> Running player -u- used to work - I haven't tried it recently.
It does..., with the last minus-sign attached...
I also discovered a -i option
what does this one do?

empeg:/empeg/bin# ./player -h
Using non-standard cache size 148 (adjustment 32)
player [options]

Options:
   -u  Enable USB server.
   -i  Ignore emergency persist data.

Frank van Gestel