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7. Maintenance
❹ Replacing the Lamp and the Filters
Whenthelampreachestheendofitslife,theLAMPindicatorinthecabinetwillblinkredandthemessage“THE
LAMPHASREACHEDTHEENDOFITSUSABLELIFE.PLEASEREPLACETHELAMPANDFILTER.”willappear
(*).Eventhoughthelampmaystillbeworking,replacethelamptomaintaintheoptimalprojectorperformance.After
replacingthelamp,besuretoclearthelamphourmeter.(→page99)
CAUTION
• DONOTTOUCHTHELAMPimmediatelyafterithasbeenused.Itwillbeextremelyhot.Turntheprojector
offandthendisconnectthepowercord.Allowatleastonehourforthelamptocoolbeforehandling.
• Usethespeciedlampforsafetyandperformance.
Toorderthereplacementlamp,specifyyourlamptype.
Replacementlamp:
NP15LP:M311X/M271X/M271W
NP16LP:M361X/M311W
Thereplacementlampcomeswithlters.Whiletheltersattachedtotheprojectoratthetimeofpurchaseare
madeofdarkspongematerial,theltersincludedwiththeoptionallamparemadeofnon-wovenwhitematerial.
Thereisnodifferenceinperformancebetweenthesetwotypes.
• DONOTREMOVEANYSCREWSexceptonelampcoverscrewandtwolamphousingscrews.Youcouldreceive
anelectricshock.
• Donotbreaktheglassonthelamphousing.
Keepngerprintsofftheglasssurfaceonthelamphousing.Leavingngerprintsontheglasssurfacemightcause
anunwantedshadowandpoorpicturequality.
• Theprojectorwillturnoffandgointostandbymodewhenyoucontinuetousetheprojectorforanother100hours
afterthelamphasreachedtheendofitslife.Ifthishappens,besuretoreplacethelamp.Ifyoucontinuetouse
thelampafterthelampreachestheendofitslife,thelampbulbmayshatter,andpiecesofglassmaybescattered
inthelampcase.Donottouchthemasthepiecesofglassmaycauseinjury.Ifthishappens,contactyourNEC
dealerforlampreplacement.
*NOTE:Thismessagewillbedisplayedunderthefollowingconditions:
• foroneminuteaftertheprojectorhasbeenpoweredon
• whenthe (POWER)buttonontheprojectorcabinetorthePOWEROFFbuttonontheremotecontrolispressed
Toturnoffthemessage,pressanybuttonontheprojectorcabinetortheremotecontrol.
Optionallampandtoolsneededforreplacement:
• Phillipsscrewdriver(plus-head)
• Replacementlamp
Flow of Replacing the Lamp and the Filters
Step 1. Replacethelamp
Step 2. Replacethelters(→page120)
Step 3. Clearthelampusagehoursandthelterusagehours(→page99)