Lamp replacement
This projector is equipped with a lamp to project images. This lamp is a consumable. It may burn out or its brightness may decrease during use. In such cases, replace the lamp with a new one as soon as pos- sible. Be sure to replace the lamp with a new lamp separately sold that is exclusive to this projector. Contact your dealer for purchase of the lamp.
Spare lamp for
Caution:
•Do not remove the lamp immediately after using the projector. You may get burned because the lamp very hot after use.
•Before replacing the lamp, press the POWER button to turn off the lamp and wait for two minutes for lamp to cool down. Unplug the power cord from wall outlet and wait one hour for the lamp to cool down completely.
•Do not remove the lamp except for replacement. Careless han- dling can cause injury or fire.
•Do not touch the lamp directly. It may break and cause injury or burn.
•Be sure not to drop the lamp lid screw into the projector. Also be sure not to put metal or any flammable objects inside because it may cause fire or electric shock. If any objects should fall inside, unplug and contact your dealer.
•Install the lamp securely to prevent failure and fire.
•If the lamp should break, small glass fragments may fall out through the grilles and some may remain inside of the projector or the lamp box. When taking the lamp box out, be sure to turn over the projector and hold the handle of the lamp box to avoid injury due to the glass fragments.
•If the lamp should break, never shake the lamp box or hold it in front of your face after removing it. The lass fragments may fall out and cause injury to your eyes.
•When placing the projector upside down to replace the lamp or conduct maintenance, ensure that the projector is securely placed before working with it.
1. | Reverse the projector gently. |
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2. | Loosen the screws (a) using a Phillips |
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| screwdriver (+), and remove the lamp |
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| cover (b). |
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3. | Loosen the screws (c) using a Phillips |
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| screwdriver (+). |
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4. | Pull up the handle. | (a) |
5.Pull out the lamp box by the handle while holding the projector.
• Pull the lamp box out of the projec- |
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tor slowly. If it is pulled out quickly, |
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the lamp may break scattering |
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glass fragments. |
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• Do not spill liquid on the removed |
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lamp box or do not place it near any | (b) |
flammable object or where children | |
can reach to prevent injury or fire. | (c) |
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6.Load a new lamp box securely into the
projector in the right orientation.
7. Put the handle back to the original posi- tion.
• Make sure that the handle is locked.
8. Tighten up the screws (c) using a Phil- lips screwdriver (+).
9. | Tighten up the screw (a) using a Phillips | (a) |
| screwdriver (+) to secure the lamp |
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| cover. |
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Reset of the lamp operation time Plug in the power cord, and reset the lamp operation time by keep pressing the W, X, and POWER buttons on the control panel at the same time.
Important:
• Unless these three buttons are pressed | (b) |
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at the same time, the lamp operation time |
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isn’t reset. |
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•Make sure that the STATUS indicator is lit twice and the lamp oper- ation time is reset successfully.
•The projector doesn’t turn on if the lamp cover isn’t attached securely.
•Be sure to reset the lamp operation time whenever you replace the lamp.
•Do not reset the lamp operation time unless you replace the lamp.
Caution:
•The lamp is fragile. If it is broken, be careful not to cut yourself with glass fragments.
•Contact your dealer for a new lamp.
Interval of lamp replacement
When the lamp shutdown notice is issued, the lamp replacement is recommended even if the lamp is lit normally. Decrease in lumines- cence and/or color brightness indicates that the lamp needs to be replaced. When the lamp operation time exceeds the time elapsed until the lamp shutdown notice*1 is issued, the indicator will blink alter- nately green and red while the lamp is lit (while the lamp is not lit, the indicator will blink red only) and the lamp replacement message will appear on the screen for one minute every time the lamp is turned on. When the lamp operation time exceeds the time elapsed until the lamp shutdown warning*2 is issued, the replacement message (LAMP EXCHANGE) will appear on the screen for one minute at fixed inter- vals*4 thereafter.
When the lamp operation time exceeds the time elapsed until the lamp shutdown*3, the projector automatically shuts off and can’t be used until the lamp is replaced and the lamp operation time is reset.
*1 2250 Hours
*2 2850 Hours
*3 3000 Hours*5
The times above are when LAMP MODE of the INSTALLATION menu is set to LOW. When it is set to STANDARD, this duration will be short- ened.
*4 | These intervals vary depending on the lamp mode setting. |
*5 | When LAMP MODE is set to STANDARD, the time elapsed until |
| the lamp shutdown will be shortened to 2000 hours. |
Caution:
•This projector uses a lamp that contains mercury. Disposal of the lamp or the projector with the lamp may be regulated due to envi- ronmental considerations. For disposal or recycling information, please contact your local authorities or the Electronic Industries Alliance: www.eiae.org. (For US only).