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Congratulations on your new toy!
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You should have encoded your MP3's while waiting for your player! Saves on the agony of having it sitting there with no music and drooling all over it. I'm not certain Empeg support will take in units that have been drooled on, but they're generally pretty forgiving.

I am laughing so hard at the fact that you said UPS=pants. We got into a tangent about that very word today over in the Programming forum.

Anyways, welcome to the BBS, though I'm sure you'll disappear for a few weeks while you load your Empeg up and bask in its greatness.