Disaster! (includes pics)

cptbbb · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:54 am

Wow, that is a coincidence. I'd be more than happy to pay shipping for it if your sure - although it says in your post your daughter still uses it?

I was gonna try and see whether raz would let me buy a brand new one without any accessories, but that might be harder than it sounds...

i will email you to 'sort things out'

perhaps there might be a happy ending after all...

cheers!

cptbbb · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:00 am

chim0 wrote:

could have been the earphones which crushed the screen, happend to my vx747 where the earphones were wrapped around the player and as i tried to reach for it in my pocket, i must have pushed the earphones against screen resulting in a crack, the screen was no match for hard plastic body of the earphones :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMTTb3OPTw

anyway, sorry to hear, sucks big time! :cry:

nice vid... sucks about your 747, did u get a new player in the end?

dude0316 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:13 am

cptbbb wrote:

Wow, that is a coincidence. I'd be more than happy to pay shipping for it if your sure - although it says in your post your daughter still uses it?

I was gonna try and see whether raz would let me buy a brand new one without any accessories, but that might be harder than it sounds...

i will email you to 'sort things out'

perhaps there might be a happy ending after all...

cheers!

She has an OS-81 now. :wink:

I'll e-mail you tomorrow with the shipping. :mrgreen:

cptbbb · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:11 am

thanks again.. you're a life-saver!

I'll keep you's all posted on how well my electronics skills worked in merging these two s:flos together (get ready Bryce for 2 s:flos to grill)

chim0 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:40 pm

cptbbb wrote:

nice vid... sucks about your 747, did u get a new player in the end?

thanks

well, i wanted a vx747 again but they were no longer available so i got an os-81 instead, very worthy replacement!

dude0316 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:33 pm

cptbbb wrote:

thanks again.. you're a life-saver!

I'll keep you's all posted on how well my electronics skills worked in merging these two s:flos together (get ready Bryce for 2 s:flos to grill)

E-mail sent. I hope you get one good player from the two units

dude0316 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:38 pm

chim0 wrote:

could have been the earphones which crushed the screen, happend to my vx747 where the earphones were wrapped around the player and as i tried to reach for it in my pocket, i must have pushed the earphones against screen resulting in a crack, the screen was no match for hard plastic body of the earphones :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMTTb3OPTw

anyway, sorry to hear, sucks big time! :cry:

Hey chim0 I have the touch screen part from a broken VX777.
It appears to be glued to the plastic top of the vx777 case. Really looks like a person would break it trying to get it out. Same deal as above if you want to try it, you can have for the postage cost to get it to you.

cptbbb · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:19 pm

Warning - massive warranty voiding activities are described below. Proceed at own risk. lol

yes, its a horrible photo (my useless digital camera is to blame)
but the point here is my *working* screen!

After receiving dude0316's S:Flo (thanks heaps dude

- arrived in about 4 days), I spent ages removing my destroyed LCD panel, and putting dude's one into my mp3 player. The solder contacts were tiny - which made it near impossible, but I emerged hours later with the end product of fusing the two S:Flo's together. Oh and I swapped the backplates too.

Put simply, it works perfectly now.
If Bryce reads this and is interested in 'frying' an S:flo, i've got a destroyed one...

Perfect outcome, I guess.

I am considering sending the one with the cracked outer-layer, crushed LCD screen, disconnected battery, warped & dented backplate back to Raz for a warranty replacement.. wonder what'd happen there?!

chim0 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:43 pm

dude0316 wrote:

Hey chim0 I have the touch screen part from a broken VX777.
It appears to be glued to the plastic top of the vx777 case. Really looks like a person would break it trying to get it out. Same deal as above if you want to try it, you can have for the postage cost to get it to you.

thanks but no thanks, this little baby is burried a long time ago

(seriously, i stripped it completely, played with it a couple of time and threw it away)

dude0316 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:51 pm

cptbbb wrote:

Warning - massive warranty voiding activities are described below. Proceed at own risk. lol

yes, its a horrible photo (my useless digital camera is to blame)
but the point here is my *working* screen!

After receiving dude0316's S:Flo (thanks heaps dude

- arrived in about 4 days), I spent ages removing my destroyed LCD panel, and putting dude's one into my mp3 player. The solder contacts were tiny - which made it near impossible, but I emerged hours later with the end product of fusing the two S:Flo's together. Oh and I swapped the backplates too.

Put simply, it works perfectly now.
If Bryce reads this and is interested in 'frying' an S:flo, i've got a destroyed one...

Perfect outcome, I guess.

I am considering sending the one with the cracked outer-layer, crushed LCD screen, disconnected battery, warped & dented backplate back to Raz for a warranty replacement.. wonder what'd happen there?!

Glad it worked for you. It just does not look right in that picture. Four day delivery wow. I sent it regular mail.Just think had I sent it air mail you would have probably had it the same day. lol
Any way congrats on your repair.Well done grasshoper :mrgreen:

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