Gibbo Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 We have an NEC VT575 projector here with a failed bulb that's been pushed beyond it's recommended lamp hours. We've replaced the bulb but the projector won't power on (the power light is amber - standby and the lamp light is red). The manual states: "When the lamp exceeds 2100* hours (up to 3100* hours in Eco mode) of service, the projector cannot turn on and the menu is not displayed. If this happens, press the HELP button on the remote control for ten seconds to reset the lamp clock back to zero. When the lamp time clock is reset to zero, the LAMP indicator goes out." All well and good but the remote doesn't have a HELP button! Any ideas folks? 1
SimpleSi Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I had this once a couple of years ago and AFAIR I contacted NEC tech support and they told me the sequence on the remote to use instead. regards Simon
SimpleSi Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Check out this thread Its press and hold Power and Exit for 10 secs according to me regards Simon 3
Gibbo Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Cheers, POWER and EXIT on the remote did it.
Edu-IT Posted December 10, 2009 Posted December 10, 2009 EduGeek saves the day again! Had this error this morning, decided to leave the projector down and put all the caging back. Should have checked here first as it's such a simple fix. Now I've got to take down the caging again, put the projector back up. Darn I hate projectors.
Edu-IT Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Does anyone know what the beep codes are for NEC projectors? I have one which beeps, then flashes an orange status light before pausing. The status light indicates that there is a lamp error but I'm not sure if this is the lamp completely dead or if there's something else. I've tried to reset lamp hours to trick it into working again. I'm going to take the projector down to give it a clean etc but in the meantime didn't know if anyone knows what the beeps are.
john Posted April 1, 2011 Posted April 1, 2011 Sounds like failed ballast potentially. Swap the lamp from a known good projector for the one in it and you may find that the lamp is fine but ballast has gone, or may find that the lamp has gone, if thats the case try the known good lamp in it and it will fail to light if the ballast has gone.
MichaelH Posted May 5, 2011 Posted May 5, 2011 Thank you for this thread! We have a remote with a Help button and pressing this for 10 seconds did the trick!!
everyonelovescheese Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Sorry to drag up an old post, but is there any way to do this without the remote, we have lost ours and I don't fancy buying a remote just to reset the bulb hours!
plexer Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 I doubt it however if you can wait until we get back in jan I probably have an nec remote you can have to try? Ben
everyonelovescheese Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 I doubt it however if you can wait until we get back in jan I probably have an nec remote you can have to try? Ben Yeah of course I can wait, that's really kind, thank you very much! How do we arrange it?
rad Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 @everyonelovescheese I got some cheap from Amazon for £15 although delivery was expensive, they do everything you need, they look like tv remotes but who cares, it works for turning on/off etc
lols Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Check out this thread Its press and hold Power and Exit for 10 secs according to me regards Simon Also dragging something from the past! In some cases it might be more than 10 seconds, mine eventually reset after about a minute.
everyonelovescheese Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Thanks all, I tired everything, including holding them down for 2-3 minutes etc. In the end the remote arrived and the help method worked like a charm
timbo343 Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 We have just had a solid red lamp LED on one of our NEC VT37s. We had to hold the "HELP" button for about 10 - 20 seconds. I seem to think, this resets the filter and lamp hours.
rpycroft Posted May 21, 2014 Posted May 21, 2014 Just tried the hold exit and power trick worked first time. Saved us £150 cheers!
infobadson Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 sorry for dragging you guys back. ihave this nec vt440 and i lost my remote. just installed a new lamp.how doi reset it without the remote.
prestech Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks for the info on holding the Help on the remote for 10 sec it helped me out NEC Manual was useless
AWendland Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 I have the ancient VT45 but has worked well for us for 15 years.... Our bulb finally reached the time to buy a new one. We ordered it and will arrive later this week. Thinking ahead, I would like to know how we can reset the lamp timer too. We do have the remote but does not have 'exit' or 'help' buttons. It does have one for 'on' and a different one for 'off' and a few more.... anyone have any suggestions??
rad Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) @AWendland try holding the off button for 10 seconds. You can try this before changing the lamp to see if the status lights change. The manual does say help button for 10 seconds. Edited February 22, 2016 by rad
AWendland Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 WILL DO !!! Thanks so much for the quick reply, much appreciated!
rad Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 See manual here. Pg 23 has a picture of the remote provided with the projector. Switching Operation Mode Between Computer And Projector - Nec VT45 User Manual [Page 23]
SimpleSi Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 my recollection is hold Power and Exit button at same time for 10 secs Try it again Try it again (sometimes takes a few goes) Simon
CyberDrac Posted May 18, 2018 Posted May 18, 2018 Just in case anyone else finds there way here as this seems to be pretty high up on the Google search results, I can confirm that the 'Home' for 10 seconds works well on the NEC PA500X models also.
Mnumzane Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Hi CyberDrac, I have a NEC PA500U projector and my remote is a model RD-455E I have no home button on my remote, which button are you referring too...? Would really appreciate your help.
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