I'm curious as to what causes your static? Is it in surround playback or just 2 channel audio playback?
I have a problem with not being able to get full 5.1 surround, I can only get 3- 2.1 or something. anyway it sometimes sends pure static through my rear channels, but I was thinking it migh be my dvd player which is an older model, or the dvd i am watching. the damn thing is frigging coplicated though. only reason i kept it is cause it sounds nice for music.
I went to the Sony eservice site - they set me up right away with an RMA#
The static is not too bad - sounds like digi-snits here and there - they are random - if I rewind a source and replay I can't duplicate -
The hisss is the real problem - if I turn up the volume about -10db I can hear a very loud hissing sound from my listening position, which is 12 feet away. It happens all the time - signal present or not - just loud noise. Going to send it off tomorrow and hope for the best....
If I drop the singal delow -10db, the hiss dies down. It is still there, but there is a certain threshhold (-10db) when you break it - the noise level really increases.