NEC Cinema equipment extended Off - Supplement guidance sheet (ver1)

NEC Cinema equipment extended Off - Supplement guidance sheet (ver1)


NEC Cinema equipment extended Off – Supplement guidance sheet


Question: If the cinema equipment needs to shut down for an extended period, is there any concern with the IMS/Option card/PJ internal battery going bad, or discharging?


To help clarify, there should be no concerns, if the following is noted and confirmed.


For NC1200C, NC2000C, NC3200S, NC3240S, NC900C, NC1100L:

  • If there is an Enigma card (PN# NC-80LB01) in these units, please make sure it is fully charged (48 hrs. of full projector power On should be sufficient, light may remain Off during charging).
  • The Enigma charge normally remains for about 6 months, before recharge is necessary.
  • The battery requires 48 hours of continuous power for a full charge.
  • The ICP board contains RTC battery, which is good for 6 years and Cert battery for 10 years, both from manufacture date of part.
  • The CPU board has a super capacitor for RTC, which holds a charge for about 2 weeks.

o Once the CPU super capacitor discharges completely; on next boot-up it will resync with ICP RTC.


For NC2041L and NC3541L:

  • The FMT board has a super capacitor for RTC, which holds a charge for about 2 weeks.
  • Once the FMT super capacitor discharges completely; on next boot-up it will resync with IMS RTC.
  • The FMT board also contains Cert. battery, which is good for 10 years from manufacture date


For NC1201L, NC1000C, NC1700L, NP-02HD, NC2402ML, NC2002ML and NC1802ML:

  • The FMT board RTC relies on IMS/IMB RTC, it will resync with IMS/IMB RTC during next boot-up.
  • The FMT board also contains Cert. battery, which is good for 10 years from manufacture date


For NEC IMS (NP-90MS02):

  • IMS has a battery which when properly charged, will have the charge remain for about 6 months before recharge is necessary.
  • To charge the IMS battery, you must place the IMS into a projector and then fully power On the projector, light may remain Off during charging.
  • The IMS battery requires 60 hours of continuous power for a full charge.


For Service part / Option card:

  • TI Interface card (Gore PWB), Enigma card and NC-80LB01 (Option card) have Certification battery, which requires charge to maintain device certificate.
  • These card's charge normally remains for about 6 months, before recharge is necessary.
  • To charge the battery, you must place the cards into a projector and then fully power On the projector.
  • The battery requires 48 hours of continuous power for a full charge.




*RTC = Real Time Clock



Version 1.0 



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