Ok,

so far so good. I read in the faq entry the following sentence:
Quote:

On some players, this switch fails, causing the player to think it's either permanently in home mode or permanently in car mode.



Following Mark Lords wonderfull pictured posts, this sentence makes no sense to me now, because the second case would be impossible then.
I'm a bit confused now, but I would love to help clearing this out. I will disassemble the player on monday and measure the ohmic resistance between the pins.

In the meantime, thanks a lot for all the answers and help.
It's a miracle to me that this forum still stays so active although the player is discontinued for years now.