in the car, is it normal for the player to stay on after you switch the ignition off running hijack?

It is not normal, but it happens to me a lot, maybe once out of every 20 times I turn off the car. The player will be on, but the amplifiers will be off. Usually (but not always) pulling the player out of the sled and re-inserting it restores it to sanity.

tanstaafl.