frog51 - well, its not really a 1DIN. Its the top of the radio stack, which is a clock, and also is covered by moulding that "melds" into the dash. Id have to replicate and modify that moulding somehow, and make a big enough opening for the display and buttons. Not an easy task, and Im considering other options.

As much as I HATE to even say this, because I love my empeg dearly, I wish there was an ipod or android music app that mimicked most of the functionality of the empeg software. Nowdays its not the hardware anymore, but the software of the empeg that is so perfect for car use.

down down down shuffles, wendy lists, enqueue, gapless playback, crossfade, parametric eq, etc. Seems to me as a non-dev that this should be totally do-able in a modern device.... Heck Id love to learn how to code JUST to work on such a project. Even a windows or "regular" linux port would let us make a carputer with a 7" screen and all the other DVD/GPS goodies of today.