garcianc2003, I'm glad you have worked out all but one of the problems. I personally am on the verge of getting the Outlaw 970 or the Emotiva LMC-1, but I don't want the headache of the "No Sound" issue. Wasn't there supposed to be a firmware update that fixed this problem??? If so, have you uploaded the firmware fix to your 970??? It would be great to hear your progress on this problem!!!