Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

17

Time Required

                          20 minutes

Sections

2

  • Front and Back Cover
  • 5 steps
  • LCD
  • 12 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Front and Back Cover
  • Remove the following screws:
  • Two silver 3.15mm Phillips #00 screws on the right side of the camera
  • Two silver 2.08mm Phillips #00 screws on the left side of the camera

Remove the following screws:

Two silver 3.15mm Phillips #00 screws on the right side of the camera

Two silver 2.08mm Phillips #00 screws on the left side of the camera

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Step 2

  • Remove the two indicated screws on the bottom of the camera:
  • The screw circled in red is a longer silver 3.15mm Phillips #00 screw
  • The screw circled in blue is a shorter silver 2.25mm Phillips #00 screw

Remove the two indicated screws on the bottom of the camera:

The screw circled in red is a longer silver 3.15mm Phillips #00 screw

The screw circled in blue is a shorter silver 2.25mm Phillips #00 screw

Step 3

  • Carefully pull the back of casing away from the front.

Carefully pull the back of casing away from the front.

Step 4

  • After removing the back cover, several things must be removed.
  • Silver donut-shaped button will fall off. Place separately. Remove the plug covers on the right side of camera, labeled “PC/AV” and “DC IN 4.5V”.

After removing the back cover, several things must be removed.

Silver donut-shaped button will fall off. Place separately. Remove the plug covers on the right side of camera, labeled “PC/AV” and “DC IN 4.5V”.

Step 5

  • To remove the front cover, gently hold the inside structure of the camera and slowly pull the front cover off.

To remove the front cover, gently hold the inside structure of the camera and slowly pull the front cover off.

Step 6

              LCD
  • On the front of the camera, in battery case, remove screws indicated:
  • Two black 2.05mm Phillips #00 screws

On the front of the camera, in battery case, remove screws indicated:

Two black 2.05mm Phillips #00 screws

Step 7

  • Flip the camera over to the backside and remove screws indicated:
  • The screw circled in red is a longer black 3.00mm Phillips #00 screw
  • The screw circled in red is a shorter black 2.00mm Phillips #00 screw

Flip the camera over to the backside and remove screws indicated:

The screw circled in red is a longer black 3.00mm Phillips #00 screw

The screw circled in red is a shorter black 2.00mm Phillips #00 screw

Step 8

  • Pull the cover plate off for the two power cord jacks.

Pull the cover plate off for the two power cord jacks.

Step 9

  • Cautiously and gently pull up the control board at the upper left corner, next to the viewfinder.

Cautiously and gently pull up the control board at the upper left corner, next to the viewfinder.

Step 10

  • Remove the orange tape on top of the SD cardholder.

Remove the orange tape on top of the SD cardholder.

Step 11

  • Open the battery cover and lift plastic piece off.

Open the battery cover and lift plastic piece off.

Step 12

  • Remove tape on left side of camera.

Remove tape on left side of camera.

Step 13

  • Remove the indicated 2.40mm Phillips #00 screw to release top left LCD bracket.

Remove the indicated 2.40mm Phillips #00 screw to release top left LCD bracket.

Step 14

  • Remove top left LCD bracket.
  • This is a small piece, be careful not to lose it.

Remove top left LCD bracket.

This is a small piece, be careful not to lose it.

Step 15

  • Push down bottom left LCD bracket to release the LCD from grip.

Push down bottom left LCD bracket to release the LCD from grip.

Step 16

  • Gently lift up LCD screen.

Gently lift up LCD screen.

Step 17

  • Slowly pull LCD screen to the left to remove it from the other grips.
  • BEWARE: The LCD screen is attached to the logic board by two wires at the bottom.

Slowly pull LCD screen to the left to remove it from the other grips.

BEWARE: The LCD screen is attached to the logic board by two wires at the bottom.

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

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