I am using the optical output from my DirecTV HR20-700 HD/DVR satellite receiver to go into the 1070.

I am wondering if the 1070 has a need to resync every time a signal comes online via the optical port. The reason why I ask is I am helping to debug the software for the media player that is part of the sat receiver and when I play MP3 files the first 2 - 3 seconds of every audio file is cut off. I have been making suggestions to the software developers for that unit, but of late I have been wondering if the HR20-700 is going to zero level between each track or dropping the audio carrier or something, and then when the next track starts the 1070 needs to resync before the audio comes up.

Using the stero analog outputs from the sat receiver does not exhibit this behavior - the audio starts immediately with nothing missing. I thought it might be wise to investigate from this side as well - if my theory of the need to resync is true then I need to suggest to them to find a way to not drop the level to nothing between tracks so the 1070 does not lose its sync.

I have had a few issues of "no aduio" since the new firmware that I have reported to the outlaws via E-mail, but they have all been related to this sat receiver and what happens when you switch channels from a dolby digital broadcaster to a standard audio broadcaster - the signal tends to bounce around as the receiver resyncs and this has occasionally caused the 1070 to get "confused" and require a power cycle to restore the audio.

Any suggestions about how the optical audio behaves on the 1070 and whether there is a timeout of some kind when it is presented with an audio signal, would be appreciated.