How can I ckeck the bulb hours on my SXRD?

[mr.hidef]

THE FOLLOWING THREAD IS FOR ALL OF YOU WHO OWN SXRD's. This procedure may not work on all models, but so far it has as long as they are SXRD's.

PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION when pressing the number 2 while scrolling through the service menu........



O.K. FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS VERY , VERY, CAREFULLY...........They were given to me by a retired calibrator whom has worked on hundreds of SXRD's in his line of work. He is a professional..........Here we go.......(if you have any reservations about doing this ......THEN PLEASE DO NOT)

With the T.V. off........(quickly) PRESS:

Display , 5 , Volume +, Power.

Then wait a second.....then PRESS:

"jump" 3 times.

Then PRESS 2 SEVERAL times until you reach a screen that says..."lamp" or "LMP".......the following numbers will tell you how many hours you have used........... CAUTION.....CAUTION.....CAUTION...........(if you press anything else while scrolling through this set of service menu screens (until you find LAMP or LMP), you will make changes to your INTERNAL SETTINGS.....)


He has informed me in his professional opinion, that SXRD bulbs are typically getting around 6-8,000 hrs. of lamp life. His best advice is to put your TV on POWER SAVING (you can make this up by upping the brightness a "tad". THIS WILL GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER BLACK LEVEL, and greatly EXTEND the life of your lamp.

Glad I could help my brothers..........