Help: Buggy (broken) Blu-ray menu navigation

This is really frustrating. I have an Encore 2.0 project, previously used to build an SD DVD, using AVI/AC3 output from Premiere (built from what had been HDV video). REALLY basic menu buttons (no animation, or anything like that). They simply have standard highlights (which show as an arrow next to the button). In fact, those buttons weren't anything fancy that I built, they were simply standard buttons supplied in a previous Encore package. They worked fine in Encore 2.0 when the project was used to burn an SD DVD.
I've been sitting on the Premiere and Encore projects for several years, waiting for the HD support, so when I upgraded to CS3, I transcoded some a set of MV4/AC3 files in Premiere, and re-opened my original Encore project with the CS3 version; and then simply replaced the original AVI/AC3 files with new MV4/AC3. I then flipped the Encore project settings to burn a BR disk. I had to re-point the menu links (to the chapters in the new video file), but made NO changes to the content of the menus (i.e. all of the menu components are exactly what they were before). Within Encore, I previewed the Menu functionality and they work perfectly (i.e. the pseudo-remote moves the arrow/highlight between the buttons, and I can jump between my two menu pages, as well as jumping into my chapters). Everything LOOKED great.
So then I burned a disk (first one, on my new BR burner!). It burned great. I popped it in my Panny, and when the first menu popped up, I immediately clicked Enter (as my default button was to "Play"). That worked fine (so the button is "functional"), and my movie played (it was great to finally see my HDV footage in its full resolution). But then I jumped back to the menu to test out the rest of the menu capability. That's when the disappointment set in. The problem is that the menu navigation is all non-functional. I am unable to move between the buttons on my opening menu (and hence, can't even get to my submenu). It's just like the remote isn't working. And it's not like the buttons are "really" moving, but just not being highlighted properly, as I've played with the remote to test that possibility (based upon having seen some posts along those lines). It's simply that the navigation is "dead". It's dead when the disk is first loaded, and dead if you jump back to the menu after playing the movie. Of course, all "other" DVD and (commercial) BR disks work just fine.
So... the obvious question that I have is whether anybody else has seen any such behavior, or whether I'm the only unlucky SOB to suffer this problem? This is the sort of "buggy crap" (in Encore and/or Premiere) that has driven me crazy over the years (thru numerous version). This is absolutely one of the simplest projects (all of "seven!" resources listed on the Resource tab). How in the world have they managed to muck up the navigation in the menus, on something this simple? I'm clueless as to what I can even try, that might resolve the problem (especially when the menus work perfectly while being previewed). It simply looks like Encore has some basic bug that results in it mangling the menus when it builds them before the burn process.
Any input/thoughts would obviously be appreciated.
(BTW, everything is fully patched.)

Not yet. Don't really have another player at my disposal. I have a relative with PS3, and hope to test it on that at some point, but I live (and work) out in the boonies, so it'll be a bit before that happens.

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