Posts referring to the Panasonic Home PT-AE900U
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| Aug 16, 2009 10:52:07 AM
I went on vacation about 2 months ago and my lamp indicator was flashing, the bulb had like 2200 hours on it. About 2 days before I left,I was watching a movie and the picture started fading until it was so dim, It was just a very dark blue/black. I looked at the light coming out of the projector and instead of coming out of the whole lens, it was only coming out of like, a very small circle in the center of it (if that makes any sense). I disregarded it and said it was the projector bulb, so I ordered one so that by the time I got back from my vacation, it would be there.
Well, I got home yesterday, replaced the bulb, and the same thing happened. I only had light coming out of the very center of the lens, and it was a very very dim light, that just showed up as blue. I touched the button to bring up the menu but no menu came up. I held a piece of paper really close to the lens, to see if that would allow me to see what was on the screen better, and on the paper it looks like there are a series of green dots, and one red dot showing.
If any of this makes sense, please let me know what you think it could be. It doesn't seem like the projector is "running". I can see light coming out of it but I can't hear the fans really spinning, its just not making the noise as if its on. It is a Panasonic PT-AE900U projector, and panasonic's projector customer support isn't open until tomorrow but I dont wanna wait (or pay 500 dollars so they can fix it) If anyone has any ideas please let me know! |
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| Jun 27, 2009 4:32:11 PM
I have a HTPC connected HDMI And SPDIF to a yamaha 5990 then HDMI from the receiver to projector Monster HDMI 25' cable. The projector looses the signal for roughly 2 seconds then displays for 3-5 and looses the image again (like resolutions have changed). I have tried backing it down to 720p and changed the refresh rates to 29 and 25 with the same results. All drivers and BIOS are up to date with the MFG drivers not MS.
Enviroment:
Thermaltake DH-101
Vista Ultimate 64Bit
AMD 2.2 Quad
8GB Ram
3 - 500GB RAID 5
MSI Nfore K9N2 SLI PLatinum 750a Motherboard
XFX GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB Video Card
600w PS
Lite-On Blu-Ray
DVI to HDMI Adapter HDMI To Yamaha receiver HTR-5990 and SPDIF to Receiver
Resolution 1920 x 1080 32Bit 30H refresh rate
Please help!!! very frustrating!! |
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| May 13, 2009 4:00:07 AM
Have you cleaned the filter? |
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| May 10, 2009 5:02:32 AM
I bought a used AE900u for $400 to replace my Infocus IN72. I was thinking that since AE900u has 1100 lumens compated to IN72's 900 that it would be brighter. Plus its 720p so the image will we awesome. And the reviews here and everywhere on the web say that the 900u is one heck of a great projector.
So, I made the plunge and bought it. I hooked it up and I was really disappointed in the image brightness. The image is significantly darker then the IN72... It's night and day difference. So, I started panicking. Thinking I bought a lemon.
Someone pointed to the throw distance as being the issue and sure enough, the closer I get the better it is.
So, I went the Calculator in projector central. It verified my observations. With all things equal (The, screen size, the throw distance, etc.) the IN72's image brightness calculations are at least twice as much as the AE900u's.
So the question I have is why and is there anything I can do to help increase the brightness of the projector (I am not a videophile, so reduce the image quality a little to get brightness is fine.) I assume the answer is get a higher gain screen, but I am hoping that there is a setting that will just double the output and I will be happy :)
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| May 9, 2009 10:32:15 AM
My PT-AE900 developed vertical striping a week ago. I have searched online for a solution and I discovered that the problem is often caused by a reflowing of the solder at one of the IC's that control for color.
I took my projector apart and found the problem on IC1055 on the A-P.C. Board(I believe this IC controls green). I have found someone to replace the IC (I don't have the tools or experience), but I can't find anywhere to buy IC1055. I went to the Panasonic site, and though they have a long list of available parts, I could not find that IC.
Any help in where to track down this part would be greatly appreciated (I have enjoyed this projector immensely and it would be a shame to have to toss it because of one bad IC).
Thanks
Slovey |
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