A single horizontal line on screen

Vertical scan output section circuit fault. Absence of vertical scan causes the single horizontal line on screen. Horizontal scan output section is OK. Contact any service technician to troubleshoot the vertical scan output section circuit. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Pull up older posts.Surf the site with patience.http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/
Horizontal line fault to CRT based TVs are given.

Your problem is due to failure of the vertical scanning circuits in your TV. This is quite common and is caused by aging components. Generally drying out capacitors
You got to be careful not to leave it on too long when the picture collapses, it will burn a permanent line across the screen.
If you are an electronics expert you can fix it if you get a schematic. If not please don't attempt to reapir it yourself since there is high voltage in side the TV.
The problem may get worse with time.

Yeah, thats the tube, buy a new one. It's 15 yo anyway, let it go ;) Best of luck!!

Most Probably the Vertical Output IC has failed. If it has, it also could cause resistors that supplt the +/- Voltages to the IC to fail as well.
Hope this helps,
Skyassoc

Maybe the vertical IC got some cracked solder joints and the reparation worth it

I was just watching TV and all of a sudden the screen minimized down to a single green line spanning across the screen horizontally. The label in the back says it was made in 1996 so it is an old tv. Can anyone help?

this problem is field collapse usually causd either by the field oscillator or field output stage to advise you further i would need to look at the circuit diagram

hi there, is the single line horizontally or vertically? if horizontal line, you do have a vertical section problem, check some parts at vertical section, the vertical ic, the power source of vertical section ie diode & resistors. ty

I have a similar problem on my CRT computer monitor (AcerView 76c). It is an old screen and I think it is just at the end of its life, much like your TV. Having some background in physics, I would be pretty sure that the problem is with the cathode ray tube's vertical deflection system. The horizontal deflection electrodes are working while the vertical one is not. This results in a display of a single horizontal line (or in my case, a few superimposed) in the centre of the screen. Where both X and Y (horizontal and vertical) deflectors fail then the electron gun firing would result in a single bright spot in the dead-centre of the screen.

So really, we have no choice but to move on and buy a new set as repair is probably just as, if not more, expensive than replacement with a new device. Seeing as your post was in 2007, I hope you managed to solve the problem.

Best wishes,
SZ (Sydney, AUS)

Hello, the problem regarding horizontal blue line can be around vertical output stage with IC(LA78045). Please check for cold soldering, resolder the suspected solderings. Best regards.