@ZenonMan: tried using "S" video from the Video Monitor out and the Video Record out to the TV. No joy either way.

@Koyaan: the unit will play, but I've lost all of my previous configs. Cannot get the menu to function using either the front panel buttons or the OSD. For some reason when I go to input #3 on the TV I'm getting whatever my DirecTV receiver is showing. I've never configured the 990 for video. I've pulled the optical connections, #s 1 & 2, out and just used the "S" video from the video outs and I get nothing at all on the receiver input on the TV. It used to work just fine since I got and configured the unit in 2009. There's no one here but me, so the odds of someone else doing something is not part of the equation.

I made the mistake earlier today of doing a reset to see if I could get the menu to display and that was a huge mistake since I lost all of my configurations.

I created a ticket with tech support this afternoon, so I hope to hear from them tomorrow.

Thanks,

Bob