FILE NO. SERVICE MANUAL Multimedia Projector Model No. PLC-SU31 U.S.A., Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa Original Version Chassis No. ME8-SU3100 NOTE: Match the Chassis No. on the unit’s back cover with the Chassis No. in the Service Manual. If the Original Version Service Manual Chassis No.
■ Safety Instructions SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WARNING: The chassis of this projector is isolated (COLD) from AC line by using the converter transformer. Primary side of the converter and lamp power supply unit circuit is connected to the AC line and it is hot, which hot circuit is iden- tified with the line ( ) in the schematic diagram.
■ Specifications Projector Type Multi-media Projector Dimensions (W x H x D) 13.11” x 3.52” x 9.96” (333mm x 89.5mm x 253mm) Net Weight 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg) LCD Panel System 0.9” TFT Active Matrix type, 3 panels Panel Resolution 800 x 600 dots Number of Pixels 1,440,000 (800 x 600 x 3 panels)
■ Circuit Protections This projector is equipped with the following circuit protections to operate in safety. If the abnormality occurs inside the projector, it will automatically turn off by operating one of the following protection circuits. ● Fuse Line Filter Board The fuse is located inside of the projector.
Circuit Protections ● Warning temperature and power failure protection The TEMP WARNING indicator flashes red and the projector will automatically turn off when the internal tempera- ture of the projector exceeds the normal temperature or when stopping cooling fans or when the internal power supply lines are failed.
■ Mechanical Disassemblies Mechanical disassemble should be made following procedures in numerical order. Following steps show the basic procedures, therefore unnecessary step may be ignored. Caution: The parts and screws should be placed exactly the same position as the original otherwise it may cause loss of performance and product safety.
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Mechanical Disassemblies AV, Av Sub, Temp Board and Speaker removal Remove 1 screw to release a grounding wire. Pull the Rear Panel ass’y upward. Remove 4 screws and remove the AV Board. Remove 4 screws and remove the AV Sub Board. Remove 4 screws and remove the speaker.
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Mechanical Disassemblies Lamp Ballast Unit removal Remove 1 screw and disconnect the Lamp Socket. Remove 2 screws to take the Lamp Ballast ass’y upward off. Remove 2 screws to take the isolation sheet off. Remove 4 screws to take the lamp ballast board off. Isolation sheet Lamp ballast board Fig.5...
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Mechanical Disassemblies Power Box Cover and Fans(FN901, FN906) removal Remove 4 screws to take the Fan(FN901) off. Remove 4 screws to take the Fan(FN905) off. Remove 3 screws to take the Power Box Cover upward off. FN906 Power box cover FN901 Fig.7 Optical Unit removal...
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Mechanical Disassemblies Optical Unit removal Step from previous procedure. Remove 6 screws to take the Optical Unit upward upward off. To mount optical unit, mount optical unit first then mount the Lamp assembly and Lamp Cover. Optical unit Fig.8 Power and P.F. Board removal Remove 8 screws to take the Power Board ass’y upward off.
Mechanical Disassemblies Fan (FN905) removal Remove 1 screw and take a Washer, Spring and Interlock Switch lever. Interlock switch lever Pull the Fan and duct ass’y upward, then remove the 2 screws to take the Fan (FN906) off. FN905 Fig.10 Temp Board and Fans (FN902, FN903, FN904) removal Remove 1 screw to take the Temp.
■ Optical Parts Disassemblies Before taking this procedure, remove Cabinet Top and Main Board following to the “Mechanical Disassemblies”. Disassembly requires a 2.0mm hex wrench and a screwdriver. Projection Lens removal Remove the Front Panel following to “Front Panel Removal” on “Mechanical Disassemblies”.
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Optical Pats Disassemblies Condenser lens disassembly Remove 2 screws and pull the Condenser Lens ass’y upward. Remove 4 screws to take the Lens off from the holder. Condenser Lens Holder * Lens should be placed as the flat Fig.3- surface side comes to the holder side.
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Optical Parts Disassemblies Relay Lens-Out disassembly Remove 2 screws and pull the Relay Lens-Out ass’y upward. Remove 2 screws to take the Lens off from the holder. Note: There is no mounting direction of the lens. Holder Relay Lens-Out Fig.5- Fig.5- Polarized Glass-In removal Remove each screw and pull the Polarized Glass-In ass’y upward.
Optical Parts Disassemblies Polarized Glass-Out removal Remove 4 screws and take the LCD/Prism ass’y off upward from the optical unit. Remove each screw and take the glass off upward. LCD Panel/Prism Ass’y Note: Do not replace the LCD panel separately otherwise it can not obtain proper picture.
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Optical Parts Disassemblies Locations and Directions Key No. Description When mounting or assembling the optical parts in the optical unit, the Mirror (W) parts must be mounted in the specified location and direction as Integrator lens (OUT) shown in figure below. Prism beam splitter (PBS) Dichroic mirror (B) Condenser lens (OUT)
■ LCD Panel/Prism Ass’y Replacement IMPORTANT NOTICE on LCD Panel/Prism Ass'y Replacement LCD panels used for this model can not be replaced separately. Do not disassemble the LCD Panel/Prism Ass’y. These LCD panels are installed with precision at the factory. When replacing the LCD panel, should be replaced whole of the LCD panels and prism ass’y at once.
■ Lamp Replacement WARNING: ORDER REPLACEMENT LAMP - For continued safety, replace with a lamp assembly of the same type. Type No. Service Parts No. - Allow the projector to cool for at least 45 minutes before you open the POA-LMP35 610 293 2751 lamp cover.
■ Optical Adjustments Before taking optical adjustments below, remove the Cabinet Top and Main Board following to the “Mechanical Disassemblies” Adjustments require a 2.0mm hex wrench and a slot screwdriver. When you adjust Condenser lens, Condenser lens-out or Relay lens adjustment, you need to disconnect some connectors and FPC cables of LCD panels on the main board.
Optical Adjustments Condenser Lens adjustment Turn the projector on by a state of without FPC cables. Project only green light on the screen. Adjust the adjustment base of condenser lens assy to make color uniformity in green. Green 1) If the shading appears on the left or right of the screen as shown in Fig.2-1, loosen 2 screws with the 2.0mm hex driv- er, and adjust the slot...
Optical Adjustments Condenser Lens-Out adjustment Turn the projector on by a state of without FPC cables. Project green and blue lights on the screen. Adjust the adjustment base of condenser lens-out assy to make color uniformity in cyan. 1) If the shading appears on the left or right of the screen as shown Cyan in Fig.3-1, loosen 1 screw with the 2.0mm hex driver, and...
Optical Adjustments Relay lens-Out adjustment Turn the projector on by a state of without FPC cables. Project all of lights on the screen. Adjust the adjustment base of relay lens assy to make color unifor- mity in white. 1) If the shading appears on the left or right of the screen as shown White in Fig.4-1, loosen 1 screw with the 2.0mm hex driver, and...
■ Electrical Adjustments ● Service Adjustment Menu Operation To enter the service mode To enter the “Service Mode”, press and hold the MENU and IMAGE button on the projector at the same time for more than 3 seconds. The service menu appears on the screen as follows. To adjust service data Select the adjustment group no.
Electrical Adjustments ● Circuit Adjustments CAUTION: The each circuit has been made by the fine adjustment at factory. Do not attempt to adjust the follow- ing adjustments except requiring the readjustments in servicing otherwise it may cause loss of per- formance and product safety.
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Electrical Adjustments NRS adjustment Black Level adjustment 1. Receive the 16-step grey scale computer signal. 1. Receive the 16-step grey scale computer signal. 2. Set to COMPUTER mode. 2. Set to COMPUTER mode. 3. Connect an oscilloscope to test point “TP3551” (+) 3.
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Electrical Adjustments PC Offset adjustment PC Gain adjustment 1. Receive the 16-step gray scale computer signal. 1. Receive the 16-step gray scale computer signal. 2. Set to COMPUTER mode. 2. Set to COMPUTER mode. 3. Enter the service mode. 3. Enter the service mode. [R-OFFSET ADJUSTMENT] [R-GAIN ADJUSTMENT] TP25R1...
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Electrical Adjustments AV Gain adjustment Gamma Shift adjustment 1. Receive the 16-step gray scale video signal. [PC-GAMMA OFF ADJUSTMENT] 2. Set to VIDEO mode. 1. Receive the 16-step gray scale computer signal. 3. Enter the service mode. 2. Set to COMPUTER mode. 3.
Electrical Adjustments ● Service Adjustment Data Table These initial values are the reference data written from the CPU ROM to memory IC when replaced new memory IC. The adjust- ment items indicated with “✻” are required to readjust following to the “Electrical adjustments”. Other items should be used with the initial data value.
■ Troubleshooting No Power The possible causes of No Power are listed below. Please - Abnormality on lamp ballast drive signal (BALLAST_AC). check following and refer to power supply and protection cir- BALLAST_AC signal is output from pin 39 of IC801 and cuits diagram in the figure opposite.
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Troubleshooting Power supply drive and protection diagrams and locations SW902 IC2881 IC4881 F601 SW904 LAMP Ass'y LAMP BALLAST UNIT P.F BOARD F601 SW902 SW904 IC4881 Fuse AC IN Thermal sw. Interlock sw. TEMP. SENS. K48E TSW611 IC611 P.F.CONTROL TEMP. SENSOR BOARD FN905 FN906...
Troubleshooting No Picture The possible causes of No Picture are listed below. Please 3. No picture from both of Video and Computer check following and refer to video signal processing dia- sources. grams in the figure opposite. Check RGB signals at test points TP52R, TP52G and TP52B.
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Troubleshooting Video Signal processing diagrams -38-...
Troubleshooting No Sound 1. No audio signals at AV input circuit. Check MUTE signal at pin 7 of IC1831, pins 7 and 13 of IC1881, and peripheral circuit. Check audio signals at pins14 and 15 of IC5011 on AV Mute On : High Board.
■ Control Port Functions ● System Control & I/O Port Table (IC801) Pin No. Name Function Name Function Action PE5/D5 POWER_SW Power_SW H: On PE6/D6 SYS SW Peripheral IC power supply SW L: on PE7/D7 LAMP_SW Lamp LED H: On PD0/D8 DATA0 Data Bus 0...
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Control Port Functions Pin No. Name Function Name Function Action Operation mode control 2 Fixed H PF7/¢ ¢ ¢ output PF6/AS AS output PF5/RD Read signal Control for SRAM PF4/HWR Write signal (upper 8 bit) Control for SRAM PF3/LWR/ADTRG/IRQ3 IRO_CS Color uniformity correction (E7050) Chip Select L: active PF2/WAIT...
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Control Port Functions ● IIC Bus I/O Expander (IC1851) Port Functions Pin No. Name Function Action Reset Open IIC SCL Active “L” IIC SDA Active “L” CARD_IN L: CARD H: No CARD VIEWER_ON L: VIEWER Unit exist SCDT1 DVI Sync. detection H: DVI TURBO_LED H: on L: off WARNING_LED...
Control Port Functions ● IIC Bus DA Converter (IC2161) Port Functions Pin No. Name Function Action Reset Fixed “H” IIC SCL Active “L” IIC SDA Active “L” RCLP R Signal clamp reference voltage GCLP G Signal clamp reference voltage BCLP B Signal clamp reference voltage AO10 AV/PC...
■ Cleaning After long periods of use, dust and other particles will accumulate on the LCD panel, prism, mirror, polarized glass, lens, etc., causing the picture to darken or color to blur. If this occurs, clean the inside of optical unit. Remove dust and other particles using air spray.
■ Electrical Parts List ME8-SU3100 Product safety should be considered when a component replacement is made in any area of a projector. Components indicated by a mark in this parts list and the circuit diagram show components whose value have special significance to product safety.
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ME8-SU3100 Electrical Parts List Note: Parts order must contain Chassis No., Part No., and Descriptions. ● OUT OF CIRCUIT BOARD Thermal Switch Interlock switch (SW902) (SW904) Lamp Ballast Board F601 Fuse FN906 Line Filter Cooling Fan Board AV Sub Board FN901 Cooling Fan P.F.