Disassembly of Sony BDP-BX18 Blu-Ray player

Remove the face plate by depressing the small plastic tab

*NOTE: eject disk tray first before dis-assembly to gain access.

Release front 4 tabs in order to slide main cover forward.

*NOTE: slide only a few mils forwards before next step.

Release tabs on both left and right sides of unit while maintaining forward pressure to slide cover off.

*NOTE: The arrows depict where the tabs are located.

After cover removal, you should now have access to the internal components.

We will begin removing the power supply. Compress the center clip and open plastic shield.

Release clip to remove 6 pin power cable.

Unscrew two mounting screw for power supply. Slide forward and pull out for removal.

This should be your current progress thus far.

Release tab to remove plastic power supply shield.

Remove the three screws.

Now depress metal tab to fully remove heat sink clamp.

Pull on indicated ribbon cable to begin removal of front display.

Now remove single screw to remove front display panel.

This should be you current dis-assembly progress thus far.

Next, remove all three ribbon cables attached to optical disc drive.

*NOTE: largest ribbon cable has small secure clamp, be sure to release it before pulling.

Now unscrew both mounting screw for optical disc drive for complete removal.

To completely remove the main board, locate screws on back of unit. Unscrew these 2 screws and then slide main board out.

You should now be completely dis-assembled. For further dis-assembly of the optical disc drive, continue to step 15.

First remove metal shroud exposing tabs.

Peel back security tape and release all 4 tabs (2 on each side) for removal of top cover.

Now the internal components of the optical disc drive are now exposed.