my only deal is that unless I'm crazy (which I may be) my friend's player worked correctly (went into standby and shut off soon after) in my car's sled. And my empeg wouldn't go into standby in his car. And when I manually shut down my player with ignition off, the player won't ever actually shut off either.. I'm going to text my friend, maybe I'm nuts. thanks for the quick repsonse though, you're awesome.