Many new Onkyo A/V (605/705/805) owners are aware that for some reason on the DTV HR20, there is a 2-3 loss in audio when resuming from pass or trick play functions. Many people only see this behavior despite having many devices that allow pause/rw/fw.

In this thread at DBS http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=110381, an engineer used a Dolby bistream analyzer to show that upon resume of play from a trick play mode the HR20 basically spits out garbage for a few seconds. This coupled with a receiver that may be a bit slower re-handshaking with the audio signal makes the problem very obvious. It was believe to mainly be the HR20 device as the root cause with the Onkyo's apparently no being as graceful in dealing with a garbage output.

Well I just received my Vudu box and like it quite a bit however this exact same problem occurs on the Vudu, but not my HD-DVD player or PS3. This is the first time I've heard of someone identifying a box other than a newer DTV reciver that has the same audio drop out.

I did find the option in the advanced settings to have contstant audio out which doesn't fix the issue. In the diagnosis of the HR20 in the thread I linked the person highlighted that the HR20 was doing the right thing while paused or FF (as evidence by DD lights and sounds modes staying constant on peoples receivers during pause/RW/FF) it is only the return to normal play that triggers the issue.

I am wondering if the engineers at Vudu have any ideas or input on this as I feel it is more likely to get engagement from them than from DTV.

Thanks
Brian