Everyone experiencing this issue, Pioneer called me today in response to a voicemail I had left with a supervisor in customer support. He was very understanding of my (and everyone experiencing this issue's) frustration. He says they have now been able to reproduce the issue themselves, it is firmware related, although they haven't pinned down the exact cause. They believe it is only effecting those who use external amplifiers, and they are working to fix the issue. He also said that sending the unit in would not be productive, the rep that asked me to do that was just following protocol, and