GB 4 EM3E Safety & Maintenance instructions, Warnings and Notes 2. Safety & Maintenance instructions, Warnings and Notes Safety instructions for repairs Warnings Safety regulations require that during a repair: • In order to prevent damage to IC's and transistors, all •...
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Safety & Maintenance instructions, Warnings and Notes EM3E GB 5 Notes • The direct voltages and oscillograms should be measured with regard to the tuner earth ( ) or hot earth • The direct voltages and oscillograms shown in the...
GB 20 EM3E Mechanical Instructions 4. Mechanical Instructions Note: Figures below can deviate slightly from the actual situation, due to the different set executions. Service position 2: To get access to the bottom side (solder side) of the LSP, do the following (see Figure 4.3): 1.
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Mechanical Instructions EM3E GB 21 4.3.3 Small Signal Board (SSB) 1. Once you have taken out the SSB, remove the A-side shielding [2]. Sometimes it is necessary to unsolder In fact, there is no predefined service position for the SSB.
GB 22 EM3E Mechanical Instructions 4.3.6 DAF Panel Rear Cover Assembly 1. Remove the fixation screw [1]. Before you re-assemble the rear cover, perform the following 2. Push down the fixation clamp [2], and pull the complete checks: bracket at the same time away from the CRT [3]. The •...
Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding EM3E GB 23 5. Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding Index of this chapter: Activation can be performed in all modes, except when 1. Test points. the set has a problem with the main-processor.
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GB 24 EM3E Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding active in the background). To return to the SAM-menu press the ‘OSD [i+]’ button. • When you press the ‘MENU’ key in a submenu, you will D a t e :...
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Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding EM3E GB 25 Customer Service Menu 1 represents following information: transmitter after pressing the 'MENU' button and selecting 'PICTURE' and 'SHARPNESS'. • Line 10 - Dolby Indicates whether the received transmitter transmits Dolby sound (present) or not (not...
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GB 26 EM3E Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding – M38.9: NTSC M signal received with video carrier on Picture too dark 38.9 MHz 1. Press 'Smart Picture' button on the RC-transmitter. In • Line 19 - Audio System Gives information about the case the picture improves, increase the ‘Brightness’...
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The ComPair interface box is connected to the PC leading to semi via a serial or RS232 cable. stdby-mode. In case of the EM3E chassis, the ComPair interface box and All ICs are Wait 1s, Plus 2 & 16...
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GB 28 EM3E Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding Stepwise shut down explanation 5.4.5 How To Order In the stepwise shutdown mode, state 2 is skipped (it is not possible to de-initialise ICs). ComPair order codes: • Starter kit ComPair + SearchMan software + ComPair...
LED blink of 3 s, – the sequence starts again. The EM3E has only one micro-processor (OTC), which remains active during Standby. This because power of the Example: Error 12 9 6 0 0. microprocessor and the attached memory chip set is coming...
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‘ESD refresh’ is carried out. This is done, because the interrupt on one of the inputs is possibly To get a quick diagnosis the EM3E has 3 service-modes caused either by a flash or by ESD. As a flash or ESD can...
Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding EM3E GB 31 • NON_VFB (No vertical Flyback) protection. If the frame stage generates no pulses, TS7641 will block. COLD TS7443 is now switched ‘on’, which will lead to Standby EHT-INFO mode. So in normal operation condition, TS7641 and TS7652 are conducting, while TS7443 is blocked.
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GB 32 EM3E Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding – Replace FET 7504 and zener 6505. – Remove the SSB panel. – Short B and E of TS7529, in order to put the Main Supply in ‘on’-mode (TS7529 is blocking then).
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Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding EM3E GB 33 Phenomenon Possible Cause Repair tip No picture, no LED. Standby Supply defective. Measure circuitry (see diagram A2). Start at test-point A19. When the Mains switch is ‘on’, this voltage must always be available No picture, no LED.
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GB 34 EM3E Service Modes, Error Codes and Fault Finding Personal Notes:...
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Electrical Alignments EM3E GB 87 8. Electrical Alignments Index of this chapter: Method 2 (with oscilloscope) 1. General alignment conditions. In the frame-blanking period of the R, G and B signals applied 2. Hardware alignments. to the CRT, the ‘HOP’ video processor inserts a measuring 3.
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GB 88 EM3E Electrical Alignments Software Alignments brand. See table ‘Cathode parameter’ for the colour analyser readings. 3. Select ‘Tint’ and set it to one of the three colour 8.3.1 Introduction temperatures (‘Cool’, ‘Normal’ or ‘Warm’) 4. Set the white levels according to the values in the table With the software alignments, it is possible to align the ‘White levels’.
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Electrical Alignments EM3E GB 89 Soft clipper Blend intensity Fixed setting:Pwl + 0% Use this alignment when you replace the microcontroller or the HOP. It aligns the level of transparency of the menu- picture blended into the main-picture. Luma gain 1.
GB 90 EM3E Electrical Alignments crosshatch) for a correct geometry alignment. Use the Option Settings 'Internal Test Pattern' only for the 'Vertical slope' alignment. 8.4.1 Introduction V. slope This alignment is meant to align the zero crossing of the The microprocessor communicates with a large number of frame deflection to the mechanical middle of the picture tube.
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Electrical Alignments EM3E GB 91 8.4.2 Options Select this sub-menu to set the initialisation codes (= options) of the set via text menu’s. Menu-item Subjects Options Physically in the set Dual screen/PIP Aux type None Feauture not present. Text Dual Screen...
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TXT Region 0 = East 8192 = West Sum OB4 China IF 0 = Off 4 = On Tuner 0 = Philips 8 = Alps 0 = Off 16 = On China TXT 0 = Off 32 = On EXT3...
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Electrical Alignments EM3E GB 93 8.4.4 Dealer Options Menu name Subject s Opt ions Physically in set Picture CTI enabled CTI disabled Personal Blue Mute Blue mute active i n case no picture detected Noise in case of no picture detected...
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Europe. EM stands for Eco-MG, 3 for an indication that this set is higher specified as the EM2E. So EM2E is a known chassis with Digital Scan, EM3E is set with Natural Motion, EM4E will be the EM3E set inclusive a Digital Reception board.
The RGB-signals for TXT/OSD (from the m P) are also inserted via the HOP. The In EM3E there is a separate Standby Supply, in order to video part delivers the RGB signals to the CRT-panel and the...
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Figure 9-4 9.3.2 Degaussing (diagram A1) To apply this on the EM3E (diagram A2): replace switch 'S' The 5V2 is present, as soon the set is switched 'on' via the by FET TS7102, coil L by L5101/L5100, diode D by D6111 mains switch.
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Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List EM3E GB 97 /R3118 (= 5 W ). This voltage is a measure of the current Tuner Supply and if it exceeds 1.4 V, TS7101 will be driven into The Standby supply produces 2 voltages for the Tuner: +33V conductivity and consequently connects the gate of ) and +5VT.
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(compared to the EM2E chassis). In EM2E, TS7502 was a Set to ‘On’ (via ‘SUP-ENABLE’) high-voltage semiconductor, in EM3E it is changed to a low- Via the ‘STANDBY’ command from the OTC, the MOSFETS voltage semiconductor. The added opto-coupler 7505 is 7141 and 7131 are switched ‘on’.
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+5V2 +3V3 + RESET 9.4.2 I C Busses RESET SEL_IN_1 In the EM3E chassis with OTC-processor there are three I C RC5/RC6 ON/OFF-LED busses used: +3V3 • Slow (max. 100 kHz) hardware I C-bus (called I C0), used for the Tuner.
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B2)) VCR is connected, there is also an automatic correction for MacroVision. This is active for the external sources and the In the EM3E, the HIP TDA932xH is used, which contains the pre-sets 0, 90-99. following functions: The HIP itself (no external voltage) controls the Y/C switch in •...
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9.7.8 Dynamic Contrast 7714 To make the contrast (black/white) range wider, Philips has invented Dynamic Contrast. It uses the digital memory used in 100 Hz sets. It measures every A-field (25 x per second), and digitally analyses where on the greyscale most of the 7709 image is located.
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(pin 13) to correct the phase of the Line drive. The EHT-info is supplied to pin 14 (DYN-PHASE-CORR) to compensate picture breathing depending on the beam current. Note: This is not used in the EM3E, therefore EHT- compensation in the SAM menu is put to zero. Frame Drive At pins 1 and 2 the symmetrical frame drive signals are available.
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Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List EM3E GB 103 9.10 Horizontal (Line) Deflection (diagram A3) 9.10.1 Principle Linearity Correction Caused by serial losses in the line output stage COLD 141V 6408 MAIN SUPPLY +11D S-correction 5430 3409 STANDBY SUPPLY +5V2 X >...
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GB 104 EM3E Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List negligible. In order to compensate for this, a pre-magnetised 5430 5430 coil L5421 in series with the deflection coil is used. This coil I Defl Defl ensures that during time interval t1 - t3 the circuit resistance...
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Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List EM3E GB 105 Beam-current Correction 9.10.4 Secondary Line Voltages The ‘EHT-info’ signal at point 10 of the LOT, depends on the value of the beam-current and the voltage from divider During the blocking time of TS7421, the magnetic energy of R3450, R3451 and C2450.
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3D Surround, L/R, Centre, Subwoofer, 4 x 15 W (95XX- 9.12.1 Introduction series). All EM3E sets contain one of ITT’s Multi-standard Sound 9.12.2 Inputs / Outputs Processing (MSP) ICs for sound decoding. The diversity arises because each member of the MSP-family handles its...
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SOUND-ENABLE line (software controlled) and/or POR line (hardware controlled). This signal is inverted by TS7701 and/or TS7703, as a result The sound processing in EM3E is completely done by the of which at a high level of the SOUND-ENABLE signal, MSP's: current is sinked from pin 2 and the IC mutes.
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GB 108 EM3E Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List 9.13.2 NexTView Principle SCAVEM will improve the slope as follows: At a positive slope, a SCAVEM current is generated which NexTView allows the user to display a program guide on the supports the deflection current.
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Circuit Descriptions and Abbreviation List EM3E GB 109 'not sharp', a low/mid frequency peaking is used. There 9.16 Abbreviation List is a coupling between the Auto Noise and the Auto Sharpness algorithm: if noise is present in the video...
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Vertical Flyback Pulse: vertical sync High-end video Input Processor: pulse coming from the feature box video and chroma decoder of EM3E Variable Level out: processed audio High-end video Output Processor: output towards external amplifier video, sync and geometry controller...
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Spare parts list EM3E GB 111 10. Spare parts list 5322 124 40641 10 m F 20% 100V Large signal panel [A] 2150 5322 126 11583 10nF 10% 50V 2627 4822 124 40255 100 m F 20% 63V 2152...
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Electrical Diagrams and PWB’s EM3E 7. Electrical Diagrams and PWB’s Large Signal Panel: Main Supply 0043 D 1 3519 F5 7529 F4 1500 B 1 3520 D6 7530 C4 MAIN SUPPLY (LSP) 1501 A 1 3521 B1 9501 B1...