diff --git a/Controller.cpp b/Controller.cpp
index c5fdc5f..6bfd402 100644
--- a/Controller.cpp
+++ b/Controller.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ bool CController::InitDevices()
 // based on packet's codec_in.
 void CController::ReadReflectorThread()
 {
-	std::cout << "ReadReflector tid=" << gettid() << " get_id=" << std::this_thread::get_id() << std::endl;
 	while (keep_running)
 	{
 		STCPacket tcpack;
@@ -290,7 +289,6 @@ void CController::Codec2toAudio(std::shared_ptr<CTranscoderPacket> packet)
 
 void CController::ProcessC2Thread()
 {
-	std::cout << "ProcessC2 tid=" << gettid() << " get_id=" << std::this_thread::get_id() << std::endl;
 	while (keep_running)
 	{
 		auto packet = codec2_queue.pop();
diff --git a/DV3003.cpp b/DV3003.cpp
index 3da29ba..affd413 100644
--- a/DV3003.cpp
+++ b/DV3003.cpp
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ bool CDV3003::GetResponse(SDV3003_Packet &packet)
 
 void CDV3003::FeedDevice()
 {
-	std::cout << "FeedDevice tid=" << gettid() << " get_id=" << std::this_thread::get_id() << std::endl;
 	const std::string modules(TRANSCODED_MODULES);
 	const auto n = modules.size();
 	while (keep_running)
@@ -558,9 +557,23 @@ void CDV3003::FeedDevice()
 
 void CDV3003::ReadDevice()
 {
-	std::cout << "ReadDevice tid=" << gettid() << " get_id=" << std::this_thread::get_id() << std::endl;
 	while (keep_running)
 	{
+		// wait for something to read...
+		DWORD n = 0;
+		while (0 == n)
+		{
+			auto status = FT_GetQueueStatus(ftHandle, &n);
+			if (FT_OK != status)
+			{
+				FTDI_Error("FT_GetQueueStatus", status);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			if (0 == n)
+				std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(2));
+		}
+
 		dv3003_packet p;
 		if (! GetResponse(p))
 		{