see if I can get the problem to happen again

I haven't pulled the sled yet... but the problem did recur today, and I noticed something that might be significant.

The player started up in the car in AC mode, and through three restarts it always resumed in AC mode.

When I went to HiJack and checked that AC/DC was set to Normal (it was) and then had HiJack reboot the player it came back up in DC mode. This seems to be a recognizable pattern -- when it starts in DC mode, it stays that way until I force a reboot through HiJack, or else leave it in the car long enough to go off of Standby mode. Even pulling it from the sled and re-inserting it doesn't seem to make it restart in DC mode, but rebooting through HiJack does.

tanstaafl.