Well, it's official, it is the Empeg. The next time the sound cut out completely from the left channel. I went to the amp, switched the inputs, and sure enough, the sound came out of the left side and not the right. I then pulled the Empeg (all while the car still on), put it back in, and both channel's came back up.

I don't see how cleaning the connectors is going to fix this problem, but I will give it a shot. This is a Mark1 player, and if I knew I was going to have a job in 2 weeks, I would go out and buy the mark2.

I have always had problems with my mark1, but I believe it was all part of the production. I sometimes will get speaker pops when going over bumps and terrible static. I have to open the player and make sure the daughter board (directly under the second hardrive bay) is level and all the way down. I see they used hot glue to keep it in place, but that never worked.

Do you have any suggestions on getting this permanently fixed?

-Jason