well, i thought i would let the holidays pass before trying to contact sony but i've just telephoned the sony service number, and i'm feeling a bit reassured. the woman i spoke with, after hearing my description of the problems agrees there is clearly a fault, and it should not be a problem that the 600 was not purchased in france. ouf ! now i'm going to take it to the service counter in the sony store in paris ; apparently they won't exchange it for me since it wasn't bought in their shop (alas, since that is what i was hoping for) but they will be able to take it for repair. i'll report back to let you know how it went. thanks again for the support and encouragement !
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