Working With The Lamp - Runco Video Xtreme VX-40d Owner's Operating Manual

• Color Enable: Select which color or colors you want to see in the display. This is
useful while working with color temperature white levels or input levels.
When you have finished calibrating Input 1, change the Display Device Input Source to DVI
(Input 2) if that input will be used; refer to Selecting the Input Source on page 36. Then,
repeat the procedure described in this section (starting with Channel Setup) for Input 2.
After calibrating projector Input 2, proceed with the next section, Working With the
Lamp.
Access the Lamp menu to:
• Choose a lamp mode for regulating power and light output.
• Change the optical aperture size.
• View information pertaining to past and present lamps.
• Record the lamp serial number in the projector's memory.
Lamp Hours (read-only): Lamp Hours shows the number of hours logged on the
current lamp. Whenever you record a new lamp serial number, the
VX-40d/-50d/-60d/-80d automatically resets this value to "0" and begins to log time for
the new lamp.
Lamp S/N (read-only): Lamp S/N is the serial number recorded for the current lamp.
When you install a new lamp and enter its serial number, the number appears here.
Lamp Message: Enter a check mark for Lamp Message to enable a warning message
that appears upon power-up when the lamp has reached the specified lamp limit and
should be replaced. Delete the check mark to prevent display of this message—instead,
when your lamp expires, only the status display messages on the back of the projector will
provide a visual warning to replace the lamp.
1. It is recommended that the Lamp Message check box remain
Note
2. When a lamp warning message appears, press EXIT to
Lamp Limit: Set Lamp Limit to the number of hours you expect to log on the current
lamp before replacing it. This will trigger a lamp message on-screen (if enabled).
1. If you change modes over the life of a lamp, the lamp limit you
Note
2. Turning the lamp on and off reduces lamp life significantly, as do
3. It is recommended that Lamp Limit not exceed the expected
Runco VX-40d/-50d/-60d/-80d Owner's Operating Manual
enabled.
temporarily cancel the message. The message will continue to
appear upon power-up until you install a new lamp.
originally expected may no longer be possible.
other factors.
lamp life, otherwise a lamp could become dangerously fragile
with overuse.
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Working With the
Lamp