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post #4171 of 4190
4/19/13 at 7:51am
Thanks, that is very helpful, but I just found out my Harmony 900 remote does not let me enter IR Codes manually. mad.gif
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post #4172 of 4190
4/19/13 at 10:38am
After changing the bulb, the orange 'light' LED is still lit. Is there a problem, or is some sort of reset required?

Cheers, Ian
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post #4173 of 4190
4/25/13 at 5:17am
Would this be an original lamp?
I need to replace my lamp on a Pioneer PRO FPJ-1.
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post #4174 of 4190
4/25/13 at 9:15am
Sorry for being so late on this, just picked up a used FPJ1 recently and seem to have problems with hdmi issues. When watching a blu Ray from the ps3, the contenet plays judt fine, but when I try to watch TV shows from the Netflix from the same ps3(assuming the Netflix is at 60hz vs BR at 24hz) the picture goes in and out. It seems like a hdmi sync issue because when the picture drops the prjoector gives a "no signal" indicator, but the picture is coming from the same source, same cable, direct from ps3 to projector. Any suggestions?
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post #4175 of 4190
4/25/13 at 1:10pm
Did you try both HDMI inputs? I watched blu-ray and Netflix with my Panny bdt220 with no issue before.
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post #4176 of 4190
4/25/13 at 10:07pm
Ya, tried hdmi 2, and no problem. Thanks.
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post #4177 of 4190
5/2/13 at 7:56am
No one able to offer any advice on this?

"After changing the bulb, the orange 'light' LED is still lit. Is there a problem, or is some sort of reset required?"

Cheers, Ian
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post #4178 of 4190
5/2/13 at 8:00am
yes, there is a reset required, a button you hold down while you power it on if I remember correctly. Hopefully you have the manual (or can find it online) to check the sequence, I can never remember it.

You should do it because it also resets your hours to 0.
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post #4179 of 4190
5/2/13 at 5:30pm
^

In standby mode.

Press Exit, Enter, Hide then hold Arrow down for 2 seconds or more.

Standby indicator will flash for 3 seconds and then go back to standby.

Once turned back on counter should be back to Zero.
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post #4180 of 4190
5/3/13 at 8:28am
Thanks!
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post #4181 of 4190
5/10/13 at 8:28pm
These units still present a very compelling image. I recently picked one up from a fellow avsforum member; low mileage and in really nice condition. I was surprised to find the motion handling perfectly adequate, coming from a modern dlp. There's certainly a lot less motion smear than what my old Panasonic pt-ae2000 used to exhibit. Coming from a BenQ W1070 I expected a big hit in sharpness, and it is true that the BenQ is certainly sharper. However I have to say that with a darbee darblet in the chain, the perceivable levels of detail really are very close between the two units. Black levels do of course heavily favour the JVC. And on the subject of black levels, compared to a previously owned Sony VPL-HW20, the JVC is far better. The HW20 has similar image quality to the HW-30, with around 7000/1 native contrast and a discrete DI, but it's just not nearly as impressive in dark scenes as the JVC.

Overall very impressed with this old timer. It's hard to quantify, but there's a natural, analog like look to the image that isn't there with the other projectors I've had. Of course the problem now is that I'm probably going to want to upgrade to a more recently released JVC.
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post #4182 of 4190
5/13/13 at 9:30am
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And you gotta love the fact that the pj will internally scale to allow use of an anamorphic lens. I built a macro in my Control4 system that enables the V-Stretch on or off and slides the lens in or out. So cool
Edited by CCLAY - 5/13/13 at 11:01am
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post #4183 of 4190
5/13/13 at 10:59am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by OzzieP View Post

Is there an easy way to turn on V-Stretch for 2.35 on the RS2?

It seems to be buried in the menu, and it would be nice to do it with one button.
Sorry for the late response Ozzie but I don't get around to this thread much anymore.

If your Harmony is mapped to do the same functions as the projectors remote, do like I did. Do a macro that starts from the very first screen on the pj's menu, then do a sequence of right, right, enter, down, down, enter, etc., etc. until you have turned on V-Stretch. From memory I can't recall the exact sequence but it's just a matter of going into the menu and doing it. The one thing you have to do is that you absolutely MUST sequence all the way back out of the menu to where you started in your macro otherwise the next time you engage your macro from your Harmony, it won't start from the right spot and will end up turning something else in the menu on or off. Make sense?

You will have to experiment a bit with delays and such in between commands but it works perfect every time once you get it and it's actually fast enough to where it's hard to notice. If someone does, they say 'what the heck was that?' Kinda fun
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post #4184 of 4190
5/14/13 at 4:54pm
Reporting back from installation of OSRAM bulb 2/1/13 till today 5/14/13 just checked I have 485 hours. The only problem I had was it ran hot and shutdown because I changed from high lamp mode to normal so it was my fault really as the bulb was too hot. After that I changed to high altitude and high lamp so the fan is on high speed. I have the UH480 anamorphic lens that covers the front exhaust port when it isn't in the light path so that probably is why I need the extra fan speed to cool it. Since making those changes it hasn't had 1 blip its been perfect. So bright compared and colors are terrific.

It is a nice feeling knowing that when I get upwards of 1500+ hours that replacement will cost me $100+$12ship and since the connections are already done it'll take 5 minutes to swap out the bulb in the housing. I'll be sure I use my lens cleaners on my prism each time and not wait 4 yrs this time smile.gif Still loving this projector now that my prism is clean and bulb is fresh and bright. Want to go to 3D eventually but probably not for another 2-5 years.
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post #4185 of 4190
5/14/13 at 5:30pm
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I'm running the Philips version at the moment. Got 785 hours on it. I've had the occasional ficker issue which I fix on Hi Lamp for an hour then it goes away. Run mine on Low lamp mode. Low fan setting. No over heating issues. I have the Osram that has 100 hours and a new JVC as spares.
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post #4186 of 4190
5/15/13 at 7:45am
I realize no one will believe this.... but I had over 5000 hours on my bulb before it "popped" last week. Granted the new bulb is a night and day difference, but my room is so dark - the old bulb was still doing a very good job. I have now lowered the brightness and contrast back down to almost "0" settings.
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post #4187 of 4190
5/15/13 at 5:27pm
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Well done. I have seen others that have made it to 5000 hours or more. I myself find the lamps are too dim for my setup at about 1500 hours. I'm quite happy to toss them away and get a replacement.
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post #4188 of 4190
5/15/13 at 6:08pm
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Originally Posted by zigzag666 View Post

I realize no one will believe this.... but I had over 5000 hours on my bulb before it "popped" last week. Granted the new bulb is a night and day difference, but my room is so dark - the old bulb was still doing a very good job. I have now lowered the brightness and contrast back down to almost "0" settings.

I believe it. My lamp just died within the last few weeks at 8647 hours.

Wayne
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post #4189 of 4190
5/17/13 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by pentium7 View Post

Reporting back from installation of OSRAM bulb 2/1/13 till today 5/14/13 just checked I have 485 hours.
My OSRAM bulb is also working perfectly since 1/16/13 (now at 90 hours, woo hoo). The image is so good that I haven't bothered to get out my calibration gear. I really should measure it around 100 hours...

--Dan
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post #4190 of 4190
5/17/13 at 10:27am
Thread Starter 
I want to thank everyone here that has contributed so much to this thread. Hard to believe it's been almost 6 years since I started it. I absolutely love my RS2. I don't see myself going 3D anytime soon so unless this thing blows up, it's staying in my theater for good.

A lot of excellent posts. Thanks to everyone for the posts about the replacement lamps, especially Toddious for the 'how to' and pics. I just ordered myself the Osram bulb so those pics will help a lot. And thanks for the kind offerings from Pentium7 and isb for the screws and crimp connectors. Much appreciated.

I've seen the few posts about the exhaust venting out the front. If there was a major wish of anything different on my RS2, it would've been that they vented that out the side or rear. It directs the fan noise right into the room, which kinda sucks. And the heat. If you have a lens system, the hot air blows right onto the lens when it's in the 'out' position. My cure for that was I made a little diverter that sends the air(and noise) off to the side. Works pretty well to re-direct fan noise and I rest comfortable watching anything non-anamorphic that no heat is blowing onto my expensive but worth every penny Panamorph. I will post a pic when I pull of my cover to do my bulb.

Another little quirk is that there is no 'direct' command for VStretch, but my fix was to make a macro of commands to go thru the menu and enable/disable it as needed. I do this thru my Control4 system and it works perfect. Adam, I sent you a pm with my number so call me and I'll try and help you with that.

Thanks again to everyone and happy viewing!!

Chris
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