NEC M362W - ❸ Replacing the Lamp

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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115)
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:M402W/M402X/M352WS/M332XS
 NP29LP:M362W/M362X
 NP28LP:M322W/M322X/M302WS
 NP27LP:M282X
• 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115)