Had the same thing happen last night, but then I selected the test connection thingie, and it connected and went away. My intro stutter is now gone as well, and I just bought by PS3 less than 30 days ago, 160gb slim. Took less than 20 seconds on my unit.
Glad no one answered my original question when I was asking what the stutter was (top of page 2), but hey, I figured it out on my own.