The only error code is that the Sony Clie SL10 "Searches..." then it pops up with "Could not find a receiving handheld computer." It only happens in the car that i have checked as I do not use the empeg inside because I use my Rio Receiver inside.
In the car, use hijack to force AC mode. I bet it works. If so, you should be able to use the serial port binding option in hijack to let the player keep the serial port.
In reality this shouldn't be necessary as the player isn't really reading from the serial port anyway, but the requisite code to allow the player to read from the /proc file and not the serial device doesn't exist. I guess it hasn't hit the top of Mark's list yet; Maybe I should get off my butt and deal with it.