Finally the solution below worked, though when I initially tried pressing Menu, Center Button and Pinhole I couldn't get it into Red Dot Mode....just restarted and locked up. My mistake was releasing the other two buttons before releasing the pinhole or releasing them all at once.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89431
Hopefully it won't crash again. I'm glad I resisted the urge to jump up and down on the reader and drop kick it out the window.