Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

5

Time Required

                          30 minutes

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  • Speaker
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Introduction

Knowledge of how to solder a basic through-hole contact is required.

What you need

Step 1

              Remove battery cover and batteries
  • Press down on the textured area and push toward the bottom of the device.
  • Gently remove the battery cover.
  • Remove the three AA batteries.

Press down on the textured area and push toward the bottom of the device.

Gently remove the battery cover.

Remove the three AA batteries.

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Step 2

              Remove screws
  • Locate the five 5x11mm screws surrounding the battery compartment.
  • Remove screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Locate the five 5x11mm screws surrounding the battery compartment.

Remove screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 3

              Remove back casing
  • Grasp the entire back half of the Watchman’s casing.
  • Snap off the casing from the bottom of the device.
  • Gently pull off entire back casing.
  • Buttons may fall out upon opening casing. See the button replacement guide to fix buttons.

Grasp the entire back half of the Watchman’s casing.

Snap off the casing from the bottom of the device.

Gently pull off entire back casing.

Buttons may fall out upon opening casing. See the button replacement guide to fix buttons.

Step 4

              Remove circuit board
  • Carefully grasp the entire circuit board.
  • Pull the circuit board off of the device’s plastic casing.

Carefully grasp the entire circuit board.

Pull the circuit board off of the device’s plastic casing.

Step 5

              Remove speaker
  • Locate the mono-speaker on the device.
  • Locate the two through-hole contacts to the right of the speaker.
  • Touch a soldering iron to the two through-hole contacts.
  • While the solder is hot, pull down on the wire with tweezers.
  • It may be helpful to remove excess solder with a solder wick or sucker.

Locate the mono-speaker on the device.

Locate the two through-hole contacts to the right of the speaker.

Touch a soldering iron to the two through-hole contacts.

While the solder is hot, pull down on the wire with tweezers.

It may be helpful to remove excess solder with a solder wick or sucker.

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

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