Right now I have my empeg hooked up to constant power in my truck and if I run into a store and I don't pull it out I put it into standby. Then when I start my truck it automatically exits standby and goes into a paused mode. I would like it to instead start playback instantly. Any other thoughts on this idea?

I think you've found a bug. Here's what I think is happening:

You put it in standby which turns off the display but doesn't actually hide what is on it.

You start the truck which causes a dip in the power. The empeg notices this and triggers the powerfail action (which includes turning the display off).

A bit later the empeg realises that the power hasn't really gone away and turns the display back on.

You now have an empeg that thinks it is in standby but the display is actually turned on.

The correct behaviour is for the unit to remain in standby with the display turned off. I'll look into fixing this.

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Mike Crowe
I may not be speaking on behalf of empeg above :-)