Hitachi ED-A100 User Manual

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Troubleshooting
• Although bright spots or dark spots may appear on the screen, this 
is a unique characteristic of liquid crystal displays, and it does not constitute or 
imply a machine defect.
NOTE
Phenomena that may be easy to be mistaken for machine defects (continued)
Phenomenon
Cases not involving a machine defect
Reference 
page
Video screen
display freezes.
The FREEZE function is working.
Press 
FREEZE button to restore the screen to normal.
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Colors have a
faded- out
appearance, or
Color tone is 
poor.
Color settings are not correctly adjusted.
Perform picture adjustments by changing the COLOR 
TEMP, COLOR, TINT and/or COLOR SPACE settings, 
using the menu functions.
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COLOR SPACE setting is not suitable.
Change the COLOR SPACE setting to AUTO, RGB, 
SMPTE240, REC709 or REC601. 
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Pictures appear 
dark.
The brightness and/or contrast are adjusted to an 
extremely low level.
Adjust BRIGHTNESS and/or CONTRAST settings to a 
higher level using the menu function.
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The whisper function is working.
Select BRIGHT for WHISPER item in the SETUP Menu.
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The lamp is approaching the end of its product 
lifetime.
Replace the lamp.
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Pictures appear
blurry.
Either the focus and/or horizontal phase settings are 
not properly adjusted.
Adjust the focus using the focus ring, and/or H PHASE 
using the menu function.
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The lens or mirror is dirty or misty.
Clean the lens or mirror referring to the section “Caring for 
the lens”.
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