Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2 Back Panel Replacement

Geschrieben von: Stephen Albrecht

Kommentare: 10

Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2 Back Panel Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

8 Minuten

Einleitung

If your Altec Lansing Mini Lifejacket 2's aux input or power jack is faulty or damaged, this guide will show you how to replace the back panel of your device.

Werkzeuge

Schritt 1

Use the spudger to remove the eight black pins from the front and back of the wire screens.

Schritt 2

Detach the eight secondary pins from the front and back of the wire mesh plates with a spudger.
Removing the secondary pins from the rubber casing is optional.

Schritt 3

Remove both black and orange layers from the speaker body.

Schritt 4

Remove the single 7.8mm Phillips #2 screw from the mounting plate located under the device.
Slide the mounting plate out to remove it.

Schritt 5

Pry off the wire mesh on both sides using a metal spudger.
Be gentle to avoid bending the mesh.

Schritt 6

Using tweezers, remove the four rubber stoppers in each corner of the rear panel.

Schritt 7

Remove the four 13.7mm Phillips #1 screws located underneath the rubber stoppers.

Schritt 8

Pull the case apart to access the interior components.

Schritt 9

To remove the back panel, gently pull out its wire harness.

What does doing all of this accomplish?

Is there an end result here? Now what?

Lynn Bits -

What does all of accomplish? Now what? How does it fix the fact the device won’t charge at the charging port?

Lynn Bits -

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

8 Kommentare

What do I replace once I have it apart? Where's the charging port? How do I get another charging port that works?

Ggs - 30/07/18

The charging port and the aux input are mounted to a circuit board enclosed within a small compartment on the back panel. We didn’t open the compartment in this guide because it requires breaking the seal of the compartment’s gasket, which would be unreasonable to replace. We figured it would be easier to replace the whole back panel instead. My advice for finding a new charging port would be to scour eBay or a similar site for a broken Mini Lifejacket and use its entire back panel as the replacement.

Stephen Albrecht - 31/07/18

can you charge it with an ac adapter like through the aux port?

Naomi - 01/10/19

Mine has the ports on the side not the back were do i get this part

Otis Crowley - 12/03/20

on the IMW-477-CG, the front grill covering the speakers did not have to be removed, only the back. This would potentially avoid damage to the speakers.

In my case, the micro-usb connector was separated from the board. Looks like it was surface mount soldered and power cord stress bending the connector up off the board broke it off.

The 477 also does not have connectors like in the pictures. It’s all soldered.

Where can we find a replacement back?

Bill - 26/04/20

Is there another way to charge the device witout using the DC port?

Charlie Post - 18/03/21

I think it's shameful and unbelievable that a quality company like Altec Lansing can't make a better charger port than this!!REALLY?

Gary Hollins -

It is terrible that what seemed like a good quality blue tooth speaker had such a short life. I only charged it two times since purchasing. Now a use less piece of crap. It cannot be fixed. The warranty literally ran out three days prior to all the issues. It was an expensive little blue tooth speaker for having such little use. Crap parts and crap assembly. Unacceptable. Taking it all part as offered on this video would be a waste of time as there was no actual resolution.

Lynn Bits -