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Resetting your LG Lamp Counter…

Monday, June 25th, 2007 @ 12:25 pm

This mini-guide should enable you to view and reset your TV lamp hour counter.  It’s always a good idea to reset this counter when changing lamps.

Make sure the TV is on and:
1) Press and hold the Menu button on your TV SET
2) Press and hold the Menu button on your REMOTE CONTROL (at the same time)
3) Continue holding BOTH buttons down for 5 secconds or until the Service Menu pops up
4) Release the MENU button from your REMOTE CONTROL, then release the MENU button from the TV Set.
5) Press and hold ENTER (or OK) on the TV Set, then:
6) Press and hold MUTE on the REMOTE CONTROL (while still holding down the ENTER button on the TV SET
7) Holding both buttons down should lead to the Lamp Life Hours screen to pop up.
8) Release the MUTE button the REMOTE CONTROL, then release the ENTER (or OK) button on the TV Set.
9) Come back to this blog and post your HOURS on our site ;)
10) Now press SELECT, then SELECT again to confirm the reset of the counter

** If the procedure above does not work swap steps 5 & 6.

** For a few special models (including 44SZ8D), you might have to change step 5 to:
5a) Press Enter on the TV Set to enter the Position Adjustment Screen
5b) Press and hold Enter on the TV Set (the TV should go back to the main Service Menu, continue holding Enter) and now also hold down the MUTE button on your REMOTE CONTROL.  After about 5 seconds, your Lamp Life Counter should pop up.

Zenith and LG


 


9 Comments

  • At 2007.11.20 19:31, george said:

    my original osram bulb had 5959 hours

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    • At 2007.11.27 20:16, LARROND said:

      Thanks HAMMERDWN,

      As soon as I get a chance, we will try this proceedure.
      I will let you know how we make out.

      Thanks again.

      Larry

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      • At 2008.11.06 20:09, kevin said:

        have a lg 44sz8d - the above procedure works perfectly

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      • At 2008.03.10 14:06, Danny said:

        Thanks For the help on reseting the LG Lamp hours.I have a DLP PROJ TV Mode#52SZ8D-UA and had add one move .I had to move the cursor down to the Position Adjustment, 5a) Press Enter on the TV Set to enter the Position Adjustment Screen
        5b) Press and hold Enter on the TV Set (the TV should go back to the main Service Menu, continue holding Enter) and now also hold down the MUTE button on your REMOTE CONTROL. After about 5 seconds, your Lamp Life Counter should pop up. I got a shock to see that the lamp only had 5618 hr, not what I was told when I purchase it ( 10000Hr).On the bright side I found a replacement lamp for $196.73 deliver to Newfoundland Canada from New York USA . Last I check they are down to $130.00 plus sipping Aprox $29.00 for Newfoundland.SITE was at http://www.bluestar-unline.com and they even have daily tracking had no problems and will go back again . Hope this will help othors like me and thanks again for the info on the lamp Danny

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        • At 2008.03.11 11:33, aliirani said:

          Danny,

          Discount-Merchant.com has the lamp for $119.99 and that’s for the newer more reliable lamp. Whoever told you 10,000 was really pushing the sale. I don’t know of any UHP DLP Lamp that is rated for 10,000 hours, unless we’re talking about under 100W output. Most are rated for 6000-7000 hours, but obviously your mileage can vary. I think on average a Philips lamp had about 1,000-1,500 hours more than the OSRAM lamps.

          By the way, click here to buy the LG lamp:

          http://www.discount-merchant.com/Philips-Lamp-Adapter-Convert-your-your-DLP-p/new_lg_plus_pla.htm&Click=1466

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          • At 2008.08.19 15:52, STEVE said:

            Thanks. My lamp indicator said 8071 hours.
            The instructions worked perfectly. On my LG 52SZ8D-UA I had an extra step.

            From the service menu I scrolled down to position
            Press enter on the TV
            Press enter again and hold it down
            Press mute on the remote and hold it down
            Wait till the lamp life screen pops up
            Press enter on the TV
            select intilize
            Orange light goes out

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            • At 2008.09.20 07:12, Eric said:

              First lamp change on my LG RU-52SZ61D. Lamp indicator said 5795 hours.

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              • At 2008.09.29 16:12, Buford Baily said:

                I recently replaced the lamp on my Sharp 56DR650 about one month ago. Now it is displaying on the screen, Warning, please replace the lamp. I don’t have a manual to tell me how to reset the lamp timer..Can you tell me the procedure?

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                • At 2008.10.22 01:05, Ian said:

                  Hi,
                  Is the above resetting procedure for LG MW-60SZ12 tvs as well.
                  Please advise.
                  Kind regards
                  Ian

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