Maintenance
Please check and clean the air lter periodically. When the indicators or a
message prompts you to clean the air lter, comply with it as soon as possible.
The lter unit with 2 sheets of lters is inside of the lter cover. In addition, the
extra air lter is attached to inner side of the lter cover of 8971, 873W
and 8975WU. If one of the lters is damaged or heavily soiled, replace whole
lter set with a new one.
Request for a lter set with the following type number from your dealer when
purchasing a new one.
Type number <8970, 8972W, 8976SX, 8974WU0>: MU06642
Type number <8971, 8973W, 8975WU>: UX38241
1.
Turn the projector off, and unplug the power
cord. Allow the projector to sufciently cool
down.
2.
Use a vacuum cleaner on and around the
lter cover.
3.
Pick and pull up the lter cover knobs to
take it off.
4.
Press up slightly the bottom side knobs
to unlock the bottom side of the lter unit.
Pull the center knob to take the lter unit
off.
5.
Use a vacuum cleaner for the lter vent
of the projector and the outer side of the
lter unit.
6.
The lter unit consists of two parts. Press
down around the interlocking parts to
unlock, then separate the two parts.
7.
Use a vacuum cleaner for the inner side
of each part of the lter unit to clean them
up. If the lters are damaged or heavily
soiled, replace them with the new ones.
8.
Combine the two parts to reassemble the
lter unit.
9.
Put the lter unit back into the projector.
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Filter cover
Filter cover
knobs
Filter unit
Filter unit
knobs
Interlocking
parts
2
3
4, 5
6
7
Extra
air lter
< Only for 8971, 8972W
and 8975WU>
Cleaning and replacing the air lter
