[ron3003]

Thank you thanasisgr but unfortunately neither of the 1.8" firmware .bin's at that site would bring my player back to life, still recognized as 962mb flash drive. My screen is definately 1.8" but physically my player looks like the 1.5" version shown there in that you have to remove 2 screws from the plate at the bottom and peel off the plastic from the screen then you can slide the insides up and out of the tube-like metal case.
I'll keep looking for firmware, worst case scenario is I end up with a 1gig flashdrive.