Troubleshooting

 

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Projector power cord is not plugged into the wall outlet.

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Power to the external connected devices is off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lens shutter is closed.

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The selected input mode is wrong.

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Cables are incorrectly connected to the projector.

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Remote control battery has run out.

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External output has not been set when connecting notebook computer.

No picture or projector does

 

 

The lamp unit cover is not installed correctly.

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not start

 

 

The selected “Signal Type” is wrong.

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The video signal format of the video equipment is not set correctly.

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“Bright” is set to minimum position.

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Image adjustments are incorrectly set.

37

 

 

 

(S-VIDEO or VIDEO input)

 

 

 

 

Video input system is incorrectly set.

42

 

 

 

(COMPONENT, COMPUTER/COMPONENT or HDMI1, 2 input)

 

 

 

 

Input signal type is incorrectly set.

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Color is faded or poor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjust the focus.

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The projection distance exceeds the focus range.

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(Computer input)

 

 

 

 

Perform “SIG-ADJ” Adjustments (“Clock” Adjustment)

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Perform “SIG-ADJ” Adjustments (“Phase” Adjustment)

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Noise may appear depending on the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The “DNR” (Digital Noise Reduction) or “MNR” (Mosquito Noise Reduc-

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tion) setting is not correct.

 

 

Picture is blurred;

 

 

 

 

There is fog on the lens. If the projector is carried from a cold room into a

 

noise appears.

warm room, or if it is suddenly heated, condensation may form on the surface

 

 

 

 

of the lens and the image will become blurred. Please set up the projector at

 

 

 

 

least one hour before it is to be used. If condensation should form, remove the

 

 

 

 

power cord from the wall outlet and wait for it to clear.

 

An unusual sound is

If the picture is normal, the sound is due to cabinet shrinkage caused

occasionally heard

by a room temperature changes. This will not affect operation or perfor-

 

 

from the cabinet.

mance.

 

 

Maintenance

See “Maintenance Indicators”.

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indicator on the

 

 

projector illuminates.

 

 

Picture is green when

Change the input signal type setting.

41

 

receiving YPbPr

 

 

signals and the video

 

 

equipment is connected

 

 

to the COMPONENT or

 

 

COMPUTER/COMPONENT

 

 

terminal on the projector.

 

 

Picture is pink when receiv-

 

 

ing RGB signals and the video

 

 

equipment is connected to the

 

 

COMPONENT or COMPUTER/

 

 

COMPONENT terminal on the

 

 

 

projector.

 

 

The black levels of the

Make adjustments that result in the best picture quality in the “Dynamic

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image show banding or

Range” setting.

 

appear faded when HDMI1

 

 

 

or 2 is selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture is too bright and

Image adjustments are incorrectly set.

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whitish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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