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Christie Mirage 4K25 troubleshooting
The Christie Mirage 4K25 problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most. Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common Mirage 4K25 errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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Liquid cooling maintenance — coolant level (preventive)
Likely cause: DMDs are liquid-cooled; loss of coolant reduces flow and overheats the DMDs.
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Quick specs / power / weight / resolution
Likely cause: Lamp choice sets brightness and life; the SD lamp trades life for the rated 25,000 center lumens.
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Projector shut down on overtemp / TEMP group shows 'Too Hot' or *** last-known values
Likely cause: The status system records the pre-shutdown temperature so you can diagnose thermal trips instead of guessing; most are airflow/filter or ambient related.
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Signal status shows Frame Locked: Unlocked (judder / tearing / 3D unstable)
Likely cause: For 120Hz 3D and multi-input 4K the panels must lock to a common reference; unlocked/out-of-phase inputs cause tearing and L/R instability.
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SST+COOL shows a fan 'Low RPM' or 'Insufficient airflow'
Likely cause: Cooling faults are the leading cause of sudden shutdowns; the COOL group names the exact fan so you replace the right part.
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SST+COOL shows liquid cooling 'Flow Impeded' or coolant pump 'Low RPM'
Likely cause: The DMDs on this platform are liquid-cooled; a flow fault is a fast path to a thermal DMD shutdown if not cleared.
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SST+LAMP shows Lamp Power 'Overdriven' or short lamp life
Likely cause: Overdrive and wrong-type settings are common causes of premature lamp failure; the status text tells you which.
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SST+VERS shows 'Formatter Mismatch - <color>' or a color plane is wrong/missing
Likely cause: The version/serial groups isolate whether the fault is a wrong board, a temp-harness, or a power rail, so you do not swap good parts.
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3D looks wrong / eyes reversed; SST 3D Sync says 'Invalid 3D sync' or 'No 3D sync'
Likely cause: The status text maps directly to the cause: fallback to internal sync is what produces reversed eyes; a proper external sync or an L/R swap corrects it.
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Status shows LampLOC 'Calibration required' or brightness dim/off-center after a lamp change
Likely cause: A new lamp sits in a slightly different spot; LampLOC aligns lamp-to-integrator for peak output and even screen brightness.
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How do I update firmware / what is the latest version?
Likely cause: D4K-60 v1.4.4 is the confirmed current firmware line for this projector; loading the wrong D4K package can brick boards.
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