I hadn't been following the UMC real closely (I have an account at Emotiva Lounge but rarely log in). I did come across thus AVS thread this morning, though. It seems like a lot of problems to have crop up as unintended consequences of a firmware update.

This is very true. I think that Emotiva may have been a little too insistent that it would be "perfect" when it shipped, especially since some of the bugs that are appearing are a bit on the "easy to spot/irritating" side.

They think they have it under control now. http://emotiva.com/news.shtm

There is a section in the manual on what to do if the unit locks up. I thought THAT was a bad sign. Hellofa thing to have in the manual!

Hopefully it is all resolved, but they have declared it to be working "perfectly" before (I recall something similar in early December). Best bet is probably to wait for the firmware to go out and prove itself - which sounds like it could happen in the next few days.

A number of folks here have had their 990 go catatonic in the past and there is a procedure to "reboot" it as well. I'm not sure I understand your comment.

Not really a big UMC fan, but I see the ability to "reboot" and reflash as a feature, not a bug.

Best,

Having the reboot instructions in the manual is a good idea. What I meant was that Emotiva seemed to EXPECT that it would be required in the wording they used. Sounded like the possible drug side effects mentioned in all those drug ad's.

Emotiva has posted the software update and instructions on their website. Seems the problems may have been fixed. They also have a video posted on the UMC-1 that is quite interesting. They have also posted some discrete IR input codes for the unit.