i'm having trouble getting my subwoofer dialed in correctly.. it's always way to loud coming out of the 990.

In most cases and with my old Marantz receiver.. i could set the sub level on the back of the subwoofer to about 9 or 10 O'clock. Now with the 990, the highest I can set it without damaging the sub is to about 7 O'clock.. with 6 O'clock being no output. ANyone know why my sub seems to sensitive now? I have played around with the X-over and the phase.. but it's still to loud.

Skyblazer are you familar with the sub trim bug we have been discussing? Are you using a two channel sub offset? If you are turn it off and see if your gain returns to normal. See this thread for an explanation.

Ummm.. honestly i haven't been following the sub trim offset thread at all. I do however know about the 2 ch sub offset level setting. The sub volume problem I am having is with all audio.. not just 2 channel. Movies and music where it uses the subwoofer is way over powering. I wonder if it's the subwoofer itself? Not that it's bad, but that it's just really sensitive?

If I set my sub to 9 O'clock it thumps to hard with every source and decoded I choose.. even stereo sources.

Skyblazer - Do me a favor look in your Menu system under "Channel Calibrate" and tell me what your sub is set at. Now check under "Surround Config" and see what you have if anything set for 2CH Sub Offset. The bug effects all settings not just two channel.

currently in the channel calibrate the sub is set to 0 because the auto set up won't complete it's settings.

and the 2 ch sub offset is set to -4 i set that manually

It sounds like the problem at the moment is the lack of calibration - that's always going to hurt how a system sounds. Do you remember what the auto set-up selected for your sub previously? I've always run mine at around -4dB to -7dB, and it's likely that you were doing the same before.

oh yes, in my circumstance it is because of a lack of calibration.. but when i run the auto set up.. the 990 keeps failing to complete the auto set up as stated above.

it keeps thinking my fronts are small... when they are not.. this wasn't the case before i installed the upgrade.