but the PCB tracks/holes are already there for the "proper" automatic control of illuminated buttons.

True, but then the buttons wouldn't light up unless the Empeg was turned on.

One of the things that's nice about factory car stereos is that their buttons are lit even when you've turned off the radio. This makes the unit blend into the dashboard more nicely, and allows you to find the buttons to turn it on.

Then again, if the buttons were lit even when the unit was on Standby, I guess that would be OK.

I'm actually getting excited about this. I wonder how hard/expensive it is to cast plastic buttons?

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Tony Fabris