The Sony PFM-50C1 has a flat panel display with a screen size of 50 inches when measured diagonally and uses the plasma technology. The native resolution offered by the set is 1365 by 768, which is slightly more than 720p. All the input signals are scaled to fit the available pixel area. The set was priced at more than $12000 at the time of release. The dimensions of the set are 49.2 inches in width, 29.8 inches in height and 3.9 inches in depth. It tips the weigh scales at around 95 pounds. The depth and weight of the set are quite reasonable and make it easy to move the set around.

The black levels offered by the televisions using the plasma technology will never be as good as that offered by the CRT’s and hence care should be taken to operate the plasmas within its limits. False contouring is another area where the set fell short. Whenever the shadows change with big steps instead of fading smoothly from dark gray to black, it is called false contouring. The menu design is simple and effective and helps the user make the changes quite quickly. The overall performance of the is quite impressive even though the black levels could have been better even for a plasma.

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  This guide is being published to show how easy it is to replace your original Sony XL-5100U Lamp.

To Buy This Lamp Click Here

NORMAL DISCLAIMER:

  — Do NOT purchase generic brand lamps such as LTI, APO or third-party manufacturers such as OSRAM. These lamps were NOT engineered with and for your TV…only your Philips lamp has been engineered to work flawlessly and output the best possible color. Above that, it just doesn’t make sense to choose an aftermarket lamp for a $5-$10 difference (and in many cases they are more expensive!!). Be a smart consumer and do your research! Discount-Merchant.com promises to be the low price leader in all Projection TV Lamps they carry…if this is not true, let us know and we’ll fix it!

Necessities:

1. Standard Philips & Flathead screwdrivers

  2. Pair of Pliers

  3. A new Philips Lamp

  4. 15 minutes of your time

IMPORTANT: The bulb should be handled with a clean cloth at all times to avoid any dirt or oil. Our hands are naturally oily…this is a no-no for these lamps. It doesn’t hurt to do a final wipe with a clean, non-abrasive, lent free cloth before reinstalling your lamp…

Here is the Sony Lamp Enclosure, remember you can click on any image to enlarge!

Step 1: First thing we need to remove the two screws holding down the metal clips…

Gently pull the metal clip from the enclosure body to the side…here’s a close up picture.

Now we need gently remove the platic thorns holding the top part of the enclosure together… VERY GENTLY.

Now you should see a metal spring… which you should be able to just take off… Notice one end of the clip is in the plastic casing’s little hole… The other was connected to the metal clip… We’ll explain how you can put this spring back into its place later. Here is a photo of the parts you should have:

With the top part off, now we can remove the screw on top of the connector …

Now remove the plastic cover by lifting up the connector side first and pulling back…

Now unscrew the metal clips holding the lamp in place and pull out the lamp…

Here is a good shot of the old lamp and the new lamp… Now remember, at times your lamp will not look blown like this one but the filament will be burned out…

Now lets change the connectors by unscrewing the philips head screw first… Remember the position on which angle the cable was screwed in and try to duplicate it when you put it back on the new lamp…

Unscrew the nut holding down the other cable using your pliers and pull off the connector… Again, try to remember the angle so we don’t have to make adjustments later…

Now it’s re-assembly time! Let’s screw in the terminals on the new lamp!

NOTE: Be careful when screwing-in the side connector on to your new lamp. It’s best to hand torque as this one as it is very sensitive and might break with a lot of torque.

Remember not over tighten these connectors. Afterwards, slide the lamp into the enclosure so that the connector lines up in its approperiate place…

Place the new lamp into the enclosure and screw the clips back on

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Reseat the connector and put the plastic cover back on… Remember to put the side farthest from the connector into the plastic clips, then tilt forward the connector side as shown in the 2nd photo below…

Now screw in the screw on top of the connector…

Here comes the hard part… We are going to try to re-fit the spring we removed earlier… Do you see the notch in the metal clip shown in the center of this next photo?

That is where you will place the double-bent end of the spring as show here…

Now you need to fold the spring slightly (be careful not to let is slip and hit you in the eye!)… And now we place the single-bend side of the spring into the little hole it came out of… At the same time be shure that the plastic top part’s back end is fitting nicely where it belongs (in the plastic prongs)… and then just press down slightly to get the front end shown in this next photo to “clip in”…

NOTE: If you happen to break on of the clips, don’t throw away the casing.. you can always use high-heat JB-Weld or JB-KWIK to glue the enclosure back together… Hey it happens!

Now… place the sides of the metal clip back into place and get ready to screw them in..

YOU’RE ALL DONE! Test out the spring loaded handle to make sure it moves back and forth completely…

If it doesn’t, you need to re-open the top part and try to place the spring back again…

Now that wasn’t too hard was it?

IMPORTANT: The bulb should be handled with a clean cloth at all times to avoid any dirt or oil. Our hands are naturally oily…this is a no-no for these lamps. It doesn’t hurt to do a final wipe with a clean, non-abrasive, lent free cloth before reinstalling your lamp…

Again, Discount-Merchant.com promises to be the low price leader in all Projection TV Lamps they carry…if this is not true, let us know and we’ll fix it!

 

Here are a few additional pictures!

This guide is being published to show how easy it is to replace your original Sony XL-2100U Lamp.

To Buy This Lamp Click Here

NORMAL DISCLAIMER:
— Do NOT purchase generic brand lamps such as LTI, APO or third-party manufacturers such as OSRAM. These lamps were NOT engineered with and for your TV…only your Philips lamp has been engineered to work flawlessly and output the best possible color. Above that, it just doesn’t make sense to choose an aftermarket lamp for a $5-$10 difference (and in many cases they are more expensive!!). Be a smart consumer and do your research! Discount-Merchant.com promises to be the low price leader in all Projection TV Lamps they carry…if this is not true, let us know and we’ll fix it!

Necessities:

1. Standard Philips & Flathead screwdrivers
2. Pair of Pliers
3. A new Philips Lamp
4. 15 minutes of your time

IMPORTANT: The bulb should be handled with a clean cloth at all times to avoid any dirt or oil. Our hands are naturally oily…this is a no-no for these lamps. It doesn’t hurt to do a final wipe with a clean, non-abrasive, lent free cloth before reinstalling your lamp…

Here is the Sony Lamp Enclosure, remember you can click on any image to enlarge!

Step 1: First thing we need to remove is the metal cage by remove the two screws above…

Gently pull off the metal cage to reveal your Philips lamp…here’s a close up picture.

 

Now we need to unscrew the connector as shown below…

 

Now you should be able to slide the lamp out of the enclosure…

With the metal cage off, we can see our lamp and the screws holding it down…

Now will use our Philips screwdriver to remove this terminal…then we’ll use our pliers to remove the other terminal, as shown below…

 

Here are the lamps side-by-side…just don’t get them mixed up, usually there’s no physical difference between a new and old lamp…

Now it’s re-assembly time! Let’s screw in the terminals on the new lamp!

NOTE: Be careful when screwing-in the side connector on to your new lamp. It’s best to hand torque as this one as it is very sensitive and might break with a lot of torque.

 

Remember not over tighten these connectors. Afterwards, slide the lamp into the enclosure so that the connector lines up in its approperiate place…

Here’s our new lamp! Almost done…just a few more screws to go!

After we tighten the connector screws in place we’ll reinstall the metal cage that covers the lamp…

Your all done…here’s the finished product! 10-15 mins MAX!

IMPORTANT: The bulb should be handled with a clean cloth at all times to avoid any dirt or oil. Our hands are naturally oily…this is a no-no for these lamps. It doesn’t hurt to do a final wipe with a clean, non-abrasive, lent free cloth before reinstalling your lamp…

Again, Discount-Merchant.com promises to be the low price leader in all Projection TV Lamps they carry…if this is not true, let us know and we’ll fix it!

No guide is really necessary but it could be reassurance for those who never though they could do it themselves. Though each series is a little different the same principles apply.

What you need: A Philips Screwdriver.

1) Locate your lamp location (sometimes it’s on the back of the TV, sometimes it’s under the front speaker cover, etc.) If your not sure, look at your manual. If you don’t have your manual, you can download it from JVC by going to: http://books.jvcservice.com

2) Turn off the TV and allow it to cool down. We recommend letting it set for a good 15-20 minutes, JVC recommends an hour!

3) IMPORTANT: Unplug your TV. Make sure you do not unplug your TV prior to letting it cool down as the TV may be to keep an internal fan running.

4) Remove the lamp cover screw and open the panel. You should see the back of the lamp enclosure now. Locate the two screws and unscrew them.

5) Give the handle a slight tug and it should loose the enclosure for the engine. Swap out the lamp enclosure and scews in reverse order

Attached below you will see how JVC describes the process in one of the user manuals (note this TV has the lamp enclosure on the back of the set). (Click to enlarge).

First off, be very careful!!!  You are on your own beyond this point.  There is very little iterature available about the JVC Service Menus, nevertheless, if you just want to check how many hours you have on your TV it should be harmless

With the TV on:
1) Press the SLEEP TIMER button. It should display something like “SLEEP TIMER 0 MIN”
2) Simultaneously press the DISPLAY & VIDEO STATUS buttons on your remote..you’re in!

If you want to check your lamp hours…

1) Press “4″ on your remote (I know, you don’t see option 4)
2) Scroll down until you see the D70 registery…write this number down on  a scratch pad (probably a 1 or 2 digital number)
3) Then scroll down to D71, and write this number down (can be any number between 0-255)…i.e., 020 (TWENTY) and 002 (TWO)
4) Now multiple the D70 registery by 256, then add the D71 registery number.

an example from the ecoustics.com forum posted by “DSchell”

D070 14
020 14 0001 0100

D071 05
005 05 0000 0101

take the 020 (the D70 registery) and multiple it by 256, then add the D71 register number (005) in this case.
total hours on this lamp is:  5,125.  This is about the standard JVC expects out of these lamps.