I've had the no audio problem occur via a analog input (XM Radio). I think I'm the only one that has happened to. I don't have "no audio" after it's working like some have experienced. My no audio problems occur only from start up. And it doesn't matter in which order I power up my equipment. Auto polling is always off and 99.9% of the time I'm able to fix the problem just by cycling through audio modes. At the end, I'll have to do a full circle to get the mode I powered up with but that's my solution. Once in a while the unit will totally lock up, not respond from the remote or front buttons but that's only happened a few times.

Btw, all this info has already been given to Outlaw a while ago. And maybe, just maybe, this is a hardware problem. Hmmm... what will Outlaw do then? Not to sound like a broken record but, my problems (no audio/popping/hiss) started when I swapped my Onkyo for the 970. So it's obvious the 970 has issues and it's frustrating to hear from fellow outlaws and employees of outlaw audio to try things like "a different outlet, or separate the cables or try a different digital input or test this and that". It's obvious the 970 has some issues and possibly hardware problems as well. Or maybe it's just built cheaply. I don't know, I'm not an expert in this field, just comparing to what I used to have.