well, the problem's come back :-( almost the same as before, except empeg stutters and dies randomly - can be 4 minutes, can be 15. Also it sometimes recovers itself and carries on playing, and sometimes requires pulling out of the sled. Always just before failing the W appears next to the hard drive icon. Again, the player is absolutely fine at home, no problems at all, it's just in the car that the problem occurs. How could it be HDD cable issues if it's fine at home? Anyway, I shall order a new one from Eutronix and see if I have any luck there.