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Difficult

Steps

16

Time Required

                          1 hour            

Sections

3

  • Insignia NS-CLLT01 Top Casing Removal
  • 5 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 7 steps
  • LCD Screen
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Insignia NS-CLLT01 Top Casing Removal               
  • Lift the four adhesive covers on each of the corners on the bottom of the clock using a plastic opening tool or your fingernail.

Lift the four adhesive covers on each of the corners on the bottom of the clock using a plastic opening tool or your fingernail.

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Step 2

  • On the bottom of the clock, use your fingernail to push the battery cover to the right.
  • Lift the battery cover up and to the right to reveal the batteries.

On the bottom of the clock, use your fingernail to push the battery cover to the right.

Lift the battery cover up and to the right to reveal the batteries.

Step 3

  • Remove the two AA batteries by pressing the end opposite of the spring towards that spring and lifting up.
  • Once the batteries are removed, close the cover.

Remove the two AA batteries by pressing the end opposite of the spring towards that spring and lifting up.

Once the batteries are removed, close the cover.

Step 4

  • Use a long Phillips #2 screwdriver to unscrew all six 10mm Phillips screws inside the bottom of the clock.
  • Turn over the device to allow the screws to fall out, being careful to catch them so that you do not lose any.
  • The screws may not come out of the bottom of the clock. As long as you have unscrewed them, the clock can still be opened.

Use a long Phillips #2 screwdriver to unscrew all six 10mm Phillips screws inside the bottom of the clock.

Turn over the device to allow the screws to fall out, being careful to catch them so that you do not lose any.

The screws may not come out of the bottom of the clock. As long as you have unscrewed them, the clock can still be opened.

Step 5

  • Turn the clock back over.
  • Lift the top off of the clock by gripping the back of the iPhone dock and pulling straight up.

Turn the clock back over.

Lift the top off of the clock by gripping the back of the iPhone dock and pulling straight up.

Step 6

              Motherboard               
  • Grip the white ribbon cable connector that attaches the lightning cable to the middle of the central circuit board located in the bottom of the clock. Pinch and pull straight up to detach the cable.

Grip the white ribbon cable connector that attaches the lightning cable to the middle of the central circuit board located in the bottom of the clock. Pinch and pull straight up to detach the cable.

Step 7

  • Remove the white ribbon connector that connects the central circuit board to the circuit board attached to the top of the clock by gripping it on both sides and pulling it straight away from the board.

Remove the white ribbon connector that connects the central circuit board to the circuit board attached to the top of the clock by gripping it on both sides and pulling it straight away from the board.

Step 8

  • Unscrew the two 10mm screws from the bottom circuit board.

Unscrew the two 10mm screws from the bottom circuit board.

Step 9

  • Use the narrow end of a plastic spudger to pull back the clip in the center of the board.
  • At the same time, pry the circuit board up by wedging another spudger into the top left-hand corner of the board and working it along the back, pushing the edge of the board away from the back of the clock.
  • The black radio antenna, which is attached to the board and comes out of the back of the clock, will need to be pushed into the clock from the outside as the board is lifted up.

Use the narrow end of a plastic spudger to pull back the clip in the center of the board.

At the same time, pry the circuit board up by wedging another spudger into the top left-hand corner of the board and working it along the back, pushing the edge of the board away from the back of the clock.

The black radio antenna, which is attached to the board and comes out of the back of the clock, will need to be pushed into the clock from the outside as the board is lifted up.

Step 10

  • Once the ports on the back of the circuit board are displaced and resting against the back of the clock, use a pair of tweezers to lift the circuit board up off of the bottom of the clock, continuing to feed the radio antenna through the side of the clock as the board lifts up.

Once the ports on the back of the circuit board are displaced and resting against the back of the clock, use a pair of tweezers to lift the circuit board up off of the bottom of the clock, continuing to feed the radio antenna through the side of the clock as the board lifts up.

Step 11

  • Pull the radio antenna the rest of the way through the side of the clock.

Pull the radio antenna the rest of the way through the side of the clock.

Step 12

  • Turn the circuit board over.
  • Disconnect the two white connectors on the bottom of the circuit board by gripping the sides of each connector and pulling straight out.

Turn the circuit board over.

Disconnect the two white connectors on the bottom of the circuit board by gripping the sides of each connector and pulling straight out.

Step 13

              LCD Screen               
  • Lift the adhesive strip that holds down the grey ribbon cable which attaches to the circuit board and the LCD screen.

Lift the adhesive strip that holds down the grey ribbon cable which attaches to the circuit board and the LCD screen.

Step 14

  • Remove the screen by pushing it toward the middle of the clock and pulling it up out of the clock.

Remove the screen by pushing it toward the middle of the clock and pulling it up out of the clock.

Step 15

  • Lift the adhesive strip that covers the connections between the grey ribbon cable and the circuit board by peeling it off of the circuit board.

Lift the adhesive strip that covers the connections between the grey ribbon cable and the circuit board by peeling it off of the circuit board.

Step 16

  • Use this soldering guide to remove and replace the cable and screen.

Use this soldering guide to remove and replace the cable and screen.

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

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