Viewing Lamp Usage and Other Information

Use the Info menu to view information about the display settings of your computer and the number of hours the lamp has been used.

1.Press the Menu button and select the About menu. You see the lamp usage hours and computer display settings on the right:

Video (Composite video, S-Video)

Computer (analog RGB, digital RGB, RGB Video/Component video, (YCbCr, YPbPr)

The life span of the lamp ranges from about 2000 hours in High brightness mode to about 3000 hours in Low brightness mode. If the number shown is close to 2000, make sure you have a spare lamp handy.

2. When you’re finished, press Esc or Menu.

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If you access the About menu when the projector display is set to video, you only see the lamp life, video source, and video signal settings.

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The lamp usage timer doesn’t register until you’ve used the lamp for at least 10 hours.

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