How did this issue turn out? Im having issues right now too. i have digital coax line running to both my denon up stairs and the outlaw here in my basement. this week ive had a lot of dropped signal locks on the outlaw while the denon would keep playing through without a hiccup. tonight i have audio upstairs but cant get a signal at all on the 970. at first it would be in and out, as it did the other night, but now its simply lost a lock at all and i have no audio, while the denon is playing away upstairs. before when it got really bad it could get it to play better by turning it off, taking a pause, and then back on, but now that does nothing. also at the beginning of tonights headache it did actually freeze up on me completely, the volume didnt respond to the remote or the knob on the unit(or any other button for that matter), it also wouldnt turn off either by both remote or stand-by button, i had to use the switch on the back near the power cord.

my 970 is silent.

im bummed, i was planning a good listening session tonight as ive got a few new albums to listen too.