The player HAS to be ruthless to do its job. Playback cannot be allowed to glitch for even a fraction of a second and mounting the disks rw in the car is a bad idea. Even leaving them spun up the whole time is less than ideal.

As with empeg-written threads which perform a variety of functions within the player, user written applications are going to have to conform with strict guidelines to allow the product to do its primary task effectively.

Rob