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Operating Instructions
NHS-301 Home Entertainment Solution
NHS-301
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Welcome Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony NHS-301 Home Entertainment Solution. It’s designed to open up a world of audio and video enjoyment throughout your home. • You can throw a party and have the same music playing in three rooms. • You can have remote control access to as many as five discs—DVDs or CDs in any combination. • You can control the system using a single wireless remote control (in the Main Room) and sleek, unobtrusive, wall-mounted muting volume contr
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The Main System The NHS-301 is a three-room system that receives entertainment from a central rack of equipment in the Main Room. The Main Room system incorporates the following components: • Sony A/V receiver • Sony 5-disc DVD/CD changer with progressive scan • Sony VHS videocassette recorder • Sony television • Stereo amplifier for remote rooms • Surround-sound speakers (not supplied by Sony) Optional, Compatible Cable, Satellite or High Definition TV Set-top Boxes* The main system may also
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Parts and Controls Main Room Wireless Remote Control Transmit LED. Lights up to confirm that the remote control is transmitting instructions. Set up button. For installer use only. System Off button. Shuts off power to the entire system, regardless of which components happen to be on at the time. Numeric Keypad. Use these keys to enter TV, satellite or cable channels, AM/FM station frequencies or presets, CD or DVD chapters. Mute button. Press once to block the audio Enter button. Enters the nu
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Parts and Controls Remote Room Muting Volume Control Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. Mute button. Press once to block the audio portion of the program temporarily, as during a telephone conversation. Press again to resume hearing the audio portion of the program. 5
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The Main Basic Syst Oper em ations:Main Room In the Main Room, if you want to... Pick up the wireless remote control and... 1. Press the TV Source Select button. ...watch television when no cable, satellite 2. Select the TV channel with the Numeric Keypad and Enter button or High Definition TV box is in use. or select the channel with the Ch/Track +/- buttons. 3. Adjust the A/V receiver volume with the Volume +/- buttons. 1. Press the Source Select button for the Cable, Satellite or High ...wa
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Basic Operations: Main Room/Remote Room In the Main Room, if you want to... Pick up the wireless remote control and... 1. Press the Source Select button for VCR. ...watch a VHS cassette. 2. Press the Play button to play the tape. 3. Adjust the A/V receiver volume with the Volume +/- buttons. 4. To temporarily halt playback, press the Pause button. 5. To resume playback, press the Play button or press the Pause button a second time. 1. Press the Source Select button for DVD. ...listen to a C
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Advanced Operations: Main Room Each time you press a Source Select button on the wireless remote control, the functions of the remote unit change to operate the specific source you’ve selected. The following section describes the action that each button performs in each operating mode. Note: Not all buttons are active in all modes. Watching Television 1. System Off button. Shuts off power to the entire system, regardless of which components happen to be on at the time. 2. Numeric Keypad. Use
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Advanced Operations: Main Room Watching an Optional, Compatible Cable, Satellite or High Definition TV Set-Top Box* (CONTINUED) 4. Enter button. Enters the numbers you’ve pressed on the numeric keypad. 5. Jump button. Returns to the previous cable channel. 6. TV/Video button. For cable set-top boxes only. Cycles through input modes, advancing to the next input each time you press the button. For example: Cable Bypass -> Input A -> Input B -> Cable Bypass. 7. Guide Button. Activates the progr
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Advanced Operations: Main Room Watching DVDs (CONTINUED) 11. Display button. Activates the DVD on-screen time display. 12. Menu button. Activates the DVD on-screen menu. 13. Rewind button. Activates DVD reverse scan. Press again for higher-speed reverse scan. 14. Play button. Activates DVD Play. 15. Fast Forward button. Activates DVD forward scan. Press again for higher-speed forward scan. 16. Pause button. Temporarily halts DVD playback. Press again to resume playback. 17. TV off butt
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Advanced Operations: Main Room Listening to CDs 1. System Off button. Shuts off power to entire system, regardless of which components happen to be on at the time. 2. Numeric Keypad. Use these keys to enter CD track numbers. 3. Mute button. Press once to block the audio portion of the program temporarily, as during a telephone conversation. Press again to resume hearing the audio portion of the program. 4. Enter button. Enters the numbers you’ve pressed on the numeric keypad. 5. TV/Video but
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Troubleshooting If, after reading the following instructions, you still have problems relating to the operation of this System, please call our Customer Support Hotline: 1-877-619-7669 or email: sonynewhome@info.sel.sony.com Problem Possible Remedies • Make sure the muting is not engaged. No sound in Main Room • If playing a CD, make sure that a disc is loaded. • Try pressing the Source Select button for the desired source again, to reset the correct inputs and power up the correct compone
