Interesting concept.

In any case, if noise on the serial wires is what causes Hijack to accidentally enter AC mode, then I'd consider that a Hijack bug. Since the default way of installing the player is to have nothing connected to those wires.

I have an idea...

Doug... If Mark compiled you a special Hijack that didn't do the dock detection, would you be willing to install it and test it for him?

Mark... If Doug confirmed that the non-dock-detecting Hijack solved his problem, then would you be interested in using up a flash bit for a "Detect MLord Dock (Enabled/Disabled)" option?