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DATA PROJECTOR VPL-ES7 VPL-EX7 VPL-EX70 REMOTE COMMANDER RM-PJ6 SERVICE MANUAL 1st Edition...
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Pour toute réparation faire appel à une personne compétente uniquement. CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. When you dispose of the battery, you must obey the law in the relative area or country. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Section 1 Service Overview 1-1. Appearance Figure 1-2. Board Locations Main Door detection switch Power Thermal sensor Door detection switch Lamp power supply IR sensor VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
2 Loosen screw. 3 Lamp door 7 Screw (+P M3 x 6) 1 Five screws 5 Two claws 4 Screw (+P M3 x 6) (+P M3 x 6) Lower case pack assembly Front Side Front Side of Unit of Unit VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Rear Side Rear case pack assembly 3 Two screws of Unit 4 Rear case pack assembly (+K 3 x 12) VPL-ES7 VPL-EX7 1 Speaker harness 2 Four hexagon screws 3 Two screws (+K 3 x 12) 2 Six hexagon screws...
0 Thermal sensor board 7 Dowel Lamp nozzle assembly Power board Lamp nozzle assembly Fuse (H.B.C.) Miniature fuse-links (F602) CN701 (F601) Power board 4 Remove the fan in the CN605 6 Remove the three connectors. CN603 direction of the arrow. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Find out the direction in which the harness can be inserted easily, and then insert the harness. Harness Harness clamp section 5 Loosen two screws. 6 Lamp assembly VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Be careful not to make mistake in choosing the desired fan by confirming the indication on the fans. 1 Two tapping screws (PAN M3 x 7) 6 Lamp box assembly 7 Tapping screw (PAN M3 x 7) 8 Door detection switch board VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Focus adjust gear Two dowels Lower case pack assembly ![ Attach the other screw while fixing the gear position. !- Fix the Focus/Zoom Adjust assembly tentatively with the screw. !] Tighten the screw finally that has been tightened tentatively. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Route the Lamp connector assembly D between them. 8 Remove the lamp power supply in the direction of the arrow E. Route the harness A Lamp power supply through the hole of this sheet. Door detection switch board VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
For details of the Ernie Service Tool, refer to the Technical Memo. . VPL-ES7 set has not RS-232C terminal, use the QUICK ACCESS Assy. . Remove the rubber cap on the upper left of the rear side of the unit.
System EEPROM (32 kbits) (U33) . V com setting . Color temperature . RGB gain and offset for PC . YUV gain and offset for YPbPr . OSD setting Gamma EEPROM (256 kbits) (U48: ES7, U20: EX7/EX70) . 3D gamma . Panel gamma VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
INPUT A connector. the INPUT A connector. Timing: VPL-EX7/EX70 : 1024 x 768@60Hz Timing: 480P VPL-ES7 : 800 x 600@60Hz Pattern: SMPTE color bar Pattern: 16 gray pattern 3. Enter the service mode and change to page “ADC Calibration”.
COM adjustment. 3. Input the XGA, G-single color, 80 %, flat-field signal. 4. Move the cursor key until it is positioned at Vcom-G Procedure: VPL-ES7 Normal. 1. Input the 100 % flat-field signal to the INPUT A 5. Adjust the V com-G Normal value until flicker is reduced to minimal by [*], [&] key.
5. Adjust the PC Mid Gain-R and PC Mid Gain-B until the target chromaticity (x, y) is obtained. 6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the chromaticity (x ± 0.002, y ± 0.002) with reference to the target chromaticity (x, y) is obtained. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
5. Adjust the PC Mid Gain-R and PC Mid Gain-B until the target chromaticity (x, y) is obtained. 6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the chromaticity (x ± 0.002, y ± 0.002) with reference to the target chromaticity (x, y) EX7/EX70 is obtained. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
2-7. Others 2-7-1. Note When Replacing the Main Board 2-7-2. Status Information The new Main board of VPL-ES7 is shipped with the 3D The error status count is displayed. Gamma set to OFF. After replacing the Main board and upon completion of Lamp can’t be...
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47 * 1280x1024 SXGA VESA 60Hz SXGA VESA 75Hz Full1 SXGA VESA 85Hz SXGA+ 60Hz Full1 1400x1050 1280x768 WXGA 60Hz Full1 1280x720p WXGA 60Hz Full1 16:9 / Full 16:9 / Full 1360x768 1360x768/60 Full1 1440x900 1440x900/60 Full1 1280x800 1280x800/60 Full1 VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
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PC Mid Gain-G PC Mid Gain-B White Balance3 PC Mid Bias-R CXD9809 PC Mid Bias-G (ES7) PC Mid Bias-B Video Mid Gain-R CXD3548 Video Mid Gain-G (EX7/EX70) Video Mid Gain-B Video Mid Bias-R page3 Video Mid Bias-G Video Mid Bias-B VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
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Display only Current Y Axis Display only Current Tout counts Display only Save T1 data Keystone Axis1: Adjustment Save T2 data (VPL-EX70 only) Axis2: set manual ’b’ left key x 1000 Calculate sensitivity sensitivity current g Display only 2-10 VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Auto Keystone *1 Keystone Keystone Image Flip Image Flip Background Background Lamp Mode Lamp Mode High Altitude High Altitude Security Lock Security Lock Direct Power On Direct Power On CC Display CC Display CPU RAM FLASH ROM EEP ROM 2-11 VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
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The adjustment items (W/B, V com) that can be adjusted in the Service Mode, are memorized in the NVM at the time when the user performs adjustment and performs the memory operation. Note that the factory adjustment data will be lost at this moment. 2-12 VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
3. Check the system status: Is system in burn-in mode? Picture quality 1. The picture a little green, blue, red, No good ? please check the LCD panel connector. 2. The picture has dust, please check the lens. 3. The picture flicker, please alignment again. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
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LCD panel connector. Then check the pin of connector. IR remote control 1. Please check the OSD setting No good ? 2. Check the front IR board. Audio function is 1. Check the OSD setting. No good ? 2. Check the speak wire. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Check if D602 or IC602 is Voltage outputs shut broken. down and built if yes, replace it with now repeatly ? one. Check LED circuit of Check CN701 and find main board. out if some points are shorted to ground. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
3-2-2. Failure of Turn on Lamp Failure of turn on ballast. Check if the input voltage of ballast is 380V DC Replace lamp with new Lamp one. Broken ? Control Check main board. Pin (SCI) is normal ? Replace ballast with new one. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
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Check Q701, IC604, Check if 18V IC605, Q604, Q603, exists at c-terminal Q653 or ZD603. of Q603. And then replace broken parts. Replace F602 with new F602 Open ? one. Q602 works normally ? Check ZD602, R655 and R656. VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
1. Check uniformity R,G,B value. 1. Check the Projection lens at datum surface. No Focus ? 1. Cleaning the Lens array (front of lamp). Dust ? 2. Cleaning the R,G,B Panel. Black level 1. Check the FPC cable connecting. No good ? VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Ne les remplacer que par une pièce portant le numéro spécifié. 2. Standardization of Parts Some repair parts supplied by Sony differ from those used for the unit. These are because of parts common- ality and improvement. Parts List has the present standardized repair parts.
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1-857-422-11 s PCBA MAIN BD 6L E09X MI (VPL-EX70) 1-857-424-11 s PCBA MAIN BD 6L E09XJR MI (VPL-EX7) 1-857-423-11 s PCBA MAIN BD MI 6L (VPL-ES7) 9-885-118-14 s PCBA IR BD E08X MI 1-789-544-11 s PCBA THERMAL SENSOR BD MI...
-------------------- 1-576-973-11 s MINITURE FUSE-LINKS (F602) Ref. No. or Q’ty Part No. SP Description A-1568-125-A s QUICK ACCESS ASSY (VPL-ES7) 1-487-177-11 s REMOTE RM-PJ6 E09 1-832-428-11 s CABLE, VGA 9-885-118-30 s BAG CARRY E08 SONY 4-135-544-01 s CD-ROM MANUAL (VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70)
EEPROM Fan Control Door_SW Door SW Fan 3 AT24C32CN Lamp_PWR +1.8V Power P1P8V Keystone Fan4 Ballast Switch Fan 4 Sensor Lamp_EN Fan5 +2.5V P2P5V Fan 5 Lamp Lamp_SyncEN Control +3.3V P3P3V Thermal +3.3V P33V Sensor 2 Flash memory Reset VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...
Dust SW EEPROM Fan Control Door_SW Door SW Fan 3 AT24C32CN Lamp_PWR +1.8V Power P1P8V Fan4 Ballast Switch Fan 4 Lamp_EN Fan5 +2.5V P2P5V Fan 5 Lamp Lamp_SyncEN Control +3.3V P3P3V Thermal +3.3V P33V Sensor 2 Flash memory Reset VPL-ES7/EX7/EX70...