My Vizio Co-Star VAP430 displays a message saying that it will not boot, and asking me to press button on the remote. This does nothing.

Is there any way to access the system directly (using telnet/ssh or via usb), without using the remote?

I have a problem with my Vizio Co-Star (VAP430) not booting, so I called Vizio support. Nice folks who offered a bit of help, then said that it appeared that my unit was broken. The next question was where I purchased the unit. When I said eBay, they said that there was no warranty on any unit not s...