diff --git a/DMRBindings.pas b/DMRBindings.pas
index 809c96c..54a0778 100644
--- a/DMRBindings.pas
+++ b/DMRBindings.pas
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const
   {$ENDIF}
 var
   i: Integer;
-  LocalName: string;
+  LocalName, BuildName: string;
 begin
   if GLib <> dynlibs.NilHandle then Exit(True);
   GLastError := '';
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ begin
   begin
     LocalName := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) + Names[i];
     GLib := LoadLibrary(LocalName);
+    // Lazarus debug binaries live in bin/<target>/ while the documented
+    // optional adapter build lives in build/dmr. Make an in-tree build
+    // immediately usable without a system-wide cmake --install.
+    if GLib = dynlibs.NilHandle then
+    begin
+      BuildName := ExpandFileName(ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) +
+        '../../build/dmr/' + Names[i]);
+      GLib := LoadLibrary(BuildName);
+    end;
     if GLib = dynlibs.NilHandle then GLib := LoadLibrary(Names[i]);
     if GLib <> dynlibs.NilHandle then Break;
   end;
diff --git a/DMRDecoder.pas b/DMRDecoder.pas
index 7bc6fdd..3adc847 100644
--- a/DMRDecoder.pas
+++ b/DMRDecoder.pas
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ type
     FInverted: Boolean;
     FSyncCount: QWord;
     FLastSyncTick: QWord;
+    FLastSyncSample: QWord;
+    FMobileActiveBurst: Boolean;
 
     function PopSamples(var Buf: array of Single): Integer;
     procedure ProcessSample(S: Single);
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@ implementation
 const
   DMR_SYNC_MASK = LongWord($00FFFFFF);
   DMR_SYNC_HOLD_MS = 500;
+  DMR_SYNC_MAX_ERRORS = 2;
+  DMR_SUPERFRAME_SAMPLES = DMR_INPUT_RATE * 360 div 1000;
 
   // One bit per DSD-FME sync character: '1'=0, '3'=1. These are the eight
   // ETSI DMR 48-bit sync patterns after collapsing each dibit to its sign.
@@ -332,6 +336,8 @@ begin
       FInverted := False;
       FSyncCount := 0;
       FLastSyncTick := 0;
+      FLastSyncSample := 0;
+      FMobileActiveBurst := True;
     finally
       FStatusLock.Leave;
     end;
@@ -426,6 +432,8 @@ var
   Pat: LongWord;
   Dibit: Byte;
   V: Double;
+  DeltaSamples, CycleOffset: QWord;
+  CandidateAllowed: Boolean;
 begin
   V := Symbol;
   if FInputInverted then V := -V;
@@ -466,11 +474,29 @@ begin
         FBestSyncPhase := Phase;
         FBestCandidateKind := SYNC_KIND[i];
       end;
-    end;
-    if FSyncShift[Phase] = Pat then
-    begin
-      NoteSync(Phase, SYNC_KIND[i], FInputInverted);
-      Exit;
+      // Real on-air sync commonly carries one or two sign errors. DSD-FME
+      // likewise uses a bounded sync tolerance; requiring an exact 24-symbol
+      // match lost almost every superframe in recorded handheld-radio IQ.
+      DeltaSamples := FSampleNo - FLastSyncSample;
+      CandidateAllowed := (FLastSyncSample = 0) or
+        (DeltaSamples > DMR_INPUT_RATE * 2) or
+        (SYNC_KIND[i] = FSyncKind);
+      // MS voice/data sync repeats every 360 ms. Cadence gating rejects
+      // chance <=2-bit matches inside AMBE payload while still accepting a
+      // superframe after one or more missed sync words.
+      if CandidateAllowed and (FLastSyncSample <> 0) and
+         (FSyncKind in [dskMSData, dskMSVoice]) and
+         (SYNC_KIND[i] = FSyncKind) and (DeltaSamples > 20) then
+      begin
+        CycleOffset := DeltaSamples mod DMR_SUPERFRAME_SAMPLES;
+        CandidateAllowed := (CycleOffset <= 20) or
+          (CycleOffset >= DMR_SUPERFRAME_SAMPLES - 20);
+      end;
+      if (Distance <= DMR_SYNC_MAX_ERRORS) and CandidateAllowed then
+      begin
+        NoteSync(Phase, SYNC_KIND[i], FInputInverted);
+        Exit;
+      end;
     end;
   end;
 end;
@@ -542,6 +568,8 @@ begin
     end;
   end;
   DecodeVoiceBurst;
+  if FSyncKind in [dskMSData, dskMSVoice] then
+    FMobileActiveBurst := not FMobileActiveBurst;
   Inc(FBurstCount);
   FCurrentBurstPos := 0;
 end;
@@ -558,6 +586,10 @@ begin
      (GetTickCount64 - FLastSyncTick > DMR_SYNC_HOLD_MS) then Exit;
   if not (FSyncKind in [dskBSVoice, dskMSVoice, dskDirectTS1Voice,
           dskDirectTS2Voice]) then Exit;
+  // Mobile simplex occupies one 30 ms half-slot and leaves the alternating
+  // half-slot idle. A 144-dibit continuous assembler sees both; only every
+  // other record contains the three AMBE frames.
+  if (FSyncKind = dskMSVoice) and not FMobileActiveBurst then Exit;
 
   if FSyncKind in [dskBSVoice] then
   begin
@@ -566,6 +598,7 @@ begin
   end
   else if FSyncKind = dskDirectTS2Voice then Slot := 1
   else Slot := 0;
+  if FSyncKind = dskMSVoice then FSelectedSlot := 0;
   NowTick := GetTickCount64;
   if (FSelectedSlot < 0) or
      ((Slot <> FSelectedSlot) and (FLastSelectedVoiceTick <> 0) and
@@ -608,7 +641,8 @@ begin
     // Adjacent timing hypotheses recognize the same physical burst within one
     // sample period. Keep the phase with the largest 24-symbol eye opening,
     // not merely the first phase that happened to match the sign pattern.
-    if (FLastSyncTick <> 0) and (NowTick - FLastSyncTick < 5) then
+    if (FLastSyncSample <> 0) and
+       (FSampleNo - FLastSyncSample <= DMR_SAMPLES_PER_SYM * 2) then
     begin
       if FMagSum[Phase] > FBestSyncQuality then
       begin
@@ -623,7 +657,9 @@ begin
     FInverted := Inverted;
     Inc(FSyncCount);
     FLastSyncTick := NowTick;
+    FLastSyncSample := FSampleNo;
     FBestSyncQuality := FMagSum[Phase];
+    if Kind in [dskMSData, dskMSVoice] then FMobileActiveBurst := True;
     StartBurstTracking(Phase);
   finally
     FStatusLock.Leave;
diff --git a/RadioController.pas b/RadioController.pas
index 41d7fd4..9b386a7 100644
--- a/RadioController.pas
+++ b/RadioController.pas
@@ -859,6 +859,10 @@ begin
   // DMR front-end owns a worker thread. It stays idle until MODE_DMR is active.
   FDMRDiag := TDMRDiagnosticCapture.Create;
   FDMRDec := TDMRDecoder.Create;
+  // WDSP's FM discriminator polarity on the EWSDR RX path is opposite to the
+  // DMR dibit convention: captured handheld MS voice sync appears as MS data
+  // without this inversion (the two sync words are complements).
+  FDMRDec.SetInverted(True);
   FDMRDec.OnAudio := OnDMRAudioReady;
   FDMRDec.OnBurst := OnDMRBurstReady;
 
diff --git a/tools/dmr_replay.pas b/tools/dmr_replay.pas
index 78f69ed..33027d1 100644
--- a/tools/dmr_replay.pas
+++ b/tools/dmr_replay.pas
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ begin
     WriteLn('last_sync=', TDMRDecoder.SyncKindName(Status.SyncKind));
     WriteLn('bursts=', Counter.Count);
     WriteLn('dropped_samples=', Status.DroppedSamples);
+    WriteLn('selected_slot=', Status.SelectedSlot + 1);
+    WriteLn('voice_frames=', Status.VoiceFrameCount);
+    WriteLn('voice_errors=', Status.VoiceErrorCount);
+    WriteLn('vocoder_available=', Status.VocoderAvailable);
     if Status.CACHValid then WriteLn('timeslot=', Status.Slot + 1);
     if Status.SlotTypeValid then
       WriteLn('color_code=', Status.ColorCode, ' data_type=', Status.DataType);