TRYING TO GET THE CASE OPEN ON A #8410 CINEMIN SWIVEL PICO PROJECTOR so I can work on it

Here's the link to the owner's manual for the Brinkmann 810-8410-S. The assembly instructions are inside. The PDF document might take awhile to download/open due to its size.

http://images.brinkmann.net/docs/pdf/810-8410-S.pdf

It doesn't have a replaceable lamp

You need to connect your laptop to a second screen. Press Windows + P and select option duplicate. I'm doing this on windows 8

Mine did the same thing and about the same tine last year. I finally took the swivel apart and got the following numbers off of the light bulb module, "L959 A1009 1564" and "FLW A1009 0787".
Tried googling the number and got nothing. Wowee says that there are not supporting the swivel and did not offer any help.

Hello, I have the same problem with a pico 201, and can not solve it, I can not contact optoma support team

Try reducing the resolution on you laptop (to the projector).

sorry dude the usb is for charging only you need to buy a vga to composite cable and a male to male component cord both purchaseable from this web site http://www.bestofferbuy.com

We just solved a similar issue. Most likely your PC or laptop is currently set to a display resolution that is too high for the projector or is one that it cannot handle. Try setting your computer display to 640 x 480 or 800 x 600 and see if you can get the projector to work. If it does, then you can figure out the maximum display resolution you can use. Also consult your projector documentation for supported resolution modes.

For the PICO in particular, it looks like those are in general for small mobile devices (320 x 240 or less displays), and the PK102 model has native VGA (640 x 480) support with extended support for 800 x 600. You will not be able to use this on most modern computers except at the lowest resolution setting for the PC.

Hi there

I take it the Projector is ceiling mounted ?

If this is the case check that it is installed with the lens of the Projector in the facing straight to the middle of the screen or try adjusting the bracket's swivel head to move it a bit - should do the trick !