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Zechariah Sporre
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From: Ladysmith, WI U.S.A.
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posted December 01, 2011 10:22 PM

I was privileged enough to find a Eumig projetor that was still new in the box and never used :-) I was curious though was it typical for projectors to come with no bulb when they were new. Since I've been into 8mm for less then 3 years I don't know the answer to this one.

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Alexander Lechner
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From: Leoben, Austria
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posted December 02, 2011 01:38 AM

I read some time ago somewhere (highly scientific quote!) about Eumig projectors that the final set up was done by the dealer, for example the voltage setting. I don't think that the text mentioned the bulb but I can imagine that putting in the bulb might have been one of the dealer's responsibility as well.

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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posted December 02, 2011 10:52 AM

Hi, Alexander. Are you in the condition to locate a supplier for Eumig spare parts? Also is it true that Eumig used to manufacture most of their projectors' components in-house (inluded the sound heads??) Are there any books published on the history and demise of this legendary manufacturer?

Thanx for your help.

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Alexander Lechner
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From: Leoben, Austria
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posted December 03, 2011 11:01 AM

Hello Maurizio!
I have never heared of a place that'd have a big number of Eumig spare parts; no idea what happened to all the parts when they went bankrupt. I can remember my shocked father when it happened but I was a bit too young to get interested in the background then.
There are so many projectors around in Austria that you wouldn't really have a spare part problem. I have got a few 800 series, two of them I use for projection, the other ones are waiting for parts to be taken and used; I can't see that anything might break though ...
I don't know whether they produced all the parts in the machines themselves. There is a good chance that they did the sound heads as Eumig also produced electronic equipment like radios, cassette decks and amplifiers.
All knowledge I have about Eumig's history is of Schmalfilm magazine that had a 3 part series on Eumig some time ago. Don't know about books, but I could look that up for you; they'd be in German though.

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Lee Mannering
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From: The Projection Box
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posted December 03, 2011 12:23 PM

Hi Zechariah.
The Eumig 804D was in the main for the Spanish export market. Although I’ve been keen on Eumig’s for many years now I have never seen the 804D in the flesh but pleased to know they did exist.

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Bill Brandenstein
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posted December 03, 2011 01:51 PM

Zechariah, that's one of the projectors for which you can get a brighter Xenophot bulb at the same wattage, and they're not expensive either.

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Zechariah Sporre
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From: Ladysmith, WI U.S.A.
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posted December 04, 2011 04:24 PM

An Xenophot bulb huh? Interesting. Do you know of some place in particular to get those bulbs or just google for it? To bad I just bought a bulb already but maybe I'll get a back up. I thought it was kind of interesting that most of the dual Eumig projectors that I've seen say Standard Single & Super. This one just lists Standard and Super.

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted December 04, 2011 04:38 PM

I think Xenophot is sold at any regular bulb/lighting store. All Osram is Xenophot.

Like this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250839190493

or Xenophot is trademark of Osram? because I cannot see from Xenophot from Phillips?

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