JVC Adixxion GC-XA1BU Battery Housing Replacement

Find the side of the camera with the black switch shown.

Push down on the black switch.

Slide the battery cover back while pushing down on the black switch.

Open the battery compartment and push the blue battery release switch.

Remove the battery from the camera.

Remove the two Phillips screws (4mm x 3mm) using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the 8 screws (5mm x 4mm) from the corners of both the front and back of the camera (4 screws on each side) using the T6 Torx screwdriver.

Carefully open the camera as shown and gently peel off the black cover tape.

Carefully lift up and remove the cable ribbon clip using the tweezers.

Carefully grasp and remove the ribbon cable using the tweezers.

Turn the camera as shown and carefully remove the glue from the connector.

Carefully pull the white clip out of the casing using the tweezers.

Carefully peel off the glue holding the red and black braided wire down to the circuit board.

Then remove the connector by gently pulling it out of its casing.

Lift up the white ribbon clip and remove the black ribbon by gently pulling it away from the white clip.

Remove the the three Phillips screws (3mm headsize x 2mm length) from the circuit board.

After you remove the screws, you can then remove the green circuit board by lifting it up out of the device case.

Once the circuit board is removed, you will want to remove the Phillips screw (3mm headsize x 2 mm length) near the ribbon cable.

Use the plastic opening tool to gently remove the top cover from the camera.

Once the cover has been removed, you will want to remove the three Phillips screws (2mm headsize x 2mm length) that are underneath.

Carefully remove both the top and bottom copper strips by gently pulling them off with the tweezers.

Now you should be able to gently remove the battery housing out of the device.