Cleaning = Lamp Life Ensure you’re customers are getting the most from their projectors by maximising lamp life. The biggest single event that reduces lamp life is restricted air flow. Clogged filters and screens cause the air flow to be restricted which in turn raises the internal temperature which shortens the lamp life. Many InFocus Lamp Housing feature “dust filter screens” mounted directly on the Lamp Housing. Routine maintenance to remove dust from the screens lowers the lamp operating temperature and prolongs lamp life. To maximise lamp life these screens should be cleaned every 250 hrs. Routine maintenance is a great opportunity to keep on top of you customers needs and wishes and ensure that you’re their first thought when they have an need to further expand or add to their setup. |
Lamp Change When a lamp expires, that is reaches the end of its usable life, the red status light on the projector shines. Even though the lamp is changed the projector will still not fire up. The reason for this is simple: The projector thinks it still has a dead lamp which could explode if lit up. On all current model In focus machines, once the lamp has been changed and the projector re-powered, the status light will be red. Simply press the volume up and volume down keys simultaneously for 10 seconds, the status light will then return to green. Once green simply hit the standby key and the projector will now light up as it has been told that the housing contains a fresh lamp. Now enter the menu and zero out the lamp timer, so that the fresh lamp can be metered. In older models the process is slightly different. Refer to the maintenance section of the owners manual for the correct keys and time delay. |
Power Save Mode Power save mode needs to be ticked in order to prevent it from powering up automatically after a power outage. The Power save mode can be found in the System Menu. |
X2 Cooling Fan IDT has had several calls asking about the X2 fan always running. IDT Technical Directors Response: As a function of design, the X2 projector runs it's cooling fan as soon as it's main rocker switch is switched on. This should not be construed as a fault and in fact this applies to the “Family” of InFocus Projectors which include the X1 & 4805 |
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LP600 Filter The LP600 has Filter Screens mounted ON the lamp itself. These should be cleaned every 250Hrs or more frequently depending on the installation environment. |
Firmware Updates The process of updating the firmware differs from model to model so please follow the included instructions to ensure you have a trouble free experience. And remember, updating the firmware does not reset the lamp of filter timers so it can be done at any time. |
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InFocus® ProjectorNet® is a client/server-based networking solution designed to allow IT and facilities personnel to manage multiple projectors from a single PC. The Free 1 Seat-Trial allows users to test the software with one or two projectors over a network. The trial will last 360 days before it expires. 1 Seat = 1 Projector this is important when evaluating the cost of licences. You are required to register your email address to download the Trial version software. Download at the same time the ProjectorNet Service pack 4, this service pack will add the additional projectors that are compatible with the software. Service pack 4 comes with additions to the manual that will explain the new features. Install ProjectorNet® first then run the service pack updates. |
| ProjectorNet Full Version 2.0 Install Version 2.0 software and register the software. upgrade downloads. After the software is registered you will need to download the ProjectorNet Service pack 4, this service pack will add the additional projectors that are compatible with the software. Service pack 4 comes with additions to the manual that will explain the new features. Install ProjectorNet® first then run the service pack updates. Follow the link to download Service pack |
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The Video Out port does indeed get the "tuned channel" from the internal TV Tuner and outputs a composite video signal. The S-Video input socket has an integrated switch in the housing that switches between either S-Video or Composite depending on if there is a plug pushed into the S-Video socket. If an S-Video plug is inserted you cannot use the Composite video (RCA) input socket. You can use the SCART input to send Composite video and be able to switch between Composite (via SCART), S-Video and TV tuner. However Composite video does come out the Video out port when S-Video is sent in. So the Video out port will send out a Composite video signal of : a) the TV channel being received, or b) the Composite video signal being sent to the display, or c) the S-Video signal being sent to the display |
| LP540 - End of Life for the LP540 as of July 30th 2005. No more support will be offered on this unit. LP600 is a suitable replacement. |
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Factory Reset To perform a Factory Reset on the LiteShow device, the procedure is as follows;
Confirmation of correct configurations can be performed using a simple ping test from a wireless laptop to the LiteShow adapter. IPConfig To determine if the wireless configuration settings for the client are correct for the LiteShow adapter on a client machine, running the LiteShow Manager software, run the command ipconfig /all at a command prompt. Note the BSSID information for the wireless interface. The BSSID information on the LiteShow display screen should match the BSSID for the client wireless interface. |
| Lamp life explained
Lamp life is the median life of a large sample of lamps. Median means middle. It is not what most people think of which is average. Suppose the specification for lamp life is 5000 hours. If you had a large group of these lamps, more than 100, and you turned them all on at the same time, after 5000 hours at least half of them would still be on. Suppose 50 of these lamps had failed after only 1 hours of use. Then suppose the rest of the lamps failed after 5001 hours. The average life of these lamps would be 2501 hours. But the median life specification is still valid, because at least half of them lasted 5000 hours. This is the way all lamp manufacturers specify lamp life— as the median, not the average. Taking a different case, suppose the first 50 lamps failed at 1 hour and the rest of them lasted 10,000 hours. The specification is still valid, because at least half of the lamps were still working after 5000 hours. You are unable tell from the lamp life specification how long any one lamp will live. |
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Please make note that there is some incorrect data in the InFocus RS-232 protocol documents for the 32, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 series projectors. The documents list the following functions and codes
Power OFF - (PWR2) The OFF command is incorrect. It should be (PWR0) PWR2 will actually turn the projectors ON but IDT cannot determine what the difference between (PWR1) and (PWR2) are
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Author David Hawthorne.
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