Mine does it and it is pretty irritating. The player has been buggy since day one. I had to reload the latest firmware which stopped the occasional NO DISK message. There is no fix for the half-note delay yet although the beta firmware release supposedly lessens this. Their tech support says it is only a half note and only on the first track but I can hear it on several tracks on a Dylan album I just played. In addition, in the setup menu you can choose autoplay on or off. I chose off and on SACD it does not play automatically. You have to press start. On CD's autoplay off has no effect. It just begins playing. Tech support was clueless on this problem, but it could be related to the half note delay. $169--it was just too good to be true.