Step 1. First of all, unplug the TV from the wall outlet.

You have a few thousand volts going through your ballast, be very careful!

It’s also a good idea to let the TV cool down for a good 15-20 minutes as the bulb itself can get extremely hot.
Locate the lamp enclosure door; it’s usually at the back of your television.

Step 2. There is a screws on the bottom of the lamp door, remove them using a Philips screw driver.

Step 3. Take the lamp door out by dismounting it from the buttom.

Step 4. inside you’ll find the lamp enclosure.

Step 5. On the side of the plastic enclosure there is a screw that secures the enclosure, uninstall it with a Philips screwdriver.

Step 6. Pull it out the old enclosure from your TV and slide in the new one.

Step 7. Reinstall the screw on the lamp enclosure.

Step 8. Place the lamp door back in its place.

Step 9. Secure it tightly with the screws on the buttom of the door.

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This time we are providing you with the RCA manuals, enjoy…

You can download or view them here:

RCA HD44LPW165, HD50LPW162 Click here.

RCA HD50LPW42, HD50LPW52, HD50LPW62 Click here.

RCA HD52W55, HD52W58, HD52W59 Click here.

RCA HD61LPW62, HD65W20 Click here.

RCA HD50LPW175, HD50LPW164 Click here.

RCA HD52W66, HD52W69D Click here.

Stayed tuned for more TV owner’s manual from Fixyourdlp.com

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I’m not sure if the store is dropping the price or if they will require a coupon code.
This is a great opportunity to stock up for your Samsung or RCA DLP TV. If you’ve got one of these TVs, chances are you’ll need a new lamp in the next year or two…Why not purchase a couple so you’ll never have to worry about this problem again! Bargains like this are hard to come by!

More details to come!!!

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• Generic lamps sold online by a number of vendors today should be considered counterfeit when sellers deliberately mislead consumers with claims to "OEM" or "Genuine Original" when in fact the are knock offs. There are many of these generic lamp e-tailers popping up daily… it’s a disease that needs to be stopped! We will show you the questions to ask and how to confirm you are receiving a genuine product!
• Brand name lamps, marketed and sold, again, as the “original” lamp for your particular TV. Just because an aftermarket lamp has a brand name stamped on it does not qualify it as an original part number for your TV. Your television was engineered with consideration from the ORIGINAL lamp supplier and the TV manufacturer. Engineers from both companies worked hand in hand to fine tune your picture. What does all this mean?

EXAMPLE: lets use for example a Samsung DLP TV, model HLS4666W TV. The original lamp part number is BP96-01472A. This part, when purchased directly from Samsung at about $199.99 includes the plastic case (sometimes referred to as the enclosure, assembly, housing, etc.) and the actual lamp. The lamp this TV originally shipped with out of Samsung’s factory was manufactured by Philips. The replacement part number BP96-01472A shipped from the Samsung Parts Factory is also a Philips. There are vendors out there that claim to sell the original lamp for your TV at deep discounted prices… this is a sign something is not right.

• The competition is hot and it’s only heating up higher. Generic companies are trying to figure out ways to gain a piece of the market share and there is nothing they will not consider to get it! As are copies of brand name sunglasses, watches, purses, and so forth, copycats have realized the market potential of replacement lamps (more on this below). What’s stopping a third party lamp manufacture from stamping “Philips” on their lamps and introducing them into the marketplace? Nothing really. Philips doesn’t have a world police as every dock examining every product that’s shipping off international ports. If the clothing industry cannot prevent fraud and copycats I would imagine lamps would have similar problems. All the more reason to purchase lamps from authorized and legitimate distributors, not just a fly-by-night company with the best price working out of their garage importing generic product!

Where do these bogus vendors sell?

• eBay is a common breeding ground…as are fly-by-night brand-spankin’ new ecommerce stores. They claim to ship you original parts at deep discounted prices, often times over $100 less than the manufacturer! For a part that retails less than $200, something is wrong when an e-tailers claims this folks, watch out.
• Heavy marketers – some of these fly-by-night merchants are investing literally thousands of dollars a day on advertising [to be blunt] their crappy merchandise. And they really do need these advertising campaigns to trick uninformed consumers into their scams. Search for Samsung BP96-01472A lamp, you’ll see a lot of these scammers on paid google search results. These guys are battling out through pricing competitions on a daily basis…ultimately they will lose any credibility if they’ve had any when consumers realize what is going on.

What do these bogus vendors sell?

• More often than not, cheap, generic lamps. These are made by a handful of manufactures, mostly in Taiwan and mainland China. Factories seem to be popping up as these realize the market potential of this industry.
• Branded lamps – Venders often claims they are selling an Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) product. While a lamp may be OEM for one product, this does NOT make it an OEM product across the board! I.E., if a Samsung lamp is manufactured by Philips, that does not necessarily mean that a different Sony TV’s OEM lamp is Philips (in this case, both Samsung and Sony depend on Philips as the OEM, but that’s beside the point). There are third party lamp manufacturers that are insisting to sell original lamp by marketing them as OEM. This is a lie and deceitful!

Why do consumers need to be wary of these third-party and counterfeit products?

• Rear Projection TV’s (RPTVs) were manufactured by collaboration efforts between many different companies. Texas Instruments (TI) was instrumental in creating the DLP Technology and the DLP chip that spawned this revolution of TVs and Projectors. Philips has been a huge part of the movement as the inventor of the UHP lamp technology used across the world today. With these two main partners are the OEM product manufactures, such as Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, etc. It is collaboration through these companies that resulted in RPTV and Front Projection (FT) projectors.

As this is the case, these companies have spent countless hours perfecting their innovations to work together seamlessly. These companies have spent millions upon millions of dollars on Research and Development (R&D) to not only created and perfect their technologies, but to mesh all the this technology together.

When a third-party manufacture enters the marketplace, there are a lot of disadvantages at play…and that is a whole other discussion there…

• Often times third-party products (including lamps) can VOID your manufacturer’s warranty and lead to premature failure of other components inside your TV set! Your DLP is “driven” or powered on by a “lamp driver” or a “ballast” This ballast has been engineered as the bridge between the TV manufacturer (Samsung for example) and the lamp manufacturer (Philips for example). To ensure proper ignition, continuous voltage, and a healthy long life, the ballast and lamp are matched together.
• With a generic or third-party lamp, you are committing yourself to buying an inferior product! Spending $5, $10, or $15 extra on an original part versus a generic/third-party should be a no-brainer when you’ve got a lot more to lose than a few bucks! More on this to come, this has already become longer than it should be.

What should consumers do to protect themselves?

• Always buy from reputable, AUTHORIZED dealers.
• Check to see how long the company has been in business.
• Check affiliations
• Compare pricing with competitors (if you see a vendor that’s extremely cheap, but has limited quantity, that’s a red flag)
• Call the company to check them out and ask questions

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1) Your DLP set is probably less than two years old…and the lamp has failed prematurely.
2) You’re extremely upset about this…afterall, you purchased this DLP Set because you thought it would be trouble-free for 3-4 years.
3) You had no idea you were getting an inferior product.  Most quality TV Manufacturer’s use Philips brand or Panasonic brand lamps.  Your manufacture went with the lower prices OSRAM lamp, so you got stuck with an inferior product.
4) You wish you lamp lasted longer…or at least wished there was something you could do to make it last longer!

First of all, you’re not stuck with the OSRAM lamp.  As long as you lamp is a:

• OSRAM P-VIP 100-120/1.0 e22h
• OSRAM P-VIP 120-132/1.0 e22h

there is something you can do!  Get the better and more reliable alternative made by Philips!

Click here to purchase this lamp!

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 RCA’s are emphasis for the loud “whining noise” the color wheel makes when its bearings start to give out.  Even if you still have experienced a distored picture, whether it be discoloration or flickering on the screen, if you heard the color wheel “whine,” you will see those symptoms soon.

For color wheels and ballast issues, it seems like you’ve got no choice other than the factory.

 For that reason, here’s RCA’s contact details:
In Warranty TVs (purchased within the last year): 800-338-0376

Out of Warranty TVs (TV sets older than 1 year): 866-723-6486

For lamp replacement, we suggest Discount-Merchant.com.  If you have a TYPE B lamp, you most likely have a OSRAM lamp inside your TV.  Type A lamps should be fitted with Philips lamps.  Per our experience and feedback, we only recommend replacing your old lamp with a Philips brand lamp, regardless if it was fitted with an OSRAM or a Philips originally.

The Philips lamps tend to last longer, per our datalogging, nearly 2,000 hours longer on average!  Don’t settle for the inferior lamp…purchase the Philips brand replacement bulb.

GENERAL Disclaimer: Never purchase an LTI, APO, or third-party aftermarket brand lamp.  If we had it our way, we would get rid of UHP lamps all together and install the new LED Based Light Engines.  But since we cannot do that, the next best thing is to go with the innovator in UHP technology: Philips.

Good luck!

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Thanks Scott 

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The lamp adapter is no longer in production due to the new, upgraded Philips lamp burners and lamp designs, rendering the older lamps and lamp adapter unnecessary. The photos have been removed as to not avoid confusion when purchasing products.

After three weeks of intense testing, we can confirm that our lamp adapter is just about ready for sale.  Here are the latest pictures… let us know what you think.

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Last night we turned the TV on and there’s a beeping sound on startup. There’s a picture, but it flickers and the color is “off” — images almost look like you are watching through night vision goggles. Usually when you turn this unit off it goes to a bright blue screen which fades to black after several seconds. Now there appears to be no blue (picture is mostly green and pink) and when you turn it off it cycles through a bunch of colors (no blue) before going black.

Could this be the color wheel that has busted? Is this something that someone such as myself — no expert, but handy at fixing things — might try replacing?

Thanks in advance for all input! Gus

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Well, we’ve been talking about this for the last month or so… now the project is at production! Here are some rendered pictures:
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This adapter will allow you to fit a new model Samsung Lamp (made by Philips) into your older generation TV. Lamp Codes such as the BP96-00224C/D/E/F/J which all utilize the older “big” bulb can be converted to this more modern and reliable lamp.

Here is a picture of a proto-type PLA :
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The old “Big” Philips lamp side-by-side next to the new “Small” Philips lamp fitted with the PLA:
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How do I know if my TV is compatible with the Philips Lamp Adapter?

1. Is your TV equipped with a Philips Lamp? If Yes, continue to question #2
2. Does your TV Lamp look like the lamp below? You will probably have to open your lamp enclosure to double check.

So far so good? If so, you should keep a spare of these lamps in stock… as you may know, Samsung was recently on backorder 4-6 weeks for these lamps!! Don’t get stuck missing your favorite programs because you didn’t have a spare lamp! You can place Orders for the new Philips Lamp + Adapter using the following link.

Update 05/15/2007 We’ve shipped out over 700 replacement Lamp+Adapter Kits as of today!

We’ve had one (1) defective lamp to date!! We’re very happy with the Quality Control from the guys at: Discount-Merchant.com

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