This is a quick reference guide to show you how to reset your Samsung DLP TV’s lamp hour meter or hour counter. Resetting the counter is a very simple proceedure.
Begin with the TV powered off.
Point your remote towards your TV.
Press:
Mute + 1 + 8 + 2 + Power.
Your TV set should now say “Loading Factory”.
Browse down to “Option” then press Enter (or the right cursor button).
NOTE: The Mute+1+8+2 buttons needs to be pressed down consecutively and fairly quickly. If your TV does not enter the service menu after using this combination, you can substitute MENU instead of MUTE. This seems to work for some sets. Also, the right cursor arrow also acts as the ENTER button, so try it if you’re having difficulty with the ENTER button.
To exit the service menu, hit press the EXIT button or just turn off your TV (remember not to turn on your TV immediately afterward!).
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leo says:
April 11, 2009 at 12:00 am
do you know how to check the hours on the lamp?
Luis says:
April 19, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I have a 61″ Samsung DLP I purchased in Jul 2004. I has worked fine until now. The 1st lamp went out Feb 2008, It was replaced under warranty, but that lamp went out a month later, the filament sahttered. The 3rd bulb just went out yesterday (the lamp seems OK but the lamp light keeps flashing and the TV won’t turn on) Does anyone may knows why the lamps keeps going out? the lamp code is BP96-0024J (P)
Chris says:
April 22, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I had the same thing happening, Color Wheel fixed it for me.
cue says:
June 12, 2010 at 3:03 pm
How do i change color wheel?
Dave says:
May 8, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Have the same set and have had color wheel replaced twice after making same sounds. I would bet thats your problem. It will get worse as time passes.
Randy says:
May 12, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Did you get this resolved? I’d like to know, my set is doing the
exact same thing.
Luis says:
May 13, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Thanks, it was the color wheel.
jarrett says:
June 4, 2009 at 6:11 pm
i have the same exact problem with my tv as you did yours. My samsung 67 inch from 2005 sounds like a buz saw but the bulb is still good. i think. what fixed it? I appreciate your time.
Dave says:
February 27, 2010 at 5:51 pm
That is your color wheel screaming for attention. The buzz saw noise is the motor. I had the same thing – it got so loud you could hear it over the programs.
Replace your color wheel and it will be nice an quiet!
Rick says:
March 3, 2010 at 10:30 am
Dave;
HELP!
I replaced bulb on Samsung DLP 4667w and at first everthing fine. Then tv shut off on its own. I put an external fan on the tv an seemed to be fine; also kept it two feet from wall.
Today I read the comments decided to reset the lamp hours. Crap!!! used your guide to reset lamp; pushed “mute 1 8 2 power” got the guide and went to option. I selected user reset and pressed enter on remote. tv went out and wen turned on a few minutes later, it said no signal. I check cable box and hdmi cable, all were fine. I checked the source several times but no picture on tv and still says no signal. Then when I turned the tv off, there is a red light on the “on” button saying “stand by temp” What do I do now
Rick
guy says:
March 24, 2010 at 6:17 pm
rick,
did you ever figure out the problem because i’m going through the same thing with mine. any suggestions, other than buy a new tv
Beverly says:
June 26, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Have a Samsung DLP HL-S5687W. The TV was shutting off and all three lights were blinking, so we replaced the lamp. Now the TV is still shutting off and if you try to turn it back on it makes a high pitched beeping noise and won’t turn back on for awhile. Any ideas?
FixYourDLP.com says:
June 27, 2009 at 10:17 am
Beverly,
It’s most likely your color wheel. You can also check this website http://www.fixyourdlp.com/forum for more information.
Chad says:
June 28, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I have a 56 inch Samsung DLP that I bought in late 2006. It has worked great up until last weekend. I turn it on, it comes on normally (with no odd sounds), runs for about 30-40 seconds, and then turns off. About 10-15 seconds later the fans shut off, and the 3 lights start blinking on the front. I understand from surfing around that this is probably a sign that I need a new lamp – that’s fine, and I’m going to order one here tonight regardless. My main questions are: If the lamp is done, why does it come on and work great for a while first? Why can’t I just run the thing until it dies? Will it literally explode? How does the TV know that the lamp is almost out? Does it measure wattage? Is it total hours used? If so, would resetting the usage hours be a short-term fix, while waiting for the new bulb? Who is John Galt?
Like I said, I’m replacing the bulb regardless, but I want to understand what’s driving this. Thanks.
Gene says:
October 24, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Chad did you ever get your question answered? I read your blog and I am having the same exact problem with my HL-P4663W. The longer I have the TV off, the longer it stays on. The more I use it, the sooner it turns of etc. Here is the weird part, I can see the lamp itself is still on?
Now I bought the TV used about a year ago, worked great and then a couple months ago started to turn off, sound on, lamp on but no picture. I have asked so many people and half of them want money to give an answer. I have had 3 different possibilities, but none of them said it is the lamp.
I appreciate it if you let me know if you question was answered and if you found a resolution finally…
Thanks a lot.
Gene
Edward says:
July 8, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I have a Samsung DLP SP-67L6HX I recently changed the lamp. One day the TV just turned off, it would turn it self on then off and then off and finally all 3 LED lights would start blinking. Since I’ve bought the new Lamp I’m having trouble resetting the counter. I’ve tried Mute+1+8+2+Power and also Menu+1+8+2+Power with no luck. Are there any other suggestions.
jewel says:
July 9, 2009 at 8:05 pm
help please just replaced bulb in a samsung model hlt5075sx-axx.all three lights flashing tried the mute 1-8-2power stays on for a few seconds and then goes back to flashing again hepl please
Rob says:
July 14, 2009 at 11:03 am
Thanks for the info on how to rest the lamp hour on my 47″Samsung DLP…14,683 hours on first bulb. Hope this one last as long.
Leeann says:
July 17, 2009 at 9:30 am
I have a Samsung HL-T5076S DLP TV. Just the other night the tv shut off by itself. The tv is 18months old. The lamp light and sensor temp light are flashing. Then all three began flashing. Is this the Lamp possibly? Thank you
bryan says:
June 26, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I had this same problem with it shutting down on it’s own. the reason it does this is that the bulb gets to hot, it’s most likely the back of your unit is full of dust. you need to take the back cover off and use an air can to blow it out, but make sure it is cooled down first so the cold air wont explode your hot lamp
Dave says:
July 20, 2009 at 12:00 am
I just replaced the lamp on our hlt 5075sx/xaa and reset the hour meter afterwards thanks to the earlier posts. The original had 6539 hrs. on it and the dust was pretty bad, but lighter than I expected. I had never tried any internal cleaning before the lamp died. I would warn others replacing their lamps to clean as much dust off with the tv unplugged before removing the lamp fixture and then be careful that the remaining dust clumps don’t get into the color wheel assembly. It could explain color wheel failures shortly after replacing a lamp. Just a heads up. From what I could see my color wheel assembly was really clean still.
Jim says:
July 24, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Install new lanp for HLP 5663w the TV just recycles on and of between lamp & standby/temp flashing. Make a screching noise! Any help would be welcomed!
Thank You!
bigdog says:
August 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Just wanted to comment that for me to be able to enter the service menu I had dis connect all the inputs if not the menu would come up but only for 5 seconds and then the TV would display what ever input was last used. Other than this the codes worked fine.
Claude says:
August 21, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Our 50 in Sampsung DLP has in intermittent problem. It will work for days, maybe weeks, then it cycles-first the sound stops, then 10 seconds later the picture also drops out, then it resets itself. After about 5 minutes, it repeats. No lights on the front blink, no melody sound. Unplugging it and replugging it in, stops the problem for days. I guess I will trying cleaning the light fixture, and fan to see it it helps. Symptoms don’t see exactly as described above. Any thoughts? I will also look at the lamp lifetime. This problem started 6 months ago, then after messing with the ac plugs, it disappeared for several months. Wierd.
bobt says:
August 30, 2009 at 2:32 pm
I ahve been reading all the notes from everyone…Thanks good stuff!!!! our HLN5065WX intermittently will not turn on… I have used all the tricks from unplugging the set, resetting the memory and resetting the lamp counter. When the picture does come on it is clear, sharp and has great sound. I don’t like replacing parts for parts that appear to be working. i have vacumned and dusted the set. As long as I unplug the set after every use, we have a 50-50 chance it will turn on. Can anyone share a thought or should we just wait for something to fail hard… fyi i had 6104 hrs on the lamp when I reset the meter.
Josh says:
September 3, 2009 at 5:34 pm
I thought my lamp was bad in my dlp but dont forgett about the little hidden pannel switch located down in the bottom right corner in back. check the switch before you do anything. hold the little blue switch and push power simultanioussly. tada
Josh says:
September 3, 2009 at 5:37 pm
the switch is a sensor that lets it know if the lamp pannel is removed. the screen will not come on untill you activate the switch. its a safety device built in so you dont get zapped.
Josh says:
September 3, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Im pretty sure all samsung tantus DLP 2003 and newer have the sensor.
Wendie says:
October 19, 2009 at 3:56 pm
The sensor you are talking about, is it on the left side of the tv if you were facing it? Like a circle with a little piece that can pop out…. I have done the code given and nothing so far but I remember someone toching that circle part yesterday before the problems started…
Jim says:
September 8, 2009 at 9:17 pm
My Samsung HLR5667W was just getting too dark while watching SciFi shows during daylight. The picture was set to Movie mode. I changed it to Enhanced mode and the picture came back to life. Less than 8 hours later the lamp literally exploded. I guess that this, the original lamp, lasted as long as it had because I got a setup DVD and tweaked the correct brightness and colors with that. I had heard that using the Enhanced mode would cost more in electricity than a proper setup. I believe now that it (the Enhanced mode) burns up the lamp faster.
Jim says:
September 8, 2009 at 9:33 pm
BTW: I bought the big 4 year warranty ($400) and except for some initial adjustment problems and a color wheel replacement up front (there would have been handled by the factory warranty), I never had any problems. The warranty ran out less than 4 months ago and the lamp burned out.
Javi says:
September 19, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Need help we replaced lamp on 50 in DLP and still not working all three things blinking now what else could be wrong.
ED says:
September 25, 2009 at 10:36 am
Samsung DLP TV HCM4216W
Sometimes comes on for awhile- then shuts off.
how to increase cooling? As i see that is a common problem
Genaro says:
October 1, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I have a Samsung R5688W……..After watching TV for a while the right side of the screen goes black (exactly half of screen). No wierd noises or blinking lights or anything like that.
Turn the set off and back on after powering down and it works fine again…..sometimes for a couple minutes and sometimes for hours before I get half a black screen again.
Is it the lamp, color wheel, or balast?………Please Help!
Steve Ida says:
March 11, 2010 at 9:32 am
I am having the same problem with my samsung Hlr6768 did you ever find out what the problem was.your help would be appreciated.Thanks
John Elliott says:
November 6, 2009 at 5:43 am
I have a Samsung 56 inch TV, Purchaced in 2005, the bulb went out in 2008. Ordered on line. Paied around $280.00 or so. I did not have to reset factory timer. Seems to be working just fine. Why would I do this operation? Thanks, Jack Elliott
Dan Nible says:
December 2, 2009 at 10:39 am
Our TV was shutting down pretty often.It had the evil red and green flashing lights. Anyway I replaced the lamp and large cooling fan and it has been running fine with no issues now for a week. The old fan seemed to be running fine and it may not have been the issue, but its a pretty cheap part.
FixYourDLP.com says:
December 7, 2009 at 9:11 am
That’s a great tip! Some people forget about the cooling issue with some of these DLPs.
Mandi says:
December 14, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Hi! I have a samsung model HLS4266WX/XAA and this morning when my daughter turned it on it was fine for about 2 minutes then the screen went black all the lights blinked (lamp, timer, standby and temp) then turned off. This is all it will do now. I am a single mother and have NO CLUE how to handle this. Is this something fixable or do I need to just go ahead and start scraping up some money to buy another tv? I have had this tv for almost 3 years and never had any problems with it. Any help would be great!
jeff says:
January 8, 2010 at 2:35 pm
If you read the first few pages of your manual, you’ll see the LED “blink” codes. Mine was doing the same thing…..all LEDs blinking at turn-on…..it means your bulb needs to be replaced. It’s easy, you can do it yourself, and they cost about $120 right here on this site. Let’s see all those LCD and Plasma owners renew their sets so easily when their backlights and powersupplies go bad!
I could email you the Service Manual too, if you want…which tells you how to zero the hours-counter for the bulb, when you do change it. I just googled “sm-hls4676s” and found a guy posting the service manual. And for all you “white spot” people, it shows how to replace the DMD chip too, if you’re willing.
Mary Miranda says:
January 10, 2010 at 11:26 am
Purhase Samsun 56″ HL-T56755 about 3 years ago. 18 months later lamp burned out. Purchased 5 year warranty so lamp was covered. About 9 months later, lamp burned out. Warranty will only cover one lamp. Purchased lamp and service changed out another part. Several months later, lamp burned out. This part cost approximately $280.00. Samsung would not extend warranty so I am not able to watch TV that I still have 2 year warranty on. If these TV’s are defective why isn’t Samsung helping?
Eliza says:
February 2, 2010 at 7:39 pm
I have a 42 inch. I replaced the bulb in Feb 09 and I hardly ever watch TV because I work on the internet mostly. My TV started going out again and I knew I only had no more than 50 hours on it so it shouldn’t be the bulb. I read everything here and on other sites, so I did the mute 1 8 2 thing and I reset the timer and other things but it was still turning off. I finally decided that when I did the mute 1 8 2 thing to go ahead and do the FACTORY RESET. Well that worked! It reset my timer again, and I have now successfully watched 3 hours straight of TV tonight – LOST’s season premiere – without going black. I know all of us have different situations but this worked for me thank goodness.
FixYourDLP.com says:
February 3, 2010 at 8:23 am
So how was that lost premier, huh?! You should join our forums and discuss the solution to help other members!
http://www.fixyourdlp.com/forums
Thanks for the post!
david says:
February 5, 2010 at 8:58 am
how do reset the service menu to factory settings. i was checking the hours on the bulb and i think some other setting my have got changed. so can i reset the service menu to factory or what should the color boost setting be. help thanks
Pamela says:
March 4, 2010 at 4:34 am
My lamp light on my 46″ Samsung DLP began to blink after the TV shut off. I took it out of the plug for 15 minutes and that solved the problem. I had problems with the TV cutting off before because there is no outlet by that TV. I bought a power strip and plugged everything else into it. Then I plugged the TV into the remaining outlet using a heavy duty extension cord. To permanently fix the problem I will have to have another electric outlet installed. These TV’s are not supposed to be hooked up to power strips or extension cords.
Robert says:
March 12, 2010 at 12:27 pm
OMG thank you thank you thank you, I can’t say thanks enough. Replaced my bulb, and just got done resetting my time, very very cool!! Mute+1+8+2+power. 14782 hours on the factory Osram Bulb. I’m not going to lie the service menu is kind of intimidating, but I did it. It automatically went to the menu when I entered the code. I just powered off the set waiting for a few minutes and will turn it back on when I’m done here. Thanks again everyone!!
FixYourDLP.com says:
March 26, 2010 at 9:03 am
That’s strange, the factory should not be Osram unless it’s a BP96-00224B! Philips is the major manufacturers of these lamps!
Hall says:
March 17, 2010 at 4:37 pm
HELP!!! I have a 50 inch DLP and replaced the color wheel; it worked fine for 24 hours, the next day it would not light up. So I replaced the lamp, did not work. So I check the power to the ballast, the power to the ballast was fine, the power to the lamp was not working, so I replaced the ballast, still lamp is not working. Then I noticed the new color wheel is not turning. Does any one have any other suggestion?
FixYourDLP.com says:
March 26, 2010 at 9:02 am
Please post problems in the forum. We don’t really answer questions anymore on the blog because it gets really cumbersome to do so! Thanks!
To help you with your question: There are two different voltages to your lamp. You can’t test for it with a standard multimeter, so I suspect your lamp and ballast are fine and it’s your color wheel that’s the problem… but let’s backtrack because a misdiagnosis early on could have messed up that set of yours.
Where did you get the color wheel, and how did you first come to that conclusion?
Myron says:
April 15, 2010 at 5:50 am
My set wouldn’t come on. No sound or pic. I bought a new lamp from this site and it worked for about 4 hours and then it went back to the blinking lights. There are no odd sounds like the color wheel. i have tried resetting the bulb timer but I can’t get the screen to come on. I’ve tried mute 182 and menu 182 and nothing. Help!
Harry says:
May 6, 2010 at 3:10 pm
just checked lamp hours on phillips bp96-0082a for samsung hlr-5667w out of curiosity. 16487 hours. picture started getting dim about a week ago. brightness control not working very well. there are no popping noises or lights flashing. still a good set. time to buy another bulb i guess.
manny says:
May 14, 2010 at 6:40 pm
my tv wont turn on i just put new lamp but dont fix the problem hlr6167wax/xaa samsung
Michael says:
May 17, 2010 at 10:04 am
I hav a Samsung Model; HLS426wx/xaa Serial;B19v3cel700483h. Problem tv shuts off 5-20seconds after turning on. Any suggestions?
aaron says:
May 27, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Michael, symptons are of a bug lamp hour counter.
to reset the lamp hours by pressing mute,1,8,2,power in quick succession to access a service screen.
scroll down the service menu to options.
scroll over to the lamp reset option, press enter or right.
Kenny says:
June 7, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Samsung HL-s5686w. Noticed the picture getting dim so I replaced the bulb. WOW what a difference…..for about 30 seconds. Then the three dreaded lights. Made no headway troubleshooting, the lamp would never stay on more than 30 seconds. So I re-installed the old bulb. Set worked fine. Ordered new ballast. Old bulb went out two days later. Installed new bulb and new ballast. Back to the set turning off after 30 seconds max. then the three blinking lights. BTW lamp timer was at 15550!
Reset that too. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
Kenny says:
June 10, 2010 at 7:40 pm
UPDATE: Figured that the lamp had to be the culprit so I bought a new one and the set is now staying on. However I think I may need a new color wheel because after an hour or so I started seeing color shifting. Oh well. Still cheaper than a new set.
Ndstein says:
June 8, 2010 at 8:58 am
Went into options and see where lamplife is 4329 hours. Do not see where you can reset. I do however see that the second selection from the top is EER RESET. Is that the problem? Also now there is just snow on the screen. Any suggestions?
cue says:
June 17, 2010 at 3:28 pm
i put new color wheel in but i can’t seem to adjust the color. Any suggestions?
ray says:
June 23, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Replaced lamp in my 50 DLP with 18345 hours on the meter. Thanks to this site, I did not have to pay a tech to do the work!
Emilia says:
June 25, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Hi, my husband just replaced the lamp in our DLP-TV. Model # HL-S5086W. It works fine now after it was shutting off by itself and blinking Standby/Temp, Timer, Lamp all at once. Now the tv buzzes loud. It wasn’t buzzing before. Any advice?
rob says:
July 6, 2010 at 7:07 pm
My tv stopped being color correct about 2 months ago…lots of green where should be blue.
It would also make a loud spinning/ratcheting noise….
Now it just stopped showing a picture. Still screen comes on…sometimes balck…sometimes bright white…sometimes with little color dots…
Do i need to replace the lamp? the color wheel…something else?
steve says:
July 28, 2010 at 9:56 am
My 42inch dlps picture seems to be losing its brightness I turned up the brightness control all the way
not as bright as it used to be it’s 4yrs old.could it be the bulb?
Ben says:
August 27, 2010 at 1:00 pm
I have a 50 inch samsung dlp. I have already replaced the color wheel. I have a new proplem now though. Now after watching the tv for about an hour the right half of the screen goes completely black. The left side still works just fine and the sound is fine. If I turn the tv off for a bit then turn it back on it is ok for a few minutes then the right side goes black again. Does anyone know whats wrong?