Shrinking Screen Display

Our ViewSonic projector, which we bought only last May 2006 is having screen display problem. After only few minutes of operation the screen only shows 2/3 of the actual screen displayed in the computer then gradually shrinking. Can you please help diagnose the problem? Is this related to bulb? The projected is being used for 4 continous hours during Sunday only, for church service.

Anonymous Mar 17, 2014

we switch between the pc and video 2 or 3 times during our church service. We are having problems when we try to go from video to pc. Sometimes we have to push the button twice to get it to switch and sometimes that doesn't work. Last Sunday it took 6 trys, everytime we pushed teh button on the remote, the screen would go gray and then the video image would reappear. What can we do to fix this issue?

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It can be a problem with teh bulb...you may want to make sure that the fan is not shutting down when you power off the projector becsue that may shorten the life of the bulb,...the fan should remain on for a while to continue cooling off the bulb....it probably won't hurt to have use another fan pointing to the projector while in use...

Posted on Apr 30, 2007

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