You are getting output on the display now?!?!?!

Okay...

Then I would have to go for an intermittent failure of some kind. Possibly memory. Possibly display. It might be a good idea (if you are comfortable opening the player) just to check the connections of the display to the motherboard, just to make certain they are firm.
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Paul Grzelak
200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs