ThismaterialwillexplaintheLCDdisplaytechnologyusedinSamsungtelevisionsandlarge formatdisplay(LFD)monitors.Thetrainingincludescircuitexplanations,troubleshooting procedures,newfeaturesanddesignchangesaswellasalignmentprocedures.The materialisnotwrittenforaspecificmodel,itisanoverviewofLCDtechnologyusedinTVs andlargeformatdisplays.Certificationforthiscourseisavailablebyaccessingthe2009 LCDCertificationExamonline.

Thematerialisbrokenintomodulestoallowdirectaccesstospecifictopics.

Depending on the model design changes and features have been added to enhance the customers viewing experience. This includes a new panel designs, an innovative mounting system, and additional multimedia content options.

Traditional LCD TVs use a series of Fluorescent tubes for backlights. These tubes use high voltage and a phosphor coating to generate light . The FL tubes and circuitry behind the panel increases the depth of the rear cabinet

The LEDs are arranged on the perimeter of the panel assembly. The individual LEDs are connected in series with two sets of LEDS, one for each side of the screen. The back of the panel uses three reflective layers and unique lens assembly that distribute the light across the entire panel. Three benefits are smaller size, a simplified power supply and less power consumption.

CertainSamsungLCDunitsimprovetherefreshrateto240Hz.The240Hzrefreshratehelps makemotionsequencessmootherwithlessmotionblurandjitter.Thefasterrefreshrate specificallytargetsjudderwhichoccurswhenfilmsshotat24framespersecondare convertedtoTVwhichnormallyuses30framespersecond.The240Hzrefreshratealso cansmoothartifactsthatcanbecreatedbyfastimagemotion.

Whenfilmsshotat24Framespersecondsaredisplayedat30framespersecondonaTV themissing6framescausesimagestojumporjudder.The240Hzrefreshratesmoothes thepictureremovingjudderfrom24framepersecondfilmtransfers.The240Hzrefresh ratedoublesthenumberofframesinsertedcomparedtotheprevious120Hzdesigns.The interpolatedframesreducesthetimebetweenframesfrom6.5mSto3.8mS.

TheUltraClearpanelimprovespicturequalitybyreducingambientlightthatisreflected backtotheviewer.Anantireflectivecoatinginvertsthephaseoftheincominglightwhen itisreflected.TheInphaseandoutofphasewavescancelsoonlythelightfromthepanel issenttotheviewer.

A feature on certain LCD TV in 2008 was internet connectivity for RSS news feeds. This feature has been expanded to include expanded content. The Internet Widget System offers a compelling and powerful information and entertainment experience to consumers. Taking advantage of the capabilities of Internet-enabled TVs, TV Widgets are connected to applications that consumers can personalize and enjoy while simultaneously watching live video or other media on their DTVs DTVs.

Thewidgetscanbeconfiguredalongthebottomofthescreenorasasidebarshowing informationalongwiththelivevideointhemainpicturewindow

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WidgetsareavailableforentertainmentprogramminglikeCBS,ShowtimeandNetflix. InformationsitesliketheNewYorkTimesorYahooNewsandsocialnetworkingsiteslike MySpaceandTwitter.Newwidgetsarebeingdevelopedconstantly.

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Samsungwillbeofferinganaccessorywallmount.Theslimdesignreducesthedepthfrom 6.8to1.8.ThePhotoframewallmountusesadesignsimilartothemethodusedto hangpaintings.

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ThePhotoFramewallmountusesapairofmountingblocksalongwithaaircraftgrade Kevlarcablethatcansupportover400lbs.Thisnewmountoffersasimplemethodof installationandreducesthedepthoftheinstallationcomparedtotraditionalwallmounts.

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TheinstallationprocedureinvolveswallmountingtwobaseunitsandattachingaKevlar wireintheuppermountingholes.Twotiltuplegsallowthecustomertoconnectvarious sourceswithouthavingtopulltheTVfromthewall.

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Wallanchorsandtoggleboltsareprovidedtosecurethemountbasetothewall.Boltsare providedtosecuretheKevlarwiretotheTV.

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CertainSamsungTVareshippedwithpreloadedmoviesorimagecontents.Thelibrary includesgamesshortmoviesandinformationpiecessuchasrecipesorfitness.Oncertain modelsadditionalcontentcanbedownloadedfromSamsung.com

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WiselinkoffersaUSB2.0connectiontoviewJpegimagesorlistentoMP3audiofiles. WiselinkProaddsthecapabilitytoviewMPEGvideofilesthathavebeenstoredonaUSB storagedevice.WiselinkProsupportsMP4,MPG,AVI,VROandVOBfileformats.Series5 throughSeries9modelssupportthisfeature.

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UnderthesetupmenuselecttheNetworkselectionthensetthevaluetoCableNetwork Setupthenpressenter. NextselectInternetProtocolSetup,sinceanIPaddress,subnetmask,gateway,andDNS areautomaticallyallocatedwhenDHCPisselected,youdonothavetoenterthem manually. SelectNetworkTesttocheckthenetworkconnectivity.Thecurrentnetworksettingswill appear. appear IfthetestfailsontheMACAddress,theMACAddressmaynotbewritten;thenormally indicatesaTVmainboardfailure. IfthetestfailsonDomainPing,checktheinternetcableconnectiontoyourwirelessrouter oryourfirewallsettings.

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YoucantesttheLANcircuitryintheTVusingtheLoopbackconnectionshownhere. Basicallythisdeviceemulatesthecommandsfromthenetworkbyapplyingthetransmitto thereceivecircuitsandviceversa.

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AlsoavailableisaUSBwirelessLANadapterwhichallowsyoutoaccesstheinternet.A properlyconfiguredwireless802.11b/gnetworkisrequired.Youwillneedtoknowthe networknameandanysecuritycodestoconfigurethesystem.

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Step1 InsertUSBWirelessNetworkDeviceintotheWiselink(USB)portonthesideofthe television.TheTVshoulddisplaythemessageshowninfigure2highlightandselectYES tochooseWirelessforNetworkSelection.Step2 VerifythatWirelessisselectedfor NetworkSelectioninSETUPMENUontheTV.Step3 AccesstheWirelessNetworkSetup submenuundertheSetupMenu

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Step4 Ifyouareusinganunsecuredwirelessnetwork(Open)continuewiththefollowing stepsotherwisejumptostep5.HighlightandSelectAutoSetupforInternetProtocol SetupifWiFiisopenedtothepublic(NotEncrypted).Ifyouareusinganopenwireless networkyoumustusetheAutoSetupFeature,Manualsetupcannotbeused.Gotothe AccessPointSelectsubmenuoptiontosearchforanavailableAccessPoint.Findand selectthewirelessroutertomaketheconnectionanexampleisshowninfigure6.

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OncetheautosetupprocessiscompletetheAccesspointconnectingscreenwillbe displayed.Oncetheconnectionhasbeennegotiatedthenameofthenetworkwillbe shown.Ifthenegotiationfailsitisbesttousethemanualsetupprocedure.

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Manualsetupisusedforsecurednetworksrequiringapassword.ChooseManualsetup thenselectthenetworkfromthesearchscreen.

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Thepasswordforthenetworkcanbeenteredusingtheremotecontroljoystickbuttons. Note;thenetworkpasswordmustbe09orAFotheralphacharacterscannotbeinput. Youmighthavetochangethenetworkpassword.

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ThenetworktestcanverifyconnectivityaswellascheckthehardwareintheTV.AMAC addressfailureusuallyindicatesaproblemwiththeTVwhichwouldrequirereplacementof themainPCB.

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2009LCDTVsuseadifferentboardlayoutmovingtheTCONboardtothebottomcenter andtheMainBoardisnowontheleftinsteadoftheright.Thisdesignchangereducesthe depthofthecabinetwithoutaffectingpicturequality.

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Thepowersupplyboardwillvarydependingonscreensizeandhowthepanelisbeing illuminated.SmallerCCFLBacklightmodelsmayuseapowersupplyboardwherethe inverterandpowersupplyboardarecombinedinanIPBoard.LargerScreensizesseparate thePowersupplyboardfromtheinverterboard.

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AllLCDpowersupplieswillbesimilarwiththeexceptionofthebacklightpowersupply.LED basedunitsusea320VsupplytodrivetheLEDstripswhileFLbacklightsusea20Vsupply todrivetheinverters.

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TheLEDBacklightisdrivenbyapproximately170voltsfromthepowersupplyboard.One sideofthepanelisdrivenbyvoltageatconnectorCN9401andtheothersidebythesignal atCN9402.Ifoneoftheconnectorsisunpluggedyoumaynotnoticealargebrightness changedependingonthescenebeingviewed.Youcanisolatetheleftorrightsideofthe panelbyswappingtheconnectors.IftheoneoftheLEDstripsfailsthismeansthepanel mustbereplaced.

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LCDTVsusingFluorescentbacklightsuseaninvertercircuittopowerthetubes.The invertercircuitusesaswitchmodetypepowersupplytoupconvertalowvoltagetoahigh voltage.Inmostcases20VoltsDCisappliedtotheprimaryofthetransformer.Usingstep uptransformerthevoltageisraisedtoapproximately1000Voltsatstartup.Thecontrol circuitregulatestheruntimevoltagetoapproximately500V.Theswitchmodesupplyis designedtooscillateatafrequencyaround90KHz.

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Totroubleshootthiscircuitbeginbyverifyingthe2024Voltsupplyispresent.Afterthe poweroncommandyoushouldheartherelayclickthentheinvertersupplyvoltagecanbe read.Sincethisusesaswitchmodesupplyyoumightbeabletoverifyoscillationusingan oscilloscope.Acommonfailuresymptomofadefectiveinvertercircuitismomentary operationwithapanelflashthencompleteshutdown.Serviceforthiscircuitisboard replacement.

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AswithanySamsungproductthefirstcheckistoverifythestandbypowersupplyis present.NextverifythePowerOncommandisbeingsenttothepowersupplyfromthe Mainboard.ThepowerOncommandclosestherelayturningontheswitchedsupplies. Thepowersupplywilloperateunloaded,thismeansyoucanunplugcertainperipheralsto verifytheyarenotshorted.Serviceforthisboardisalsoboardreplacement.

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2009LCDTVusesapairofVideoprocessors.TheArsenalICistheATSCdecoder,HDMI decoderandselectsthevariousinputsources.TheChelseaICprocessesthevideoandalso actsasthemainCPU.TheChelseaICgeneratesonscreendisplayandincludesanLVDS transmitter.

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AnalogtunerinformationisdecodedbytheHalfNIMtunerandtransmittedtotheArsenal processor.ThevideoisconvertedtodigitalandfedtotheChelseaIC.TheChelseaICmixes inanyOSDinformationorPIPvideo.Thedigitalvideoisprocessedtoimprovethepicture qualitythenappliedtothebuiltinLVDStransmitter.TheLVDScircuitscramblesthedata andsendstheinformationtotheTCONorFRCboarddependingonthemodel.

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SinceboththesesourcesareanalogtheArsenalprocessorselectsthesourceandconverts theAnalogvideotodigital.Thesyncinformationisstrippedfromvideoinformation.The digitalvideoisfedtotheChelseaandisprocessedexactlythesameasthetunervideo.

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PCVideoinRGBformatisconvertedtodigital.Theonlyvariationisthesyncsignalis transmittedseparatelysoitdoesnotneedtobestrippedfromthevideosignal.Thedigital videoisfedtotheChelseaandisprocessedexactlythesameasthetunervideo.

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TheArsenalICselectsoneofthe4HDMIinputs.Sincethissignalisdigitalnoconversionis requiredhowevertheArsenalICdoesverifythecontentconformstoHDCPformat.The videosignalisstrippedfromthedatastreamandfedtotheChelseaIC.Fromherethe processisexactlythesame.

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Videoproblemscanbeisolatedbyaccessingtheonscreendisplaywhichisgeneratedfrom theChelseaIC.IftheOSDmessageisdisplayedproperlytheproblemisbeforetheChelsea IC.IftheOSDimageisdistortedtheproblemcanbetheTCONorFRCboardorthepanel itself.

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AdditionaltestpatternsmaybeavailableintheservicemodeunderControl,thenselect FBEPattern.TheFBEtestpatternsofferawiderrangeofcolorsandluminancelevels.

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AllaudioisprocessedbythemainPCB.TheATSCtunerstripstheaudiodataandfeedsthe signaltotheArsenalIC.TheArsenalICconvertsthesignaltodigitalthenfeedsthesignalto theWM8593audioprocessor.Analogaudiosourcesareconvertedtodigitalbythe WM85963processor.Thisprocessorappliessomeequalizationthenconvertsthedigital signaltoanalog.TheanalogsignalisamplifiedbytheSTA339BICthenfedtothespeaker array.BesidesthespeakeroutputtheATSCaudioisconvertedtoSPDIFformat.TheSPDIF opticalsignalcanbeconnectedtoahometheaterunitforDolbydigitalplayback.The opticaljackoutputsfullDolbydigitalmodeonlywhenusingtheATSCtunerisselectedand optical jack outputs full Dolby digital mode only when using the ATSC tuner is selected and aHDprogramisbeingviewed.HDMIaudiotakesasimilarpath.Audiofromanexternal devicesuchasthecomponentinputisconvertedtodigitalbytheaudioprocessor.The digitalsignalisequalized,convertedbacktoanalogthentakesthesameoutputpaththat waspreviouslydescribed.

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AsstatedearlieralltheaudioprocessingisdonebytheMainPCB.Therearetwowaysto testoperationoftheaudiocircuit.Setthevolumeto30%andverifythespeakershavenot beensettooff,andverifythemelodyhasbeensettoon.TurntheTVoffandon,ifyou heareitherthestartuporturnoffmelodiesclearlythisindicatestheaudiocircuitis workingproperly.Underthesetupmenuthereisanaudiotestwhichwillalsoplaya melody.Onceagainifthemelodyisheardclearlythecircuitisworking.Ifnosoundis heardortheaudioisdistortedverifythespeakersandspeakerconnections.

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Oncethevideoinformationhasbeenconvertedtothecorrectresolutionitisappliedtothe TCONBoard.TheTCONboardselectstherowandcolumnthatissupposedtobelit.The TCONBoardalsocontrolsthedurationthatthesubpixelislit.Informationfromthemain PCBisfedtotheTCONboardviatheLVDScable.TheencodeddataisdecodedbytheLVDS receiverthenfedtotherowandcolumndrivers.Selectinganindividualsubpixelis accomplishedbysendingarowaddresspulseatthesametimeasthecolumnaddress pulse.Thetwointersectingpulsescausethesubpixeltolight.

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TConboardfailurescanbealloverthescreenorlocalized.TCONboardfailurescancause halfthescreentogoblackorfullwhite.TCONBoarddefectsdonotgoawaywithcontent orconnection.IftheproblemdisappearswhentheinputischangeditisnottheTCON board.Iftheproblemcompletelydisappearswithadarkerorbrighterscenetheproblemis nottheTCONboard. IfthescreendefectappearsafteraperiodoftimetheTCONboardcanbesuspected.

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Modelsthatuse120Hzor240HzrefreshratesuseacombinationTCONandFRCBoard.FRC orframerateconversioniswheretheextraframesarecreatedorinterpolated.Videoin LVDSformatisappliedtotheFRCboard.TheFRCboardcreatestheadditionalframesby readingtwoadjacentoriginalframesthencalculatingtheluminanceandchrominancedata.

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AutomotionPlusisafeaturethatattemptstoremovedragfromfastmotionscenes.the videotoreduceblureffectonfastmotion.Modelsthatuse240Hzrefreshratesaddthis feature.Movieswhichareshotat24framesperframesmustbeconvertedto30frames. The3:2pulldowncircuitisconjunctionwiththe240Hzframeinterpolationcanintroduce noiseonthescreendependingonthepicturecontent.Thechartshownhereprovides someguidelinesforAutoMotionPluscustomersettings.Beadvisedthatsettingthe AutoMotionPlustoOFFdoesNOTdisablethe240Hzprocessing.

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TheFRCboardcanbetestedbyaccessingtheFRCTestpatternunderthecontrolsubmenu oftheservicemode.BothoftheFRCpatternsaregeneratedontheFRCboard.Ifthetest patternsaredisplayedwithouterrortheproblemisbeforetheFRCboard,eithertheMain boardorthesource.

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BesidesprocessingthevideosignaltheChelseaICisalsotheMainCPU.Itreadsthekeypad andIRDataandsendstheappropriatecommandstotheperipheralsICsviatheI2Cbuss line.Operatingsysteminformationandservicemodedataisstoredintheflashmemory. TheDDRmemoryisusedforchannelmapandothercustomerinformation.Allofthese circuitsareonthemainPCB,ifthemainPCBischangedtheinformationmustbereloaded.

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LCDpanelsaremadeupofrowsandcolumnsofredgreenandbluesubpixels.TheTCON orFRCboardselectsthespecificsubpixelandcontrolstheamountoflightproducedfrom thatarea.Thepanelresolutiondeterminesthenumberofsubpixels.Forexamplea720P panelhas1280horizontalpixelsand768verticalpixels.A1080Ppanelhas1920horizontal pixelsand1080verticalpixels.Obviouslythehigherresolutionrequiresthatmanymore controllines.

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Verticalorhorizontallinesthatarepresentwithallinputsandalltypesofcontentare usuallydefectivepanels.Backlighterrorscanusuallybeidentifiedbyanareathatisalways noticeablydarker.Smallerlinesorimperfectionsintheimagethatarepresentinallmodes iscalleddelaminationwhichrequiresreplacingthepanel.

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LCDpanelsuseaflexiblepolarizerontheoutsideedgeofthepanel.Iftheunitishitbya objecttheflexiblepolarizermaynotshowdamagebuttheinsideLCDglasswillbreak. Panelsshowingacenterpointandcracksradiatingfromthatpointisimpactdamage. Cornercracksareusuallytheresultofroughhandling.Panelsdonotcrackontheirown, paneldamagehasbeentiedtoflyingobjectsortransportationdamage.

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Afterthemainboardisreplaceditisbesttoverifythemostrecentversionofsoftwarehas beeninstalled.Updatedsoftwareinformationcanbeobtainedonourservicewebsite GSPN.OnallmodelsyoucandownloadthesoftwaretoaUSBdriveinserttheUSBdrive intotheportontherearoftheTV.FinallyupgradetheunitusingtheSoftwareupgrade featureintheCustomerSetupMenu.Allserv

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Anotheralignmentthatshouldatleastbecheckedisthewhitebalancesettings.Inputa grayscalestairsteppatternandverifythecorrectnumberofstepsispresent.Alsobesure thepictureshowsonlyblackwhiteandshadesofgray.Ifthepicturelooksreddishorbluish thegainoroffsetvaluesmayneedtobeadjusted.

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OptionBytesarealsousedtocontrolthefeaturesintheTV.AsinglePCBmightbeusedin multiplemodelswithdifferentfeaturesets.TheoptionbytessettingtellsthePCBwhich featuresshouldbeenabled.Incorrectoptionbytesprogrammingcancauseafeaturetobe disabledortheunittoexpecttoseeacircuitthatisnotactuallyontheunit.Additionally theoperatingsystemisconfiguredtosupportLCDpanelsfromdifferentfactoriesor differentscreensizes.

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Incorrectsettingsinthetypevaluecancausethepicturesizetobeincorrectorthepicture tobedark.IncorrectsettingsintheModelValuecancausefeaturestobedisabledor enabledincorrectly.

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