This is what I put on my config.ini.
<q1>
[emphatic]
button=menu 80b9460e
button=left 80b9460c
button=right 80b9460d
</q1>


You're putting in the *released* codes for the Kenwood remote (beginning with 8.) Try substituting a 0 for the first digit of the codes instead of the 8 you have there. emphatic wants the "pressed" codes there.
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my empeg stuff