I powered up my empeg unit and a brief message came up saying "Happy Birthday Roy V" Anybody else see it on their units??????
Inquiry minds want to know.

Hmm- I would have expected this Q to be in the FAQs.

Birthday greetings are a fun addition to Mark Lord's Hijack kernel.

Sort of indirectly, it is. Not as a direct response to a "what the hell is this message" question, but as a response to the general easter egg question.

http://www.riocar.org/searchfaq.php?query=easter&type=faq

Ah- I searched for 'birthday' with 0 joy and the relevant word would have been 'birthdays'.

That search engine could be better, agreed.

I wonder if simply overloading a google search URL would yield better results? If so, perhaps we can replace the FAQ search box with *that*.

edit: nope.

I don't know anyone called "Roy V", but if it actually said "Rob V", then you might want to check that the date on your player is set correctly

Peter

Mark put it there!

I asked this a while ago when I saw it. Here is his reply...

Ross


Originally Posted By: Ross Wellington
BTW, who's RobV? Anyway, Happy Birthday RobV.

That would be Rob Voisey, who first emailed me on August 14, 2000:


Originally Posted By: Rob Voisey, empeg Limited

Hi!

Your Registration Number: 10862

We are pleased to announce that we have commenced volume shipping of the new car player. You have received this email because, according to our records, you confirmed your interest in purchasing a player some months ago and we have now reached your position in the queue.

If you are no longer interested in purchasing an empeg car, please disregard this email.

To place your order, please visit our online store at http://www.empeg.com. Be sure to enter your registration number where prompted. You may order a maximum of three players with your registration number.

Note that the tuner module is not ready yet - you will be able to order one as soon as it becomes available, but this could be a couple of months from now. You will not be charged for shipping, and the module simply plugs on to a connector on the car mount.

Shipping of players is underway now, and new orders should ship within 2-5 working days.

Best Regards

The empeg Sales Team.
[email protected]