Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

2

  • Cover
  • 4 steps
  • Battery
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Cover
  • Remove the five exposed 7.9 mm screws using a Phillips screwdriver.
  • Punch through the warranty sticker with the spudger.
  • Remove the screw underneath with the Phillips screwdriver.

Remove the five exposed 7.9 mm screws using a Phillips screwdriver.

Punch through the warranty sticker with the spudger.

Remove the screw underneath with the Phillips screwdriver.

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Step 2

  • Remove the rubber feet using the spudger.
  • Remove the screws that were covered by the rubber feet.

Remove the rubber feet using the spudger.

Remove the screws that were covered by the rubber feet.

Step 3

  • Hold on to the corners of the cover and gently lift the cover.
  • The tray is still connected to the base with wires.

Hold on to the corners of the cover and gently lift the cover.

The tray is still connected to the base with wires.

Step 4

  • Gently remove the wires with tweezers by pulling up on the base they are attached to.

Gently remove the wires with tweezers by pulling up on the base they are attached to.

Step 5

              Battery
  • Identify the battery with the 2 blue stickers.

Identify the battery with the 2 blue stickers.

Step 6

  • Remove the white and red wires from the battery by pulling on the base with tweezers.

Remove the white and red wires from the battery by pulling on the base with tweezers.

Step 7

  • Remove the battery from the case.
  • It will still be held down at the bottom with a piece of tape, so you may need to pull up with force.

Remove the battery from the case.

It will still be held down at the bottom with a piece of tape, so you may need to pull up with force.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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ted - Jun 12, 2013

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The one thing missing here is the new battery, which from Sony costs more than a new player! The closest fit to the size and capacity that I could find came from www.batteryspace.com product number PL-544792-1C

http://www.batteryspace.com/Polymer-Li-I...

Size: 5.4mm x 47mm x 95mm

with minimum 2500 mAh

I paid $8.50 each plus shipping for a total of about $23.

Carefully pull the coverings off the original pack and remove the tape over the connections. The wires to the tabs should come off with enough heating from a soldering iron. Those wires can then be soldered to the tabs of the new cells. Then cover up the connections with electrical tape and wrap the covering around the new cells. It fit back in the case perfectly, and works great. I’m just passably handy with a soldering iron, so it took me a good 60-90 minutes to carefully take the battery pack apart, resolder, and reassemble.

Carlo Velasco - Jun 1, 2015

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Can I just remove the battery permanently?

mauricio - Aug 12, 2016

Yes Carlo, you can remove the battery and the unit will work plugged in.

john westwood - Jan 31, 2020

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Thanks to the excellent guidance I have managed to remove the defunct battery from my DVP-FX730 . However the DVD player will not operate by simply connecting it to the mains adaptor . My enquiries have shown it impossible to obtain a replacement battery so do I simply give up or is there a way of fixing it to work without the battery ?