Operation Manual

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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)