Calling all XA2 experts, please help me figure out what kind of HD DVD player I have

I purchased a refurbished XA2 from bidtopia (read: Bargainland) in 3/08. It has played flawlessly since I got it. I was going to update it to Version 2.7 and that is when I noticed that mine is Version 2.0 (see screenshot). The thing is I didn't know there was a Version 2.0 for the XA2. I burned the 2.7 disk myself but the machine wouldn't update. I thought I burned a coaster so I tried to update to 2.8 with a factory Toshiba disc. It would get to step 2/5 then flash an error code and eject the disk. I called Toshiba and they sent me another 2.8 update disc thinking the first one was bad. Same problem as before. Then, Toshiba refused to exchange the XA2 for another refurb because bidtopia is not an approved seller/reseller. At a loss, I compared the setup menu between my bidtopia XA2 and my uBid XA2 that I had and noticed they were different. The outside, back, remote, box etc. are identical to my uBid XA2 but the setup menus are different. What gives? I then tried to update the bidtopia XA2 via the internet thinking that no matter what kind of HD DVD player I really had, it would update properly. No luck. It would get through all of the initial downloads and then flash the same error code on step 2 of 5. One question I have is do the setup menus change based on the version the player is on? I'm hoping someone on here has had a similar experience or can figure out what is going on. Thanks in advance for any insight.

You got me. According to the firmware thread, the A1/D1, the XA1, the A3/D3, the A30, and the A35 all have a 2.0 verison. I figured when I updated it via the internet it would automatically update to the proper version of whatever drive it is.

Yes I have the XA2 remote and I have been able to adjust the Reon chip's picture adjustment controls. I am missing some of the picture setting options in setup menu though (last pic in the first post). I don't know if the picture options in the setup menu change with different version updates though.

It could definitely be hacked firmware. To those who have used the hex editor, what shows up as the version number? Does using the hex editor prevent further updates?

Thanks for the help. Here is what I get:



Can you decifer this for me?

I didn't know that the XA2 ever came with 2.0 fw. Can you tell me what the numbers mean and what the difference between the drive verisions are? I might have to try to rollback to 1.3 fw as a last resort but I am not at all comfortable with the process. I'd rather have it play at 2.0 than brick it just to change the fw. Initially I thought someone switched out the drive but that might not be the case. Thanks for all of the help.

Thanks for the reply. I can't check if it will bitstream because its going straight into my plasma (no receiver upstairs). I should have posted before that the error code I am getting is 2007c5a0, which I have read on here means: "flash memory error VR NAND". It looks like my only option is to try and rollback to 1.3 fw and start over from there.