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wallace123456
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: Thinking of buying g70. |
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Hey,
I need some tips (help). I am thinking of buying a g70, but the owner does not know much about it. My questions:
How do I tell by looking into the lenses what condition the tube and C element are in?
What is the quickest way to get to the menu to show how many hours are on the unit?
Aside from other obvious physical damage, what else should I look for? I probably won't have the opportunity to do a lot of checking it out before purchasing.
I know this is pretty much a WFO (wide effing open) question, but any help is appreciated.
wallace
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Zebu Fellenz
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Pull the lenses, you may not see the wear through the lenses even with a flashlight.
You will need a long phillips screwdriver to remove the lenses
To check hours you must be in the "serviceman control mode"
Press (enter)(enter)(up)(down)(enter) to enter serviceman mode
Hours will be listed under SET INFO
Do not trust the hours as they may have been reset or reset themselves
Good Luck,
Erik
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wallace123456
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| Zebu Fellenz wrote: | | Pull the lenses, you may not see the wear through the lenses even with a flashlight. You will need a long phillips screwdriver to remove the lenses |
That's what I thought. I am pretty good with removing lenses from a 1272. Any chance the lenses on a g70 are as easy or hard (to get to the blue lense botton screws, I need to slide the power supply out a bit).
| Zebu Fellenz wrote: | | To check hours you must be in the "serviceman control mode". Press (enter)(enter)(up)(down)(enter) to enter serviceman mode. Hours will be listed under SET INFO. Do not trust the hours as they may have been reset or reset themselves. |
Thanks. I'll need all the quick ways I can get.
wallace
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overclkr
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Big dog, the lenses on the G70 are MUCH easier to take off versus the 1272. Just remove the front cover from the projector. Loosen the two bolts on the top door, open it, loosen the two bolts inside the top door, remove cover, and on the sides there are two latches that remove the front cover.
Depending on price, as long as it works, even toasty, will throw a picture that will SMOKE the 1272 even if it had MINTY tubes. :^)
Cliffy
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Curt Palme
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overclkr
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wallace123456
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| overclkr wrote: | Big dog, the lenses on the G70 are MUCH easier to take off versus the 1272. Just remove the front cover from the projector. Loosen the two bolts on the top door, open it, loosen the two bolts inside the top door, remove cover, and on the sides there are two latches that remove the front cover.
Depending on price, as long as it works, even toasty, will throw a picture that will SMOKE the 1272 even if it had MINTY tubes. :^)
Cliffy |
Cool! You want to make another trip down here and go with me to take a look???  Just kidding...
Curt, as nimble fingered numb nuts as I am, I need all the help I can get. Trust me, I printed your info in color.  As Barnum or Bailey once said, "There's a sucker born every minute". I'm proof of that... 
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wallace123456
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Paging Clarence:
If I get the chance, you wanna make a road trip with me to upper MD to check out a g70 this Friday?
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Zebu Fellenz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Oh,
Make sure you understand how to remove the covers AKA read Curts G70 guide, you don't want to be like me standing there looking at it for three hours trying to figure out how to get the covers off.
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Clarence
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| wallace123456 wrote: | Paging Clarence:
If I get the chance, you wanna make a road trip with me to upper MD to check out a g70 this Friday?
wallace |
If we can get back by 2.
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Hey while your there take a look at the tubes on those xg's he's selling.  . Maybe we can offer a deal if we take all of them at once.
Kevin
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| kevin_k wrote: | Hey while your there take a look at the tubes on those xg's he's selling. . Maybe we can offer a deal if we take all of them at once.
Kevin |
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wallace123456
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| Clarence wrote: | | wallace123456 wrote: | Paging Clarence:
If I get the chance, you wanna make a road trip with me to upper MD to check out a g70 this Friday?
wallace |
If we can get back by 2. |
Hhmmm, might be iffy. I'l know later today if I will be able to go tomorrow and let you know.
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