Hitachi ED-X52 ECO Mode function is working, Lamp is approaching the end of its product Lifetime

Troubleshooting

Phenomena that may be easy to be mistaken for machine defects (continued)

Phenomenon	Cases not involving a machine defect	Reference
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	The brightness and/or contrast are adjusted to an
	extremely low level.	28
	Adjust the BRIGHTNESS and/or CONTRAST settings to a
	higher level using the menu function.
Pictures appear	The ECO MODE function is working.
dark.	Select the BRIGHT for the ECO MODE item in the SETUP	37
	menu.
	The lamp is approaching the end of its product
	lifetime.	56, 57
	Replace the lamp.
	Either the focus and/or horizontal phase settings are
	not properly adjusted.	19, 32
Pictures appear	Adjust the focus using the focus ring, and/or the H PHASE
blurry.	using the menu function.
	The lens is dirty or misty.	60
	Clean the lens referring to the section “Caring for the lens”.
No signal is	The SAVING function is working in the standby state.
output from the	Select the NORMAL for the STANDBY MODE item in the
MONITOR OUT	SETUP menu.
and AUDIO		37
OUT ports.
RS-232C does
not work.
	When the projector is operating in Eco mode,
	flickering may appear on screen.	36, 37
	Set ECO MODE to BRIGHT, and set AUTO ECO MODE to
Some kind
	OFF, in the SETUP menu.
of image
	The OVER SCAN ratio is too big.
degradation		31
	Adjust OVER SCAN in the IMAGE menu smaller.
such as
fl ickering or	Excessive VIDEO NR.	33
stripes appear	Change the setting of VIDEO NR in the INPUT menu.
on the screen.
	The FRAME LOCK function cannot work on the
	current input signal.	34
	Set FRAME LOCK in the INPUT menu to OFF.

NOTE • Although bright spots or dark spots may appear on the screen, this is a unique characteristic of liquid crystal displays, and it does not constitute or imply a machine defect.

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