Lopan,

I know you don't have both the car computer AND the Empeg installed in your car, but perhaps you should take a look at this thing I recently finished http://strobos.cee.vt.edu/EMSC . You can test at your home where you can access your Empeg via ethernet. I am in the process of setting up a car computer similar to yours, except that I intend to use the Empeg as mass storage and sound card (I think it sounds great). However, the EMSC app can easily be made to work without the need for an Empeg at all, if there is demand for it. (Or if I come to think that replacing the Empeg with a decent sound card and a USB hard drive makes sense).

In any case, you may find that with this EMSC you'll have what amounts to an Empeg designed for a VGA screen, with some additional search and running order manipulation capabilities not found in the Empeg. Although it is labled alpha release, it should work without flaws. If you decide to check it out I would appreciate comments, suggestions, or a review.