I am also going to be assembling a home docking station for the player, and I think I will hack the hardware slightly to allow automatic detection of the dock, perhaps by looping back a wire on the serial port or something.

Anyone got any suggestions, before I invent my own hack here?

I have already seen the "support the ac-adaptor plug" method (with photos!), but would prefer to save the wear and tear on that connector.

Cheers

-ml