Sounds like you are missing the wait timers At the start of the node info you put the name of your wait time stanza - like this . wait_times=wait-times ; Wait times . The down below you put the various timers. Here are the two you likely need: [wait-times] telemwait=1500 ; Time to wait before sending most telemetry idwait=500 ; Time to wait before starting ID From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Bradley Haney Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 9:13 PM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] voice announcements getting clipped at the start. does anyone know how to put i guess like a audio delay for announcements? when i dtmf the system to play the time it cuts the first part of the time off . I guess i want the transmitter to key up for 1 sec then start playing the file.. Bradley