ok, the most peculiar thing...
i start my car w/ the empeg in the bay... it starts to play a song, and after 5 seconds, sputters then stops. i say wtf, so i pull it out and put it back in.... it gives me a "no hd found, contact support" screen. then i pull it out, wait 5 minutes, put it back in, and switch songs as soon as i can. it then plays the next 2 songs properly.....

on the 3rd song.... it plays the song... and then a part of it gets garbled, then goes back to normal.. i rewind it to the same part, and its plays back ok now... 20 seconds later, the same thing....

is it time to email david for support?