I'm curious if anyone else has swapped any lids of Discmans before. My girlfriend is from Kazakhstan and their flag is a sky blue field with a yellow sun in the middle. I was thinking it might be fun to give her a D-E330 with a blue body and a yellow lid (I would, of course, keep the yellow body and the blue lid, in case I ever wanted to return them to original configuration). From photos I've seen of the D-E330, it appears that the lid has no controls, display or anything else; it's just a flap over the disc, attached with a hinge and assisted by a spring. But of course that doesn't mean that it would be a straightforward job to remove and replace it. Has anyone ever tried to replace the lid on a D-E330 (or D-E220, whose case appears to be identical)? Thanks!
being born in Kazakhstan, and these also being the colors of my native Ukraine - myguess I MUST help Switching lids is very easy but if you are afraid to break anything then leave them alone, brute force is needed to separate lid from the case . Otherwise it is a 5-min job. Two screws from the bottom and three from top, marked by arrows. Ph0 screwdriver is needed: now shell is held together by plastic clips, use old Credit Card to separate: now use small flat screwdriver to separate lid from the case. This is the step where brute but controlled force is needed: One last tip - when snapping everything back together, keep the lid open, otherwise pop-up spring won't get engaged Good Luck!
Whoa! That's so cool that you were born in Kazakhstan, Jorge, and that you're Ukrainian! When I was in Almaty a few months ago I saw lots of UA flags, stickers, etc. My girlfriend is very pro-UA (as am I). And thank you so much for the tutorial on swapping lids! With that info, I think I can handle this job. I'll post pics here after I get the two donors and perform the surgery. Slava Ukraini, and Alga Qazaqstan!
