Quote Originally Posted by Yaminom
Hi, Folks.

I've got a Denon AVR-5700 that has always had an annoying problem. I'm hoping someone here can help me with it.

The problem crops up when I use the optical digital inputs. No matter what the source (Sony CD player, Denon DVD-2200, Apple Airport Express), the first second of music is always cut off. It seems as though the receiver doesn't activate its input circuitry until it sees a signal coming in, and thus doesn't start processing until one seconds into the track.

It only happens on the first track of a CD, but when using the Airport Express it seems to happen with every song. That's why I'm only just now beginning to find it intolerable, though I've had the receiver for a couple of years.

There are three choices for selecting the digital input type: Digital Auto, Digital, and PCM. It happens no matter which of these I select.

I haven't seen anything about this in any forum, though maybe I'm just not using the right search terms.

Any ideas, anyone? I'd appreciate the help.

- Allen
This is normal as the receiver is trying to lock in on the PCM, Dts or DD signal. With the airporter it seems it's causing the receiver to relock onto the signal every song. Don't know what causes that, but the other problem I even experience with my Onkyo 989. It's annoying, but it only happens on the first song, or the introduction of DVD's