NEC PA903X - ❹ Replacing The Lamp

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7. Maintenance
❹ Replacing the Lamp
Whenthelampreachestheendofitslife,theLAMPindicatoronthecabinetwillblinkinorangeandthemessage“THE
LAMPHASREACHEDTHEENDOFITSUSABLELIFE.PLEASEREPLACETHELAMP.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assoonaspossible.Afterreplacingthelamp,besuretoclear
the lamp hour meter. (→page134)
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barindicatorastheLAMPLIFEREMAININGshowsthepercentageofremainingbulblife.
 Whentheremaininglamptimereaches0%,theLAMPLIFEREMAININGbarindicatorchangesfrom0%to100
Hoursasthegraceperiodforreplacinglampandstartscountingdown.Inthegraceperiod,theLAMPindicator
willblinkinorange.
 Whenitreaches0hours,theLAMPindicatorwillstartblinkinginred.
 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hap-
pens,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:
NP42LP
Flow of Replacing the Lamp
Step 1. Replacethelamp
Step 2. Clearthelampusagehours(→page134, 135)