In detail: do-it-yourself repair of Samsung TVs with a return line from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
Samsung has long been one of the most popular brands sold and serviced in Russia.
The choice of buyers is justified by the favorable price-quality ratio of the equipment, and the popularity among repairmen is due to many factors that determine the simplicity and ease of repair and maintenance.
Despite the variety of models, Samsung TVs for technicians and service engineers remain uncomplicated and predictable in repair, and the manufacturer's timely technical support with components, modules, documentation and software greatly facilitates and simplifies diagnostics and repairs.
Since the beginning of the nineties of the last century, the craftsmen have accumulated rich experience in repairing Samsung TVs, which was discussed and preserved on the Internet in numerous conferences and blogs of repairmen.
Typical defects of some models sometimes caused controversy and deserve special attention in considering the causes of malfunctions and methods of their elimination.
In this series of articles, it is planned to consider the most common malfunctions of Samsung CRT TVs from 2000 and the most popular LCD TV models in the practice of repairing.
There is no need to consider the problem of electrolytic capacitors in the rectifier filters of power supply modules here, since this is a massive trend characteristic of the first generation of LCD TVs. It should be noted that in LED TVs, the problem with electrolytic capacitors is less common. Perhaps this is due to the lower consumption of LED backlight power converters.
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Operation of some first generation Samsung LCD TVs with defective power filter capacitors may cause software failure. At first, the settings for the channels may disappear, sometimes specific distortions appear in the “Cinema” mode, the screen backlight adjustment may not work correctly.
Often there is a complete failure in the software and the TV is no longer included in the operating mode.
In such cases, after repairing the power module, it is necessary to replace the contents of the EEPROM memory.
One of the most popular power supplies in repair is described separately in the article Typical faults BN44-00192A. In addition to defects caused by a malfunction of electrolytic capacitors, we note two more typical malfunctions of this module. Ring cracks in the soldering of the terminals of the switch-on transistor from standby mode, as well as breakdown of the sealant with subsequent short circuit and damage to the 2200pF capacitor and breakage of the 0.22 Ohm resistor in the power supply circuit of the key transistors of the converter.
Noise in the image in the form of curved oblique stripes associated with poor filtering of the tuner's power supply is eliminated by replacing the 100uF 16V capacitor on the main board. In this case, there is no need to change the capacitor in the tuner. Sometimes the masters do the opposite, due to insufficient competence, then such a replacement will help for a short while.
Another popular typical malfunction of some Samsung LCD models is the use of the AS-15 gamma correction chip in the T-CON board. AS19. The defect is associated with distortion of color transitions. The image becomes lighter and in places looks like a negative.
The latest LCD models, in particular the SMART-TV, have problems with BGA soldering technology for highly integrated chips. In such cases, malfunctions may occur, usually manifested with warming up, which are caused by a violation of the contact of the chip pins with the corresponding pads on the board.
The malfunction of the LCD matrices is perhaps a separate topic for discussion, but it makes sense to briefly consider some of the external manifestations of its defects.
In most cases, these are straight vertical stripes in certain areas of the screen or throughout its entire area. Stripes can be different, both colored and black and white of different thickness.
Sometimes the nature of the stripes changes with external mechanical stress. Freeze-frame images may appear.
Such matrix defects are associated with broken contacts in the connections of the loops, which can sometimes be restored with warming up.
Repair of the matrix in such cases is associated with its disassembly and restoration of contacts in loops or duplication of connections with external conductors - a complicated process, not recommended by manufacturers and may not always be a successful and reliable solution to the problem.
Due to the fact that the price of the matrix is quite high, it is more than half of the cost of a TV, in most cases, owners of post-warranty TVs refuse to replace the matrix due to the economic inexpediency of repair.
In many models of LED TVs of the 5 series, panels (matrices) with backlight LEDs of sufficiently low quality are installed, or the current in the LEDs is incorrectly calculated. This currently popular typical defect can manifest itself already in the first year of operation. In this case, there is simply no picture.
In authorized service centers, on the recommendation of the manufacturer, they change the LED rulers and limit the current in the LED drivers so that the TVs work out at least the warranty period. And in post-warranty cases, this problem is solved by the craftsmen in different ways, depending on their qualifications and contractual conditions with the owner.
Some explanations and recommendations can be found in the article in our article Repair of Samsung, LG LED-backlights.
Of the most common malfunctions of Samsung CRT TVs, there are several associated with the low reliability of CRTs and their deflecting systems (OS).
The consequence of shorting the filament with the cathode of the kinescope (usually green) is eliminated by isolating the filament from the mass and organizing its separate power supply (2-3 turns per TDKS core). In this case, do not forget to use the standard filament current calibration resistor.
In kinescopes with a flat screen, diagonals of 20 inches and more, a short circuit between the accelerating electrode and the modulator (G2 and G1) often occurs, which is accompanied by the absence of an image.
Fortunately, such short-circuits, in most cases, can be easily eliminated by the usual old-fashioned methods popular among repairmen.
It is more difficult with a short circuit in the lower case deflecting coils of the CRT. At the same time, the line transistor short-circuits, usually immediately upon switching on. In some cases, you can see smoke from under the throat of the OS, feel the characteristic smell, the transistor (HOT) overheats at this time.
A lot of trouble in many models of Samsung CRT-TVs of different diagonals is delivered by the elements of the IOC capacitive divider of the horizontal sync pulse formation circuit. In such cases, the limiting resistor often burns out to charcoal, sometimes damaging the board section along with the conductive tracks.
In cases with “floating” defects, when it is not possible to detect poor contact in the soldering of the element leads, it is necessary to remember the specificity of the metallization of the holes in the power circuits of the horizontal scan, which is characteristic of Samsung CRT TVs.
The contact of the metal sleeve with the copper pad of the board is often painted over, sometimes it is faster to detect sparking in this place than to see an annular crack with a magnifying glass.
Most often, such a breakdown of contact occurs at the place of soldering of the contact pad with metallization of the collector connection of the line transistor.
Typical malfunctions of some common models made on standard chassis can be considered separately.
Pages will be added as the material is prepared.
Typical defects and repair of Samsung chassis KS1A - From the practice of repairing Samsung KS1A TVs.
Typical defects and repair of Samsung chassis KS2A - From the practice of repairing Samsung KS2A TVs
According to the functional composition of CRT (with a kinescope) and LCD (LCD) TVs, separate sections have been created on the site, where modules and elements for well-known and popular models for repair are indicated in the tables:
Composition of Samsung CRT TVs - Functional composition of Samsung CRT TVs.
Composition of Samsung LCD TVs - Functional composition of Samsung LCD TVs.
Some useful recommendations for owners who decide to buy a new TV due to the unrepairability of the old one can be found on the page: how to choose a TV when buying.
Comments and suggestions are welcome and welcome!
During the existence of video equipment, several generations of televisions have already been replaced. Each new generation differed not only structurally, but also with a new filling. Nevertheless, many manifestations of defects remained unchanged for all televisions. Knowing the general structure and principle of operation of TVs, a qualified specialist is able to determine the nature of the defect by external manifestations.
Fuses blow when turning on the TV.
Breakdown of one of the diodes of a bridge network rectifier, filter capacitors or a key element (transistor) of a switching power supply.
The TV does not turn on, the supply voltage is not supplied to the modules (the case when they say that the power supply does not start). The fuses are OK.
An open circuit in the voltage supply circuit to the key element, a malfunction of the starting circuit or group stabilization, the absence of a turn-on command signal, a breakdown of the diode of the secondary half-wave rectifier supplying the line scan output stage is also possible.
Vertical line distortion due to erratic lines or woody image noise.
Poor filtering of one or more voltages produced by the switching power supply.
There is no picture and sound on any TV channel. Snow noise appears on the screen.
One of the control voltages is not supplied to the channel selector: tuning voltage, range switching or AGC voltage. A malfunction of the channel selector itself or the first stages of the UPCHI, FSS is possible.
There is no reception of TV programs in the UHF range.
There is no range switch voltage or a malfunction of the channel selector itself.
No sound in normal picture.
The volume control voltage does not come, the speaker is turned off, a malfunction in the UPCHZ or ULF (UZCH) cascades.
The CRT screen does not light up with normal sound. There is no heating of the kinescope, or accelerating or high voltage.
Open circuit in the voltage supply circuit of the kinescope filament. The horizontal output stage does not work due to the absence of either the supply voltage or trigger pulses.
The CRT screen does not light up with normal sound. Kinescope glow, accelerating and high voltage is normal.
The kinescope is locked: the PCTS processing channel (chrominance module) does not receive the voltage for adjusting the contrast or brightness of the image, the PCTS itself, strobe pulses, or instead of personnel blanking pulses, a constant voltage is supplied. There may be a malfunction of the video processor microcircuit or its supply voltage is too low.
The CRT screen glows white. Brightness is maximum and not adjustable. The lines of the reverse motion of the vertical scan are visible. Is there sound.
Open circuit in the kinescope modulator circuit, in the power supply circuit of the output video amplifiers. The reference voltage of the output video amplifiers is underestimated. A malfunction of the video processor chip is also possible.
The CRT screen is “flooded” with one of the primary colors.
Breakdown of one of the output video amplifiers or breakage of its collector load. It is also possible that there is a malfunction in the path of one signal of the main color in the video processor microcircuit or a short circuit of one of the cathodes to the modulator in the kinescope.
One of the primary colors is missing from the image.White balance is out of order.
The signal of the main color does not enter the kinescope cathode due to an open circuit in the circuit of its passage from the output video amplifier, breakage of one of the video amplifier transistors, loss of emission from one of the three kinescope spotlights. There may also be a malfunction in the chain of one signal of the primary color in the video processor microcircuit after the circuits of the second matrixing.
One of the primary colors is missing from the image. White balance is maintained.
One of the color-difference signals is not supplied to the circuits performing the second matrixing, or is not produced by the chrominance decoder.
A color image is reproduced in black and white. Sound is normal.
The signal for adjusting the color saturation is not received, the color television system is not recognized due to the detuning of the parameters of its circuits or filters for extracting color signals from the PCTS. It is also possible that the chrominance decoder chip is malfunctioning or its supply voltage is too low.
A color image (fuzzy) is reproduced with low brightness and unnatural coloration (oversaturated). There is no black and white image.
An open in the luminance signal path (most often an open in the luminance signal delay line).
Noticeable difference in brightness of adjacent lines of a color image. Black and white image is normal.
It is typical for the SECAM system, when color signals with different peaks arrive at the electronic switch or one does not arrive at all, for example, due to a 64μs delay line break.
Open circuit in the PCTS supply circuit to the amplitude selector microcircuit, violation of the operating mode of this microcircuit or its failure.
No line sync.
Detuning of the natural frequency of the horizontal master oscillator, malfunction in the AFC and F circuits of the horizontal master oscillator.
No frame sync.
Detuning of the frequency of natural oscillations of the master oscillator of the vertical sweep, an open or short circuit in the supply circuit of the frame sync pulses.
The image shows the vertical retrace lines.
There are no frame blanking pulses from the frame scan on the PCTS processing circuit (chromaticity module) or the accelerating voltage of the kinescope is greatly overestimated.
There is a thin horizontal stripe instead of an image on the screen.
The supply voltage is not supplied to the output stage of the frame scan, a malfunction of the frame scan itself or an open circuit in the chain of the passage of frame deflecting currents.
The vertical linearity of the image is violated.
The supply voltage of the frame scan is underestimated, the failure of radioelements in the linearity control circuit of the frame scan, including in the negative feedback signal generation circuit.
The size of the image horizontally is small, while the pincushion distortion of the raster is observed.
The supply voltage of the output stage of the horizontal scan is underestimated, an open circuit in the circuit of the transistor that modulates the horizontal deflection currents, or a malfunction in the control circuit of this transistor.
The horizontal image size is too large to be adjusted.
Breakdown of one of the diodes of the diode modulator, breakdown of the transistor that controls the diode modulator.
A thin vertical stripe is visible on the screen.
An open circuit in the line of deflection currents, most often due to violations in the installation.
The mains fuse blows when the TV is turned on.
A malfunction most often occurs due to short circuits in the primary circuits of the power source, which are usually caused by surges in the mains voltage, as well as short circuits of conductors as a result of external pollution and household insects entering the TV.
Possible faulty elements in it: mains noise suppression filter C633 LF600 C634 LF601 C635, rectifier D600, capacitors C601 - C603, key transistor of the IC600 microcircuit.
To find a faulty element, after disconnecting the TV from the mains, disconnect the connectors of the demagnetization loop and speaker CN601 and CN1200. The board is placed in the repair position.Measure the resistance between the terminals of the capacitor C603, having previously discharged it through a resistor with a resistance of 200.500 Ohm with a power of 2 W. The resistance of a good circuit must be at least 10 kOhm. With a lower resistance or a short circuit, to speed up the search for the cause of the malfunction, one of the terminals of the resistor R647 is soldered. Thus, the primary circuit of the power supply is divided into two parts: a filter with a rectifier and a microcircuit. The resistance between the terminals of the capacitor C603 is measured again. If the short circuit still occurs, check the serviceability of the rectifier and filter elements. The most common failures are rectifier diodes D600 and capacitors C601 - C603.
In the event of a malfunction of the capacitors C601, C602, it is temporarily permissible for the TV to work without them.
The malfunction of the C603 capacitor can be easily identified visually by the swelling on the top of its case, the rupture of the safety notch or traces of liquid on the board. Defective diodes are replaced with serviceable similar types with parameters: maximum current not less than 2 A, reverse voltage not less than 400 V.
With a low resistance between the terminals of the capacitor C603, they check the operability of the IC600 microcircuit, in which the key transistor with terminals 1-3 (collector, emitter, base, respectively) most often fails.
When repairing a switching power supply, it must be remembered that a number of its circuits have a galvanic connection with the mains. Therefore, it must be connected via an isolation transformer.
TV does not turn on, mains fuse intact
Troubleshooting begins with measuring the DC voltage across the filter capacitor C603, which should be within 270. 310 V. If it is absent, then sequentially check for the presence of voltages on the line filter and the input of the rectifier bridge. One of the reasons for the lack of voltage may be the failure of one (or both) breaking resistors R631, R642, and this, in turn, may be due to a malfunction of the following elements: C603, D600, IC600, C602, C601.
The defective element is found using an ohmmeter.
If the required voltage is available on the C603 capacitor (270. 310 V), then check its presence on the C608 capacitor. If it is absent, then check the serviceability of the resistor R647 and winding 6 - 8 of the T601 transformer.
Then they check the health of the key transistor of the microcircuit and the presence of a supply voltage (7.7 V) at the pin. 9 microcircuits. If the supply voltage is significantly underestimated or completely absent, check the serviceability of the R600 D601 circuit. The following elements most often fail: R605, Q601, D603, C607 (check by replacement), R606.
Short circuits at the outputs of the secondary rectifiers of the power supply can also lead to the defect in question.
The TV does not switch from standby to working. When you try to switch, the standby indicator goes out for 1.2 s and lights up again
If a visual inspection of the installation does not reveal burnt resistors, swollen capacitor cases, traces of soot near the line transformer, then you need to pay attention to the nature of the sound that accompanies turning on the TV.
If at the same time a characteristic sound from a high voltage surge is heard, this means that trigger pulses are applied to the horizontal output stage. Then it can be assumed that the microcontroller, memory and video processor are in good order, and the faults are contained in the circuits of the TDKS line transformer or frame scan.
It is impossible to make an erroneous conclusion about the serviceability of the TDKS even in the presence of the specified sound, because a breakdown can be in its high-voltage part when an anode voltage appears.
Next, connect the oscilloscope to the protection bus (pin 9 of the CN001 connector of the board A) and turn on the TV. If a voltage of 5 V appears for at least a short time, it means that the microcontroller with a PROT protection signal for some reason blocks the activation of the operating mode. It is necessary to find out from which of the sensors this signal comes. To do this, the sensors are turned off one by one and each time they try to switch the TV to operating mode.First, the protection sensor against a malfunction in the vertical scan circuits is turned off, for which one of the terminals of the D505 zener diode (board D) is soldered. If at the same time a bright horizontal strip appears on the screen, and the PROT voltage drops to zero, then the fault is contained in the vertical scan circuits. It is necessary to ensure that the horizontal stripe is not on the screen for a long time in order to avoid burning through the phosphor of the kinescope.
Then they check for the presence of supply voltages at the pins of the IC500 microcircuit: 15 V at the pin. 2 and -15 V on pin. 4, serviceability of elements D504, R508, the presence of personnel sync pulses on the pin. 5 microcircuits.
After that, it is concluded that it is necessary to replace the IC500 microcircuit.
You can check the serviceability of the vertical scan circuits in another way. Connect the oscilloscope to the frame deflection coils and turn on the TV. If frame pulses with an amplitude of 60 V appear for at least a fraction of a second, it means that the vertical scanning circuits are in good order and the malfunction must be looked for in another section of the circuit. If there are no pulses, then check for the presence of CSI on the pin. 1 IC500, as well as the appearance of the supply voltage of the microcircuit at the moment the TV is turned on.
If, after disconnecting the sensor, the TV turns on, then the fault is in the protection circuits. Check the health of the following elements: Q501 - Q503, D504, D505, D507.
If the voltage on the PROT bus remains at 5 V, turn off the horizontal output stage. To do this, with the vertical scan sensor turned off, a jumper is installed between the base and the emitter of the Q802 transistor, which leads to its closure and disruption of horizontal scan oscillations. If at the same time the voltage on the PROT bus drops to zero, then the TDKS or the kinescope are faulty. The panel is removed from the base of the picture tube and the high-voltage wire is disconnected. Remove the previously installed jumper and turn on the TV. If at the same time the voltage on the PROT bus drops to zero again and a high voltage appears, then the kinescope is faulty, otherwise the TDKS is faulty.
If the voltage of 5 V on the PROT bus remains, then this indicates either the presence of a large current consumption in the circuit of the 135 V voltage source, or a malfunction of the protection transistors Q607, Q602 - Q605 of the power supplies. A faulty transistor is detected with an ohmmeter.
If the voltage on the PROT bus is zero, and the TV does not switch to operating mode, then check the presence of voltage on the pin, 3 IC602 microcircuits, power supply to the IC001 microcontroller, and a RESET signal to its pin. thirty.
The initial reset node (RESET), made on the basis of the IC004 chip of the board A, is operational if, when the TV is turned on, the pin. 4 microcontrollers IC001 hold a potential of 0 V for a short time, and then gradually increases to 5 V. Using an oscilloscope, they measure the time during which the voltage at the pin. 4 increases from 0 to 2.4 V. This time must be at least 20 ms. Otherwise, IC004 of board A is faulty.
Check for the presence of a voltage of 5 V (commands to turn on the operating mode) on the pin, 2 microcontrollers IC001, on the collector of the transistor Q4, on the pin. 38 of connector CN001 and based on transistor Q604 of board D,
Check for the presence of pulses with an amplitude of 5 V on the lines of each of the two buses! 2C (pin 48 - 51) of the IC001 microcontroller. If there are no pulses on at least one of the terminals, then most likely one of the microcircuits connected to these buses is faulty. These microcircuits are switched off one by one until a voltage of 5 V appears on the bus. The presence of a positive voltage of 5 V on the bus in the absence of pulses also indicates a malfunction of one of the microcircuits. If a faulty microcircuit is found, it is replaced with a known good one.
A malfunction can occur in the IC002 memory chip due to damaged reset circuits. To eliminate the defect, a jumper is installed between the pin. 9 connectors CN001 and housing. Then the following buttons of the remote control are sequentially pressed: “5”, ”- -“, ”5 ″,“ 9 ”, turning on the TV in standby mode, display (“? ”),“ 5 ”,“ VOL + ”,“ on. TV ”,“ 4 ”,“ 9 ”, and then disconnect the TV from the mains.As soon as the red standby indicator goes out, the TV is turned on again. The image should appear, but if after two or three attempts it is not there, then the memory chip must be replaced, and then the necessary adjustments to the geometry, white balance, AGC level and AFC must be made.
The malfunction may occur due to the failure of the tuner and manifest itself as follows. Immediately after turning on the TV, chaotic horizontal stripes appear on the image, accompanied by a crackling sound in the loudspeaker. Then the image disappears, noise appears on the screen and the TV stops responding to commands.
Switching the TV to standby mode can occur by an overload signal coming from the sensor (resistor R608). To check this fact, measure the voltage at the pin. 3 IC602 chips. If it is more than 0.7 V, then the serviceability of the T803 transformer is checked. To do this, disconnect its pin. 4 from the board and turn on the TV. Appeared on the cont. 1 connector CN1201 135 V supply voltage indicates transformer failure. The characteristic signs of its malfunction are as follows: at the moment of switching to standby mode, a characteristic sound of a high voltage surge is heard, the LED flashes 7 times, and then lights up constantly. There is no voltage on the PROT bus.
If all of the above has not eliminated the defect, then most likely the microcontroller is faulty.
The TV does not switch from standby to working. When you try to switch, the indicator LED works cyclically: several flashes - pause
With such a defect, the number of flashes should be carefully calculated, since it indicates a faulty part of the functional diagram of the TV. The relationship between the number of LED flashes with the address of faulty areas and the reference designation of the microcircuits and devices included in them is shown in Table 4.
The CRT screen does not light up. There is no sound. There is a high voltage at the anode
You can verify the presence of high voltage by touching the back of your hand to the surface of the CRT screen. In the presence of tension, a slight tingling sensation will be felt, accompanied by a soft crackle. The static charge generated in this case can also attract a sheet of paper brought to the screen.
The presence of high voltage indicates the serviceability of line scan devices,
Compound : chassis P1B 03. Processors: M52309SP, SZM-143RV. CD on TA8445K.
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