[Pukel-man]

All,


I´ve just opened up my AE 4000e, set it up on the shelf, turned it on.


10 minutes later, I was in the middle of flipping through the options menu when suddenly the fuse for my batcave blew.


Once I had flipped the fuse back on, I realised my AE 4000 e could no longer turn on: no red blinking standby light, in fact no response at all to any power switch / anything else.


Anyone have any clues or ideas ?


FYI I had a number of other pieces of equipment on the same circuit, being an apple mac mini, 2 hard drives, an xbox 360, and a lamp. Didn´t seem too excessive, though, and I´ve never had issues with the fuses blowing before...


Best wishes and thanks in advance for your thoughts,


Pukel-Man


PS have also told my dealer about this, sounds like a case for the warranty...

 

[hickory]

Any update on this? I wonder if a battery backup would have kept it alive?

 

[kthejoker20]

Don't even mess with it.



Thats why you payed for warranty.


RMA it. And forget it.

 

[dooomi]

Yeah, I don't know why you would even try to figure out what is wrong with it. If it's brand new just return it.

 

[mnnc]

Agree...just return it...stinks to have to wait but pj will be replaced/fixed. I believe it's the breaker in breaker box you refer to...in the meantime have that circuit checked or use another if possible.

 

[Pukel-man]

Hi all,


Many thanks for the sympathy.


You´re right, not much point in trying to find out why if it´s new and under warranty.


My reason for the post was probably to see if this happened to anyone else, which doesn´t seem to have been the case. All the better !


Here´s something for you all to laugh at: I was completely unwilling to accept that my pj was, in fact, dead dead dead. I kept trying to switch it on again, fiddling with the power cord, testing the circuit in the room.. all to no avail. Not only that, but I couldn´t sleep, and kept thinking up ways to see if maybe it wasn´t the pj but something else which I could control.


I think I was going through the denial stage of grieving. Stupid, but I think that it will be a while before I can get my PJ replaced, I bought it from a box mover here in Switzerland so it remains to be seen how long it will be before the guarantee is honoured. Hence the unwillingness to accept reality.


Ironically I had been considering importing the PJ from the US into Switzerland ( where I live). I decided not to because tho´it would have saved me more than 1000 USD, I was concerned about lack of warranty if something happened.


OK keeps take care and thanks,


Pukel-Man

 

[btiltman]



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Originally Posted by Pukel-man /forum/post/18214700


Hi all,


Many thanks for the sympathy.


You´re right, not much point in trying to find out why if it´s new and under warranty.


My reason for the post was probably to see if this happened to anyone else, which doesn´t seem to have been the case. All the better !


Here´s something for you all to laugh at: I was completely unwilling to accept that my pj was, in fact, dead dead dead. I kept trying to switch it on again, fiddling with the power cord, testing the circuit in the room.. all to no avail. Not only that, but I couldn´t sleep, and kept thinking up ways to see if maybe it wasn´t the pj but something else which I could control.


I think I was going through the denial stage of grieving. Stupid, but I think that it will be a while before I can get my PJ replaced, I bought it from a box mover here in Switzerland so it remains to be seen how long it will be before the guarantee is honoured. Hence the unwillingness to accept reality.


Ironically I had been considering importing the PJ from the US into Switzerland ( where I live). I decided not to because tho´it would have saved me more than 1000 USD, I was concerned about lack of warranty if something happened.


OK keeps take care and thanks,


Pukel-Man

Have you tried a different power cord?


OH NOW YOU'VE GO ME DOING IT AS WELL! grrrr

 

[SDMF_Reaps]

Would there by chance be a fuse inside the unit. I would think so.


Of course checking it for one would most certainly void your warranty... so don't even think about opening it up to find out. I'm just curious.


I'll go download the manual and see if it says anything.


Edit: OK when troubleshooting always check the easiest things first. This is a new projector for you. One suggestion in the manual is to ensure that the main power switch is on. In all the excitement I could see how this may have been switched off and forgotten about. You didn't mention this in your posts so I thought it would be worth exploring. I could certainly see myself doing something like this.


Edit again: I see you said "in fact no response at all to any power switch" so forget about my first edit. I'll still leave it there. Should have read better the first time.

 

[ChrisW6ATV]

It was an infant mortality. It happens. Just return/exchange it at the store/site where you bought it.


The breaker tripping may have nothing to do with the projector's problem, or maybe the projector itself caused it.