If you get this problem again, email me for a replacement.

Slightly off-topic here, but...

I bought a spare player during the fire sale. I've loaded it with about 8 GB of music, and tested it for several days in my car, and it seems to be working perfectly.

However, we all know there is a non-trivial likelihood that the drive cable is indeed defective and just hasn't shown the problem yet in the limited amount of testing that I did.

These cables are available now... but how about in the future? If I install my empeg in a second car a year from now, and a month after that the cable fails, what will my options be?

tanstaafl.