Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsb!faiman From: faiman@uiucdcsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Customer Release Battery Replacement Message-ID: <26900013@uiucdcsb.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 22:30:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsb.26900013 Posted: Wed Dec 5 22:30:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 01:17:38 EST References: <328@wnuxb.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:wnuxb:-32800:uiucdcsb:26900013:000:964 Nf-From: uiucdcsb!faiman Dec 5 21:30:00 1984 I also own a Casio calculator watch (CFX 200) and successfully replaced the battery myself - cost between $3 and $4. It's not especially tricky, but it does require some care. The little booklet that comes with the watch should show how the back is to be removed - mine can be pried up with the tip of a pocket knife. The watch should be supported face down during this operation, so that nothing will fall out. The battery is typically held in place by one or two spring clips, which can be gently pushed aside to take out the old and insert the new. By the way, the booklet - I should obviously have said to begin with - also specifies what type of replacement battery to use. Try K-Mart. Why pay someone more than $40 to change the battery in a watch that you can probably replace in its entirety for less than half that sum? Even if you screw it up yourself, you're only $20 out of pocket, and think of the marvellous learning experience! Mike Faiman