I'm not home right now to double check my 990 with my Series 3 but if I'm not mistaken I have my Outlaw set on Neo:6 Cinema Surround Sound and everthing I have recorded comes through nicely in surround sound-filling the whole listening area with high fidelity sound like when I watch a DVD. I have this year's Grammy's recorded on it and I play it when I want to demo my system. I couldn't imagine it sounding any better. Let me know how you make out changing your surround sound settings on your Outlaw so you have the Outlaw process the signal rather than forcing Dolby which causes the audio dropouts. Maybe Gonk could explain this better than me but I couldn't be happier with my Series 3 / 990 combination in PCM format.