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Operating Instructions NHS-301 Home Entertainment Solution...
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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.
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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 •...
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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. Numeric Keypad. Use these keys to enter TV, satellite or cable channels, AM/FM station frequencies or presets, CD or DVD chapters.
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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.
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Main Basic Operations: Main Room System In the Main Room, if you want to..watch television when no cable, satellite or High Definition TV box is in use..watch an optional, compatible cable, satellite or High Definition TV set-top boxes.* ...to watch TV while listening to an audio source.
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Basic In the Main Room, if you want to..watch a VHS cassette..listen to a Compact Disc..listen to AM and FM stations..change to a different source..turn the system off. In a Remote Room, if you want to..listen to the source that’s playing the Main Room.
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Advanced Operations: 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.
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Advanced Watching an Optional, Compatible Cable, Satellite or High Definition TV Set-Top Box* Enters the numbers you’ve pressed on the numeric keypad. 4. Enter button. Returns to the previous cable channel. 5. Jump button. For cable set-top boxes only. Cycles through input modes, advancing to the next input each 6.
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Advanced Operations: Watching DVDs (CONTINUED) Activates the DVD on-screen time display. 11. Display button. Activates the DVD on-screen menu. 12. Menu button. Activates DVD reverse scan. Press again for higher-speed reverse scan. 13. Rewind button. Activates DVD Play. 14. Play button. Activates DVD forward scan.
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Advanced Listening to CDs Shuts off power to entire system, regardless of which components happen to be on at the time. 1. System Off button. Use these keys to enter CD track numbers. 2. Numeric Keypad. Press once to block the audio portion of the program temporarily, as during a telephone 3.
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* Cable, Satellite, and HD set-top boxes. These are optional products that may accompany your Sony NHS-301 system. These may require monthly subscriber fees, not included. These products may or may not be compatible with the remote control codes of the Sony NHS-301.