Start by looking at the fine detail of the exterior. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6717 Start by looking at the fine detail of the exterior. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6717 Open it, remove any CDs and put away. Open the battery cover and remove the battery. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6718 Open it, remove any CDs and put away. Open the battery cover and remove the battery. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6718 Open it, remove any CDs and put away. Open the battery cover and remove the battery. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6718 Close the battery cover and locate your screwdriver. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6719 Close the battery cover and locate your screwdriver. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6719 Close the battery cover and locate your screwdriver. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6719 Unscrew the six screws and place them on the magnet so you'll be able to find them later. Sony was nice enough to put the screws next to the lid at an angle so you can fit a screwdriver in there. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6720 Unscrew the six screws and place them on the magnet so you'll be able to find them later. Sony was nice enough to put the screws next to the lid at an angle so you can fit a screwdriver in there. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6720 Insert the tip of a screwdriver between the white upper layer and the gray lower layer. Carefully pry apart. There are small clips that help hold the two layers together and you don't want to snap them. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6721 Insert the tip of a screwdriver between the white upper layer and the gray lower layer. Carefully pry apart. There are small clips that help hold the two layers together and you don't want to snap them. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6721 Here's the inside of the bottom layer. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6722 Here's the inside of the bottom layer. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6722 Now to remove the laser reading assembly. Carefully peel the orange data ribbon off the circuit board to the plug. Using the flat screwdriver, pry the black clip away from the tan part. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6723 Now to remove the laser reading assembly. Carefully peel the orange data ribbon off the circuit board to the plug. Using the flat screwdriver, pry the black clip away from the tan part. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6723 Now to remove the laser reading assembly. Carefully peel the orange data ribbon off the circuit board to the plug. Using the flat screwdriver, pry the black clip away from the tan part. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6723 Now for the power wires. Pry up on the side opposite of the wires. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6724 Now for the power wires. Pry up on the side opposite of the wires. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6724 Now for the other side. Carefully peel up the antenna plate so you can get at the other data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6725 Now for the other side. Carefully peel up the antenna plate so you can get at the other data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6725 Now for the other side. Carefully peel up the antenna plate so you can get at the other data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6725 Peel the black tape off the plug. Pry up with a screwdriver on the brown clip and remove the data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6726 Peel the black tape off the plug. Pry up with a screwdriver on the brown clip and remove the data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6726 Peel the black tape off the plug. Pry up with a screwdriver on the brown clip and remove the data ribbon. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6726 Now for the top layer. unscrew the five screws and place them on the magnet. Pry up on the side indicated to remove the cover. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6727 Now for the top layer. unscrew the five screws and place them on the magnet. Pry up on the side indicated to remove the cover. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6727 Now for the top layer. unscrew the five screws and place them on the magnet. Pry up on the side indicated to remove the cover. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6727 Pull out the circuit board and LCD screen assembly. Pry up on the brown clip to remove the LCD screen. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6728 Pull out the circuit board and LCD screen assembly. Pry up on the brown clip to remove the LCD screen. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6728 Now you can remove the data ribbon by prying up on the brown clip. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6729 Now you can remove the data ribbon by prying up on the brown clip. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6729 To remove the buttons, carefully pry up around the little pins and pull up. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6730 To remove the buttons, carefully pry up around the little pins and pull up. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6730 To remove the buttons, carefully pry up around the little pins and pull up. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6730 You're done! You have taken this CD player apart and broken it down into its individual components. Now to put it back together. /Teardown/Sony-CD-Walkman-D-NF430-Teardown/1249/all#s6731