Well, I just go home and tried what you suggested and still no dice. It's as if the 1050 isn't receiving the digital signal. I know the cable is good, but I have no way of testing the DVD player. I hooked up my cable box which also has a digital output and still no sound. I'm thinking the digital input on the 1050 is bad. I don't have any optical components to test the Toslink connections unfortunately. Thanks for all your help, any other suggestions? I'm hoping one of the Outlaws is reading this and can offer some suggestions too. I wonder if this is a typical problem.