any knowledgable people out there and familiar with these projectors?
I've bought a new lamp a while ago but I'd like to know how many lamp hours is left on the old bulb?
I have the user and service manual on this Sony VPL-PX1 but they dont show how to access this mode so I was thinking only newer models began to have this feature installed?
Muchas Gratious.
I work with projectors everyday and i have not yet seen one (including one ancient one that is as big as a suitcase!) that doesnt have a lamp counter in the menu somewhere. Many also have filter counters that you have to reset.
I have never used that model personally but i have just looked in the instructions and i see what you mean as it doesnt tell you. This isnt that unusual though, ive spent ages trying to work out keypresses and how long i have to hold the reset button down to reset filter counters.
The lamp counter is generally in the last menu choice in the list (so after you get past all the picture and colour set up bits).
This review
OK further googling says that it is hidden until you display the service menu which you need to do certain remote presses to get up.
Some googling finds this:
- service mode: enter+enter+up+down+enter (IIRC, havent used this much)
- factory mode: enter+enter+left+enter
- user mode: the same sequence you used to enter the current mode Then it will ask if you want to enter "whatever" mode, up for yes, down for no. Press up. Now you are in the new mode, press Menu to see the menu with the new tabs.
Much obliged Tom thanks will give it a go in an hour or so when things are quite here. Funny the service manual doesnt state this mode of lamp counter? I'll check again just in case though.
Have been into factory mode and it says 2631Hours that cant be right can it?
Have also reset the RGB and its looking a lot richer in colour now.
Depends what the bulb is rated at. could be 4000 hours or you could be lucky!
glad it worked!
The lamp for this model is 2000Hours If I do a reset for each time a lamp is replaced would this set it back to defaults as I did not reset when I replaced the old lamp with the new lamp?
you should reset the timer when you change the lamp (if it doesnt do it itself). if, like you say it was not reset last time you replaced it then you probably have 600 or so hours on the current lamp.
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