when the player is in standby mode (hold top button), the player's display is turned off. The applet still shows the selected visual and a rotating title of the last song...

You just discovered the Empeg's dirty little secret. When it goes into standby mode, all it does is pause the unit, turn off the display, turn off the amp remote line, and spin down the hard disks. Everything is still running, though.

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Tony Fabris