argentum246
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Few months before (6 months ) I got a refurb HPT3050 with 10 Lamp hrs from benq direct. It all worked fine till yesterday, when while watching movie (20 min passed), it suddenly went off and started flashing green power LED for 5 secs and then LAMP indicator started flashing RED. I powered it off for few secs from the power outlet and then started the projector. It worked fine for few min and again repeated the same thing. I then powered it off form the outlet completely .
As of now it is ceiling mounted with proper ventilation and is not heavily used every day (so far 110 hrs in 6 months). It is connected via > wall power outlet > voltage stabilizer > powerstrip > projector. It worked fine for 110 hrs so far not sure what happened. There was no pop sound and it still shows display on the screen. I have not enabled High Altitude mode from the menu.
Now need your inputs in diagnosing the issue and advice further.
Update 1:
Also interesting thing happened the next day - I powered it on and it worked fine as if nothing happened for next whole movie. So now not sure whether it was just a blip in current or something big. Should I get it replaced? As benq said they shall replace it with refurbished one. So what you all recommend - go in for replacement or wait and watch?
Update 2:
Next day I noticed another thing.. Projector repeated the same red lamp LED blinking cycle and then it came back online after few secs. I checked service menu and there were no failures except one abrupt power shutdown flag. Is it due to sudden blip in my powersupply ? As of now the Projector is connected this way > wall power outlet > stabilizer > powerstrip.(i hope this is ok)
Update 3:
While i wait for sending the unit to the benq, i still have apprehensions of whether the other refurb unit, that benq shall send will have similar issues.
So today after upgrading the power line input to online pure sine wave ups, the projector repeated the same red lamp error. It came back online after few secs. I went inside service menu and saw no error on lamp or any other place except a flag on Abnormal power shutdown section, just like last time. I am in India now and have to wait a while to get this unit shipped to benq. Hence relying on experts here to understand what might be the culprit here.
Add to this ..right from day one 1 noticed that benq lens in out of focus and blurred towards bottom right corner. If i try to make to clear by adjusting the lens focus etc the other part of screen becomes blur no matter how much I try. I though of ignoring it but then my friends too saw this easily visible blur. The lens looks clean but looks like h/w alignment issue and cannot be fixed unless i open it . I may be wrong but i tried all possible adjustments, including keystone and projector reset. No Luck.
Looks like i got a lemon this time.
Let me know your thoughts here.
As of now it is ceiling mounted with proper ventilation and is not heavily used every day (so far 110 hrs in 6 months). It is connected via > wall power outlet > voltage stabilizer > powerstrip > projector. It worked fine for 110 hrs so far not sure what happened. There was no pop sound and it still shows display on the screen. I have not enabled High Altitude mode from the menu.
Now need your inputs in diagnosing the issue and advice further.
Update 1:
Also interesting thing happened the next day - I powered it on and it worked fine as if nothing happened for next whole movie. So now not sure whether it was just a blip in current or something big. Should I get it replaced? As benq said they shall replace it with refurbished one. So what you all recommend - go in for replacement or wait and watch?
Update 2:
Next day I noticed another thing.. Projector repeated the same red lamp LED blinking cycle and then it came back online after few secs. I checked service menu and there were no failures except one abrupt power shutdown flag. Is it due to sudden blip in my powersupply ? As of now the Projector is connected this way > wall power outlet > stabilizer > powerstrip.(i hope this is ok)
Update 3:
While i wait for sending the unit to the benq, i still have apprehensions of whether the other refurb unit, that benq shall send will have similar issues.
So today after upgrading the power line input to online pure sine wave ups, the projector repeated the same red lamp error. It came back online after few secs. I went inside service menu and saw no error on lamp or any other place except a flag on Abnormal power shutdown section, just like last time. I am in India now and have to wait a while to get this unit shipped to benq. Hence relying on experts here to understand what might be the culprit here.
Add to this ..right from day one 1 noticed that benq lens in out of focus and blurred towards bottom right corner. If i try to make to clear by adjusting the lens focus etc the other part of screen becomes blur no matter how much I try. I though of ignoring it but then my friends too saw this easily visible blur. The lens looks clean but looks like h/w alignment issue and cannot be fixed unless i open it . I may be wrong but i tried all possible adjustments, including keystone and projector reset. No Luck.
Looks like i got a lemon this time.
Let me know your thoughts here.