Thanks for the replies guys.  I didn't buy it on ebay.  I actually received it for next to nothing when buying some other things as the owner didn't know if it even worked.  It works perfectly but is in need of the usual battery and recap.  I haven't had time to deal with anything b&o for awhile now, but as I always walk by it on the stand my curiosity reminded me to ask you guys.  As I mentioned it's my second BL7000, so I never gave it too much thought.

My daughter dropped mine from the floorstand to the floor about a year ago 😠 - fortunately the floor remain intact, and my daughter also survived the incident 😂 because there was no problem with the remote🤩

The only problem was, that there are slight missing "black cover" below the glass area in about 2 cm^2, however there is not any visible scratch or damage exists on the glass.

For this reason, I think, there is a black layer was bonded in between the glass and the remote's body, and it torn.

So - and IMHO - the mentioned remote was completly lost this "layer", because it was also damaged, and somebody solved the problem with a "complete removal", or, someone somewhere over the rainbow thought: it's fun, or it's trendy.

I have no idea on what kind of film, or material can replace this layer, so I left the remote as is. Now I see, it was the best I could do, as this could lead to this result...🙂

I bought one a month ago on ebay and it also has a problem like AT has. there are 2 places of 5 x 20 mm in the down left corner and down right corner. It looks like if there is a air-bubble between the front-glass and a Black film on the inner side of the glass

regards

gerard