20 Most Recent Sony VPL-CS7 Multimedia Projector Questions & Answers

you have a weird display resolution set somewhere on the laptop. The vplcs7 is relatively old. It only supports 800 x 600 (SVGA). If you are cloning your monitor, you need to set the output to the projector also to 800x600. Depending on how your laptop is configured you may need to set your laptop monitor to 800x600 while using the projector, then going back to the normal resolution when you are finished.

Turn the projector on and leave in standby mode. To do this press the power on button for 10 seconds until the projector comes on.
To unlock the main panel keys, press the MENU button for 10 seconds.

You can replace the lamp very measly, but, there is a need to reset the lamp time. For that, you should have its remote control. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Viewing it in "Mosaic" or "Magazine" will make surf easy Pull up older posts. Surf the site with patience. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Are the fans all starting up? The symptom you describe is often associated with a faulty fan. Also could be a failed lamp, as the projector will shut down if the lamp does not strike within a defined time, although in this case the 'lamp' light should come on

1,if the lamp can be lit for 1minute,so the lamp is ok it seems that the lamp ballast or mother board is defective.pls check them any questions, feel free to ask me have a nice day! Jerry Lampdeng Limited

yo tengo el mismo problema alguien que tenga alguna solucion???

you shouldnt need a dvd to install the projector all you need to do is enable the external monitor interface on your laptop. User manual can be found here

http://www.aboutprojectors.com/pdf/sony-vpl-cs7-manual.pdf

On your remote,push these 4 buttons in this order.

RESET < > ENTER

Your projector key panel locked you have two option to operate the projector
1 . Use remote control press MENU the menu window displayed.
use DOWN ARROW key and select SET SETTING.
press ENTER
use DOWN ARROW key to select PANEL KEY LOCK.
press RIGHT ARROW key to OFF the panel key lock
press ENTER and then press MENU key to exit the menu.
now you panel keys are working

2. If you loss your remote control then;
When the key panel lock is ON keeping the power key on the projector key panel pressed for 10 seconds turns the projector ON when it is in standby mode, and turns the projector to standby mode when the power is on. If you keep pressing the MENU key for about 10 seconds when the power is ON, the lock will be released and "panel key lock" is automatically set to OFF.

this manual will tell you if you can or not but with most projectors it will not show both the computers at once but you could have both pluged in and switch between computers,http://www.fixya.com/support/p201884-sony_vpl_cs7_multimedia_projector/manual-16017

press key Reset,Right Arrow,Left Arrow then Enter and restart projector.Lamp hour show "0"