My approach to soldering these components (and this follows also for the resistors in step 5) is to solder one pad on the PCB first and then slide the component in while the solder on the pad is still hot. Then when the first solder joint has cooled you can solder the other side.

When using this technique you need to be careful not to move the component while the first joint cools as this will not give a reliable result. I will almost always try to use a non grounded pad for my first solder joint on the component. The grounded pad will sink a lot more heat and so will cool more slowly and thus increasing the likelihood of the component moving after you remove the soldering iron.

Its worth noting how easily I bump the PCB while soldering. To stay sane it is a good idea to secure your work before you start. The simplest way of doing this can be to place a heavy weight (such as a roll of solder) on part of the PCB to anchor it. I'm a big fan of using a drill-vice to secure a PCB as it adds weight to the board but allows you to manipulate it on your workbench. I didn't secure the work in these videos due to space limitations while filming

Another thing to note from this video is rotating the work. When soldering the second capacitor I rotate the PCB 180 degrees so the already soldered pad is on the side matching the soldering iron (On the right for me as I am right-handed). This can seemingly obvious tip can make getting into a tricky area just that much easier.

The two 0.33pF capacitors are used as part of the clock circuit that provides the 12.288MHZ clock signal for the MP3 decoding chip.

Looking at the close up photo 4a you can see that I wasn't very tidy and managed to get solder all over the adjacent pad. This is something best avoided. If it becomes a problem the excess solder can be removed using de-soldering braid or "solderwick"

The next video shows the same technique applied to the 0.1uF capacitors.

These 0.1uF capacitors are often used for "de-coupling". This means that they are used to filter out any noise in the power supply to the chip. As power tracks often have to run to all chips on a PCB, when one IC suddenly draws a lot of current it will effect the voltage and power supply of other ICs on the board. By de-coupling all the ICs using capacitors then the effects of these fluctuations can be minimised.

In this circuit C5 is used to de-couple the power supply to the VS1001 decoder. The second of the two 0.1uF capacitors, C3, is used to buffer the reference voltage on the decoder chip. When the VS1001 decodes an MP3 stream and outputs an analogue signal the voltage across C3 is used as a reference for the output. Under test conditions it is around 1.3V.

Inspecting the joins shown in photo 4b above shows large balls of solder on three out of four of the joins. This is due to using a fraction too much solder. The lowest join in the photo looks about right. Sometimes you can wick away the tiny bit of extra solder by simply reheating with a "dry" soldering iron tip. The tip will attract some of the solder but should leave enough for a good joint.

The last video in this section shows the soldering of the 2.2uF capacitor.

This capacitor, C12, is used in the power supply circuit. This capacitor is used to filter the output from the voltage regulator. This means that if the supply voltage dips suddenly the voltage to the rest of the circuit is not affected. It also means that when the circuit requires more current some of that current is drawn from the capacitor. This helps prevent any surges being passed back to the battery which could result in a brown out if the battery was unable to respond quickly enough.