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Step 5Remove the White Shell
The position you hold the player and your hands in for this step is important, or so I think. I have taken pictures of how I do this, so that you may not suffer the same problems I did from doing it wrong the first time I tried this.
The player shell has two metal clips in it that seat just to either side of the battery well, in the white part. For this reason, you should hold the player face-up. There are two delicate connectors at the top of the player, so let's not apply a lot of force to them right away. Hold the player, face-up, so that you have good leverage to apply pressure to the metal plate, at the very bottom of the battery well. Push the insides of the player up (it may take a little force since you have to overcome the resistance from the clips) at an angle, and once the bottom of the player is clear of the shell, you should be able to gently grasp the edges of the player's body and lift the player's guts up and towards the bottom of the player to disengage the connectors.
Please don't turn over the white shell. If you've done this right, the two metal clips are still in-place in the shell, so be careful, set the shell aside, and don't touch it until you need it again.
However in the off-chance that you did drop the clips, they can be re-inserted. Grab your trusty tweezers and look at the two clips. They're mirror images of each other, so set them both down with the open ends of the clips facing down. That is, the clips are each made from a single piece of wire, so at one end of each clip is a gap where the ends of the wire meet. That's "down." The bottom of each clip should bend up from the desk surface (frown), so if the bend is the other way (smile) turn the clip over. Next place the clips side-by-side so that the un-bent long sides of the clip are on the outside, and the sides of the clips with two bends are facing each other. Pick up the clips and re-insert in the shell, as indicated in the pictures -- it's easiest to place them in un-bent side first and let the clip settle into place itself.
The player shell has two metal clips in it that seat just to either side of the battery well, in the white part. For this reason, you should hold the player face-up. There are two delicate connectors at the top of the player, so let's not apply a lot of force to them right away. Hold the player, face-up, so that you have good leverage to apply pressure to the metal plate, at the very bottom of the battery well. Push the insides of the player up (it may take a little force since you have to overcome the resistance from the clips) at an angle, and once the bottom of the player is clear of the shell, you should be able to gently grasp the edges of the player's body and lift the player's guts up and towards the bottom of the player to disengage the connectors.
Please don't turn over the white shell. If you've done this right, the two metal clips are still in-place in the shell, so be careful, set the shell aside, and don't touch it until you need it again.
However in the off-chance that you did drop the clips, they can be re-inserted. Grab your trusty tweezers and look at the two clips. They're mirror images of each other, so set them both down with the open ends of the clips facing down. That is, the clips are each made from a single piece of wire, so at one end of each clip is a gap where the ends of the wire meet. That's "down." The bottom of each clip should bend up from the desk surface (frown), so if the bend is the other way (smile) turn the clip over. Next place the clips side-by-side so that the un-bent long sides of the clip are on the outside, and the sides of the clips with two bends are facing each other. Pick up the clips and re-insert in the shell, as indicated in the pictures -- it's easiest to place them in un-bent side first and let the clip settle into place itself.
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