goldfingerfif
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I ordered the Fiio RC-UE1 cable for my Ultimate Ears Triple Fi 10 (TF10) to my work. UPS tracking showed it will be here today so I thought I would get a head start and remove the cables from the ear buds. I should have probably waited until I got home and delicately took my time but I didn’t think the super glue holding the plug into the ear bud would break.
I tried pulling on it and though wow this is really in there, so I pulled a tad bit harder and it just popped out with the plug and the soldered enameled connection inside the ear bud broke too. I almost cried but my emotions quickly turned to anger and almost smashed them and tossed them in the trash. I remained calm and went back to sad and depressed. I looked for a disassembly guide, surely I’m not the first I thought. Seen others who had this problem but as for a guide….no luck
Everyone had just said to get them reshelled but not much about repair. Determined as I was I tried taking them apart carefully and was successful.
1. Here is the picture of the headphones at the end but since I forgot to take a starting pic I figured I would show where to press to break the ear buds apart first. I used my knife to press on the sides and break the "tabs" free as you'll see in other pics. The knife is the Benchmade 480-1 M390 Super Stainless Steel with Carbon Fiber and anodized Titanium handle (It feels like it weighs nothing) http://www.benchmade.com/products/480-1
2. I then cut some small wires because I didn't like the ones that were on there, I felt the enamel was wearing and the wires looked frayed.
At this time my cable arrived
3. I soldered my wires onto the board first EXTREMELY CAREFULLY
4. Then put the black plastic piece back on
5. Started unsoldering the wires from the connector (see above image)
6. Cut appropriate and equal amount off each wire.
7. Soldered wires to connector
8. Since wires were too thick to easily stuff in I had to take it apart slightly to put connector in first so I could move wires around.
9. I then tested earbuds to make sure they worked
10. I took apart the connector slightly and applied glue.
11. Tested earbuds again.
12. Glued housing back together.
They Work Great! I am very proud of myself. Hopefully this helps someone. If you want to see more pics (I didn't want to post them all in here)
http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i38/goldfingerfif/TF10/
I tried pulling on it and though wow this is really in there, so I pulled a tad bit harder and it just popped out with the plug and the soldered enameled connection inside the ear bud broke too. I almost cried but my emotions quickly turned to anger and almost smashed them and tossed them in the trash. I remained calm and went back to sad and depressed. I looked for a disassembly guide, surely I’m not the first I thought. Seen others who had this problem but as for a guide….no luck
Everyone had just said to get them reshelled but not much about repair. Determined as I was I tried taking them apart carefully and was successful.
1. Here is the picture of the headphones at the end but since I forgot to take a starting pic I figured I would show where to press to break the ear buds apart first. I used my knife to press on the sides and break the "tabs" free as you'll see in other pics. The knife is the Benchmade 480-1 M390 Super Stainless Steel with Carbon Fiber and anodized Titanium handle (It feels like it weighs nothing) http://www.benchmade.com/products/480-1
2. I then cut some small wires because I didn't like the ones that were on there, I felt the enamel was wearing and the wires looked frayed.
At this time my cable arrived
3. I soldered my wires onto the board first EXTREMELY CAREFULLY
4. Then put the black plastic piece back on
5. Started unsoldering the wires from the connector (see above image)
6. Cut appropriate and equal amount off each wire.
7. Soldered wires to connector
8. Since wires were too thick to easily stuff in I had to take it apart slightly to put connector in first so I could move wires around.
9. I then tested earbuds to make sure they worked
10. I took apart the connector slightly and applied glue.
11. Tested earbuds again.
12. Glued housing back together.
They Work Great! I am very proud of myself. Hopefully this helps someone. If you want to see more pics (I didn't want to post them all in here)
http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i38/goldfingerfif/TF10/
