The first victim

For some unknown reason, I thought it would be nice to take pictures ages ago to document it for some website. I guess that time is now. So anyways I decided the best way to get started was to buy a cheap MP3 player to try and see how the innards work and so I bought the cheapest MP3 Player that I could find in my local store.

Then proceeded in smashing it and taking it apart.

So here I am. Left with a broken MP3 player and a general sense of "well that was a waste of money" (this is something that will keep happening). If I learnt anything, it's that the right donor MP3 player can make all the difference. Anyways, at the time, it raised several questions.

1. How do I power the MP3 player?
2. How can I transfer music to it via USB without it sticking it out of the controller?
3. How do I cut the hole for the screen?
4. How can I make the NES buttons work as the MP3 control?

It was at that point, I abandoned the project for a few months and just generally thought, "it's not possible at all" which got blown away when I found a small website link...