I looked at the troubleshooting section, but really didn't find anything that mentions a unit not exiting standby. Man, this is so frustrating... I'm scared to leave the thing in the car! Maybe I'll just set it to 2 seconds delay and MAKE it power down. How would 'stuck jiffies' cause my player to either not see the hard drive or not power itself down? Also, would a loose/bad connection cause this?