That might be it, except I don't usually remove the empeg from the sled . The time isn't really 'lost', it just doesn't get displayed. It goes back to normal without removing the empeg from the sled, or resetting the clock, or touching the remote, just restart the car (and hence, reboot the empeg - its shutdown timer is set to like 5 or 10 secs). Sometimes it works, other times it just doesn't. *shrug*

Since it doesn't seem that anybody else is experiencing this, now I'm really really really confused