Good Ole Sony Walkman. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6411 Start with removing the screw on the Underside. The screw on the Backside next. Then the two on the reverse side of the tape controls. New line. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6414 Start with removing the screw on the Underside. The screw on the Backside next. Then the two on the reverse side of the tape controls. New line. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6414 Start with removing the screw on the Underside. The screw on the Backside next. Then the two on the reverse side of the tape controls. New line. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6414 With a small Phillips head, Pry the sides carefully. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6415 With a small Phillips head, Pry the sides carefully. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6415 With a small Phillips head, Pry the sides carefully. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6415 Take care not to jostle the Switches on the top of the unit while removing case. So now we have removed the underside casing from the device. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6416 Take care not to jostle the Switches on the top of the unit while removing case. So now we have removed the underside casing from the device. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6416 Find Ribbon Cable that connects to the board. Carefully Pry open either side of connector as shown, then remove ribbon cable from board. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6417 Find Ribbon Cable that connects to the board. Carefully Pry open either side of connector as shown, then remove ribbon cable from board. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6417 Find Ribbon Cable that connects to the board. Carefully Pry open either side of connector as shown, then remove ribbon cable from board. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6417 Now we can remove the board from the casing. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6418 If you do not need to replace the front door control assembly I would not suggest to continue any further- That little spring took me a good 40 minutes to properly get back in place. It is Crucial to get it in right so that the Cassette door stays flush and closed. Find Door Spring and remove carefully. Then find and pry off (on either side) glued on bumpers- These limit the distance the door hinge can travel in order to be pulled off--- /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6419 If you do not need to replace the front door control assembly I would not suggest to continue any further- That little spring took me a good 40 minutes to properly get back in place. It is Crucial to get it in right so that the Cassette door stays flush and closed. Find Door Spring and remove carefully. Then find and pry off (on either side) glued on bumpers- These limit the distance the door hinge can travel in order to be pulled off--- /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6419 If you do not need to replace the front door control assembly I would not suggest to continue any further- That little spring took me a good 40 minutes to properly get back in place. It is Crucial to get it in right so that the Cassette door stays flush and closed. Find Door Spring and remove carefully. Then find and pry off (on either side) glued on bumpers- These limit the distance the door hinge can travel in order to be pulled off--- /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6419 Now gently pry the door hinges on either side off of their pivot point, and remove the front door from the assembly /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6420 Now gently pry the door hinges on either side off of their pivot point, and remove the front door from the assembly /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6420 Remove three screws on backside of cassette door. Then remove panel. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6421 Remove three screws on backside of cassette door. Then remove panel. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6421 Remove three screws on backside of cassette door. Then remove panel. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6421 There is your front mounted control board! It is attached to what appears to be a speaker i'm guessing. Possibly for the alarm clock. I found that to be interesting, the little speaker thing. Anyways , thats it. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6422 There is your front mounted control board! It is attached to what appears to be a speaker i'm guessing. Possibly for the alarm clock. I found that to be interesting, the little speaker thing. Anyways , thats it. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6422 There is your front mounted control board! It is attached to what appears to be a speaker i'm guessing. Possibly for the alarm clock. I found that to be interesting, the little speaker thing. Anyways , thats it. /Teardown/Sony-Walkman-WM-FX20-Teardown/1207/all#s6422