This service manual is only for service personnel to take reference with. Before Attention: servicing please read the following points carefully. Safety precautions 1. Instructions Be sure to switch off the power supply before replacing or welding any components inserting/plugging in connection wire Anti static measures to be taken (throughout the entire production process!): a) Do not touch here and there by hand at will;...
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would be unable to work and no way to get it repaired. 2.11 Special care must be taken in transporting or handling it. Exquisite shock vibration may lead to breakage of screen glass or damage to driving circuit. Therefore it must be packed in a strong case before the transportation or handling.
Alignment instructions (LC-37T25& LC-42T17&LC-47T17) 1. Test equipment Digital multimeter, signal generator (54200) VG849 (HDMI signal generator) CA210 (White balancer) 2. The alignment flow chart (see below Fig.1) Write N105, N403, N607, N70, N606 To produce main board, TV board and other board...
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Enter the factory menu method: press “1”→ “9” → “7” → “9” button in the window menu state. Note: warm color temperature coordinate (285, 294); warm color temperature coordinate (284, 299). LC-42T17, LC-47T17 and LC37T25/T7 cool color temperature coordinate (270, 283). 3.5.1 HDMI channel a.
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283). n. Repeat the L and M step, until the third and the seventh level color coordinate (270, 283). 3.5.3 high definition channel a. Input the 720P SMPTE COLOR BAR signal (TIMING: 976, PATTERN: 984). b. Brightness to 50, contrast to 50. c.
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e. Enter the color temperature setup menu. Adjust the RED OFFSET, GREEN OFFSET, BLUE OFFSET, until the third level color coordinate (284, 299). g. Adjust the RED GAIN, GREEN GAIN, BLUE GAIN, until the seventh level color coordinate (284, 299). h.
table 2, check the picture and sound. Table 2 Component format signal H-frequency(kHz) V-frequency(Hz) signal 15.735 SDTV 480i 15.625 SDTV 576i 31.47 SDTV 483p 45.00 HDTV 720p 33.75 HDTV 1080i 28.13 HDTV 1080i 67.50 HDTV 1080p 56.25 HDTV 1080p 4.5 HDMI terminal Input the DHMI signal source (VG849 signal generator), separate input format signal in table of table 3, check the picture and sound.
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PW218 (N601), after the above process the finally selected way will be set to X300 earphone socket after under the control of volume, treble and bass which is finished by R2S15900 (N301), the earphone socket has the switching function, when earphone is plugged, sound will be sent to earphone amplifier NJW1109 (N302), then sent back to earphone socket after power amplification.
Block diagram YPbPr1 PC Audio HDMI Audio RF Audio TPA3008D2 LA72700V Tuner STERO/SAP decoder SRS processor MEGAL8 M62494 RF Video NJW1109 N400 Earphone M52797SP R2S15900 socket of Audio and video YPbPr2 with switch switch AV Audio Out Flash YPbPr1 PW2300 V port PW2300 YPbPr2...
IC block diagram 1. AD9880 and AD9398 AD9880 have HDMI digital and analog terminal of working frequency 165Hz, it support 1080P (non-interlaced scanning) and UXGA (1600 x 1200/60Hz) video format, also it support eight audio channel of 192KHz. AD9398 without analog terminal. Internal Block Diagram...
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PIN configuration AD9880 (AD9398) PINS FUNCTIONS Name Function Pin Name Function GGE(0-7) Converter output RXC+ DVI input 12-19 GBE(0-7) Converter output DDC_CLK HDCP Slave Serial Port Data Clock 92-99 GRE(0-7) Converter output DDC_DATA HDCP Slave Serial Port Data 20, 21 MCLK Control clock output HDCP Master Serial Port Data Clock...
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I2S_SD Bus audio data output SDA_1 Serial Port Data I/O RX0- DVI input G_FIEL0 Odd/Even Field Output RX0+ DVI input G_VS VSYNC Output Clock RX1- DVI input G_VHS Sync Green Slicer Output RX1+ DVI input G_HS HSYNC Output Clock RX2- DVI input G_DE Data Enable...
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I2Cbus clock AV2 blue input VGA-R1 VGA(red) CVBS_1 TV composite video signal input VGA-G1 VGA(greed) S-VHS brightness signal input VGA-SOG1 VGA(greed sync signal) CVBS_SOG1 TV composite video signal greed sync input VGA-B1 VGA(blue) S-VHS chrominance signal input VGA_H VGA(H-sync signal) GVBI Vertical blanking blank VGA_V...
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4. TPA3008 TPA3008 is double channel 10W stereo D class audio amplifier. Internal Block Diagram PINS FUNCTION Name Function Name Function SHUTDOWN Shut down control signal LOUTN Negative audio output for left channel RINP Positive audio input for right channel LOUTP Positive audio output for left channel V2P5...
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FPD-Link devices. Internal Block Diagram Pin Description Pin name Description Pin name Description CLKIN Clock input 3-10 Red data HSYNC Horizontal sync 93-100, 1, 2 Greed data YSYNC Vertical sync 85-92 Blue data...
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Pin Diagram 6. M62494 (SRS 3D Stereo + SRS 3D Mono processor) M62494 has SRS 3D STEREO and SRS 3D MONO. There are three modes, those are SRS 3D stereo SRS 3D mono and bypass. Each mode can be set by terminals. Pin Description Name Description...
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7. L72700 Internal Block Diagram Pin description Name Description Name Description PISIF Sound R OUT Right channel of audio output input I2C bus LOUT Left channel of audio output I2C clock 9V supply power...
Trouble shooting 1. Fault clearance Before servicing please check to find the possible causes of the troubles according to the table below. 1.1 Antenna (signal): Picture is out of focus or jumping Bad status in signal receiving Poor signal Check if there are failures with the electrical connector or the antenna.
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signal types. Picture too bright and there is Check if the contrast setting is too high. distortion in the brightest area Possibly the output quality of DVD broadcaster is set too high. It maybe also due to improper terminal connection of the video frequency signal in a certain position of the system.
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2. Identification criteria for the bright spot and dark spot of the LCD screen Quantity allowed Distance between two spots Category Criteria 15" 20" 22" 30" 40" 15" 20" 22" 30" 40" One single ≤5 ≤2 ≤5 ≤2 ≤3 spot Bright ≥15mm spot...
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3. Troubleshooting guide 3.1 No raster, no picture and no sound Check if the indicator is light Check supply Check 5V-STBY power D3.3V Abnormal Normal Cut off between the power board and signal processing, Short circuit the pin 1 (STANDBY) Check N501 and check the 5V-STB of X604 to 5V, then check the...
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2.With sound but no picture: With sound but no picture Display LOGO? Check if no image for all other channels Check if the X3, signal wave? Check if the white Check program balance of the factory menu is normal? Unfix X3 and X4, turn on the unit display the white screen Normal Abnormal...
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3.With picture but no sound. With picture but no sound If there is output from X700 of sound power amplification board Check if input signal in pin 2 of sound Sound box damaged power amplification Sound power amp. or other peripheral circuit Measure if the sound input of the have problem.
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5. High frequency board overhaul flow 5.1 with picture but no sound Check if other channel is normal Check if the earphone is normal Check the connection cable Normal Check if the sound channel Check if the connection of N400 is normal cable and power cable is speaker normal...
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5.2 A certain channel without picture of TV/AV YPBPR Check if the VGA and HDMI has same problem Check the main board Check the connection cable and signal source is normal Normal YPBPR channel Check if the X600 socket is Check if the supply power normal (5v, 9v and 12v) is normal...
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