HELP! I changed the bulb already. My NEC VT 470 won't turn the bulb on. The green power light comes on, then the status light blinks green about 12 times, several rotations. Then the fan comes on, the power light and status light switch to red, and they both blink twice, several times. The the power light stays solid on red, and the status light blinks 6 times on red, pause, 6 times on red, pause... etc etc. I have held the help button on the remote for 10 seconds, the power/help simultaneously for 10 seconds, exit/help for 10 seconds, power off/exit for 10 seconds, etc. none of these solutions seems to work. Can you help me?

I had the problem before and pressed a sequence of buttons and the lamp came back on but didn't note the sequence - someone somewhere knows the sequence and is not revealing so we all in our millions purchase new buLbs when we don't need one. The projector should last 1-2 years without a new bulb everything produced should legally have a life of 12 months or more ... please whoever knows the sequence please let us know!

Sounds like you lamp ballast has gone bad. I good way to verify this is, when you press power on the projector look inside the lens. If you see a small amount of light, then the ballast is good, and the lamp is bad. If there is no light then chances are the ballast is bad.