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7. Maintenance

❸ Replacing the Lamp

Whenthelampreachestheendofitslife,theLAMPindicatorinthecabinetwillblinkredandthemessage“THELAMP

HASREACHEDTHEENDOFITSUSABLELIFE.PLEASEREPLACETHELAMP.”willappear(*).Eventhoughthe

lampmaystillbeworking,replacethelamptomaintaintheoptimalprojectorperformance.Afterreplacingthelamp,

besuretoclearthelamphourmeter.(→page116)

CAUTION

• DONOTTOUCHTHELAMPimmediatelyafterithasbeenused.Itwillbeextremelyhot.Turntheprojector

offandthendisconnectthepowercord.Allowatleastonehourforthelamptocoolbeforehandling.

• Usethespeciedlampforsafetyandperformance.

 Toorderthereplacementlamp,specifyyourlamptype.

 Replacementlamp:

 NP30LP:M403W/M403X/M353WS/M333XS/M403H/M323H

 NP29LP:M363W/M363X

 NP28LP:M323W/M323X/M303WS

 NP27LP:M283X

• DONOTREMOVEANYSCREWSexceptonelampcoverscrewandthreelamphousingscrews.Youcouldreceive

anelectricshock.

• Donotbreaktheglassonthelamphousing.

 Keepngerprintsofftheglasssurfaceonthelamphousing.Leavingngerprintsontheglasssurfacemightcause

anunwantedshadowandpoorpicturequality.

• Theprojectorwillturnoffandgointostandbymodewhenyoucontinuetousetheprojectorforanother100hours

afterthelamphasreachedtheendofitslife.Ifthishappens,besuretoreplacethelamp.Ifyoucontinuetouse

thelampafterthelampreachestheendofitslife,thelampbulbmayshatter,andpiecesofglassmaybescattered

inthelampcase.Donottouchthemasthepiecesofglassmaycauseinjury.Ifthishappens,contactyourNEC

dealerforlampreplacement.

*NOTE:Thismessagewillbedisplayedunderthefollowingconditions:

• foroneminuteaftertheprojectorhasbeenpoweredon

• whenthe (POWER)buttonontheprojectorcabinetortheSTANDBYbuttonontheremotecontrolispressed

Toturnoffthemessage,pressanybuttonontheprojectorcabinetortheremotecontrol.

Optionallampandtoolsneededforreplacement:

• Phillipsscrewdriver(plus-head)

• Replacementlamp

Flow of Replacing the Lamp

Step 1. Replace the lamp

Step 2. Clearthelampusagehours(→page116)

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