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Introduction

Let's disassemble an old Sony remote!
This remote was used for many Sony Trinitron CRT TVs around the late 90s and early 2000s.

Also, this is my first guide, so please be kind. Thanks! :)

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The remote is not held together by any screws, just clips.
This is the hardest part by far. Don't break the case, your fingers or your spudgers.
Use a spudger and try to push the case gently but with a little force while wiggling it back and forth.
If the small tab breaks, don't worry as the case will just work fine without it. Mine is already gone, as you can see.
Be sure to take one step after another. To get inside the remote it took me approx. half an hour.
Open the case up until you are near the IR shield. The shield needs extra carefulness.
Gently wiggle the two parts to loosen the IR shield. The bottom case comes easier off than the top, so be sure to loosen the IR shield from the bottom cover.

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Turn the remote around and remove the small joystick in the middle by just pulling it off.

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Now the PCB is free and you can remove everything easily.
First remove the PCB, afterwards the button pad.
As you can see my button pad needed heavy cleaning. Guess that's quite normal after 30+ years of operation...

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To get everything back together just follow the steps in the reverse order.
Feel the satisfaction when closing the case after getting through the pain opening it. :)