How Old Is My Lamp; When To Replace The Lamp - Christie Mirage S+/HD/WU User Manual

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Use Change Lamp to record the serial number for a newly installed lamp:
In the Lamp S/N window, use the number text entry keys to record the new lamp serial number, and press
E
again to accept the change (refer to
NTER
Commands
if you need help entering the number. Once entered, the new lamp serial number is added to the
Lamp History menu and the Lamp Hours timer resets to "0". Lamp Mode and Lamp Limit remain as they
were for the previous lamp, and can be changed at any time.
NOTE: To scroll through letters/alpha numerics, refer to
NOTE: Enter a serial number only if you have just installed a new lamp. This helps to ensure that the lamp
timer is not reset on an old lamp and that the number of hours logged on the lamp is accurate.
IMPORTANT
!

3.8.2 How Old is My Lamp?

When a new lamp is installed and its serial number recorded by
selecting "Change Lamp" in the Lamp menu, the lamp timer resets to
"0" and begins logging time for the new lamp. This tally appears in
both the Lamp menu (see
To review the number of hours logged for previous lamps, consult the
Lamp History menu.

3.8.3 When to Replace the Lamp

If the Lamp Message check box has been enabled in the Lamp menu
(recommended), an expiry message appears upon power-up when the
lamp has reached its defined Lamp Limit.
In addition, the LED's next to the built-in keypad will flash "LP" when lamp time has expired. The lamp
should be replaced.
The Lamp Limit setting should never exceed the lamp's lifetime warranty by more than 20%, as an old lamp
becomes increasingly fragile and more prone to sudden failure.
Refer to
Section 4.2 Lamp and Filter Replacement
Roadster, Matrix WU, Mirage S+/HD/WU User Manual
020-100002-06 Rev. 1(04-2011)
Figure 3-38 Recording the New Lamp Serial Number
Always record the serial number of a NEW lamp
Figure
3-39) and the Status menu.
Figure
3-38). Refer to
Section 3.3.5 Using Slidebars and Other
Section 3.3.7 Editing Numerical
.
and
Section 6
Specifications.
Section 3: Operation
Values.
Figure 3-39 Lamp Hours
3-65

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