Ok, so you know how when you hold down, it'll switch between the visual and whatever info you have up? I've been having trouble lately swtching between the two. I'll hold the down button, and it won't do anything. So i have to keep doing it, sometimes up to 3 or 4 times. As you can imagine, it can get annoying. Does anyone else have this problem? The button doesn't seem broken or anything either.

Yup, I've had this problem, I notice it doesn't like it when the disks are being read. I've only had to retry once or twice and it usually works. I have set the auto restore in Hijack so it's not always a problem.

on a similar point, is there any way to get your empeg to automatically go into visual mode when it powers on in the car. mine always comes on in info mode in the car.

That's the program's default functions. To enable it to restore to visuals you have to install hijack. It's a FAQ entry http://www.riocar.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=11&faqent=235#235

-Zeke