I've just applied the newest firmware code and I'm having switching issues as well... worse than before.

Whenever switching channels on the cable box or pausing/ffwd/rewinding a dvd the digital signal is "lost" at the receiver and it tries to kick back to a Dolby PLII-M. Whenever the receiver notices the signal again it will pick it back up and everything is ok. Problem is, there is a several second gap that it goes through for this to happen. Annoying to say the least. This was not happening nearly as bad before I flashed the thing. Any ideas?

Also, I don't have a 7.1 setup, but for some reason the receiver always shows the PLIIx options. I have the Surr Back Size set to None and the Surr Back Out set to None as well. Is there something I am missing?