Hi, is it normal that there is a slight delay when a digital audio signal is introduced? For example, the thx trailer misses the first 1/2 sec then when the movie starts, it misses the first half second again. I have never experienced this with my old Sony reciever...I hope its just a setting I may have missed.

Thanks for any help fixing this!

Lou

i don't own a 990 but my 1050 always has a delay when introducing dd, a bit more(almost annoying) when in dts.coming off pause can take a couple seconds,when you think it would be locked in.

So you think this is normal operation for the 990? How is it that a $400 sony reciever can lock onto a DD or DTS signal without any noticeable audio dropout?

Would this be possibly fixed in a firmware update? Ive only played around for two days and its already annoying...it will be very embarrasing when guests are over too.

can't say if it's normal or not.my buddy's sherwood does the same.i'm really surprised a 990 owner hasn't replied yet.

gonk???

My experience with the 990's signal acquisition is a significant improvement from the 1050 and 950 - both had signal acquisition times that were very noticeable (the 950 was to the point that I had to leave the cable box set to analog inputs to keep my wife from tearing her hair out when channel surfing). The 990's signal acquisition seems to hover between invisible (primarily with cable TV sources, where the cable box itself creates an unavoidable delay) and occasionally detectable for those who know about signal acquisition (depending on the disc, there may be strong audio from the very first moment that a disc menu / title / first track loads that can help reveal the acquisition process). I guess that a lip sync delay setting could exascerbate this, but I haven't noticed when experimenting with delay (my DVD input has some delay set for my Yamaha, but I watch most DVD's on my Oppo these days).

thanks for the info gonk. Do you think this could be addressed through a firmware update? Im wondering why cheaper recievers are able to acquire the signal quickly whereas this unit cannot do as quickly.

I was playing my star wars Ep2 dvd and I noticed during the intros...First the THX trailer was cut off at the beginning then it was cut again for the studio trailer.

Oh well...I guess I am going to have to get used to it.

FYI, I am using an HTPC and an Oppo for DVD playback...and it occurs on both.

buggdog,i doubt a firmware update would be a fix,i've found alot of times is was the way the dvd was mixed.i say was because my dvd died,now i do low listening to 'dish',high volume on 2(.1)ch listening.i distinctly remember different dvds(mostly concerts,music anyway),where there would be talking between tunes that would switch to different processing.next song starts there would be a 'dropout' while the processing switched from 'dolby' to dd or dts.hope i don't confuse you,just trying to help:)

joe

Scan down to the Oct. 20th post on the 990 page about the same issue. I guess its sometning we all have to live with.

For those of you who listen mostly to 2-channel audio, changing the CD/DVD player's output from bitsream to PCM will probably eliminate the problem.

Cheers,

I have always found the 1/2 second loss more disconcerting at the start of the first track on the first CD even though the CD input on my 990 is always configured for COAX2 and UPSAMPLE. If a $10 CD player can save a buffer for skip protection and not lose anything, why can't the 990?