Really? My bad - did you turn the auto-polling on or off to solve your problem? I was under the impression that you had turned it on which made me assume that you had a box like my old SA2100 that didn't provide digital output on analog channels. On the other hand, I've also heard that there are cases where it is best to turn auto-polling off if you don't need it to prevent the unit from "hunting" for a signal.

When I had Auto-Polling set on "OFF" I lost the signal one day and had a tough time getting it back. When I turned the Auto-Polling to "On" it resolved my problem.

Very interesting - thanks for getting me straightened out.

Still having the same issue on my 1070. This issue seems to cross several functions: last night while watching one channel (HBO) via sat.- I had audio, changed the channel (HBOS)- no audio, changed the channel back (HBO) - audio. This happened on another HBO station as well. I finally had to turn the unit off and back on to get audio on HBOS. I've had this issue with Auto-Polling on and off.

I have left a message with tech support at Outlaw. Hopefully they can replicate this and issue a fix.

FWIW, my 970 has the same issue. Many times (enough to be annoying) on power up, or after the DVD player is paused, I lose audio. It takes a power cycle of the 970 to get it back.

Cary

I have seen the "no Audio" problem as well. I'll be watching one Directv HD channel and switch to another. No sound! Then I switch off the channel and back again, the sound works. Annoying. This problem is there regardless if polling is on or off. It's as if the unit gets confused. Sometimes I get brief static noise from the speakers before it regains the sound.

Paul

Has there been any reports of the 990 having this problem?

No, there have not been.

The 990 and 970 are totally different products, so it is rather unlikely that there would be a correclation between something that occurs in one and the operation of the other.