Comments on: Replacing the ASK Proxima C160/C180 projector lamp

By: Shelagh McNally

Shelagh McNally — Tue, 19 May 2015 08:56:42 +0000

Hi Phyllis,
Phillips is the original brand. Discount Merchant only sells Philips brands, which they manufacture themselves in North America. They have been approved by Philips so anything you buy from them will be good. You don’t need to purchase a new housing, you can replace just the lamp. However, you will need to remove the old lamp from the old housing and replace the new bulb inside. Some people find this challenging and worry about doing it perfectly so everything fits back into the projector. ASK Proxima has fairly straightforward lamps so it shouldn’t be too challenging. If you want to just do a plug and play then buy the whole lamp housing. Let me know how everything turns out.
Cheers,
Shelagh

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:23:09 +0000

I have a ASK Proxima C1560-180 projector and would like to buy a new lamp. I found ones that are “lamp only” and “lamp with housing”.
Is there some reason I need to purchase a new housing?
Also you post says that we should only buy an original lamp, not generic. When you click on that link you get a discount merchant that offers an off brand and a Phillips brand. Is Phillips considered the Original?

By: Shelagh McNally

Shelagh McNally — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 05:28:10 +0000

Hi Reggie,
You have to reset the lamp timer after putting on a new lamp. This will signal the projector that a new lamp is installed and turn off the warning signs. To update the lamp timer: Using the projector:
Press the decrease volume button on the remote first, followed by the increase volume button.
The LED light will blink green when the lamp hour has been reset.

Using the menu:
Open the MAIN menu.
Navigate to the SETTINGS menu. Press SELECT.
Scroll down to the SERVICE menu option. Press SELECT.
Scroll down to the LAMP RESET option. Press SELECT.

Let me know if this helps.
Cheers,
Shelagh

By: Reggie

Reggie — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:49:29 +0000

Hi, I have ASK Proxima C160 projector that needed a Lamp to be replaced. Then we purchased new lamp quickly but still after replacement was do, projector still showing same error message “Please replace lamp”, can someone help quickly!!!