Thanks for helping me figure this out. While viewing DVD ,the 990's OSD will display over program material through composite.However when I switch over to 7.1 anolog, even with composite selected, it will not, comes up black screen.
This puzzles me, yet I realy have no need to see program material when listening to DVD-A or SACD.
What is your video signal path when using the 7.1 Direct input? The 7.1 D input does have a dedicated composite input, but is the player's composite output connected to that input or to the input assigned "DVD"?