Replacing the lamp
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 possible. 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
Warning:
t #FDBSFGVMOPUUPESPQUIFMBNQmYJOHTDSFXTJOUP the inside of the projector. Don’t put a metal piece or flammable object into the projector. Using the projector with any foreign object present inside may result in electric shock or fire. When you can’t remove the foreign object from the inside, contact your dealer for removal.
t %POPUUPVDIUIFMBNQXJUICBSFIBOETPSHJWF a shock to the lamp. Attach the lamp properly. Improper handling may cause explosion.
t #FTVSFUPJOTUBMMUIFMBNQTFDVSFMZ8IFOUIFMBNQ isn’t installed properly, it won’t illuminate. Improper installation may also result in fire.
t %POUTIBLFUIFSFNPWFEMBNQPSEPOUMJGUJUBCPWF your face. You may be injured in your eye by flying or falling glass fragments.
t %POUSFQMBDFUIFMBNQJNNFEJBUFMZBGUFSVTF because the lamp cover is very hot. You may get burned. Turn off the power using the POWER button. After the lamp goes out, wait about 2 and a half minutes until the intake and exhaust fans for cooling the lamp stop rotating. Then unplug the power cord, and wait at least 1 hour to allow the lamp to cool down enough to the touch.
Interval of lamp replacement
The recommended interval of lamp replacement is about 4000 hours*1*2 of consecutive use. Such interval differs depending on the operating environment and may be shorter than 4000 hours*1*2. Decrease
in luminescence and/or color brightness indicates that the lamp needs to be replaced. When the lamp operation time exceeds 3000 hours*1, the indicator will blink alternately between green and red (while the MBNQJTMJU XIFOUIFMBNQJTOPUMJUUIFJOEJDBUPSXJMM be lit red only) and the lamp replacement message will appear on the screen for 1 minute everytime the lamp is turned on. When the lamp has been used for about 3800 hours*1, the replacement message (LAMP REPLACEMENT) will appear on the screen for 1 minute every 20 hours*1 thereafter. When the lamp operation time exceeds 4000 hours*1*2, the projector automatically shuts off.
*1: Duration when LAMP MODE of the INSTALLATION menu is set to LOW. When it is set to STANDARD, this duration will be shorted.
*2: When LAMP MODE is set to STANDARD, this duration will be shorted to 3000 hours.
Caution:
t %POUSFNPWFUIFMBNQGPSBOZQVSQPTFPUIFSUIBO replacement. Unnecessary removal of the lamp may result in a breakdown.
t 5IJTQSPKFDUPSVTFTBIJHIQSFTTVSFNFSDVSZMBNQ as the light source. The
t 5IFQPTTJCJMJUZPGFYQMPTJPOPGUIFMBNQJODSFBTFTJG you use it beyond its replacement period. When the instruction of lamp replacement appears, replace it with a new one immediately even if the lamp is still lighting normally.
t 8IFOUIFIJHIQSFTTVSFNFSDVSZMBNQFYQMPEFT glass fragments will scatter inside or outside the lamp box and the gas charged inside the lamp will diffuse inside or outside the projector. The gas inside the lamp contains mercury. Be careful not to breathe it or avoid it from entering your eye or mouth. If you should breathe it or if it should enter your eye or mouth, see a doctor immediately.
t *OUIFFWFOUUIBUUIFIJHIQSFTTVSFNFSDVSZ lamp exploded, glass fragments may have been scattered inside the projector. Ask your dealer to replace the lamp and to inspect the inside of the projector. When you clean or replace the lamp by yourself, be sure to hold the handle of the lamp. You may get injured by glass fragments.
t 8IFOSFNPWJOHUIFMBNQGSPNUIFDFJMJOHNPVOUFE
projector, use the lamp replacement tray packed with the projector or option lamp to prevent glass fragments from scattering.
t #FTVSFUPVTFUIFMBNQFYDMVTJWFUPUIJTQSPKFDUPS
