thanks gonk, yes the BDP-51 is using the analog 7.1, it has worked well for many months, just not sure what i did? I tried shutting everything down and that did not seem to solve the problem. Yes the 990 does trigger the 7125, everything appears to be working fine except the blu ray player. my HD DVR works fine it just appears to be the blu ray. i will have to mess with it some more tonight and see if i can fibure out what i did. I am sure it is something i did since everything else works fine.