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Anatomy of Creative's Zen Micro Audio Player
By Justin Ong
Category : Sound
Published by Jimmy Tang on Monday, 13th December, 2004
Disassembly - Step II
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The second step is a lot simpler, but before we move on any further,
we'll need you to focus your attention to the circled areas first. These
are the areas on the plastic housing where the metal piece latches on
to secure the main body to the plastic housing.

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With the help of both your thumbs, press and slide the metal piece
downwards to complete detaching the main body from the housing.
You can tell by comparing the position of the metal tooth (in the
rectangular box) of this picture to the one shown above.

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With the two steps completed (the easy part), the main body is now unlatched from the
plastic housing and a gentle push from your thumb is all you need to free the main body
from the housing.

The main body (on the right) contains the circuit board, the one-inch hard drive, LCD and
touchpad. This entire piece is composed of a few components assembled together.

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Here's a look at the main body in another angle. The black little nub you see is the on-board
microphone.

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Do pay extra attention to these microconnectors (highlighted by the red

square boxes) as they are extremely prone to breakages if caution is not
exercised.

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