I ordered my BT upgrade parts yesterday.  I put a 2 day ship on it hoping it would be here by Friday.

Boy was I shocked when DHL dropped off a box today from Sony.

So the parts are here (that BT module is tiny!) and all I have to do is work up the nerve to disassemble my baby.

I put the Kingston 512MB card in yesterday but that’s only 1 screw.

I am so glad I found this site.  It’s been very helpful.

P.S.  I only see 11 screws on the bottom of my TR3A.  The instructions say 13.  What am I missing?  Only two of the rubber feet have arrows.

I see 4 in the corners
I see 1 in the middle front next to the CD drawer
I see 2 (1 on each side about 2 inches from the front)
I see 2 in the battery compartment
I see 2 under the rubber feet on the back edge

That’s 11.

well, you and me both are lucky…. finding this website because everything you know deeper about TR is complete in this website.

suriani

[quote author=“suriani”]well, you and me both are lucky…. finding this website because everything you know deeper about TR is complete in this website.

Agreed.  I had given up on upgrading my TR3 memory since the upgrade through Sony was $499.  $499!!!!  What the hell?

I got my Kingston upgrade for $103 with free shipping from the link I found here.

[quote author=“AndyMac”]I ordered my BT upgrade parts yesterday.  I put a 2 day ship on it hoping it would be here by Friday.

Boy was I shocked when DHL dropped off a box today from Sony.

So the parts are here (that BT module is tiny!) and all I have to do is work up the nerve to disassemble my baby.

I put the Kingston 512MB card in yesterday but that’s only 1 screw.

I am so glad I found this site.  It’s been very helpful.

P.S.  I only see 11 screws on the bottom of my TR3A.  The instructions say 13.  What am I missing?  Only two of the rubber feet have arrows.

I see 4 in the corners
I see 1 in the middle front next to the CD drawer
I see 2 (1 on each side about 2 inches from the front)
I see 2 in the battery compartment
I see 2 under the rubber feet on the back edge

That’s 11.

there are 2 screws by the memory compartment/door (1 screw inside)

Thanks Linc!  I wondered if that’s where it might be but wasn’t sure.

I have done the BT install, a lot less scary than I thought.  I work on my PC all the time but opening a laptop is a whole different experience.

But it was actually very easy.  I ordered the front bezel too so I now have a happily glowing BT logo on my TR3A.

Now I just need to order the BT mouse and find some other cool BT items to buy.  My phone doesn’t have BT so that’s no good.

It all works, I can send files back and forth to my Sony Clie UX-50.  I am off to look for instructions to hotsync via BT.

Again, thanks to all!

good luck. i had a horrible time trying to hotsync my ux50 via bt. wifi is faster but i want it as an alternative solution in case 802.11 networks are down or not available.  :evil:

I get it to start but then it says the port is in use.  I can’t tell if it’s talking about the UX-50 port or the laptop port…