F26631SE Power Supply CTC177 C4103 Dead set c4107 vented. Reg 140 line high (over 200) while checking the feed back circuit of the regulator he noticed that c4103 off pin 6 of u4101 was missing. Replacement brought 140 v line down to normal. Replace missing c4103 F27671SE Power Supply CTC177 C4135 Dead set. U4101 would short. After replacing U4101 The regulated B+ was being pulled low by a leaky C Power Supply CTC177 Q4105 Intermittently, the set Won't turn on. The voltage at U3101 pin 20 was changing from 4.8V Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7109 Dead set. Coil L4101 off the secondary of the flyback had be Power Supply CTC177 CR4703 Dead set. The 12V supply was down to 9VDC. The 5V standby wa Power Supply CTC177 CR4109 Picture changes size. The picture would change fro Regulated B+ was changing from 140VDC to 120VDC. C Power Supply CTC177 TRACE No vertical deflection, Line toward the bottom of Repaired open trace between r4106 & c of q4101. Power Supply ctc177aa2 cr4106 U4101 shorts from pin 11 to 9 immediately after plugged in. Found that the 140 volt line on the secondary was shorted to ground. Cr4106 was shorted. Replaced cr4106. I have had this diode bad before, but this is the first one that was causing the regulator ic to short. 25gt506 Power Supply CTC177 CR4106, U Dead set U4101 shorts from pin 11 to pin 9 immediately afte Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4124 Dead set. Set ticks when turned on. The 140V is normal until set is turned on. Then it Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 OSD looks transparent. Found B+ on U3201 was at 3.8V and CR4104 zenering Power Supply ctc177cc c4124 Set tics when turned on. The 140v is ok until turned on. Then it pulses between 100v and 140v. Looking at the waveform at pin 3 of t4101 we saw it to be normal in stand by and it would make an attempt to shift towards the run waveform but quit half way t Found c4124 off of u4101 pin 7 to be poorly soldered at one end. Soldering the cap repaired the unit. 31gt657 Power Supply CTC177 C4119 Tuner would not tune channels 14, 15, 16, 17, or 3 Tuner voltage would only get as high as 9.8V. The Power Supply CTC177BE T4101 Buzzing sound heard from the set in the standby mode. At 110vac, standby b+ measured 189v at cr4106 cathode. Scoping the anode of cr4106, the technician described the waveform as a pulse followed by a ringing. With pin 12 of t4101 unsoldered, the buzzing Substituting t4101 from another chassis restored normal operation. 25GT506 Power Supply CTC177BE Q4105 Dead. The vdd on u3101-20 measured 2.5v and the reset pin 1 was 5.4 volts. Voltage on q4105-b measured 5.4v, but the emitter was 2.5v. Replaced q4105 five volt regulator. F27631SF Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 L2704 No vertical, servicer had replaced u4501 (vert output) and rn 4501. On rn4501 (7) the 7.6v source was missing. Measuring the q4101 (e) 7.6v reg., There was 7.6v present but it was not there on one side of l2704. Using an ohm meter l2704 checked open. Replace l2704 Power Supply CTC177 CR3111 Dead tech had found open connection at tuner shield near e116 and repaired all shield grounds. The tv was still dead. The 12v stby line was at 0v. The resistance to ground on the line was less than 1 ohm. Following the 12v stby line and unloading various This diode is not on our ctc177 prop, only on the commercial chassis. Clearing the solder bridge returned operation to normal. 25GH350 Power Supply CTC177AF3 R4135 C4105 vents. The reg b+ is 300 volts. Found R4135 open. Replacement restored operation. F27252GYFE1 Power Supply ctc177aa CR4101 Osd looks transparent. Found b+ on u3201 at 3.8v and cr4104 zenering at 4.6v. Heating cr4104 caused the osd to dissappear. Replaced cr4104. Power Supply CTC177 FB4110 Intermittent tuner, no picture or sound with snow. Voltage on collector of q7401 dropped to zero when the tuner signal disappeared. Tracing we found we were losing the 33v to the tuner. Corrected bad solder connection on fb4110 at 19i. F25190 Power Supply CTC177 C4127 High reg B+ Regulated 140.5V goes to 300V and vents C4107. Fou Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CBA TRAC Dead set. When attempting to turn the set on, U310 The DC input to U4102 was 15V and had 40Vp-p when Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 No osd, no remote response, picture and sound ok. But, horizontal sync takes a while to lock up after channel change. Voltage at cathode of cr4104 for 5v standby measured 4.8 volts. Replaced cr4104. F26633 Power Supply CTC177 CR4704 Set had no vertical and no audio. Cr4704 off pin 9 of the ihvt was shorted and r4702 and r4517 were open or stressed. Replaced cr4704, r4702, r4517 27GT613 Power Supply CTC177 Digital noise or streaks in pix Degaussing coil wires too close to tuner. Redress wires. Power Supply ctc177af c4119 No channels 14, 15, 16, 17 or 32+. Tune volts would only get as high as 9.8v. 33v line was 10.8v by process of elimination found c4119 to be leaky. Replaced c4119 and repaired set. 25gt522 Power Supply CTC177 CR4704,R4 The set would Shutdown. It appeared to be an over- Traced the fault to a shorted CR4704 (12V run sour Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4104 Dead set All voltages on U4101 were at zero except pins 11 Power Supply CTC177 R4104 Dead. All voltages on u4101 were near zero except pins 11 & 12 which were 168 volts. Replaced open r4104 (u4101-4). F25190SE Power Supply CTC177 C4103 Dead set C4107 had vented. The regulated 140 line was high Power Supply CTC177 C4103 The set had a high pitched Squeal when the TV was When the set is in standby, the 143 volts at the s Power Supply CTC177 Q4105 No osd. B+ to pin 20 of u3101 was low (3.8) and checking back at the 5v standby supply we found q4105 had a b-e short. Replace q4105 F25190SE Power Supply ctc177 q4105 2 seconds after turn on the set shuts down. Repeats when power pressed again. Only pulses one time and quits. Found reset line at 4.8v. 5v line was at 3.3v. Q4105 had 3.3v at b and c. Replaced q4105 with e to b short and repaired the unit. 25gt542 Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CBA Dead set int. When changing channels, bringing up The foil that connects to JW447 and JW448 was crac Power Supply CTC177 CR4704 Set shuts down at turn. found it to be over current shutdown. Traced the fault to a shorted cr4704 (12v run source). have found r4702 and r4517 opened as well. the set worked fine after these parts were replaced. Replaced cr4704, r4702, r4517. 27GT613 Power Supply CTC177 U2903 Video missing. OSD normal. The video was traced from U1001 to the PIP chip (U Power Supply CTC177 R4104 Dead set following a brief power disruption. The p R4104 (at pin 4,U4101) was open. Replacing R4104 r Power Supply CTC177 Q4105 OSD missing The B+ to pin 20 of U3101 was low (3.8V) and check Power Supply CTC177 C4108 Dead set The 12V standby voltage was low on U4102 pin 3 in Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4517 Vertical problems and/or Snowy pix. The picture would become snowy and display various Power Supply CTC177 C4706 Repeat failure of cr4704. Replacement diode only lasts a few seconds. Found open c4706. Replaced c4706. Power Supply CTC177 CR4106 Dead set dead set, no 140 regulated b+. Found cr4106 the 140vdc rectif ier shorted Replaced cr4106 F27631SF Power Supply CTC177 CR4704 The set had no Vertical and the Audio missing. CR4707 off of pin 9 of the IHVT was shorted and R4 Power Supply CTC177 R4104 Dead. All voltages on u4101 were zero except pins 11 and 12 had 167 volts. Found r4104 open, not supplying the start up voltage to pin 4 of u4101. Replaced r4104 F25190 Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 Very weak osd the picture was very good, you could just see the osd. The brightness control would control the picture but the osd didn't change. The voltage at the cathode of cr4104 was 4.9 vdc it should have been 5.6 vdc Replaced cr4104 F27150SE Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Q4105 Two seconds after turn on the set Shutdown. The fa The reset line was at 4.8V. The 5V line was at 3.3 Power Supply CTC177 CBA OSD missing The base of Q2701 had a 0.5Vp-p signal with no gai Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 No osd u3201-8 voltage was down to 4.2 vdc the source of the voltag e is clamped cr4104 in the base of q4103. The 5.6 volt zenier diode was 5 vdc Replaced cr4104 Power Supply CTC177 CR4106 Dead set There was no 140 regulated B+. CR4106 (the 140VDC Power Supply CTC177 C4103 Buzz from the set when in the standby mode. The waveforms were not as they should be (very dis Power Supply ctc177af c4105 Vertical down 1" from top. Foun 140v line noisy. Replaced c4105 to repair set. 25gt522 Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4129 Dead set The voltage at pin 4 of U4101 was at 16VDC and pin Power Supply ctc177 e116 Dead. Q4105 + 3 had 2.5v e. U4102 had 10v pin 1 and 7v pin 3. Subbed in our own 12v on pin 3 of u4102 with set unplugged. Found 7v on q4105 e and 7.5v b. Cr4104 had 7.5v cathode and 2v anode. All grounds on the tuner had been reworked but the pad at e116 A jumper from e116 to tuner shield fixed the set. f25190se Power Supply CTC177 E116 Dead set Q4105 had 2.5V on the emitter. U4102 had 10V on pi Power Supply ctc177 R4129 Dead set voltage at pin 4 of u4101 was at 16vdc and pin5 of u4101 was also at 16vdc. Replaced open r4129 100k resistor Power Supply ctc177 c4103 Set squeals when turned off. Found c4103 with one end not soldered. C4103 is located off of pin 6 of u4101. Soldering c4103 repaired set. f27671se Power Supply CTC177 CR4703 Dead. 12v supply down to 9vdc. 5v standby down to 3vdc Found cr4703 leaky. (off pin 10 t4401) Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AF C4124 Tv makes ticking noise after pressing power button and cannot be turned off. Found 140v to pin 3 of ihvt cycling between 100 and 125 volts. Leaving tv turned off the regulated b+ was 135v which normally measures 146 volts. Replaced open c4124 (u4101-7). 25GT522 Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 The set had very weak OSD. The picture was very go The voltage at the cathode of CR4104 was 4.9VDC. I Power Supply ctc177 trace No video no audio. Screen was black. R4517 had 12v on one side, 5v on the other, was hot and smelled funny. U4501 had 1.5v on pin 5. Rn4501 had 5v on pin 5 and 0v on pin 7. We floated pin 5 of u4501 and voltages came up except the 7.5v. The problem was t Repair of trace returned set to normal. g26685wk Power Supply CTC177 C4127 When plugging the set in after it had been unplugged overnight the power supply would cycle 3 times until it would finally run in standby. C4127 which is located off from pin 1 of u4101 was the cause. Replacement of c4127 resolved the problem. Power Supply CTC177 c4108 Dead set. Found 12v standby voltage low on u4102 pin 3 in the power supply circuit. Input voltage on u4102 pin 1 should be between 18 and 20vdc. Input level was down to 11.3 with ac level of about 2v p-p. Replaced open c4108 Power Supply CTC177 COPPER T Video missing/Audio missing. The screen was black. R4517 had 12V on one side and 5V on the other. R45 Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4136/C41 C4107 vents and reg b+ at 400vdc c4107 open and the regulated b+ about 400 vdc. R4136 which is only found in the later schematics. This is a smd located at 19n on cba. (10 ohms) was open. Replaced r4136 Power Supply ctc177 trace No osd base of q2701 had .5v p-p signal with no gain to the emitter all the dc voltage levels on q2701 where ok.. 7.6v supply to r2712 was at 9.6v. Found open trace between r4119 and cr4101. Restored trace between r4119 and cr4101 Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 OSD inop The 5 volt standby was 4.7 volts. Everything else Power Supply CTC177 CR3111 Dead set The set had an open connection at the tuner shield Power Supply CTC177 R4104 Dead set following brief power disruption.the power supply was completely dead.found an open r4104(at pin 4,u4101). The servicer has seen at least 8 to 9 units with the same fault. Replacement of r4104 in each case repaired the set. Power Supply CTC177 C4107 Horizontal jitter and the pic pulls when the brightness goes up unit had horizontal jitter and the picture would pull in on the side as the brightness goes up. Found that c4107 on the regulate d b+ had and open lead. (same as an open capacitor.) Replaced c4107 G27685HP Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4119 Vertical would intermittently drop down. found 7.6 run source varying at pin 32, u1001. Resolder r4119 (off the base of q4101,7.6 volt regulator). Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 OSD missing/no Remote response. The picture and so The voltage at the cathode of CR4104 (for 5V stand Power Supply CTC177 C4109 Squeals at plug in, servicer had replaced u4101 for a dead set. If unit was left plugged in u4101 would fail. Resistance checks didn't show a fault. With the regulator bypassed and ac set to 25 volts c4109 started at arc and smoke as the ac was increased. Replace c4109 in regulator circuit. Power Supply CTC177 C4007 Standby voltages high, 140 volt was at 180 volts. Servicer said the raw b+ had a lot of trash on the line. Jumping out c4007 cleaned up the line and lowered the b+ to 140 volts Replace c4007 Power Supply CTC177 CR4104 OSD missing U3201 pin 8 voltage was down to 4.2VDC. The source Power Supply CTC177 C4107 Horiz jitter and the Pix pulling in when the brigh C4107 on the regulated B+ had an open lead. (Same Power Supply Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4135 Plugging in ac c4105 and c4107 overheat. Replaced open r4135 (t4101-7). G26638 Power Supply CTC177 T4101 Buzz in standby mode. At 110VAC, standby B+ measured 189V at CR4106 cath Power Supply CTC177BF CR4109 Poor regulation. Picture width would decrease with high video content in picture reg. B+ would vary from 140vdc to as low as 123vdc. U4101 had been changed. Checking components in regulator circuit, cr4109 checked leaky in the forward direction. Tech repl Replacement of cr4109. F27671SE Power Supply ctc177 c4103 Buzz from set in stand-by mode. Wave forms were not as they should be. Very distorted. Voltage on pin 2 of u4101 was slightly low. Very little waveform. Inspection showed very poor solder connections on c4103. Resoldered. No buzz Power Supply CTC177 T4101 Low regulated b+ T4101 pin 1 to pin 3 a high resistance. Regulator CTC177 IR RECEIV After the set powers on, the Channels scan upward. There were signals out of pin 1 of U3101. The volt Remote Con Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 IR3401 Set would turn on and go into autoprograming and t Jumped 4.6 volts to pin 1 of u3101 and the set wor CHASSIS: Remote Control CTC177AF2 IR After the set powers on, the set started to scan up channels. Found signals out of ir receiver at pin 1,u3101 and the voltage at pin 1 was 0v. pin 1 should be 4.6v. isolated problem to the ir receiver. Replacement of the ir receiver. Remote Control CTC177 Q5004 No video. Original problem was dead set, with defective ihvt. Servicer had replaced u3201 and u3101 but couldn't get any on screen display to set up the alignments. Servicer had flat black screen with audio and no osd. Checking crt setup we found that th Found b-e open on q5004 on kine socket cba RGB CTC177 Q5001 Color appears to be breathing,with the tint changing. Scoping signals from the t chip did not reveal any problems. Found that the signals at the collector of q5001 were varying as the condition symptom developed. Resoldering q5001 on the kine drive cba. RGB CTC177 YOKE The set would Squeal when turned on. The horizontal output, Q4401, was shorted when the RGB CTC177 Q5001 Color changes and the tint changes. Scoping signals from the T chip did not reveal any RGB Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AA3 R5012 No red. Resistor r5012 in the emitter of red drive q5001 had increased from 130 ohms to over 2000 ohms. Red drive transistor was turn off. Replaced resistor r5012. RGB CTC177 Q5004 Bright screen with retrace. Crt had been replaced the cathodes measured between 40 to 50 vdc. We went to q5003 the collector was 41, base 2.1 and emitter 1.5. Then we checked q5004 the emitter base and collector were all 0 vdc. (shorted) Replaced q5004 F25651BL RGB ctc177 c5004 Pix too bright. Could not get pix brightness down using the screen control. Found c5004 off of base of q5004 shorted. Replace q5004. RGB CTC177 Q2701 Green missing in menus. Q2701 (G-OSD driver) had correct waveform at base Special Effects CTC177 Q3303 Closed caption missing. OSD was normal. Found no video at U3101 pin 13. Tracing from U1001 Special Effects CTC177 C2308 Pix snowy/Horiz sync missing. Pin 6 on U1001 was down to 2VDC. Found C2308 was c Sync Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C2308 No horizontal sync and snowy pix. Pin 6 on u1001 down to 2vdc. Found c2308 cracked. Replace c2308 . This cap is mounted on the chassis where the rails contact the chassis. Sliding the chassis in and out can cause the cap to become cracked. Sync CTC177 U3201 Red distorted/Green smears U3201 was defective. Replacing U3201 repaired the System Control CTC177 R2711, C27 No Autoprogramming in the cable mode. In the off-a Checking Q3301 off pin 39 of U3101, there was only System Control CTC177BD C3103 Chassis will not power on. all standby voltages checked normal. Found the voltage on pin 7, u3101 1.9 volts. it should be 4.7 volts. Traced fault to a leaky c3103. Replacement of c3103. System Control CTC177 R3132, R31 Dead set. Reset voltage was missing at U3101 pin 1 R3132 and R3133 were open. Replacing R3132 and R31 System Control CTC177 connection The video and audio will intermittently go out, and change channels by itself. this condition does not last. the set may clear up and work for extended periods. The shield that borders the micro had a tab that was not soldered To the board at location j3. System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177be c3102 Dead. U3101 pin 5= 4.5v, pin 15 +16 = 2.5v. U3201 pin 5 = 2.5v, pin 6 = 0v. Pin 6 of u3201 measured 300 ohms to ground. Found shorted c3102. Removed and set worked. Replace c3102. f27351wn System Control CTC177AM2 C3113 Intermittently the degauss relay would chatter. Found c3113 (off pin 1 of u3101) the ground end not soldered. G25361BK System Control CTC177 TRACE Video missing/OSD missing The horizontal pulse to U3101 pin 26 was missing. System Control CTC177 U3201 Video int U2901 would lose all voltages on all pins except 2 System Control CTC177 C3310 OSD rolling vertically. The waveforms at pins 24 and 25 of U3101 were norm System Control CTC177 Q3101, Q3 Dead set. All voltages on U3101 were normal. No data appeare System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 JW408, JW Dead set. U3101 and U3201 had been replaced. Pins 5 and 6 of U3201 measured 2.5VDC. There was a System Control ctc177 u3201 No vertical. Line across screen was dim. Pin 16 of u1001 was at 7v. No output on pin 17. Voltages on u4501 looked ok. Replacement of u3201 repaired the set. 25gt536 System Control CTC177 U2901, U3 External Video missing. Normal tuner video was pre U2901 was defective. Replacing U2901 still did not System Control CTC177 U3201 The OSD was stretched and shifted to the left. Pin 6 of U3201 (data line) was compressed to 3.5Vp System Control CTC177 U3101 Dead set. U3201 and U3101 would intialize properly All the voltages around U1001, U3201 and U3101 wer System Control CTC177 C3307 OSD missing U1001 had waveforms at pins 40, 41 and 42 when the System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U1001 OSD red. The channel number and volume indicator w U1001 pin 40 (red OSD input) waveform was normal, System Control CTC177BE Solder No osd, u1001 had waveforms at pins 40, 41 and 42 when menu was button was pushed. Checked pin 39 of u1001 and found no change at all. Had servicer go to pin 22 of u3101 and he noticed a solder bridge across c3307. Removing the short returned normal osd. Remove solder bridge from c3307. N\A System Control CTC177 Q3301 Autoprogram inop. U3101 pin 39 had no sync pulse. Q3301 had a broken System Control CTC177 U3101 Dead set The B+ and clock signal was normal. The clock and System Control CTC177 U3201 Spanish mode could not be turned off. U3201 was defective. Replacing U3201 repaired the System Control CTC177 U3101 Pix red on some channels. Other channels were fine U3101 was defective. Replacing U3101 repaired the System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 SOLDER S Dead set/Won't power on. Standby supply was normal Followed the problem to the enable line. Pin 14 of System Control ctc177 u3101 Dead b+ and clock ok. Clock and data lines constantly active when we checked but servicer said he checked the data later and it was missing. Replacement of u3101 repaired set. f25190se System Control CTC177 T4401 The TV would Power off/on intermittently. Repairing bad solder connections on T4401 (IHVT) p System Control CTC177 TRACE Controls inop/Video missing/Audio missing. U3201, U1001 pins 53 and 54 were at 4.7V, but pin 52 was System Control CTC177 CR3302 OSD rolling. There was no sync at pin 25 of U3101. Replacing a System Control ctc177 r3316 No closed caption. Osd ok. Found video on pin 13 of u3101 ok. Pin 25 of u3101 had 1.5v instead of .25 with 21v p-p instead of 5vp-p. Found and replaced an open r3316. Replacement of r3316 off of pin 25 repaired set. f25651bl System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 q3101 Dead set. Reset line on u3101 0v. Replaced leaky q3101 reset transistor. 27gt613 System Control CTC177 trace Intermittent shutdown. Intermittent snow at times,channels changing. Repair broken foil pattern at location e116 to tuner shield ground foil.have seen many of these chassis with same faults. F25190SE System Control CTC177 trace Keyboard not working. If you lift the shunt capacitors the keyboard would function inspection of the cba revealed the trace at 17j where r3332, c3303 & r3314 solder in was lifted up and twisted and shorted to the listed components. Redress and repair of Repaired cba trace at 17j 27gt613 System Control CTC177 JW436, R7 Tuning missing in cable mode. OSD missing. Set had Found Q7403 and Q7404 were leaky. Replacing them r System Control CTC177 U3201 Audio missing. The Speaker Mute was activated. U3101-29 was high at 5VDC activating the speaker m System Control CTC177 Q3101 Dead set Pin 16 of IC U3101 was at 0VDC. Pin 15 was at 4.8V System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R3104 Dead set unless power button is pressed immediatel Found R3104 was open. Replacing R3104 restored nor System Control CTC177 C3103 Dead set The microprocessor and EEPROM had been replaced fo System Control CTC177 U3201 No sound. With service adjustments tech was able to correct horizontal frequency, vertical size and vertical dc. No sound was caused by 5v on u3101- 29 spkr mute. Replaced u3201. 25GT506 System Control CTC177 connection No autoprograming in cable mode. In air mode the unit programmed fine. Checking q3301 off pin 39 of u3101 found only 1.2 vdc on the collector. Checking the base of q3301 for signal we had none. Following the circuit back to r2711 and c2718 found a solder Removal of the solder bridge on r2711 and c2718 repaired the set. During resoldering of the ground tabs the servicer could cause this problem. F25251WN System Control CTC177 Q3305 OSD missing There was no signal at U3101-18 and only 1 volt p- System Control CTC177 BROKEN F Int shutdown. Intermittent snow at times. Channels Repairing a broken foil pattern at location E116 t System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U3201 Vertical foldover at top. Bottom was pulled up 3 i Pin 15 of IC4501 was at 18V and pin 16 of U1001 wa System Control CTC177 U3201 Vertical missing. Both U1000 and U4501 had both been replaced. U3201 System Control CTC177 U3201 Very slow Channel change in the cable mode. Off- ai The AGC at pin 12 of U1001 would wander high and l System Control CTC177 SW3410 Dead set-- standby supplies normal, no data at u3101-15/16. U3101 had been replaced, and grounds repaired. Checking u3101 pins 5-8: 5, 7, 8 were normal at 0,5,5 vdc but 6 was .6vdc when it should have been 5vdc. Lifting pin 1 of sw3410 allowed pin 6 to g Replaced leaky sw3410 F25651bl System Control CTC177 C3312 Remote inop Pin 3 of U3101 was at 2.5VDC. C3312 (off of pin 3 System Control CTC177 U3201 The set Powers on when AC is applied. Pressing the Replacing the EEPROM, U3201, repaired the set. System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R3316 No closed caption. The OSD operated normally. The video on pin 13 of U3101 was normal. Pin 25 of System Control CTC177 U3201 Bar in pix on UHF channel 50 only. Found U3201 was defective. Replacing U3201 repaire System Control CTC177 U3201 The set picks up only two channels, there are no menu functions , there is no color. checking the vcc at u3201 checked normal. Typical clock and data activity present as compared to other sets. Replacement of u3201.the tech had confirmed two repairs of the same chassis with the same problem. F27671 System Control CTC177 C3126 Dead set Micro was not running. The reset line was low. The System Control CTC177 R3120 Dead set Found no reset voltage on pin 1 of U3101. Traced t System Control CTC177 U3201 Tuning inop. The set picks up only two channels. T The VCC at U3201 checked normal. Typical clock and System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 c3104 Pushing the menu button gives you part of the set- up menu. Pushing it again makes the menu go away, instead of running thru the various functions. Found that shorting pin 8 of u3101 directly to ground would give us the proper menu. Lifted the smd capacit Replaced leaky c3104. x25101gs System Control CTC177 C3201 Dead set Pin 5 of U3101 was at 4.5 volts. U3101 and U3201 h System Control CTC177 CR3302 Osd rolling. No sync at pin 25 of u3101. Replaced shorted cr3302 off pin 25 of micro. This is a three legged smd at location i-13. System Control CTC177 C3113 Degauss relay chatters intermittently. Found C3113 (off pin 1 of U3101) had a bad solder System Control CTC177 C3103 Won't power on. All standby voltages checked norma Found the voltage on pin 7 of U3101 was at 1.9V, b System Control CTC177 U3101 OSD compressed. Replacing the EEPROM did not corre Found U3101 was defective. Replacing U3101 repaire System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C3102 Dead set U3101 pin 5 was at 4.5V, pins 15 and 16 were both System Control CTC177 U3101 OSD malfunction. The channel 4 (OSD) flashes on an Replacing U3101 repaired the set. System Control CTC177 CBA OSD inop Horizontal and vertical sync was present into U310 System Control CTC177 ALIGNME Vertical foldover at top and stretched out on the Pin 5 of U4501 was at 19 volts. Entered the servic System Control CTC177 C3104 Menus missing. Pushing the menu button produced pa Shorting pin 8 of U3101 directly to ground would p System Control CTC177 C2708 Intermittent Red components of OSD. C2708, off of U1001 pin 40, was defective. Replaci System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U3201 No Vertical. The picture displayed only a line acr Pin 16 of U1001 was at 7V. There was no output on System Control CTC177 C3115 Dead set. The set will not turn on. The oscillator at U3101 was not operating properly System Control CTC177 U3201 The set had no Vertical deflection. The T Chip had Lifted JW322 and applied an external drive to RN45 System Control CTC177 U3201 Vertical foldover at top and the bottom was pulled Pin 5 of IC4501 measured 18V and pin 16 of U1001 w System Control CTC177 C3109 Dead set. Replaced the eeprom twice and the microprocessor once. Checking the clock and data lines at pins 15 & 16 of u3101 saw no activity. The oscillator was running on pins 41 & 42. Measured dc voltage at pins 5 & 6 of the micro, found pin 6 down to Removing c3109 in the circuit off pin 6 of u3101 brought the voltage up to 4.7v and allowed the set to turn on. Replace c3109. 25GC710 System Control CTC177 U3201 On screen display is stretched and shifted to left. Pin 6 of u3201 (data line) was compressed to 3.5vpp pulses lifting pin 6 restored to 5.1vpp. Replacement of u3201 restored proper operation. 27GT614 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 EEPROM PIP pix was missing. The EEPROM (U3201) had been r Checking the service mode parameters for PIP (20, System Control CTC177 VERT ADJ Intermittent Vertical foldover at the bottom one t Changing the Vertical Adjustments in the SVC menu System Control CTC177 connection Intermittently tv would go off than back on, but all customer controls (color, brightness, contrast & etc.) Are on the left end. Corrected bad solder connections on t4401 (ihvt) pins 1 & 2. 25GT506 System Control CTC177 Q3101 Dead set The reset line on U3101 was 0V. Replacing a leaky System Control CTC177 Q4105 Dead set U3101 pin 20 measured 2.5V and the reset pin 1 was System Control CTC177 U3201 Dead set. High voltage came up as soon as AC was a Checking voltage at the front panel inputs to U310 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U3101 PIN Dead set Pin 5 of U3101 measured 2.5 volts, should have bee System Control CTC177 C3103 Volume down from front panel would make the volume go up. With the remote the volume would work okay. The micro had been change by the servicer before he called. Pin 7 u3101 was at 2.2 vdc instead of 4.5 vdc. C3103 was pulling the pin low. Replace c3103 G2766SWK System Control ctc177 U3201 Tv was stuck in the Spanish mode. There is not a Spanish option in the menu. Replaced u3201 and menus went back to English. G27613 System Control CTC177AA U3201 Had no vert. U1001 had been replaced. Lifted jw322 and drive rn4501 with a b&k analyzer to get sweep. Once he had sweep he could get the service menu. When he went to vert centering in the menu it was at 238 instead of a value between 00 and 15. Aligned Vertical centering 25GT506 System Control CTC177 U3201 Set powers on with ac applied. Pressing the power button caused the display to go off. The picture remains. Pressing the power button again caused the picture to go away, the degauss relay would energize. 3-4 seconds later, the picture would return. Replacing the eeprom, u3201, restored normal operation to the set. F25651BL System Control CTC177AD C3310 Two narrow menus appear beside each other when called up. Tech noticed distorted signals at u3101 pins 17, 18 & 19. Under close inspection, c3310 off u3101-27 (vco) was found cracked. Replacement of c3310 restored normal menus. System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 connection Tv wont turn on with power button on set, but will with remote. Otherwise tv worked. Removed solder splash near power switch s3411 on front panel assembly. G27343 System Control ctc177 u3201 Very slow channel change in cable mode, air ok. The tv would take 3 seconds to find a channel when in cable mode. Agc at pin 12 of u1001 would wander high and low a couple of times before tv would lock on channel. Changing u3201 repaired set. f27671se System Control CTC177 C3310 Menu is doubled. U3101 pins 17, 18 and 19 had distorted signals. C3 System Control CTC177 Solder No autoprograming. U3101 pin 39 had no sync pulse. Found q3301 was not soldered at the collector. Resoldering q3301 returned autoprograming. Resoldered q3301. System Control CTC177 C3115 Dead set. will not turn on.the oscillator at u3101 was not operating normal.the signal at pin 41 was weak. found c3115 had changed value from 56pf down to 8pf. Replacement of c3115. System Control ctc177ae U3101 Compressed osd characters. Replacing the eeprom did not help. Replaced defective u3101. 25gc752 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177bh2 trace No video or osd. The horizontal pulse to u3101 pin 26 ( chassis family 2 ) was missing. Found open trace from pin 8 of the ihvt to r3343 to the emitter of q3305. Repaired open trace. System Control CTC177 C3106 Unit would turn on if you hit the volume up button Change c3106. System Control CTC177 TRACE No control with remote. Remote would operate other Placed a jumper between r3301 & jw453 and remote o System Control CTC177 U2901 Tv had normal video, when you try to switch to external video, you would still get tv video from the tuner. the tech first changed u3201, no improvement.then u2901 was replaced, no help. Finally he replaced u3201 again and the set was fixed.it appears tha Replacement of u3201, u2901. System Control ctc177 u3201 Intermittent video. U2901 would loose all voltages on all pins except 20,21,22 an b+ pins. The ic was changed. Video could be brought back by jumping out the chip. There was never any pip functions. Symptom could come and go at any time. Replacing u3201 repaired the set. f25190se System Control CTC177 Alignment Vertical is folded over at the top and stretched out on the bottom. Servicer had already replaced u4501 and u1001. Pin 5 of u4501 was at 19 volts. Entered the service menu and found p05 at v00 (vertical dc). Ran the value up to v06 and vertical returned t Realign vertical settings in service menu. (have fixed several TVs with this) System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C3310 Osd rolling vertically. there were three sets of the same osd display. they were displayed horizontally. checked waveforms at pins 24, 25 of u3101 and they were fine. found noise on pin 27, u3101, which is the vco pin.traced fault to an open c3310. Replacement of c3310. System Control CTC177 alignment During chan change the consumer complained of a very intermittent vertical foldover at the bottom 1/3 of the screen. You would probably not think anything about it because it happened so quick and blame it on no sync to the vertical just shortly after ch Align vertical System Control ctc177bd r3203 Dead. Servicer found that he could turn set on if he lifted jw 407 or jw408. With both jumpers in the unit the data lines were at 3v dc and constant data. Servicer noticed a brown dot on r3203 (off of pin 5 of u3201). We put a jumper across this resistor Replaced r3203 repaired set. g27681ck System Control ctc177aa3 paint Dead. Found that the dc level on pin 52 of u1001 was at 1.7v on pin 14 of u3101 it was 4.7v. Lifting components found that the trace between pin 52 of u1001 and the jumper jw443 was loading the line down. Starting at jw443 we started removing the black pa remove paint 25gt506 System Control CTC177BF JW408 Dead , servicer had replaced u3101 and u3201. On u3201- 5, 6 there was 2.5vdc on each pin. Servicer was instructed to lift jw408 and jw470. When these were located servicer found a solder splash across these jumpers. Removed solder splash and set worked correctly System Control CTC177 Q3303 No closed caption. osd was normal found no video at u3101-13 following from u1001-44 lost at q3304. Checking voltages we found q3304 turned off emitter was at 5v. Found q3303 at 11.8v at all three leads. Checking showed it to be shorted Replace q3303. F27631 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 c3126 No operation. Micro not running. Reset line low. Base q3101 .6 v. Anode of cr3102 4.8 v cathode 4.1 volts. Found c3126 shorted. Replace c3126 System Control CTC177FE R3132 Dead set no reset at u3101-1 . R3132 82k and r3133 100k were open. Replaced r3132 and r3133 F25671FE System Control CTC177 U3101 White square comes up right of center, looks like a computer cursor. Replace u3101 F27252 System Control CTC177bh2 C3114 Set would not turn on u3101 had no clock found c3114 was 2k to gnd Replaced c3114 F27251wn System Control CTC177 U3201 Had vert fold over at top and the bottom was pulled up 3 inches ic4501 had been replaced. Pin 5 of u4501 was at 18vdc and pin 16 u1001 was at 7.5vdc. Replaced u3201 and vertical worked properly. Replace u3201 System Control CTC177 JC430 Brightness goes low. Speakers turned off.jc430 not soldered Resoldered jc430 off u3201-8 F27671SE System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 q3101 Dead set. Voltage at pin16 of ic 3101 is 0vdc. At pin15 of ic 3101 4.8 vdc.. There is no data on pins 15 and 16 of u3101. Pin 1 of ic3101 is 0vdc... Found q3101 shorted c-e. Replaced transistor and set worked normally. 25gt506 System Control CTC177 SW3430 Dead unit. Checking the micro u3101 found pin 8 at .3vdc. Unsoldering the menu switch sw3430 cleared the pin. Replace sw3430 System Control CTC177 U3101 No OSD. This is a new chassis where the OSD goes s Replace U3101. F25254 System Control ctc177af3 q3101+310 Dead set. Found all voltages on u3101 to be ok. No data appeared when trying to turn on set. Osc running. Only clue was pin 2 of micro (reset) was at 5.2v instead of 5.4v. Wer momentarily ground pin 2 and then set would turn on and work The set went back Replaced the reset transistors q3101 and q3102 and set was repaired. f25251wn System Control CTC177 U3201 Speaker mute is activated u3101-29 is high a 5vdc activating the speaker mute. This is caused by u3201. Replace u3201 25GT506 System Control CTC177bg U1001 Set was dead, with 5 volts on pin 5 of u3101. Found by lifting pin 51, 52, 53 of the u1001 t- chip, pin 5 of u3101 would return to 0volts. Found that pin 53 measured 327ohms to vcc pin 22. Replaced u1001, and normal operation was restored. 27GC901 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 u3201 Shaded bar in pix on channel 50 uhf only. Not all have the bar on the same station. One was fixed by changing u7301. U7301 did not fix this set. When checking tuner parameters we found that we could run them up to 247. Changing u3201 cleared the symptom. f25650bc System Control CTC177 U3101 OSD piecrust. The set operated normally except the U3101 pin 21 was internally shorted to pin 26. Rep System Control ctc177am r3104 Dead set unless power button is pressed immediately after plug in. If power button is pressed in time, the vol up and down, and the channel up down will display menu... There is no control over the menu once it is up.. The unit can not be powered down eit Replaced def r3104 g25361bk System Control CTC177 C3103 Dead set. U3101 3201 had been replaced for other reasons, after which the set was dead. No data or clock activity on u3101 pins 15 & 16 in the standby mode nor when trying to turn the set on. Oscillator was running correctly. Voltages were normal at pins We located a technician induced short across c3103 off pin 7. Removing it restored normal operation. The cap is right beside a system control shield ground tab. N\A System Control CTC177 U3201 Red colors look fuzzy, distorted and the greens were smeary. Replacement of u3201. System Control CTC177BD U3201 High voltage came up as soon as ac was applied. The power button had no effect and no picture, sound or osd appeared. Checking voltage at the front panel inputs to u3101, found pin 5 always high with pins 6, 7 & 8 also high. No change of data activity w Replacement of the eeprom, u3201, restored normal operation to the set. G27687WK System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177bh u3101 Some channels would have excessive red in pix. Other channels were fine. Problem was solved by replacing u3101. 27gt613 System Control CTC177BG IR Remote will operate at a short distance of a few feet. Removing the ir window allowed the remote to operate at great distances. Replacement of the ir window. G27341 System Control CTC177BB SOLDER Set was dead with pin 5 of u3101 measuring 2.5 volts. Should of been zero. Found pin 21 of u3101 with a bad solder connection. Soldering pin 21 of u3101 restored pin 5 to zero and set turned on. System Control CTC177 R3120 Dead set. Found no reset voltage on pin 1 of u3101. Traced problem to open resistor, r3120 off pin 1. Replace r3120 System Control CTC177AD C3201 Dead set. Pin 5 of u3101 was at 4.5 volts. U3101 and u3201 had both been replaced. Voltages on pin 5 & 6 of u3201 were at 3 volts but pin 8 was close to zero. Found cap. C3201 was shorted. This cap. Was off pin 8. System Control ctc177am2 r3135 Intermittently set would turn on. Press again the audio would turn off. When pressed again the video would disappear. Intermittently the set would go nuts when channel changed. U1001(52) there was 4.9v and sometimes 3.7v.u3101 (14) always had 4.9v. R3135 Replaced r3135 to repair set. g25342a System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U7401 Dead set intermittently. Pix flashes intermittentl U3101 pins 5 and 6 measured 2.5V. U7401 pins 4 and System Control CTC177 R3203 Dead set. The set would turn on if JW407 or JW408 R3203 (off of pin 5 of U3201) was defective. Repla System Control CTC177 C3114, JC4 Dead set. U3101 pin 36 measured zero volts, pin 37 was at 6. System Control ctc177 c3312 No remote. Pin 3 of u3101 at 2.5v dc. Replacement of leaky c3312 off of pin 3 of u3101 repaired set. 25gt522 System Control CTC177 R3135 Func cntrls inop. When buttons were pressed, other Pin 52 of U1001 measured 4.9V to 3.7V at times. Pi System Control ctc177 N\A Menus were shown in triplicate kind of like 3 ghosts. Servicer found bad solder connection on c3310. C3310 is at u3101 pin 27. Resoldered c3310 25gc722 System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R3322 OSD missing. The FSW signal was present on pin 18 of U1001, but System Control CTC177 EEPROM No small picture in the pip mode. The eeprom, u3201, had been replaced for no pip functions. After replacement of the eeprom, the small box appeared but with no picture in it. Checking parameters 20, 21, 22 & 23 they were all at 00. Adjusting the parameter values, especially brightness and contrast, returned the pip picture to normal. System Control CTC177AA3 Trace Dead and 0 volts on u3101-2 reset pin. Measuring voltages we found q3102 was biased on because the base voltage was too low. We found 0 volts to r3132. Repaired open trace between jc403 & r3132. Tech said there is a small spot of green corrosion on the trace. 25GT506 System Control CTC177 U7401 Dead set intermittently or Pix flashes intermitten When the set was dead, there was approximately 2.5 System Control CTC177 Trace No on screen display- had h&v sync into u3101, and osd signals were being generated at u3101- 17,18,19. Checked fast switch line at u3101-22 and found a change from 0vdc with no display to .85vdc when a display key was pushed. Checked u1001-39 fast switch Found open trace between jw436 & r2733 in the fast switch line between u3101-22 and u1001-39. Repaired trace and osd was restored. F25671 System Control ctc177 U3101 Dead set. U3201 and u3101 would initialize properly. Clock and data looked good when the power button was pushed. U3201 and u1001 had been replaced. All the voltages around u1001, u3201, and u3101 looked good. Replaced u3101 and the set worked. System Control Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Q3305 No osd. No signal at u3101-18 and only 1 volt p- p at pin 22. The osd sync signals at u3101 pins 24 & 25 were ok. However, the dc voltage at pin 24 measured 3.8 volts. Replaced q3305 with emitter to collector short. F25190 System Control ctc177 u3101 Channel 4 (osd) flashes on and off. Screen is dark. Turning up screen will reveal something like a pix flashing on and off in the background. Replaced u3101 and set was repaired. 25gt522 System Control CTC177 TRACE Dead set The DC level on pin 52 of U1001 was at 1.7V. Pin System Control CTC177AM2 JW427 No menus when pressing the front panel button. Both the vol up and vol down buttons on the fpa would increase volume. Removing a solder bridge from jw427 & jw428 resolved the problem. These jumpers go to vol up, vol down & menu switches in the fpa circuit. G27302AT System Control CTC177 r3134 Dead set, no power on.standby supply normal.checking voltages at the cpu, found enable line to be the problem.voltage at pin 14, u3101 was 4 volts and the voltage at pin 52, u1001 was 0 volt. Found a solder splash at one of r3134 (connected to pin 14, u31 Remove solder splash. System Control CTC177 R7403 Tuner inop There was no change in the DC bias to Q7401-C even Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7102 Channels above 50 snowy. The tuning, bandswitching, & agc voltages were correct. On cr7101 the voltage was 0vdc, making a resistance measurement to ground there was a dead short. Lifting c7102 off the pads allowed the voltage to increase. Replacement of c7102 resolved the problem Tuning System CTC177 COPPER T Cable tuning inop. There was no tuning of high or Resoldering a bad copper trace from the tuner IF o Tuning System CTC177ae CR7109 Would tune ch2 - ch6, rest ch7 - ch50 poor or missing. Q7402 would switch form 12v to -.3volts due to cr7109 being shorted. Replaced cr7109, located in the tuner. Tuning System CTC177AC C7132 Snowy picture on channels above chan. 6. Voltages at u7501 pins 7, 8 & 14 were normal. Checking the cathode voltage at cr7108, found it remained at .4vdc. Measuring resistance to ground at r7519 (rf primary circuit) to ground, we read 32k ohms on the side Found a shorted c7132 toward the uhf circuit. Replacement of the cap restored normal picture. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177 CR4303 Tuner inop. No low VHF tuning. There was zero volts on both ends of CR7303. Repla Tuning System CTC177 C7134 Low VHF tuning missing. High VHF tuning was normal Checking the collector of Q7401 in the low band mo Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7413 Won't tune vhf channels. Uhf tunes normally. The collector voltage at q7404 would not change between uhv & vhf. R7413 was open off the base q7404. Tuning System CTC177 R7401 Snowy pix on channels 7 and up. Checking voltages at U7501 showed on pin 3 was bel Tuning System CTC177 C7410 Dead set U3201 had been replaced. Pin 5 of U3201 was at zer Tuning System CTC177 R7413 Set will not tune VHF channels. UHF channels are n The collector voltage at Q7404 would not change be Tuning System CTC177BB R7514 Poor tuning ch's 30- 50. All others good. At u7501-14 we had 15v but at cr7108 we had .34v. R7514 at pin 14 checked good in circuit, but the 15v drop was across it. Bridging another 100k across r7514 restored normal voltage at cr7108 and normal tuning on Replacement of r7514. G27687WK Tuning System CTC177 C7132 Pix snowy in channels above channel 6. Voltages at U7501 pins 7, 8 and 14 were normal. Ch Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AK R7415 Weak tuning channels 7-13/ 18+...q7402-c stays at -16v. U7401- 8 switches between +12v and 0v. R7415 between u7401-8 & q7402-b checked 10m ohms. Replaced open r7415 & restored normal tuning. Replaced open r7415. 25GC710 Tuning System CTC177 R7401 Pix snowy when tuned to the upper channels in each With channel 6 selected, the voltage was down to 1 Tuning System CTC177 R7127 Tuner will not tune high VHF or UHF channels. Q7402 collector was switching between VHF low and Tuning System CTC177 Q7401 Tuning inop. Set will only receive channel 2 until Putting cool spray on IC7401 caused unit to fail. Tuning System CTC177 U7301 Channels missing. Cable channels 51 and above were U7301 was defective. Replacing U7301 repaired the Tuning System CTC177 TRACE Pix snowy on some channels. Traced voltage to both sides of R7145 and found no Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7408 UHF snow/VHF missing U7501 had between 30 and 33 volts on pins 8, 14, a Tuning System CTC177 U7401 Will not tune low band vhf, channel 8, channel 14 will tune in when you select channel 19. isolated fault to u7401. Replacement of u7401. Tuning System CTC177 U7301 Cable channels 51 and above not working. Replacement of u7301. Tuning System CTC177 C7408 Tuning inop U7401 pin 10 was at zero volts. Q4106 emitter was Tuning System CTC177 C7110 Poor tuning, especially on channels 2- 6, 14- 17. Q7402-c had 12v on 7- 13, 18-50, but 0v on 2- 6,etc. Found that cr7112 had 0v on the anode at all times. Found c7110 shorted at the anode of cr7112. Replacing c7110 restored normal tuning. Replace shorted c7110. Tuning System CTC177 C7104 UHF poor. The VHF was normal. C7104 capacitor that goes to Q7101 was soldered on Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Y7401 Tuner inop The tuning voltage was low. Checking the 4MHz osci Tuning System ctc177af3 N\A Weak on all vhf stations. Found no voltages off except agc high. Found through signal injection that the signal was lost between cathode of cr7112 and cathode of cr7105. Traced to break under c7137. Jumped broken trace to repair set. f25250bc Tuning System ctc177cc c7319 No cable below ch 51. Band switch ok. Found u7301 pin 9 at 1.5v and pin 11 at .4v. R7305 had 12v and 0v on it. C7319 was shorted to ground. Removed the cap and the voltages and the tv returned to normal operation. Replace c7319. 31gt657 Tuning System CTC177AC J3 No tuning. Voltages in pll circuit were normal, but u7501 pins 7, 8 & 14 were at 30vdc on all channels. U7501 pin 3 was at 12vdc, and didn't change. Changed u7501 with the same result. Resistance to ground from pins 8 & 14 we found 68k. Should have been 2 These resistors ground at j3 on the micro shield. This tab connection was open. Repairing open ground at j3 restored nor- voltages and tuning. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177 Q7402 Tuner inop. The set had no high band VHF. The low Q7402 collector remained a negative voltage while Tuning System CTC177 U7401 Tv would intermittently tune lower channels in the same band while the ch. osd still showed the orig.channel number. It would also stay tuned to the same channel while trying to change channels (ch. osd would indicate that channels were changing). This w Replacement of u7401 repaired tv G26683CK Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177ae C7313 Uhf good, vhf snow. U7301 pin 2 was down to .6vdc. Lifting c7313 the voltage came back. Replaced c7313. Tuning System CTC177CD Q7404 Vhf ch. Were snowy. Found q7404 shorted. Replace q7404 Tuning System CTC177 R7514 Tuning inop channels 30 through 50 only. Measured 15V at U7501 pin 14, but 0.34V at CR7108. Tuning System ctc177 cr7110 No vhf 7 to 13 or 22 up. Other channels ok. Suspected band switching so we checked voltages on the switching diodes. Anode of cr7110 measured 12 volts. It should have measured .8 if diode was conducting. Diode checked open. Replaced diode. Restored operation. Tuning System CTC177 U7401 Pix flashes intermittently. Checking all the solder points around the tuner sh Tuning System ctc177BD q7401 Will only receive channel 2 when the unit is cold...after the unit is warm all channels work fine. Putting cool spray on ic7401 will cause the unit to fail. Found q7401 bad base would open when cold. Replace q7401 G27681 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7319 Tuning inop below channel 51. Band switch checked normal. Measured pin 9 of U730 Tuning System CTC177 J3 Tuning inop Voltages in PLL circuit were normal. U7501 pin 7, Tuning System CTC177 L2302 Tuning drifts. Channels 9 and 13 are slightly mist Replacing L2302 (off pin 62 of T-chip) repaired th Tuning System CTC177 R7146 Vhf stations were snowy. Found zero volts on q7102-g2 vhf rf amp. Replaced open r7146. G25341 Tuning System CTC177 R7304 Tuner inop. The set will not tune VHF channels. Th There was no FLO signal at U7401 pin 11 with a VHF Tuning System CTC177 Q7404 Very weak Snowy pix on channel 51 and up in the ca Q7404 had 11.9V on the emitter, 10.6V on the base Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 L2302 Chans 9 and 13 slightly mistuned and a slight buzz in the audio in the background. Replacing l2302 cured the problem.(off pin 62 of t chip) F27671SE Tuning System CTC177 U7401 With tv on channels 2 thru 6, 98 & 99 received a detuned channel 18. All other channels were snow. Tuning voltage (u7501-8) stayed at 27 volts. Replaced u7401. GT506 Tuning System ctc177aa q7404 Very weak snowy pix on ch 51 and up in cable. Looked at q7404 and found 11.9v e, 10.6v b, and 5v c when tuned to ch 53. Jumped q7404 e to c and pix returned to normal. Replace q7404. 25gt506 Tuning System CTC177 WIRE Dead set int The white wire from E116 (near the tuner) to E16 ( Tuning System CTC177 C7506 Pix snowy on Hi-VHF and UHF channels. Low- band VHF U7301 and U7401 had been replaced. Checking the vo Tuning System CTC177 J3 The set intermittently Changes channels and Tuner Repairing a bad solder connection at J3 (tuner shi Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Y7401 Vhf lo channels appear in uhf band. The tuning voltage on the collector of q7401 was at +30 volts and would not change. Band switching logic at u7401 pins 9 and 8 was working (indicating ic was not dead). Checked oscillator on y7401 and found it to be ve Replaced y7401 and restored the oscillator (typically around 1 vpp with a x10 probe) and normal tuner operation. 25GT506 Tuning System CTC177 C7404 No tuning tuning voltage on the collector of q7401 fixed at +30 volts. No oscillator voltage present on y7401. The glue used to fasten c7404 (off u7401 pin 2) had spread out and prevented one side of the capacitor from being soldered. Removed the excess glue and resoldered the c7404. 25gt506 Tuning System CTC177 CR7303 Won't Tune channels 7 through 13. The collector of Q7402 switches from -14 volts in Tuning System CTC177AE trace Snowy picture on vhf. Checking voltages found no voltage to cr7111 & cr7113 (varactor diodes) cathodes. Repaired broken trace between r7511 and r7518. G26685WK Tuning System CTC177AA R7129 All channels above 6 are snowy. Bandswitch voltages, good. Voltages at u7501 pin 8 and the cathode of cr7106, found u7501 had the correct voltage but cr7106 had 0v on the cathode all the time. Checking the circuit between u7501 and cr7106, found one end Resoldering r7129 restored normal tuning on all channels. 25GT506 Tuning System ctc177 cr7303 Would not tune channels 7-13. The collector of q7402 switches from -14 volts in low band, to +12 volts in high band. The voltage at the anode of cr7303 also changed with the band switch, but the cathode always had zero volts on it. Replaced open cr7303. F25190se Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR7303 No low vhf. Zero volts on both ends of cr7303. Replaced shorted cr7303. Tuning System ctc177 r7408 Tuner tunes wrong channel. Ch2-6 gets ch18, 7- 13 gets 22. Found q7402 to be bad. It had 12ve and 0vb+c in all bands. Repaced no change. Q7401 c had the correct voltage On pin 3 of u7501 was wrong On ch 2 had 1.8v on q7401 while had 6v on pin 3 of u7 Resoldering fixed the problem. g27341wk Tuning System CTC177AE U7301 Some vhf channels were snowy.pin 1 on u7301 was low Replaced u7301 G26683 Tuning System ctc177aj2 c7144 No stations 7 and above. 2- 6 ok. Found the collector of q7402 at 0v on ch 6 and 12v on ch 7. Found c7144 shorted. Lifting cap returned operation to normal. Replaced c7144. j25330bl Tuning System CTC177 R7305 No vhf, uhf ok-vhf pll voltage was 30v on all channels. Checking u7301-11 we found less than 1v.in the b+ line to pin 11 we found that 12v was dropped across r7305 (620ohms). While soldering r7305, the tech noticed that the resistor was cracked. Subbing a Replacement of r7305. Tuning System ctc177 r7306 Nothing but snow. Q7402 had 12vc on ch 7 and .7vc on ch 6. Q7401 had 9vc ch 6 and 0vc ch7. Felt that q7401 probably wanted to go to 30v on ch 6 so we followed the line going to cr7302 and found that the voltage was dropping across each resistor till we go Cleaned under r7306 to repair set. Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177ac trace No tuner. Found pin 8 of u7401 stayed low in all bands. Q7402 has no 12v. Found open trace from fb4111 to 12v run c source. Repair of trace fixed set. f25190se Tuning System CTC177BG CR7305 Would not tune hi-vhf channels. Tthe collector of q7401 in hi-vhf, had 33v (tuning voltage).The vhf oscillator circuit at u7301 pins 9 & 11, there was no evidence of the oscillator running. Checking the varactors, cr7302 & cr7305 found insufficient solde Resoldering cr7305 restored normal hi-vhf tuning operation. G27665WK Tuning System CTC177 R7151 Snowy picture on vhf channels. Checking voltages we found no voltage to cr7108 (varactor) cathode. Replaced open r7151. 25GT506 Tuning System CTC177CC C7131 Poor cable tuning on channels 4 and above. Channels 2- 6 useable, snowy picture on others. Found a leaky c7131. Replaced c7131. 31GT657 Tuning System ctc177 c7102 Tunes only low vhf. Channels 7 and above are snowy. Found that the dc voltage at the cathode of cr7107 was low, 1.6vdc. Back at u7501-8 voltage was 3.6 volts. Lifting r7101 allowed the high vhf channels to come in good. Resoldering r7101 and lifting c710 Replaced leaky c7102. G27687wk Tuning System CTC177 U7501 Snowy picture. the voltages at u7501 were high and not close to what they should be for various channels Replacement of u7501. Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7521 Audio weak. The set had only one weak channel. Q7501 (emitter) measured 21 volts instead of 1.06 Tuning System CTC177 C7310 No tuning on any band, q7401-c at 0 volts. Checking osc circuit, vhf tuning returned by lifting r7301. Checking cr7304-c, we found 9 volts, with r7301 lifted should be 0 volts. Lifting c7310 still gave 9 volts on cr7304-c. Removed glue from under c7310 an Remove glue from under c7310 in tuner. Tuning System CTC177 C7116 Snowy picture there was a lost of g2 voltage on q7102 transistor. Had solder bridge under cap c7116. C7116 goes to ground from g2 of q7102. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177 R7116 Uhf was ok but vhf was snowy on low and high bands. The voltage on vhf rf. Amp. Q7102 was g1 10 volts, g2 was 7 volts and source was at 7 volts. The drain was ok at 11.5 volts. Found resistor r7116 a 68k off g1 of q7102 was open. Tuning System CTC177 R7146 Vhf was snowy uhf was ok. Had 1.3 v on q7102 g2. The agc voltage from u1001-12 had 7v all the way to r7146. Had 1.3 on the other side of r7146. Resistor checked good 47 ohm and no shorts to ground. Replacing resistor cured prob. Perhaps we had leakage un Replace r7146. F27351WN Tuning System CTC177 R7313 Low band (2-6) was fine but 7-13 was not there. We found that cr7303 was not getting any voltage in vfh high mode. Following back he saw that r7313 had been cracked when someone removed the tuner shield from bottom. Replace open r7313 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7116 Pix snowy There was a lot of G2 voltage on Q7102 transistor. Tuning System CTC177 FB4110 The set had intermittent short Vertical/Streaks in The feed through bead FB4110, which supplies the 3 Tuning System CTC177BF R7401 Upper channels in each band are snowy. The lower channels in any band appear fairly normal. With channel 6 selected, at u7501 pin 3 the voltage was down to 1.1vdc. The collector voltage at q7401 was 5.5v. Found r7401, 191k 1%, had increase to 2.3meg ohms. Temporarily installing a 220k resistor in its place produced a normal picture. 27GT617 Tuning System CTC177BE R7127 Wouldn't tune hi-vhf or uhf channels. Q7402 collector was switching between vhf-low & high. On chan 13, checking the voltages at cr7109 and cr7110, cr7109 was normal with .8v on the anode and 0v on the cathode. Cr7110 anode near 10v and the cathode 9v. R7127 read open and a replacement restore solved the problem. F27351WN Tuning System CTC177CC R7304 Vhf both high and low were snowy uhf was okay and u7301 had been replaced. Had proper band switching and uhf and vhf switching was ok. Voltages on u7301 measured ok except pin 11 which was less than 1vdc. R7304 a 1k smd was not solder on one end. 31GT657 Tuning System CTC177CD R7306 Cable channels 2-48 tuned poorly, 48+ tuned ok checking tuning voltages at varactor diodes, found junction of cr7302 & cr7305 at .09vdc- checking r7307 and r7306, tech noticed that the end of r7306 connected to l7306 had never been soldered. Soldering loose end of r7306 restored normal tuner operation. F31671SE Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7315 No tuning. We had 16v at q7401-c on channel 2. Removing the collector we still had 16c on the foil. Tracing out the foil we found a solder splash from one side of r7315 to the ground stake at g12. Set was a stock unit so splash must have been from factory Remove solder splash. G26661CK Tuning System ctc177 glue Q7404+3 over heat and fail. Removed q7404+ 3, r7413, 14, and r7410, cleaned board of glue and replaced components. Tuning System CTC177 CR7305 No vhf high band channels. The tuning voltages on u7501 checked ok. The band switching voltages were correct. The problem was isolated down to the cathode of cr7305. When the probe touched the cathode the vhf high band returned. Resoldering the diode took Resoldered cr7305 Tuning System CTC177 R7123 Tuner inop. The set had no VHF low or high band. R7123 (a 10 ohm SMD which goes to the (D) of Q7102 Tuning System CTC177BF R7114 Poor tuning on most channels; ch 2 was good, higher ch's were progressively worse-agc voltage was high on all channels. On ch 13, cr7106 in the single tuned circuit had 5.7v on the cathode, but cr7107 in the same circuit had 0v on the cathode. R7114 check Replace r7114. F27671SE Tuning System CTC177 C7102 Tuner inop. The tuner only tunes low VHF channels. The DC voltage at the cathode of CR7107 was low at Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CBA Tuner inop Pin 8 of U7401 stayed low in all bands. Q7402 had Tuning System CTC177 R7121 Set had snowy vhf. Q7102 had 11 volts on the source all the time. Found r7121 with a loose connection. Resolder r7121. Tuning System CTC177 R7146 Tuner inop. The VHF stations were snowy. There was zero volts on Q7102-G2 (VHF RF AMP). Rep Tuning System CTC177 FB4110 Set had intermittent short vert. And streaking in picture and intermittent snowy tuner. The feed thru bead fb4110 supplies the 33 volts to the tuner. Had bad solder connection on one end. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177 U7301 Set had intermittent tuning bending the board picture would come in. When the picture went snowy the 12 volts disappeared from pin 8 of u7301. Found bad connection from 12 volt run to smd r7312. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177AK Y7401 Poor tuning. Unit was are serviced for bad grounds around and under the tuner shield. Found the leads on the xtal were never clipped and they over extend the frame and touch the bottom cover. Shorting out the xtal. Clip the leads on the y7401 and reinstall the cover. 25GC710 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AG R7401 Channels 7 and up tune but are snowy. Checking voltages at u7501, we found on channel 7 that pin 3 was below 3vdc and should have been approx. 4v. At the collector of q7401 we read approx. 3.5v as called for. Found r7401, 191k 1% resistor open. 25GT536 Tuning System CTC177 Q3301 Autoprogramming would not operate. Traced the sync signal to the base of the sync amp Tuning System CTC177 R7119 No vhf but uhf was ok. Q7102 the vhf rf amp had zero volts on the g2. Found r7119 open. Replace R7119 Tuning System CTC177 L7306 UHF/VHF inop Resoldering L7306 (off pin 11 of U7401) repaired t Tuning System CTC177 U7501 VHF/UHF inop The 33 volt supply to Q7401 and U7501-4 measured 5 Tuning System CTC177 Q7102 Snowy vhf on lower and upper bands.uhf working normal. Replaced leaky rf amp q7102. Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 Q3301 No auto programming .Trace sync to base of q3301 had no signal on collector. Q3301 was open. Had 3 sets with this problem. Tuning System CTC177 R7123 Had no vhf low or high band R7123 a 10 ohm smd which goes to the (d) of q7102 the vhf rf amp. Was open. Tuning System CTC177AD L7306 No tuning vhf or uhf Resoldering l7306 (off pin 11 u7401) cured problem. G25341WK Tuning System ctc177 trace No tuner. Found no voltage at pin 10 of u7401. Q4106 had 12v c, -9v b, and 0v e. Broke the trace between the base of q4106 and r4131. The negative voltage was on the resistors trace. Lifted the resistor and the voltage went to a -11.5v. Put the resistor Ran a jumper from the floating end to the base of q4106 and the set worked normal. f27351wn Tuning System CTC177 C7411 Tuning incorrect. The set would not tune cable cha C7411 on the clock line of U7401-5 was defective. Tuning System CTC177 C7118 Very weak tuner all channels. C7118 off of drain of q7102 shorted putting 12v on Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7144 Tuning inop above channel 6. The collector of Q7402 was at zero volts on channe Tuning System CTC177 U7301 No uhf, vhf normal. u3201 had been changed already. checking around pin 16, u7301 the pin measured 1.3 volts instead of the 2.8 volts as required. Replacement of u7301 restored uhf operation. Tuning System CTC177 R7305 VHF missing. UHF was normal. VHF PLL voltage was 3 There was less than 1V on U7301 pin 11. R7305 was Tuning System CTC177 R7116 VHF snowy on low and high bands. UHF was normal. The voltage on the VHF RF amplifier (Q7102) was 10 Tuning System ctc177 q7402 Channel 2-5 ok, 6 weak, rest missing. On q7401 the tune volts were 1-2 volts higher than normal on channels 2-6. Other channels had 31 volts. Q7402 had 0 volts on its collector on all channels. Found 0 ohms to ground on q7402 collector. R7142 had one end Repaired by removal of short and replacement of open q7402 25gt506 Tuning System CTC177 L7305 Set had no ch. 17. All other ch would come in. Could see ch.17 but there was lines like it was missed tune. The servicer found spreading the winding of l7305 when the set was on 17 and the ch. came in good. He then went back and check all the other ch. and they were good. F27351 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 SOLDER Vhf and ch. Up to 50 were ok. Ch. 51 and higher was snow. The vhf/uhf switch transistors ( q7404 7403) collectors were at zero volts all the time. Found a solder bridge from q7403 collector to ground Tuning System CTC177 R7129 Tuner. Channels above 6 are snowy. No problems were found when checking bandswitch vo Tuning System CTC177 R7121 VHF snowy. UHF normal. Q7102 had 11 volts on the source all the time. Fou Tuning System CTC177BF Trace No channel freq change. Any channel selected would result in the correct osd, but only a drifting ch. 3 would tune. Data & clock at u7401-4 and 5 were at 0v and 5v.found an open trace in the data line between c7410 and r7405. Bridging the open trace resto Repair open trace from c7410 & r7405 F27671SE Tuning System CTC177 R7119 VHF missing. UHF was normal. Q7102 (the VHF RF amp) had zero volts on the G2. R Tuning System CTC177 J3 Intermittently the channel changed and intermittent no tuner signal (snow). Corrected bad solder connection at j3 tuner shield ground which grounds u7501-11. F25190FE Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AC R7129 Channels 2-6 tune normally-higher channels are weak. Checking voltages at tuning diodes, no voltage was found at cr7106 & cr7107 in the single tuned circuit. U7501-8 which feeds this circuit had 5.6vdc. Checking the resistors in the circuit found r7129 c Replacement of r7129 restored normal tuner operation F25190 Tuning System CTC177AH R7310 No uhf- pll and u7501-7,8,14 voltages were less than 1vdc in the uhf mode. Checking resistances found a short to ground from cr7301 anode. Removing r7310 from the circuit removed the short. Replacing r7310 restored normal uhf tuning. Replacing r7310 repaired set. 25GT542 Tuning System CTC177 Q7402 No high band vhf, low vhf ok. Q7402 collector remains a negative voltage while switching between hi and lo vhf. Replaced q7402 with open e-b junction. 25GT506 Tuning System CTC177BE CR7302 No vhf but, uhf was ok. Tuning voltage on q7401- c was 0 volts with vhf selected. Found one end of cr7302 wasn't soldered. Soldered one end of cr7302 (near u7301-11). F27351WN Tuning System CTC177 CR7109 Ch. 2-6 was okay and ch 51 up was okay. Ch7- ch13 and up to ch. 50 was snowy. Found the switching diode cr7109 with 5vdc on anode it should have been .7 when foward bias. Diode check good but when replaced it corrected the problem. Tuning System CTC177 RF CONNE Pix snowy intermittently. Pushing on the cable lead would make the picture b Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7129 Tuner is weak on channels higher than 6. Checking voltages at tuning diodes, no voltage was Tuning System CTC177 C4117 Tuner inop Found no tuner voltage on Q7401. Traced the proble Tuning System ctc177 c7411 Cannot tune in cable channel 17. All other channels normal. Found a bad c7411 on the clock line of u7401-5. Dc to pin 5 was down to 4.1 volts. Replaced leaky c7411. F27150sw Tuning System CTC177 CR7305 VHF Hi band inop. Tuning voltages on U7501 were no Isolated the problem to the cathode of CR7305. Whe Tuning System CTC177 FB4110 Tuner int. Pix missing or Audio distorted when the The voltage on the collector of Q7401 dropped to z Tuning System CTC177 C7401 Set had Snow and Video missing. After 15 to 20 min During the failure, pin 6 of U7401 measured 1.4V, Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U7301 UHF missing. VHF was normal. U3201 had been replac Checking around pin 16 of U7301 found 1.3V instead Tuning System CTC177 Q7102 VHF snowy on lower and upper bands. UHF was normal Found Q7102 (RF amp) was leaky. Replacing Q7102 re Tuning System CTC177 TRACE Channel change inoperative. Any channel selected w Data and clock at U7401 pins 4 and 5 were at 0V an Tuning System ctc177 l7305 Ch 2- 6 and 14- 17 look ok. 18- 22 and 7- 13 weak. High agc voltage. L7305 poor solder connection. f27631sf Tuning System CTC177 Q7501 Tuning erratic. Midband cable was normal, low VHF The output at pins 7, 8 and 14 of U7501 were all b Tuning System CTC177 R7114 Tuning poor on most channels. Channel 2 was normal On channel 13, CR7106 in the single tuned circuit Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177CD C7323 No low vhf (ch's 2-6, 14-17)-q7401c stayed at 2.8v on low band -all voltages were normal on band switch diodes...due to the lack of pll operation on low band, i suspected the oscillator circuit.Tech solder connections on l7305 & c7323. After soldering c73 Solder c7323. Tuning System CTC177 Q7403, Q7 Q7403 fails/Q7404 fails Found a foreign substance around Q7403, Q7404, R74 Tuning System CTC177 L7601 Poor Tuning, Adjacent Channel Interference On Chan Replaced L7601. 27GT617 Tuning System ctc177 r7304 No vhf below ch 51. Uhf ok. Found pin 11, 9 of u7301 with no voltage. Found open trace on high side of r7304 off of pin 11. Repaired trace. f26631se Tuning System CTC177 R7315 Tuning inop There was 16V at Q7401 collector on channel 2. Aft Tuning System CTC177 R7132 Tuning inop U7401 pin 5 clock line was at 2.6V. There was an o Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AF U7401 Intermittent dead or intermittent flashing in picture. When the set was dead we found about 2.5 volts on u3101 pins15 &16. But the voltage on u7401 pins 4 & 5 was 5 volts. Corrected bad solder connection on tuner shield which grounds u7401-13. F26251 Tuning System CTC177 U7301 VHF snowy on some channels. Pin 1 on U7301 was low. Found U7301 was defective. Tuning System CTC177 SOLDER B UHF missing. VHF and channels up to channel 50 wer The VHF/UHF switch transistors (Q7404 and Q7403) c Tuning System ctc177 trace No tuner. Tap on board and pix would flash in for a moment. No 12v to fb4111. Found broken trace between pin 2 of degauss relay and r4131. Jumped break and set fixed. 25gt542 Tuning System CTC177 R7310 UHF missing PLL and U7501 pins 7, 8 and 14 were less than 1VDC Tuning System CTC177 R7416 Set had no low vhf. High vhf was ok. Q7402 the band switch had been changed. Cololector of q7402 had 11.5 positive in low and high vhf. In low vhf it should be a negative 12 volts. 100k resistor r7416 between the base and emitter had changed value. Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 J7101 Pix snowy. All voltages were normal. Inserting RF Tracing all the way back to the RF connector, putt Tuning System CTC177 L7305 Tuning poor. Channels 2 through 6 and 14 through 1 There was high AGC voltage. Found a bad solder con Tuning System ctc177 connector Snowy intermittent picture. Pushing in on cable leadin would tend to make picture better. Inspection of rf connector on tuner showed that the center piece that the cable center conductor mates with was pushed back so that it sometimes would make contact Using a small tool we moved the center pin and insulator back into place and put a spot of rtv on it. Corrected problem. N\A Tuning System ctc177 c4117 No tuner. Found no tune volts on q7401. Traced problem to c4117. The cap was soldered to the tuner shield killing the 33v line. Problem was caused by soldering the shields. Resoldered c4117. f25251wn Tuning System ctc177ae j7101 Snow for a pix. Found all voltages ok. Inserted rf from tag box into rf circuit and got a pix. Traced all the way back to rf connector. Putting signal on the lead coming out of j7101 we had a pix. Putting it in the connector we had none. Replaced the rf connector j7101. g26681ck Tuning System CTC177 C7145 Snowy tuning from channel 2-50. The diode CR7108 v Replace C7145 25GC731 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7304 VHF missing below channel 51. UHF was normal. Found pins 9 and 11 of U7301 had no voltage. Found Tuning System CTC177CD R7132 No tuning: u7401-5 clock line was at 2.6v. Found open trace at 21k in clock line. After repairing trace tuning was weak. On ch.13, we found cr7108 cathode at 5.5v and anode at 1.8v. R7132 in cr7108 anode circuit measured 1.8k -should be 10 ohms- replaceme Repair open trace at 21k & replace r7132. F31671SE Tuning System CTC177 C7402 Poor tuning on channels in the upper portion of ea Replaced leaky c7402 off pin 1 of u7401. Tuning System CTC177 L7111, L71 Pix snow intermittently. Checked all grounds. Found bad solder connections Tuning System CTC177 CR7302 VHF missing. UHF was normal. Tuning voltage on Q7401 collector was zero volts w Tuning System CTC177 U7501 No vhf or uhf. 33 volt supply to q7401 and u7501-4 measured 5 volts. Replaced u7501 with pin 4 shorted. G25681WK Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AE C2307 Some channels had alot of jitter in them. Checked the agc at pin 12 of u1001 and found it at 7.5 volts. At that time servicer noticed c2307 off pin 14 not soldered on one side. Resoldering c2307 repaired the set. Resolder c2307. Tuning System CTC177 L7304 Tuner inop. The tuner would not tune channel 50. A The coils at L7304 were too far apart. Readjusting Tuning System CTC177 Q7402 Tuner will tune channels 2 through 5, channel 6 is Voltage on Q7401 measured 1 to 2 volts higher than Tuning System CTC177 CR7305 Tuning inop for channels 7 through 13 and for midb There was a bad solder connetion on the anode of C Tuning System CTC177 CR7305 Tuner would not tune Hi-VHF channels. Checking the collector of Q7401 in Hi-VHF showed 3 Tuning System CTC177 Y7401 Set had no tuning and the tuning voltage was low. Checking the 4 mhz osc at u7401 tech found no signal. Replacement of the xtal y7401 restored osc and tuning. Replace y7401 F27671SE Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7104 Vhf was good uhf was snowy Found c7104 cap. Which goes to q7101 was solder on one only. G27683 Tuning System CTC177 C2307 Pix jitters The AGC at pin 12 of U1001 was at 7.5V. There was Tuning System CTC177 R7511, R75 Pix snowy on VHF. Found no voltages on VR7111 and CR7113 (varactor d Tuning System CTC177 R7151 Pix snowy on VHF channels. Found no voltage to CR7108 (varactor) cathode. R71 Tuning System ctc177be r7411 Ch 2 ok but others get weaker as frequency increases. Found that pin 3 of u7501 had 1.3v when tuned to ch6. Lifting r7401 and r7525 we only had .5v on r7408 instead of normal 1.1v. R7411 went up to 2.5 meg. Replaced r7411 and set worked fine. 27gt614 Tuning System CTC177BE L7304 Would not tune channel 50. All other channels were ok. Readjusting l7304 (we slightly made the coils closer together) cured the problem Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR7305 Will tune channels 2 ,5.will not tune 7-13, or midband cable. Found anode of cr7305 not soldered securely. Resoldered anode of cr7305. Tuning System CTC177 R7411 Tuner weak. Channel 2 was normal, but all others b Pin 3 of U7501 was at 1.3V when tuned to channel 6 Tuning System CTC177 CR7109 VHF snowy on channels 7 through 50. Channels 2 thr Measured 5 volts on the anode of CR7109 - it shoul Tuning System CTC177 U7301 Snow in tuner up to channel 45. The picture did not improve when a signal was inje Tuning System CTC177 U7301 Tuner inop. All channels would tune, but most had Pin 1 of U7301 was at 0.4V. It should have been 5V Tuning System CTC177 R7304 VHF snowy. UHF was normal. U7301 had been replaced Had proper band switching and UHF and VHF switchin Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R4131 Tuner inop. The picture would flash for a moment i The 12V to FB4111 was missing. There was a broken Tuning System CTC177 R7307 VHF missing. The DC voltages on the cathodes of CR7305 and CR73 Tuning System CTC177BF C7410 Dead set, servicer had replaced u3201. Pin 5 of u3201 was at 0 volts. Lifting jumpers jw408 and 407 restored the voltage to pin 5. Traced fault to shorted c7410. Replace c7410 F27671SE Tuning System CTC177 U7501 Pix snowy The voltages at U7501 were high and not close to w Tuning System CTC177 C7131 Cable channels 4 and above would not Tune properly Found C7131 was leaky. Replacing C7131 repaired th Tuning System CTC177 TRACE Tuner inop Found no voltage at pin 10 of U7401. Q4106 had 12V Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7146 VHF snowy. UHF was normal. Had 1.3V on Q7201 G2. Following the AGC voltage fr Tuning System CTC177 R7313 Tuner inop on channels 7 through 13. Found that CR7303 was not getting any voltage in V Tuning System CTC177AA R7307 No vhf tuning. The dc voltages on the cathodes of cr7305, 7302 (vhf osc) were low when the set was tuned from channels 2-13. Resistance measurement of r7306 checked correct but when r7307 was measured it checked close to 2 meg. Replaced r7307 25GT506 Tuning System CTC177 R7408, Q7 Tuner inop. The tuner would tune the wrong channel Found Q7402 was open. It measured 12V on emitter a Tuning System CTC177 CR7110 VHF missing on channels 7 through 13 and 22 upward Suspected band switching problem. Checking voltage Tuning System CTC177AA C7408 No tuning, u7401 pin 10 was at 0 volts. Q4106-e was at 0 ohms to ground. Lifting l4104 removed short. Traced fault to shorted c7408 Replace c7408 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 r7408 Uhf snowy. Vhf missing. U7501 had 30- 33v on pins 8, 14, and 7. Pin 3 had 12v when q7401 had 10vc. Channel 40 uhf was used for these measurements. Found r7408 to be open. Replaced r7408 and pix returned to normal. f27351wn Tuning System CTC177BF C7604 No tuner signal and voltages in tuner were ok. Checking voltages on q7601 we found 0 volts and zero ohms on the base. Removing c7604 tech found solder on board under the capacitor. Remove short F27671 Tuning System CTC177 C7604 Tuner inop. Tuner voltages were normal. Q7601 had zero volts with zero ohms on the base. T Tuning System CTC177AA C7401 Set had snow with no video. After 15 to 20 minutes set would start working. Taking voltage checks during the 15 minutes we found pin 6 of u7401 measuring 1.4 volts should be zero. Grounding pin 6 tuner was ok. C7401 was open until it heated up. Replacing cap. Fix the set. Tuning System CTC177AG trace Snowy picture on some channels. Ch 2 was clear, 3- 6 snowy. Traced voltage to both sides of r7145 and found nothing on r7114. Jumping trace repaired set. Repaired open trace from r7145 to r7114 25GT536 Tuning System CTC177AA L7111 Set had intermittent snowy picture. All the grounds had been done twice but set still had intermittent snow. Servicer found that there was bad solder connections on the two coils l7111 and l7112. 25GT506 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 CR7109 Tuning inop. Channels 2 through 6 would tune, but Q7401 was switching from 12V to -0.3V. CR7109 was Tuning System CTC177 R7304 Won't tune vhf channels - uhf normal the initial problem was not related to a loss of vhf tuning but was intermittent in nature. The technician had resoldered all the tabs tuner shield. Checking vhf, found no flo signal at u7401 pin 11 with a vhf channe During the course of resoldering the ground tabs, r7304 got wicked off from the circuit off u7301 pin 11. Replacement restored normal tuner operation. Tuning System CTC177 R7107 Tuner inop. Channel 2 was missing. As the channels Voltages checked normal. Connecting antenna to pin Tuning System CTC177 C7506 Snowy picture on hi-vhf and uhf channels. Low- band vhf was normal. U7301 & u7401 had been replaced. Voltages at u7501 were good. At q7102, found normal voltages with an affected channel selected. At cr7106 & cr7107 cathodes found 0v when they should hav Removing a hairline solder splash from c7506 resolved the problem. F25190SE Tuning System CTC177 U7401 TV Locks up. The set turns on and then locks up. A Unsoldering jumper JW408 would cause all functions Tuning System CTC177 WIRE The set was intermittent dead The white wire from e116 by the tuner to e16 by the horiz is a ground connection. If either end as a bad solder connection it will cause a intermittent. Several reports on this ground con. 27GT613 Tuning System Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R7416 VHF low band was missing. VHF high band was normal The collector of Q7401 measured 11.5V in both low Tuning System CTC177 R7403 Tuner inoperative no change in dc bias to q7401- c. Checking the pull up circuit for the collector through r7403 and r7402 we found no problem with resistance value or continuity of the traces. Applying 30vdc through a 20k load to q7401-c restored normal o Resolde r7403. Servicer replaced the resistor for good measure. Possible bad solder joint that showed up under current only. F25190 Tuning System CTC177 C7134 No low vhf tuning. High vhf ok. Checking the collector of q7402 in low band mode we had - 2.3vdc. Lifting cap c7134 the voltage returned. Change c7134 (off anode of cr7104 Tuning System CTC177 RN4501 Reduced Vertical deflection. The DC level at U4501 pin 1 was low, down to 9.34V Vertical CTC177 C4501 No vertical deflection. Horizontal line was about a third of the way down from top of screen. 12v run f measured 20 volts and voltage at cr4704 cathode measured 14v. Measured 5v at u1001-18. Replaced leaky c4501 (u1001-18). F26631SE Vertical CTC177 R4519 Vertical would intermittently shift down from the R4519 was intermittently changing value. Replacing Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 JC421 Vertical collapse and a line across the tube appro R4517 in the 12 volt run source was getting hot. T Vertical ctc177 r4517 Vertical pulled up from bottom 1.5 in. Servicer had replaced cr4704 and r4702 for a dead set. Found rn4501 pin 5 to be low. R4517 was open. Replaced r4517 and vertical returned to normal. f25190se Vertical CTC177 C4501 The vertical will pull up from the bottom at times or will stretch from center to bottom or may appear to be breathing this way .pressing down on c4501, c4503 will cause the vertical to react.have seen several chassis fail this way.the sets may be the ol Replacement of c4501,c4503 (connected to pin 18, u1001). F31631 Vertical CTC177 L2704 Vertical missing. U4501 (vertical output) and RN45 The 7.6V source was missing on pin 7 of RN4501. Th Vertical CTC177 TRACE Vertical missing. The 7.6V to the vertical circuit RN4501 was missin Vertical CTC177 C4103 Dead set The secondary of the power supply (the 143 volt es Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C7131 Interference lines in picture including sparkles i Found capacitor c7131 open. Replacement repaired t Vertical ctc177 jc421 Vertical collapse and the line across the tube was approx. 3-4" low. R4517 in the 12volt run source was getting hot. Found the 7.6 volt source at pin 7 of rn4501 missing. This was throwing off the inputs to u4501 and pulling down the output at pin 5, pu Found a loose connection at jc421 on the 7.6 volt line. Repaired bad connection. G27341 Vertical CTC177AG c4506 Neck of crt burned off apparent high current through yoke windings c4506 vented Replaced c4506 and u45o1 F25651 Vertical CTC177 U1001 Vertical unstable intermittently. The set played f Monitoring the waveform during this failure reveal Vertical ctc177aj2 u1001 Video rolls vertically but the osd is fine. U1001 defective 25gh350 Vertical CTC177 C4501 The set had no Vertical deflection. A horizontal l The 12V run measured 20 volts and the voltage at C Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 C4501 The set had no Vertical, only a line appeared on t There was no ramp output signal from U1001 pin 17. Vertical CTC177 CR4501, U Vertical foldover. The top third of the picture wa CR4501 was leaky, but replacing CR4501 did not fix Vertical CTC177 R4502 Insufficient Vertical sweep. R4502 (which is connected to one side of the yoke Vertical CTC177 U1001 Intermittent ustable vertical. After extended burn in he just happened to move the set in the right way and saw the vertical centering bounce a little. The raster geometry remained intact but the centering bounced up and down 2 or 3 times and then settled Replaced u1001 and corrected the problem. Vertical CTC177 CR4103 Excessive vertical size; 7.6v source @ u1001-32 re Replaced cr4103. Vertical CTC177 TRACE No vertical had no 7.6 volts to vert circuit rn4501. Had only 1.2 volts on the collector of q4101 the 7.6 volt reg. The resistor r4106 had 12 volts on both ends. Had open trace between r4106 and col. Of q4101. Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 N\A Vertical drops intermittently just like a bad ground connection. Have found several sets with a poor connection on the negative lead of c4505. Secured c4505 Vertical CTC177 trace Vertical stretched. Checking u4501 found pin 3 at 6 v. All other voltages were close. We found a cracked trace from the resistor network rn4501 pin 6 to u4501 pin 7. Repairing trace restored operation. Repair open trace from rn4501-6 to u4501-7 Vertical CTC177 R4517 Vertical foldover Checking the voltages at RN4501 in the vertical st Vertical CTC177 RN4501 Vertical not centered. Resistor network (RN4501) checked normal out of ci Vertical ctc177 rn4501 Vertical not centered resistor network checked ok out of ckt. Replaced and it fixed unit Replace rn4501. Part#215499 g26683 Vertical ctc177 u4501 Set comes on ok. As it warms up vertical begins to stretch. Osd disappears and the unit buttons then become inoperative except the power button. Signal to pin 25 of u3101 disappears. The vertical ic had been replaced for another problem. This problem dev Found tat u4501 was positioned a little higher than where the holes line up. Putting the ic down a bit on the heat sink so that it was more square and the holes lined up corrected the problem. Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177CC U4501.R45 Venetian blind effect across the screen in the form of narrow spaced horizontal lines.found r4517 open and a defective u4501. R4517 had helped reduced the venetian blind effect.u4501 had reduced the venetian blind effect completely. Replaced r4517, u4501. Vertical ctc177 r4519 Vertical would intermittently shift down from the top 2-3 inches as if you were turning a vertical centering control. Found r4519 intermittently changing value. Had to try two resistors before he found one that worked. Replace r4519. F25190se Vertical CTC177 U1001 Vertical output ic runs hot. found low amplitude of vertical signal coming out of u1001. replacement resolved the problem. Replacement of u1001. Vertical CTC177 U1001 Video rolls vertically. The OSD is normal. Found U1001 was defective. Replacing U1001 repaire Vertical CTC177 N\A No vertical deflection and horizontal line was above center. Removed glue around c4501 & c4503 (u1001-18). F26251 Vertical CTC177 TRACE Vertical stretched. U4501 pin 3 was at 6V. All other voltages were cor Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 rn4501 Reduced vertical deflection u4501 pin 1 dc level was low, down to 9.34vdc feedback into rn4501 pin 4 was up to 13.1vdc replaced defective rn4501 which was giving incorrect feedback to inverting input of the vertical op amp. Replaced defective rn4501 Vertical CTC177CC CR2702 Vertical sweep exhibits 3 pictures. Found cr2702 shorted, and c4501 and c4503 leaky Replaced cr2702, c4501 and c4503. F31631SE Vertical CTC177 R4517 Vertical problems and/or snowy picture. Servicer reports two sets with r4517 opening or partially opening. The picture will go snowy with various vertical problems from no vertical to intermittent or bouncing vertical. R4517 will have 12v on one side and Replace r4517. Vertical CTC177 trace Osd rolls, u3101 pin 25 has no waveform on it. Pin 3 of u4501 has a waveform, but no waveform was seen on jw309. Jumping the trace restored the waveform to u3101 pin 25. Repair bad trace from pin 3 or u4501 to jw309 Vertical CTC177AC CR4501 Poor vertical linearity- pulled up at bottom, compressed in center and blank in top half except for 4 separated lines. Found that cr4501 had 25.8v on anode and 8v on cathode. Replacement restored normal vertical operation. Replace cr4501. Vertical CTC177 R4502 Insufficient vertical sweep. no improvement when adjusting the parameters, value.found r4502 (connected to one side of the yoke circuit at e4501) had increased in value. Replaced r4502. Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177AG U1001 Picture would have 3 to 5 lines at a time running from bottom to top. Servicer noted he could see a ripple in the vertical drive from pin 17 and could make the ripple disappear by adjusting the sharpness in the menu. Replacing u1001 repaired the set. Replace u1001. Vertical CTC177 U4501, R4 Horizontal Lines in pix. R4517 was open and U4501 was defective. Replacing Vertical CTC177 C4501, C45 Vertical deflection missing. Horizontal line was a Found foreign substance around C4501 and C4503 (U1 Vertical CTC177 RN4501 Intermittent Line pairing. Cleaning flux from around RN4501 restored normal o Vertical CTC177 C4501 No vertical, line only. No ramp output signal from u1001 pin 17 pin 18 had 5v on it. Lifting pin 18 still had 5v on the pad. Removing c4501 .1mf smd cap cleared voltage. Replacement restored vertical sweep. Replace leaky c4501 F27150SE Vertical CTC177 TRACE OSD rolls U3101 pin 25 had no waveform. Pin 3 of U4501 has a Vertical Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 rn4501 Intermittent line pairing. Cleaned flux from around rn4501. Problem corrected f27631sf Vertical CTC177 SERV Set started out as dead set. Replacing the eprom u3201 and it would come on but had no video. Checking for video on pins 63 and 51 there was no video. The servicer then changed u1001 with the same problem. Since the eprom had been changed I had the servicer go into the service menu and check the video level in second menu at p16. It was at zero. As soon as he adjust the v value the video came in. I had him adjust as stated in instruction. Video CTC177 C5002 Raster bright/Retrace lines The G1 voltage was 180VDC. After removing the sock Video CTC177 U1001 Video smearing. The symptom looked like a bad CRT. The green output blanking pulse coming out of U100 Video CTC177 R2709 Pix pulling in slightly on the sides. The display Resistor R2709 was burned open. This resistor is i Video CTC177 R3311 OSD missing. The FSW signal was missing at pin 39 of U1001. The Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R2704 White areas are too white, the rest of the picture Found bad solder connection on R2704 (off the base Video CTC177 Q5004 Bright screen with Retrace lines. The CRT had been The cathodes measured between 40VDC and 50VDC. Q50 Video CTC177 Q5004 Video missing Checking CRT setup, the cathodes were all at 195VD Video CTC177 COPPER T Picture dark for the first 3 to 4 minutes of opera When the set is first turned on, pin 34 of U1001 i Video CTC177 U1001 Red missing There was no waveform out of U1001 pin 36. U1001 w Video CTC177 R4303 Pix missing with a strong signal, Pix tears with a Had less than 1Vp-p at U11001 pin 25. Found R4303 Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 R2918 Set had no video. Had video into u2901 the d-pip but none out. The chip had been replaced. Found the voltage on pin 43 was gone. R2918 a 1.5 ohm was open. G27683 Video CTC177BH3 Lead Tech saw a shading on the left side of the picture. This shade was difficult to see without the right picture. Tech found the green lead to the kine cba dressed near l4853 on the pincushion board. Pulling the green lead away from coil the shading disappea Dressed green kine lead away from pincushion cba. F27250BC Video CTC177 TAB AT J3 Video missing/Audio missing. The video and audio w The shield that borders the microprocessor had a t Video CTC177 L2701 Had no green the base of q5002 was zero volts but there was 2.6 volts at the green output of u1001. Found open trace at coil l2701 which goes to q5002. Video CTC177 TRACE Video missing/OSD missing When shorting Q5004 base to emitter, the video and Video ctc177 c2704 On certain pictures set would show a green line in the picture hi light area. Chassis movement seemed to correct problem. Found c2704 was not soldered in board. Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 U1001 Video smear looks like a bad crt. The green output blanking pulse looked like saw tooth instead of a square wave. Coming out ot u1001 Replaced u1001 Video CTC177 U1001 No Closed caption operation. The signals on pins 24 and 25 of U3101 were normal Video CTC177 R2704 Pix missing. OSD and audio were normal. There was video at pins 63 and 51 of U1001, but no Video CTC177 C2704 Green horizontal bar on bottom half of picture (changes). Intensity of green bar increases with brightness of picture. Installed missing c2704 (u1001-34). F31671SE Video CTC177 R2709 The pix was pulled in slightly on the sides. Other than that the set worked fine except when you brought up the display for the adjustment for color. The little bar that should be present was not there and if you increased the color you could not decreas Replacing r2709 repaired the set (resistor off pin 4 of flyback) G25341WK Video CTC177 U1001 No red. No wave form out out of u1001-36 Replaced u1001 F31631 Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 u1001 Set would come on with high voltage, black screen, no audio, no osd, and could not be turned back off. Could see change in data on data lines when buttons were pushed. Replaced u1001 and fixed the set. g27343hp Video CTC177 U1001 Pix missing/Audio missing/OSD missing. The set wou Could see change in data on data lines when button Video CTC177 L2701 Green missing The base of Q5002 was zero volts, but there was 2. Video ctc177e trace No video. No osd. Shorted q5004 base to emitter and video + osd reappeared. Customer settings ok. Looked at voltages on u1001 and found pin 31 at 0v. Traced problem to an open trace between r2732 and jw318 off of pin 4 of the fly. R2732 had 7.6v on both s Repaired trace and set worked normal. 20gt375 Video CTC177 R2918 Video missing Video was present into U2901 (the D-PIP), but ther Video CTC177 None Black screen intermittently. Removing the tuner shield on the bottom of the cha Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model ctc177 trace Dark picture for first 3-4 minutes then no control over contrast. When the set is first turned on, pin 34 of u1001 is at 5 volts and slowly goes down to 2.8. Pin 35 starts at 0 volts and slowly goes to 2.8. Pin 31 also starts low and builds to 5vdc. Found Found an open ckt at 6-g on the chassis, between these two points. f25190se Video ctc177BE r2704 White areas in picture are too white but the rest of the pic is ok. Resoldered r2704 off the base of q2704 the video buffer Video CTC177AD U1001 No picture or osd and sound ok. Found video at u1001 pins 44 & 48. Beam sense voltage at u1001-31 measured 2.8 volts. Traced low voltage to a 550 ohm leakage on u1001-16 to ground. Note:u1001 pins 16 & 31 are connected together via r2731 & r4523. Replaced u1001. G25341WK Video CTC177AG R2704 No picture, normal osd and audio. Checking u1001, video at pins 63 & 51 but no luminance at pin 48. At q2704, there was no video on the base or emitter. Voltages read 0v on all leads of the transistor. Resistance to ground from the base read a short. Lift Removing and reinstalling r2704 (1k base to ground) removed the short and restored normal picture. 25GT536 Video CTC177 C2704 Green Horizontal bar on the bottom half of the pic Replacing C2704 (U1001-34) repaired the set. Video ctc177 short No closed caption. Signals on pin 24 and 25 of u3101 ok. Had video on pin 13. The signal was only .2v p-p. Went to u1001 pin 44 to check waveform but noticed pin 44 was soldered to pin 43. Removal of solder bridge repaired set. 27gt617 Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model CTC177 JC416 Video missing. There was video out at pin 51 of U1 Jumper JC416 (that feeds video back to pin 48) had Video CTC177 C2704 On certain pictures the set would display a Green Chassis movement seemed to correct the problem. C2 Video CTC177 C2701 Set had a slow vertical roll. Had tech scope pin 48 of u1001. The waveform was at .8 volts p/p. Traced back to c2701, one side was at 1.2 volts p/p. Replace c2701 and picture returned to normal. Replace c2701 in video circuit. Video CTC177 U1001 Pix missing/OSD missing. Audio was normal. Had video at U1001 pins 44 and 48. Beam sense volt Video CTC177 JC416 Had video out pin 51 of u1001 and had video in and out of pip ic u2901. But had no video at pin 48 of ic 1001. Found jumper jc416 that feeds video back to pin 48 not solder on one end. Video Circuit Chassis Part Problem Solution Model Safety information is contained in the appropriate Thomson Inc. Service Data. All product safety requirements must be complied with prior to returning the instrument to the consumer. Servicers who defeat safety features or fail to perform safety checks may be liable for any resulting damages and may expose themselves and others to possible injury. 2003 Thomson Inc. All Rights Reserved www.thomsonservice.com 8/4/2003