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Ok it's good your player is still not dead, the menu is there you just can't see it.
Have you tried to load the firmware posted by rainer v.0.0.003 into your ConsumerUpdate, if your ConsumerUpdate accepts this firmware then it should be ok for your player.
Then you can try to flash your player again with v.0.0.003, but you will need to follow the instructions given above to get to the update option on your player, then connect your player to the USB, and then run consumerUpdate.
You may need to try this a few times because is easy to press a key wrong when you can't see the menu.
I know I had the same thing happen to my player, if you think you have pressed a key wrong you will need to switch off the player and restart it and remember give it enough time to start up before you start pressing the keys. If the update process starts don't remove the USB cable until a few seconds after it says its finished. I hope this will work for you.