He's probably using his Mark 1 power supply. Those were awesome: A separate power cable and a slim little converter brick. None of this "wall wart" stuff. You could easily get a Mark 1 power supply into the empeg carry case along with the cables and the remote.

Hmm,. I got the slim power box with both my Mark 1 and 2, and I was one of the last people to get an empeg Mark 2. Was the change to the wall wart for the Rio Car players, or just random chance for Mark 2 owners?