I do not have much technical input to offer here, as I have never had an issue with my BS9000. Unless, you are missing the PIN... but I think mine will play for a few minutes without the proper PIN.
I was a bit surprised to see a member with no rating flaming a top 25 and top 50 contributor. From the posts I have read by Graham, he seems like a very polite and intelligent individual, who I am sure is more than capable of managing his own time and resources.
I have not read another post on this site in which someone was directly insulting people based on nationality. That's a new low.
New: BS9000, BL8000 and BL2
Ebay: BM6500, BGCD 6500, and BL6000s
Lifestyle-AV: MCP 6500
By the way, thank you to everyone that provided input to me about my BM6500. I replaced a faulty rectifier and bad capacitor and it powered right up. I have since re-capped the boards, and it sounds like new... but maybe I was being cheap and should have let a great piece of equipment get thrown in the trash...
-Rob (San Diego)