Content conversion - endSeparator and fieldSeparator with unusual separators

Hi Experts.
I have a problem with the content conversion of a file due to delimiters.
The problem is that the field separators and end line separators are:
fieldSeparator ¿ (ASCII hexadecimal code BF).
endSeparator ¨ (ASCII hexadecimal code A8).
It seems like if the channel is not recognizing these characters.
1. If I use the character directly in content conversion:
    I get all the file data in the first field of my message:
    <Field1>xxxxxx¿sssssss¨xxxxxx¿sssssss¨<Field1>
2. If use ASCII Hexadecimal code in content conversion
    '0xBF'
    '0xA8'
     I get this error in communication channel:
    Conversion initialization failed: java.lang.Exception: java.lang.NumberFormatException: Value out of range. Value: "BF" Radix: 16
Any idea about how to solve this? Is that even possible to handle this kind of files with this unusual separators?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Christian.

Hi Jens.
Thank you so much for the information.
The thing is that I'm not working with module SimplePlain2XML and I'm doing the conversion directly from content conversion. Do you think that could be the same problem as using SimplePlain2XML module?
Btw, I'm working in 7.31.11.0 environment.
Many thanks.
Christian.

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