Sony NHS-301 User Manual

Operating Instructions

NHS-301 Home Entertainment Solution

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 controls (in the remote rooms).

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 include a cable, satellite or High Definition TV receiver, integrated by your installer. This
may be compatible with the remote control codes of the Sony NHS-301 wireless remote control. (Not all brands
and models are compatible.) This guide includes instructions for operating a compatible cable, satellite or High
Definition TV receiver.

Audio Enjoyment in Remote Rooms

The NHS-301 supplies entertainment to three rooms.

The Main Room provides a comprehensive choice of audio and video entertainment.
Remote Rooms 1 and 2 enable you to hear the entertainment source selected in the Main Room.

Set-Up and Audio/Video Adjustments

These Operating Instructions cover such basic functions as selecting entertainment sources and enjoying them.
For information on additional component functions, including setup, advanced picture adjustments, advanced
sound adjustments, loading tapes and discs and VCR timer recording, please consult the Operating Instructions for
the individual components that make up the NHS-301

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.

System Off button. Shuts off power to the
entire system, regardless of which components
happen to be on at the time.

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.

Jump button. Returns to the previous
TV, satellite or cable channel.

Volume +/- buttons. Adjusts the A/V receiver volume.

Disc button. Advances a CD changer or

DVD changer to the next disc.
Guide Button. Activates the channel guide on an

optional cable, satellite or High Definition TV receiver.
Up/Down/Left/Right/OK cursor buttons. Navigate

component menus. The central “-|-” or “OK” button
accepts the current menu selection.

Display button. Activates the selected
component’s on-screen display.

Rewind button. Activates rewind or
reverse scan on the selected component.

Record button. Activates Record on the VCR.

TV power button. Turns off the television.

Useful when switching from video
entertainment to audio only.

TV wide button. Cycles through TV
widescreen viewing modes.

Enter button. Enters the numbers
you’ve pressed on the numeric keypad.

Ch/Track +/- buttons. Changes the channel up and
down on the television, VCR and an optional, compatible
cable, satellite or High Definition TV receiver. Moves up
and down through AM/FM tuner preset channels. Goes
to the next or previous DVD chapter or CD track.

TV/Video button. Cycles through television input
modes, or input modes on an optional cable receiver.

Exit button. Exits the channel guide on an optional
cable, satellite or High Definition TV receiver.

Menu button. Activates the selected
component’s on-screen menu.

Play button. Activates Play on the
selected component.

Fast Forward button. Activates fast forward or
forward scan on the selected component.

Pause button. Temporarily halts playback on the
selected component. Press again to resume playback.

Macro A button. Activates a pre-set function,
when available.

Macro B button. Activates a pre-set function,
when available.

Source Select buttons. Automatically turns on the
correct components and selects the correct inputs for
enjoying each entertainment source. Changes the
remote control mode to operate the functions of the
selected source. If you suspect that the desired
components have been switched off or set to the
incorrect inputs, simply press the Source Select button
again to return all equipment to the proper settings.

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