crazybaz, The problem you have is not likely caused by the firmware, rather by the fact that it's an 8GB player. If you flash another firmware file to it it will probably not work at all. Most of the 8GB players on ebay are hacked up from 1 or 2GB to look like they hold 8GB. This can cause a multitude of problems
Go here >
http://www.mympxplayer.org/how-to-re...ck-vt2400.html and try the 'Removing Memory Hack' procedure first.
Let us know how it goes