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SERVICE MANUAL MT31- 1. Caution…………………………………………………………………………2 2. specification……………………………………………………………………6 3. Alignment Procedure…………………………………………………………7 4.Block diagram…………………………………………………………………1 5.Scheme Diagram …………………………………………………………… 5. Troubleshooting………………………………………………………………2 6. PCB Layout …………………………………………………………………3 This m anual i s t he l atest at t he t ime of pr inting, and doe s not include the modification which may be made after the printing, by the constant improvement of product...
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRONICS GMBH-GERMANY 1. CAUTION CA UTION: Use of controls, adjustments or procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. CA UT ION : T O RE DUCE TH E RIS K OF CA U T ION ELECTR ICA L SHOCK, DO NOT RE MOVE COVER (OR BACK).
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRONICS GMBH-GERMANY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: Read all of these instructions. Sa ve these instructions for later use . Follo w all W arnings and Instructions marked on the audio equipment. 1. Read Instructions-All the safety and operating instructionsshouldbe read before the productis operated. 2.
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRONICS GMBH-GERMANY PROTECTION AND LOCATION OF YOUR SET Do not use this television set near water ... for example, near a bathtub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, etc. Never expose the set to rain or water. If the set has been exposed to rain or water, unplug the set from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel.
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SCHNEIDER ELECTRONICS GMBH-GERMANY OPERATION OF YOUR SET 18. This television set should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.If you are not sure of the type of power supply at your home, consult your television dealer or local power company. For television sets designed to operate from battery power, refer to the operating instructions.
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) TCL World-Wide R&D FPD CENTER Test & Alignment Specification (TAS) for MT5531 EU/AU/RU Series Version 0.90 MT31L: Low Cost CCFL & LED Platform MT31D: Low Cost CCFL & LED Platform (for E3000 ID only) ...
D ATE : Disclosure The information contained in this document is proprietary to TCL SZ FPD lab and shall not be disclosed by the recipient to third persons without the written permission of the team leader or GM of R&D.
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) These chassis are designed for European LCD TV markets with MPEG4 for both TCL/THOMSON brands. The main chip is from Mediatek (MT5531 series) and support below feature matrix: Class Item MT31B/L/D...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) SCART1 output √ √ √ (CVBS, audio) AV output (RCA) √ (CVBS, audio) Headphone √ √ √ √ output Coaxial Coaxial Coaxial Coaxial Coaxial SPDIF output IP Return IP Return IP Return RJ-45 MEMC √...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Note: It is necessary to erase Flash before writing code file for reading in correctly EEPROM data. Manufacturing Connectors Pinout VGA / P1000 Pin4:RXD Pin11:TXD USB to UART Bridge Adapter (Silicon Labs CP210 chipset series) To communicate with TV product for debugging, adjustment and so…...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) 1. PCB/SKD Assembly: Test & Alignment Pre-Conditions and DC/DC Check 1.1. Before power on, please check the board according to the relevant block diagram and circuit diagram, and make sure that no serious issue or mistake can destroy the board. For example, the output of DC/DC and LDO should not be shorted to ground.
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) TCL_HW5881.pdf To build an OAD TS, it’s necessary to create a temporary common and interchangeable DSM file format using below command and arguments: ‘bin2dsm.exe -v -v -v -m0,0,"TCL_HW5881",0 -n200 -z102400 -nz -o%FILE%.dsm -h"OUI=CUST_OAD_OUI model=CUST_OAD_HW_MODEL version=CUST_OAD_HW_VERSION...
Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Here below is none exhaustive ProjectID table for reference. Project list and all relative information are dispatched and updated as a new firmware package is released. Project Name Project ID Panel L39F3303F PANEL_CMI_V390HJ1-P02 L39F3393F...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Suitable Audio Amplifier PCM or Dolby D+ SPDIF (optical / cinch) Conax, Irdeto, Viaccess, … PCMCIA CI CAM card adaptor SCART/AV IN via adaptor on MT31B/T PAL Half Color & Gray bars 720x576 Chroma/Fluke generator (CVBS &...
Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) 1.9. CI+ Key Upgrade, Activation and Test ⑹ “How to upgrade and activate CI Key using USB” See Appendix ⑺ “How to upgrade and activate CI Key using MTK tool” See Appendix 1.10.
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See Appendix 2.3. Warm-up Test Following TCL standard and practices, it’s required minimum 15min of Warm-Up that can be considered as Burn-In. Additional Aging for White Balance alignment is no more necessary due to consistent Picture Performance with Cloning usage.
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Note: The White balance value is right conformed by PQ Engineer , Except PQ Engineer, anybody can not change the white balance value and Default value. The measured and adjustable parameters should be mainly “x”, “y” coordinates (see “TCL EU Picture Quality Requirements for FPDs” for reference).
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Area RU (俄罗斯) White Balance Default Energy Project Name Bom No. COOL NORMAL WARM COOL NORMAL WARM Efficiency L32E5300(俄罗斯) H3-32E53T4-AACA0AA 270,290 280,300 315,335 .-3,0,9 128,128,128 16,0,-27 L39E5300F(俄罗斯) H3-39E53U3-UR1A0AA 260,280 270,288 305,325 .-3,0,9 137,128,128 16,0,-27...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Appendix ⑴ “How to upgrade SW FLASH using MTK tool” Connect UART interface to suitable manufacturing TV input connector (note that PC connector requires TVs on “Factory mode”) Launch MTK tool with version above v0.6.7 ...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Select NOR flash type and press “OK” button to start downloading the SW and wait the gauge displayed “100%” that means the SW has been successfully downloaded. In the meanwhile, all operations such erasing flash and so… are parsed into the debug window script ...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) While power-on TV if previously off (LED status off), press “Power” button from local keyboard during few seconds to start upgrading process Release “Power” button once LED is blinking or USB stick starts blinking, TV is uploading SW BIN image ...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) (ex: DTA-115 Multi-Standard VHF/UHF Modulator - http://www.dektec.com/products/PCI/DTA-115/) Play DVB MPEG SSU TS, that includes suitable PKG SW image, with right presets (850MHz/8MHz/…) detailed on above 1.2 section Send OAD manufacturing IR code [08d/60d] (refer to SIACP document rev. v5.9 for further information) or go to “Factory menuOtherOAD update“...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Select menu upgrade icon .and Load bin File need Hdcp key. Select Upgrade Icon Attention: If the upgrade is not successful, Press the computer ESC key when hold on TV, waiting for TV finish up after the upgrade.
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Go to “Factory menuOtherUpdate CI+ CredentialUpdate From USB“ and then press RCU “OK/►” key The “Valid” flag should now be enabled (turns to “Yes”), “Custom Code” should displayed “TCL” and “Serial Num.” field should updated with Key number. ...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Appendix ⑼ “Factory Menu Description” 1-Hotkey submenu Item Sub-item Value Note Enable Hotkey flag by pressing “◄►” key to have possibility to Hotkey Off/On access Factory menu with “RETURN” key (default is disabled) 2-Warm-Up Mode submenu Item Sub-item...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Press “◄►” key to enable/disable Adaptive Luma Control On/Off Set BackLight by pressing “◄►” Backlight 000..100 Set BackLight Control Mode by Dyn Backlight Control 0.. 2 pressing “◄►” key Select by pressing “◄►” key Energy Save High Set APL2 point by pressing “◄►”...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) 6-Reset ALL submenu Item Sub-item Value Note Press “OK►” key to default NVM according to selected Project ID Reset ALL > (all adjustments are defaulted, channel Maps are cleared, Hotkey is enabled, …) 7-Pre-Frequency submenu Item Sub-item...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) 0-Other submenu Item Sub-item Value Note Press “OK►” key to active CI+ key Update CI+ Credential > Press “OK►” key to copy CI+ key Update from USB > from USB Press “OK►” key to remove CI+ Upgrade Erase CI+ Credential >...
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Test and Alignment Specification for MT5331 Series (v0 91) Note: A quick access to suitable submenu item can be achieved by pressing it prefixed RCU key number (ex: pressing “9” to directly highlight “USB Clone” item). Page 26 of 26...
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I2C_SDA I2C_SCL Close to MT5531 IF_N IF_P TUN3 SBU : TCLNO: ..... TCL Thomson Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. 8 Jurong Hall Road #28-01/06 The JTC Summit SINGAPORE 609434 DESIGNATION Tel (65) 63092900 Fax (65) 63092999 Index-Lab DATE NAME DESCRIPTION Last modif...
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YPBPR IN close to MT5531 close to YPbPr connector NC/P303 C310 R340 1500P SOY0 ONLY FOR AU MARKET R351 SCT1_AV_IN NC/470R P305 U0TX SPDIF R354 NC/0R C311 R337 GREEN R345 0.01U C326 0.1U 220R R352 R317 Y1_IN SPDIF_OUT P301 Y1_IN NC/470R 100R U0RX...
Trouble Shooting Don’t start Check power Is Power board 3.3V board STB, 12V/24V normal? Only3.3V Check if every DC-DC Check every Shift module has DC-DC module output. Does main IC have Check if main chip power supply or not Output Pow-ON, Dim, BL-ON Signal to Main IC reset signal power board...
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Trouble Shooting Abnormal Picture Abnormal picture To check which source Abnormal picture in some of source has abnormal picture in all source Check the relevant U401 Check the circuit signal source Problem between U401 to circuit. panel TV, AV, YPbPr, Check the row-resistor, Check the LVDS HDMI, VGA...
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Trouble Shooting Abnormal Sound or No Sound Abnormal sound in all To check which source Abnormal sound source. has abnormal sound. in some of source. Check the waveform of P902. Check Speakers. Check the relevant signal source circuit. Check the status of Check the status of IIS.
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