Creative MuVo Mouse Dock

I have an old 128MB Creative MuVo MP3 Player but the battery contacts are all corroded, possibly because of an old battery left there for too long. I could just replace the contacts but, heck, why not make something nice out of it. Also, it uses a single AAA battery - quite expensive and won't last long, well , at least for me.

Gather Materials

Since I was back at home for the holidays, I dug through my stuff I had in college and found an old PS/2 mouse. Perfect!

Here are the rest of the stuff I needed:
-slide switch
-super glue
-wires
-AA Battery
-2 x AA Battery holder (cut the other half since I only need a single AA battery)

Assemble

1) Remove PS/2 mouse innards

2) Cut 2 slots on the side of the mouse for the slide switch and the USB connector - held them in place with a glue. For the battery holder, I used a double sided adhesive tape.

3) Connect the (-) battery terminal to the muvo dock and the (+) terminal to one end of the switch, the other end of the switch goes to the (+) terminal in the muvo dock.

Close the Mouse

Here's how is should look like.

Test

1) Plug-in the MuVo MP3 player

2) Turn the dock switch on

3) Power up the MP3 player

Enjoy!

Without the MuVo player and the headphones, it could easily be mistaken for an ancient wireless mouse.