4 year old Mitsubishi DLP took a dump

[spacejamz]

After a lighting storm last week...hooked up to a belkin pureav30 (everything else connected to it is fine - ps3, lg blu ray player, onkyo receiver) but I can't find the receipt for it.

What is the best way to dispose of this thing? I don't think the weekly trash will take it (according to the website, they only take appliances up to 3'x3'x6')...

 

[NutBucket]

Can't really say it took a dump when it was the casualty of lightening strike can you?

 

[spacejamz]

Can't really say it took a dump when it was the casualty of lightening strike can you?

I have 5 other tv/monitors in the house and the DLP was the only one that went out...it was hooked up to a power conditioner that should have protected it...so yeah...I can say it took a dump....

 

[Necrolezbeast]

I know a lot of people buy these things used and fix 'em up... so you can try to sell it on craiglist or a local classifieds website and see what you can get for it

 

[sdifox]

it comes apart no? You can put it out in pieces. Keep the mirror and the chip though.

Did you even check the fuse of the tv?

 

[Railgun]

Are you sure it's completely dead? Perhaps just as simple as a bulb that tanked?

 

[spacejamz]

Are you sure it's completely dead? Perhaps just as simple as a bulb that tanked?

I tried my old bulb (still worked but lost its brightness) and no dice....

 

[spacejamz]

it comes apart no? You can put it out in pieces. Keep the mirror and the chip though.

Did you even check the fuse of the tv?

as far as I could tell, there are no user servicable fuses on this unit....WDC657 is the model number....

 

[sdifox]

as far as I could tell, there are no user servicable fuses on this unit....WDC657 is the model number....

I have yet to run into any sizable electronic that does not have a fuse or breaker.

Apparently there is a system reset button? page 72

Press the SYSTEM RESET button on the front panel with a pointed object such as the point of pencil or end tip of a paperclip.



http://www.retrevo.com/support/Mitsubishi-WD-C657-TVs-manual/id/4352ci466/t/2/

 

[Binky]

PureAV has "Lifetime Warranty & $350,000 Connected Equipment Warranty."

Start filing a claim.

 

[spacejamz]

PureAV has "Lifetime Warranty & $350,000 Connected Equipment Warranty."

Start filing a claim.

You need a receipt for it and I cant find mine...but I found the TV receipt from Jan 2008.

I did the reset button on the front panel....

I left it unplugged overnight and then tried it the next day...

I tried a different bulb...