General Electric Telephone 2-9710A Base Speaker Replacement

Using a plastic opening tool, remove the phone cord from the phone jack at the base of the headset.

Remove the 7.5 mm screw.

Remove the screw cap.

Pull up the phone cord to remove it from the base.

Remove the battery compartment door (located on the bottom of the radio) by applying thumb pressure to the area indicated on the battery door.

Slide the door off of the battery compartment.

Remove the battery from the phone.

Locate the volume dial on the right side of the telephone.

Remove the volume dial by gently grasping it and pulling it away from the base.

Remove the three 12 mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Remove the three 18 mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Pry off the base shell using a plastic opener tool.

Set the shell aside.

Slightly pull out speaker.

Cut wire as close as speaker as possible with wire cutters.

Remove speaker.

Strip the wire half an inch using wire strippers for a 24 gauge wire.

Solder on the new speaker.

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