XPost: sci.electronics.repair   
   From: nobody@but.us.chickens   
      
   On 9/16/2010 6:26 PM Bill Graham spake thus:   
      
   > "David Nebenzahl"  wrote in message   
   > news:4c910ad4$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com...   
   >   
   >> On 9/15/2010 10:33 AM William Sommerwerck spake thus:   
   >>   
   >>>>> I'm sure most people in this group have noticed how remote   
   >>>>> controls are generally held together with screws /and/ near-   
   >>>>> unreleasable tabs. I've never understood why both are needed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, it's not, and you're misunderstanding the packaging here.   
   >>>   
   >>> My point was about the /philosophy/ of the packaging. Why   
   >>> belts+suspenders, when only one is needed?   
   >>   
   >> Ah, so. Actually describes my problem here quite well; why doesn't   
   >> this damn thing open up when I remove the screws, which seemed to   
   >> hold the thing together quite securely?   
   >>   
   > Perhaps it will.....Have you used sufficient force?   
      
   More force is definitely not the answer (despite the many jokes here   
   about dynamite, angle grinders, etc.)   
      
   The key was removing the nut around a phone jack on the back of the   
   case, which you'd know if you read through the rest of the thread.   
      
      
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