Since installing the Mark2 (with its ignition-sense wire, something the Mk1 didn't have), I've been doing the following:

- Park the car.
- Turn off the ignition.
- Empeg goes into sleep mode while it's still THIS BLOODY LOUD.
- Realize it's going to be THIS BLOODY LOUD when I restart the car. Oops, better turn that back down so I don't give myself or my passengers a heart attack when I get back in.
- Wake the empeg up again and turn down its volume.
- Put the empeg into sleep mode.
- Pull it from the dash and exit the car.

An alternate version is to wait and not shut off the ignition until I've turned down the empeg.

But if there were a way to have the empeg automatically turn itself down by 20db when I turn on the ignition, then it would simplify things:

- Park the car.
- Turn off the ignition.
- Not worry about how loud the empeg is going to be when I restart the car.

Some folks have requested an automatic-ramp-the-volume-back-up feature, but I wouldn't want that at all. I just want it to start off with the volume turned down when it first gets the ignition-on signal in the car. (Obviously, you wouldn't want this to happen on AC power, only in the car.)

Anyone see any disadvantages to this? I think it could be something that was just a permanent always-on feature, no need to make it configurable.

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Tony Fabris