I had a similar issue in California when all 4 of us were in my car out looking for food. The player kept bumping the volume up a notch or two. Also, coming back from the place we at at, the player was no longer in standby, both firsts for my car. I asked my empeg owning friend if he had his remote on him, he said yes, in his pocket. He couldn't understand how it was working burried in his pocket and him in the back seat, but finally he gave it up, and the problem managed to go away.