Have you verified that the stalk buttons are being "seen" by Hijack, by selecting "Button Codes Display" off the Hijack menu? If you have a way to monitor the serial port while it is in the sled, then try setting the ir_debug=1 and/or stalk_debug=1 options, in the config.ini Hijack section. It has been a while since I have tried this, but this should also show the raw ir and/or stalk data on the serial port.

I've not used jemplode, but have remapped my Sony stalk to make it more effective. It may help to take a look at my config.ini at this link.

I find my mapping to be logical, and have all buttons and twist of the stalk doing something ... try it and see what you think. One note: If you are running beta13 then the bottom stalk button does not work. It appears to be a bug introduced during beta13, since it worked before. You can see what I mean by pressing it while monitoring with "Button Codes Display". All buttons indicate a press and release code, however the bottom button now only indicates the release. Prior to beta13 it toggled shuffle on and off, but now nothing ... and Hijack isn't able to map it either. On my other empeg running beta11 it reports a press and release, and works properly. So there appears to lay the problem with that. Good Luck! ...Mark