Need help with Oppo mod

Mine was the 3rd “early unit.” It arrived June 17. Plugged it in to 861 and heard loud static on front L/R 5200s. Switched cables and inputs with my 800 with same result (static).Tried to solve with emails to Gary. He had me run each output (L/R, C/Sub, and Surr) individually into D2 of 5200, and into a JVC receiver`s digital input in our front room. Got unmistakable static on L/R, no sound on others.

So sent unit back to Gary; it arrived June 25 and later that day he wrote

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Jim, received your unit just fine, I went over it testing every area including your main complaint, the player is 100% functioning as normal, the SPDIF mod works perfect, it looks like someone had went into the analog audio setup menu and turned the sub and center speakers off and messed up a bunch of stuff, I corrected this and the mod is working perfect, all speakers must be set to on, large, same distance(10ft) and 0db trim for the SPDIF mod to work correctly
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It arrived back today, (appreciate the Sat delivery, Gary). Out of the box, loud static as before on Leonard Cohen`s London concert CD on all speakers.

The speaker settings still were mixed up with center and sub off and distances at 6 12 and 10 ft. I reset all speakers to large, 10ft and 0 trim. No change in static.

The four audio outputs on the back have been re-labeled. Originally LR, CSub, SR, BS (as shown on page 10 of this thread), they now have small lettering saying FL, SL, C, SB. So there could be some question about these outputs.

Other settings:
Secondary audio OFF
HDMI LPCM
SACD PCM
COAX out LPCM
LPCM rate 192k max

All speaker options are large, 10ft, trim=0

I know I have to do a lot more testing to try and isolate the problem. In another email, Gary wrote:

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if you get this back and you still have that problem we will need to see what needs to be adjusted on your Meridian gear, good news is that you know the player is tip top
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I`m hoping some HHers might have some advice and tips that can point me in a useful direction. I don't know what test environment or process Gary used but I get same result on this end. Could Meridian`s 861 config or master/slave speaker setup have anything to do with this? Am I missing some key setting in the Oppo? Thanks and sorry for the long post. JimK.

Roon, Technics SL10 turntable, Meridian 218, Jolida tube DAC, Nuforce STA 200 Amp and passive Swallow Acoustics ALS2 speakers