I had audio drop outs for the first time while playing SIMONE on my Panasonc RP56. This is the only DVD to have an audio drop out.
I played the DVD on my laptop pc without a problem.
I played another DVD (Usual Suspects) on the 1050/RP56 with out a problem.
I switched from OPT 1 to OPT 2 and still had the problem.

The one interesting symptom I am checking into is: the 1050 DOWN MIX Indicator is illuminated with the SIMONE DVD and not the USUAL SUSPECTS DVD??? Both the DOWN MIX mix and DIGITAL Indicators blink off during the audio drop out. Drop out lasts for about one second and occurs fairly regularly at 80 seconds intervals. Is this a problem with the 96 kHz digital stream? I am going to see if I have other DVDs running with the higher data rate.

I tried turning on the Rear Center speaker and the drop out went away...

You realize DVD-Audio isn't going to pass through the digital link, yes?

yes, I do. There is never a problem when uning the dvd player in the direct mode on the Outlaw.
Outlaw is replacing the unit for me. I spoke to Scott a number of times and he suspects a problem with the processor engine. Since this problem started, it has gotten a lot worse. Now, it has trouble catching and holding a signal through the optical inputs in any of the dsp modes. using the analog inputs all works perfectly, so I know it is not my cd or dvd player.
Side note; just ordered an ICBM and am awaiting its arrival. I think I have more or less kicked the butt of my center speaker with the dvd-audio.

There was an issue with the 1050 in 5.1 mode and some badly formed data streams, I'm not sure exactly what it was 'cause it never impacted me - I use it in 6.1 mode.

If the problem persists try switching into 6.1 and see what happens.

Sounds like Simone (which is listed as having a Dolby EX soundtrack, according to Amazon.com) has the same flag bug seen on Jurassic Park III, Pearl Harbor, and Atlantis -- in those cases as well, it was possible for 1050 owners to avoid the problem by turning on their rear center speaker but not use the Surround 6.1 mode.

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