Hello everyone,
I've had my 4805 for about 1.5 years, it has a little over 600 hours on it, as we use it mostly for weekend films.
We recently moved and it took me a couple of months before I got to assembling the home theater. I never had a problem with the projector (other than dust blobs) in the old house but at the new place.....
Most of the time, after powering up and striking the lamp, it shuts down after about two minutes. I get three blinks on the red led, manual says something about the lamp door. If I take the lamp out and replace it, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If I leave it unplugged for a few hours, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
At first I thought it was a power issue, this is an old house. So I unplugged or shut off everything in the house and again, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Tonight, I took the manual's advice and unplugged the projector for one minute after unexpected shutdown (even though the lamp was still a little hot, uhhg) and it worked. I'm betting that this was a fluke however.
I carefully packed the unit in its original packaging when we moved and I moved it myself, again being very careful.
Is this a logic thing, or a circuit board issue? Could a pcb plug have come just a little loose during the move? Just thought I'd check with you folks before tearing into it.
Thanks for your time,
-Mac
PS: It may be Murphey's law at work here, it only works when I don't have time to sit and watch, never when we plan on using it.
I've had my 4805 for about 1.5 years, it has a little over 600 hours on it, as we use it mostly for weekend films.
We recently moved and it took me a couple of months before I got to assembling the home theater. I never had a problem with the projector (other than dust blobs) in the old house but at the new place.....
Most of the time, after powering up and striking the lamp, it shuts down after about two minutes. I get three blinks on the red led, manual says something about the lamp door. If I take the lamp out and replace it, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If I leave it unplugged for a few hours, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
At first I thought it was a power issue, this is an old house. So I unplugged or shut off everything in the house and again, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Tonight, I took the manual's advice and unplugged the projector for one minute after unexpected shutdown (even though the lamp was still a little hot, uhhg) and it worked. I'm betting that this was a fluke however.
I carefully packed the unit in its original packaging when we moved and I moved it myself, again being very careful.
Is this a logic thing, or a circuit board issue? Could a pcb plug have come just a little loose during the move? Just thought I'd check with you folks before tearing into it.
Thanks for your time,
-Mac
PS: It may be Murphey's law at work here, it only works when I don't have time to sit and watch, never when we plan on using it.
