2020

EEC461 LAB 2

MOHAN MOHINISH RAM

2019003115
11/2/2020
TITLE: TV FAULTS AND FIXING THE FAULTS

AIM:

The aim of this lab experiment is to study the fault simulation and step by step fault finding procedures
of RF section.

INTRODUCTION:
The signal from the antenna or the cable is connected to the tuner, which consists of an RF amplifier,
mixer, and local oscillator. The tuner is used to select the TV channel to be viewed and to convert the
picture and sound carriers plus their modulation to an intermediate frequency (IF). As in most super
heterodyne receivers, the local-oscillator frequency is set higher than the incoming signal by the IF
value. Most TV set tuners are prepackaged in sealed and shielded enclosures. They are two tuners in
one, one for the VHF signals and another for the UHF signals. The VHF tuner usually uses low-noise FETs
for the RF amplifier and the mixer. UHF tuners use a diode mixer with no RF amplifier or a GaAs FET RF
amplifier and mixer. Today most modern tuners are a single integrated circuit.

FAILT 1: no picture only low contrast snow on screen

Fault insertion: the shorting shunt from pin 2&3 was removed and placed between 1&2 of jumpers j1

Symptoms: even with the antenna connected there is no picture but only sound present with low
contrast.

Fault section: tuner section

Procedure

1. The power supply at tp14 of the tuner section was checked and measured +12v
2. Then we checked the +12v supply at TP13 if it was ok
3. Then we removed the shorting shunt from pin 1&2 and placed it between pin 2&3 of jumpers j1

Result: a voltage of +11.82V was measured

FAULT 2: NO PICTURE AND NO TRANSMITTING SOUND

Fault insertion: the shorting shunt from pin 2&3 was removed and placed between pin 1&2 of jumper 3

Symptoms: no picture, no sound and tuning is not possible

Fault section: tuner section

Procedure:

1. The voltage at TP4 was measured at around 33V

2. If the voltage was not present then the track may be open or components are faulty
3. The shorting shunt from pin 1&2 was removed and connected between pin 2&3 of jumper 3

Results:

- Measured a voltage of 28.3V

 - After performing step three from the procedure the sound was OK but the picture was snowy
which could have been because of no proper antenna.

FAULT 3: NO PICTURE AND NO TRANSMITTING SOUND

Fault insertion: the shorting shunt from pin 2&3 was removed and placed between pin 1&2 of jumper 4

Symptoms: no picture there is only show on tuning is not possible

Fault section: tuner section

Procedure:

1. The connection of the antenna was checked first

2. The tuning mode was set to automatic
3. During VL band tuning, a voltage of 12V was measured at TP17
4. During VH band tuning, a voltage of 12V was measured at TP18
5. During VHF band tuning, a voltage of 12V was measured at TP21
6. The voltage at the collector of transistors QA02, QA03, QA04 was measured at 12V
7. The voltage at the emitter of transistors QA02, QA03, QA04 was measured at 12V
8. The transistor must be faulty if the previous measurements were ok
9. The shorting shunt from pin 1&2 was removed and connected between pin 2&3 of jumper 4

Results:

- During VL tuning, 11.2V was measured

- During VH tuning, 10.3V was measured
- During VHF tuning 11.8V was measured

FAULT 4: VH BAND IS NOT SELECTED

Fault insertion: the shorting shunt from pin 2&3 was removed and placed between 1&2 of jumpers j5

Symptoms: no picture, no transmitting sound, only snow. But signal received from antenna in VH band is
of good quality.

Fault section: tuner section

Procedure:

1. The voltage at tp13 was measured at 12V

2. If voltage at tp13 was not present then the voltage at tp18 was measured
3. Then the voltage at transistor QA03 was measured
4. the shorting shunt from pin 1&2 was removed and placed between 2&3 of jumpers j6

Results:

- a voltage of 11.6V was present at tp13

- a voltage of 12.2V was present at tp18
- a voltage of 7.3V was present at the transistor QA03
- after performing step 4 from the procedure we got the selected VH band but the picture was
snowy