Amazon Echo Woofer Replacement
Alexander Albert and 3 other contributors
Last updated on Mar 5, 2018
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Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓This guide will show you how to replace the woofer, the speaker in the Amazon Echo responsible for the low-frequency bass. This guide should be helpful if your Echo is lacking bass or sounds otherwise distorted.
What you need
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Peel off the rubber footing from the bottom of the Echo.
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Slowly lift the plate containing the board. Be careful not to disconnect any of the wires.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Using tweezers, carefully disconnect the two red and black cables from their sockets on the board.
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Lift the brown plastic latch on the ZIF connector securing the driver board ribbon cable.
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Pull the ribbon cable from its connector. The plate and board should now be free from the Echo.
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Using the spudger, pull back the two plastic clips on the plate.
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Lift the board up and pull it away from the plate.
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Remove the plastic plate from the bottom of the device. Then remove the plastic shrouding.
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Remove the four 42.8 mm T10 Torx screws around the tweeter.
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Lift the tweeter and its attached housing from the device.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Where can you buy a replacement woofer?
My exact question.
