Avant screen gone a bit green!

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I have an Avant 32'' and I've started to notice the picture has a bit of an intermitant green cast to it.  It's not that great, not of Kermit the Frog proportions but just a bit of a greenish hue to everything.  Anyone any ideas? Hopefully it doesn't mean a new tube?

Paul

There could be several causes of your problem, but top of my list would be:-

  1. The driver circuit to the green gun.
  2. The Tube

The only way to be sure is for someone with technical knowledge to monitor with a scope the three colour signals into the tube with a constant test signal the same on RGB, if the result is equal signal at the tube, then the tube is at fault. If the green signal is higher, then the problem is going to be in the driver circuit.

Frankly, unless you are an electronics or TV engineer, you will need to get your dealer to look at it.

Location: Hampshire, England

Thanks for the quick response. I'm no TV engineer but at least that gives me some idea.  At the moment I can live with it.  How much should I budget if it is the tube?

Paul

sorry to say it's you tube, sometimes it's possible to adjust the G2 and then bay some time (if you know somebody with the know-haw)... if it's a real flat contact you dealer maybe you can get some goodwill from B&O 😝!!! 

I too have seen Avants with funny coloured screens, and it's almost always a tube replacement. πŸ™ That doesn't mean it's GOT to be a tube problem though, it's possible (but unlikely) as Keith says, that it's just the green gun control circuit gone a bit funky...

Just going through this one myself - started as light green coming and going, after a few weeks TV "popped" when got to bright green and switched itself off.

The Avant has had a chassis change AU$600- that hasn't cured it so now having the Tube replaced AU$1200 this Friday.

The TV is 10 years old and you could question whether its worth doing VS replace it. For me I am looking at a BV7 but am waiting for the next version that has enough HDMI sockets to make it as future proof (as anything can be nowadays!). 

Hope this helps

Yes in theory AlexπŸ˜‰

The problem is that the tube pulls down the control circuit for the Green gun, so when you measure it. It looks like the circuit is broken.(gone a bit funky πŸ™‚)

Thanks for all the help.  I guess I may have to consider the enevitable.  I had a tube changed on a 28'' avant recently and it only cost Β£400 which I thought was pretty good.  At least I can use that one when the 32'' finaly does give up the ghost.  These are such great TV's I'm really reluctant to just trash them.  I'd love a Beovision 5 but I'm going to wait until they come down a bit.  How good is the picture on a Beovision 5? Is it really worth the extra money to have an HD version?  I saw that 50'' B&O plamsa on ebay recently which I'm sure was a scam, anyone on here buy it?

Paul

What is it about Avant tubes? Are they inherently shorter lived than those of the MX/LX? I have a 5102 and a 9000 both with very sharp tubes and no colour or convergence defects, so what is different about the later 16:9 CRT's? Which are the most reliable curved or RF?

Which version of AVANT DVD do you have, the easy way to determine is look at the 4 digit type number on the back ?

It can make a big difference to the price.

Location: Hampshire, England

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