Hi Binh It isn't obvious from the photo but the new plastic back I formed is smoothon one side (facing the battery) and patterned (as in unsmooth) on the outside, so it has a kind of finished look. Never thought of adding any artwork design. I'm happy just as it is. Tho, I'm always open to suggestions. This will be the extent of any mods for this unit. My main concern was to fix the battery issue and that gave me the chance to extend the playing time. Nothing else I can think of. When I had it apart, I did notice there is an empty place on the circuit board for an additional memory chip (would increase from 2GB to 4GB) but I'm not sure it's worth the cost. I bought this unit mainly because it has a MicroSD memory slot (up to 8GB). So, I just pick up additional chips, load 'em with music and plug them in. Works for me
I agree about the mfg quality. But then, these units weren't built for design beauty and/or quality. Mainly for cost and profit. Cheers...Steph
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Originally Posted by Binh@MyMPx
You've shown a LOT of patience by doing all this and also sharing it with us all.
Have you thought about putting some nice artwork or something on the back of the case to customise it even more?
Any other plans after this?
It's a pity that all the manufacturers cares about is the cheapest way to get the players produced and sell cheap. If they put in as much effort into the player as you have, (the battery would be very good for starters), or even just a little bit more effort, I'm sure they would produce a very well produced player that would be actually really good.
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