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Operating Instructions
NHS-502 Home Entertainment Solution
NHS-502
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Welcome Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony NHS-502 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 five rooms. • You can enjoy two different entertainment sources at a time. • You can have remote control access to as many as 5 DVDs plus 5 CDs. • You can control the system using sleek, unobtrusive, wall- mounted keypads (in the remote rooms) and a sing
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The Main System The NHS-502 is a five-room/two zone 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 changer with progressive scan • Sony 5-disc CD changer • Sony VHS videocassette recorder • Sony television • Stereo amplifier for Zone 2 • Surround-sound speakers * Optional, Compatible Cable, Satellite or High Definition TV Set-top Boxes The main system may al
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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 Wall Panel Source Select buttons. Automatically turn on the correct components and select the correct inputs for enjoying each entertainment source. The VCR, CD and DVD Source Select buttons also activate “Play” on the VCR, CD changer or DVD changer. Change the remote control mode to operate the functions of Volume Control. Turn clockwise the selected source. to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. Rewind button. Activates rewind or rev
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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 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 CD. The TV will shut down if it wa
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Basic Operations: Remote Room In a Remote Room, if you want to... Go to the in-wall keypad and... The following directions apply when you want to watch channels from a ...watch television from a centralized single, centralized cable TV, satellite TV or High Definition TV set-top set-top-box* box* located in the Main Room. (Remote Rooms 1, 2 and 3 only). 1. Press the Source Select button for TV. (You will not be able to change channels from the remote room.) 2. Turn on your local television w
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Basic Operations: 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. Turn on your local television with the TV remote control. (Remote Rooms 1, 2 and 3 only). 3. Press the Play button (on keypad) to play the tape. 4. Adjust the volume with the in-wall Volume control. 5. To temporarily halt playback, press the Pause button. 6. To resume playback, press the Play button or press the Pau
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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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Advanced Operations: Remote Room Each time you press a Source Select button on the remote room keypad, the functions of the keypad change to operate the specific source you’ve selected. The following section describes the action each button performs in each operating mode. Note: Not all buttons are active in all modes. Watching Television (Remote Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Only) Depending on your installation, there are three ways to watch television in the remote rooms. • When you want to watch chan
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Advanced Operations: Remote Room Watching DVDs (Remote Rooms 1, 2 and 3 Only) 1. Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. 2. DVD Source Select button. Automatically turns on the DVD changer, A/V receiver and the zone amplifier. Sets the correct A/V receiver input. Activates “Play” on the DVD changer. Changes the keypad mode to operate DVD functions. 3. Power button. Press to turn the Room system power off. Press and hold to turn the
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Advanced Operations: Remote Room Listening to a CD (All Rooms) 1. Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. 2. CD Source Select button. Automatically turns on the CD changer, A/V receiver and the zone amplifier. Sets the correct A/V receiver input. Activates “Play” on the CD changer. Changes the keypad mode to operate CD functions. 3. Power button. Press to turn the Room system power off. Press and hold to turn the Zone system power
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Advanced Operations: Remote Room Listening to AM/FM Stations (All Rooms) 1. Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. 2. Tuner Source Select button. Turns on the A/V receiver and selects the tuner input. Changes the keypad mode to operate the tuner functions. 3. Power button. Press to turn the Room system power off. Press and hold to turn the Zone system power off. 4. Status LED. Indicates system status. Lights up GREEN when the roo
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Control Conflcts The NHS-502 is one system with five remote controls — the Main Room wireless remote plus the four remote room wall panels. For maximum versatility, no individual remote control has “priority.” No remote control can “lock out” any other. While extremely convenient, this design does create opportunity for users in different rooms to operate at cross purposes. For example, a person in a Zone 2 remote room might change a station that someone else in a different Zone 2 room wa
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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
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Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 www.sonyavdesigner.com Version 4.0; June 7, 2004 © 2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Sony is a trademark of Sony. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. * Cable, Satellite, and HD set-top boxes. These are optional products that may accompany your Sony NHS-5
