Hi Neil. Finally I chose to flash full Thai firmware - the device started up properly. However there was no sign of success. I could change the menu to Thai - but I'm pretty sure that this is also possible with European firmware. Futhermore I still didn't get a Thai keyboard so I still had to do any search by English locations. I copied the content of the text folder delivered with the Thai firmware but nothing changed. However I'm not sure if this really is a Thai update as I can hardly find anything in the internet. Do you have links to Thai firmware??? Another sign of not being successful is the fact that in the device information file it's still HWID 1582. Can this be possible??? Update.exe reported a successful firmware update.... Regards Chris