HOW TO DISMANTLE THE SPEAKERS Z-10
okay...this is not pretty, but it's the way I did it, and Logitech have not made these easy to dismantle. The shiny front panel is actually glued onto the speaker chassis, and must be carefully and slowly pulled off the aluminum chassis, Take great care not to scratch or excessively bend the faceplate as you ease it away - the glue is elastic, but has a very strong grip, so this requires a fair bit of force. Start at the top corner and gradually release the entire fascia. When you get down near the display, take even greater care, because there are all kind of delicate controls under there. Don't poke anything into this area, but continue pulling a bit at a time until the entire front comes off. I used a strong but thin screwdriver blade to get a start on the edge - the silver trim stays where it is on the chassis...don't try to remove that, as it has nothing to do with disassembly! Once the faceplate is off you have access to the small philips screws - 8 or 10 (by memory) that actually hold the front of the speaker chassis to the rear casing. I used a long, strong screwdriver to remove these - they are in pretty tight. That gave me access to the whole speaker internals, including the circuit board. I kept the front fascia safe glue side up, and was able to carefully replace it using the original glue. I checked everything was still working...and it is. Next I will take it apart again to change the capacitors (that's the fault with mine, which makes an intermittent static crackle sound that is unaffected by the volume control). Once again, move slowly but firmly to avoid damaging the fascia, and good luck!
