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Posted by Art on 10/05/06 00:14
Other option is see if Panasonic will supply to you a service manual, of
course you pay for it, to instruct you how to properly disassemble the case
to access the lens screws. May actually cost less than the $130 + shipping
to sent the thing to them??
"Steve Kraus" <screen@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9852A34327419screenSPAMBLOCKfilmt@207.217.125.201...
>I bought a two year old Panasonic PT-DW7000U-K which is a 3 chip 1366 x 768
> 6000 lumen projector. Anyone familiar with this or similar models?
>
> Unfortunately a mistake was made in shipping as they shipped with the very
> heavy lens in place. It was noticeably loose on arrival. Opening the
> projector so far as I could tell nothing was actually broken but some
> screws holding parts of the lens mount had worked their way loose. I
> tighted what I could but there are two maybe 3 which I cannot get to
> because of the projector housing. The projector is fully functional aside
> from this.
>
> The way it's laid out the plastic top of the projector also forms most of
> the sides. The bottom of the projector (also plastic) curves up and forms
> the bottom couple inches of the sides. As far as I can tell there is no
> single chassis inside that would lift out everything. It seems that most
> of the bits and pieces are screwed to the bottom. In the critical optical
> area the TI DLP light engine and the lens mount are attached to a
> substantial metal casting which is in turn attached to the projector
> bottom.
>
> The screws I want to tighten are on the sides of the lens mount aera but
> far enough down as to be blocked by the part of the bottom that comes up.
> What I'd like to do would be to lift the whole casting and everything it
> holds up a couple inches. Alas while I can undo 3 holddown screws I can
> see there is at least one if not several more I can't see or get to and
> the
> stuff that is blocking the way...well...like I said, there doesn't appear
> to be any one thing but lots and lots of small parts that would seem to
> have to come out first. The space between screws and cabinet are too
> small
> for a sideways driver although I will try when I get a chance.
>
> So here are my options:
>
> 1. Give up and send it off to Panasonic's authorized repair depot (only
> one
> in the country for this model, they said). Cost would be $130 to diagnose
> and I would guess a couple hundred for the repair and maybe 100 for
> shipping both ways. This is a great projector and not inexpensive but is
> it worth it if it really only needs some screws tightened? Also small
> risk
> of additional damage in shipping.
>
> 2. Try to figure out the disassembly technique and of course take a chance
> of f---ing up the projector where it doesn't work at all anymore.
>
> 3. What I am leaning towards: Drilling a couple of small access holes
> through the plastic cabinet and tighten the screws through them. I really
> would hate to do that but it seems almost logical to sacrifice the
> perfection of the like-new cabinet for the sake of avoiding either of the
> above. One saving grace would be I think I could make the holes in a spot
> that would be hidden by a warning sticker. I could use some kind of
> plastic filler and then put the sticker back over and it would be
> invisible. Or drill to some particular size for which plastic filler
> plugs
> are available to make it more tidy.
>
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