via emplode you can adjust the time it takes for the unit to shut down after the car is turned off. ... Could it possibly be this easy????

Unfortunately, no.

What you can adjust in emplode is the amount of time the unit remains in standby before powering down completely. My problem (and one or two other people's) is that the unit didn't go into standby at all -- just stayed all lit up, playlist timer counting, etc.

Synchronizing made the problem go away. I had this problem once before (same empeg, different car) and didn't know how to fix it. The problem seemed to go away all by itself -- no doubt because I synchronized the player and didn't make the connection between synching and problem resolution.

tanstaafl.