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7. Maintenance

❹ Replacing the Lamp and the Filters

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ANDFILTER.USETHE

SPECIFIEDLAMPFORSAFETYANDPERFORMANCE.”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131)

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.

• DONOTREMOVEANYSCREWSexceptonelampcoverscrewandtwo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:

NP26LP

Flow of Replacing the Lamp and the Filters

Step 1. Replace the lamp

Step 2. Replace the ﬁlters (→ page 181)

Step 3. Clearthelampusagehoursandthelterusagehours(→ page 131, 132)

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