Dust blob or something else with my Marantz VP-12S2 (1 Viewer)

[Paul Gere]

Watching a movie last night, I notice a small "blob" at edge of top image, LH side.

I pause the movie, clean the lens with an optical cloth. still there.
I pause again, switch inputs. still there.
I go to Avia test screen. still there.
I search the room for some unseen obstruction (cobweb?). no dice - still there.

Of course, now I'm watching this little spot all the time. Like a blob of dust or something is obscuring the pixels. Pixels fire and color as normal, but in this one spot pass an off color (ex: the "blob" show as blue on a white field).

I've done some searching here on lint blobs and most of the screen images I see are round-ish. What I see on a 110" screen is more of a claw or hook shaped form, wider at the top, curving and narrowing to a point. About 1 1/2" in length, sort of "rainbow-ish" when you look up close. More visible on brighter scenes, gone in dark scenes.

I'm going to get a can of air today and see if that'll clear the lens better. I understand the VP-12S2 to have "sealed" optics, so I don't want to mess inside the unit at this point.

I've checked the room for possible relfecions, but no dice. This is a very dark dedicated room.

stumped.

What is this and can I fix it? Optics? Bulb? Lens? What?


Thanks in advance for any insights!

-Paul

 

[Gregg Loewen]

hi
Sounds like something internal and within the optical path. You will have to send in for service.
Are you still under the 3 year warranty??
best of luck

gregg