If you are referring to the OSD pop-ups (on-screen indicators of volume change or input change, for example), then I suspect what you are seeing is an intentional design decision. Here's my reasoning: let's say you are watching a DVD in the main zone while your spouse is listening to a CD in the second zone. If the second zone's volume is adjusted or the second zone input changed, do you want to see that information pop up over your DVD? As with Otto, my limited second zone experience suggests that commands to the second zone show up as "[R2] ___" on the front panel of the unit.