Minor annoyance with my C2

[jnwarner]

This has happened to me twice now in the 8 years that I've had my C2. (Which I love by the way.)
Probably no big deal, but I'm one of those people who has to understand WHY things happen.
I was getting my system ready to watch some TV that I had recorded, and since the C2 doesn't handle HDMI, I have to reconfigure my Cox DVR to output digital audio. Fine, no problem.
When I powered up the C2, I waited for the amps to come on, and I was unpleasantly surprised to only get only the two back channels. Nothing from the front at all.
I powered it all down, and watched whatever without the benefit of the home theater.
I thought I would deal with it the next day. (When this happened before, I spent seemingly hours checking and re-checking connections, etc.)
I then remembered that to remedy it the first time, I simply turned off the power switch on the back of the C2. Waited a couple of seconds, and turned it back on, powered it up, and everything was fine.
I'm no electronic genius, so can someone, in lawmen's terms, explain this?

Thanks
Jim

[Chris D]

Arrrrgh, I had posted a reply but it looks like it didn't go through:

Hey, Jim, one thing that you'll want to check is make sure you've got the latest firmware update. There's a sticky thread here in Club Parasound that will help with that. (although not really a need so much anymore for it to be sticky, as people move on from the C1/2/7100 processors)

Even with the current firmware, I think my C1 has also done something like that every 4-5 years or so, and others have reported it too. Like you, have just reset the unit, and it's been fine. I guess they are processors, after all!