Uh oh... I didn't read this thread and I think I just turned my empeg into a brick. I hope someone can help. I was trying to use the emplode firmware wizard to upgrade Mk2 from 2.0 to 2.01 firmware. I was using my laptop which does not have a serial port. I installed a USB-serial adapter on my laptop...which by the way was working fine with Emplode to load my music database up to the PC and browse around. However, the firmware update failed at stage x10 and now the Empeg will not function. I've tried several times to do the firmware again, same error every time. The first time I ran it I also forgot to turn off the power first and then turn it back on. All the other times I did it as instructed, but turning off the power and then starting the wizard and plugging in the power when asked. It seemst to recognize the player when the power comes on and starts to do some stuff but then give me "Error 'Flash program failed' occurred during state 0x10".

crap...so what will I have to do to make my player usable again and is it true that a USB-serial cable can't be used for this? I don't see why it should matter, I would have thought that from the Empeg's perspective it can't tell the difference between a real serial communication and one that is going through a USB driver.

help please!