Hi,
Have tried to post thee zipped utility to you but it keeps crashing....so I have put it on the most amazing web-site you have ever seen, for you to download.
http://freespace.virgin.net/tony.saul
P.S. I did short the pins (all of them at one point and in accordance with the document that you get with the firmware files that I mention earlier). It made the player flash off but it always came back on in less than a second to the same point that it was at before (a still hour glass to start, white screen later). So I thought that this probably didn't do anything..worth a try if all else fails thooough I guess.
Luck
Tony
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