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NH S -1 000 Operating Instructions NHS-1 000 Home Ent ertainment Solution.
W elcome W elcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony NHS-1000 Home Entertainment Solution. It will extend superb audio and video entertainment throughout your home. • Y ou can throw a party and have the same music playing in as many as seven rooms.
The NHS-1000 is a six-zone system that can be configured for as few as thr ee and as many as seven r ooms (one Main Room and up to six Remote Rooms). Entertainment comes fr om a central rack of equipment near the Main Room.
P arts and Contr ols 2 Main Room Radio Frequency (RF) Remot e Commander ® Unit RS-232C Connector . For installer use only; uses dedicated RS-232C cable. CHANNEL S YSTEM OFF VOL UME M UTING Muting. Pr ess once to mute the audio temporarily , as during a telephone conversation.
P arts and Contr ols 3 Remote Room W all Panel PA G E S OURCE MUTING VO LUME POWER Infared Sensor . Receives infrared signals from the supplied infrar ed (IR) Remote Commander ® units. Select buttons. These eight buttons select menu items presented on the LCD display .
The Main System 4 P arts and Contr ols Remote Room Inf rared (IR) Remote Commander ® Unit * T he s e b ut t on s o n ly co n tr ol a So n y t el e vi si o n. Buttons marked in gray control the source components. Sleep button. Activates the keypad's Sleep function, which automatically turns off the keypad after a specified duration.
5 Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit In addition to fixed, single-purpose buttons, your Radio Frequency (RF) Remote Commander unit incorporates fully pr ogrammed and customized menus that appear on the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 6 Choosing a source. T ouch one of the virtual buttons for Source on the left-hand side of the screen. 1. DVD is for a 5-disc DVD/CD carousel changer 2. CD MEGA refers to the CD MegaStorage 400-disc changer integrated into your system.
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 7 T urning the syst em off. 1 . Press the S YSTEM OFF " hard" button RF Remote Commander unit. The SYSTEM OFF menu will appear in the LCD screen. 2. T o tur n the system off just in your r oom only , touch the virtual button for THIS ZONE OFF .
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 8 DVD Mega Page 1 ...continued 7. PREVIOUS button. Goes to the previous DVD chapter or CD track. 8 . R EVERSE SCAN b utton. Moves quickly back through the disc. Press again for high-speed scan. 9 . P LA Y b utton. Activates DVD/CD playback.
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 9 Controlling the CD MegaStora ge 400-disc changer. W hen you choose the CD MegaStorage 400-disc changer , the RF Remote Commander unit displays the first of two control pages. CD Mega Page 1 1. TV POWER button. Cycles the Main Room television on and off.
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 10 Controlling the AM/FM T uner 1 . T V POWER b utton. Cycles the Main Room television on and off. 2. CURRENT ST A TION NAME display . Shows you the preset number and the name of the current radio station. 3. A V AILABLE DISC NAME display .
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 11 Controlling an optional Cable, Satellit e or High Definition set -top box. S ome NHS-1000 systems will include an optional Cable, Satellite or High Definition set-top box in the system rack. This will enable you to tune the channels you subscribe to using the RF Remote Commander unit.
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 12 Recharging the RF Remote Commander Unit . T he RF Remote Commander unit is powered by an internal, rechargeable battery . When the "low battery" on-screen icon appears in the LCD window , r echarge the battery by inserting into the cradle, as shown.
Using the RF Remot e Commander Unit 13 Understanding system st atus. T he top right of the LCD window contains status information This shows your current volume contr ol setting as decibels below full volume. (For example -20 dB is louder than -30 dB.
Using the In- W all K eypa d 14 Using the In-W all Keypa d Y our system is configured by your installer for two to six Remote Rooms. Each Remote Room constitutes a separate "zone" with its own selection of entertainment. Each Remote Room is supplied with an In-W all Keypad and a handheld infrared Remote Commander ® unit.
Using the In- W all K eypa d 15 IMPORT ANT NOTICE: If your system distributes the video output from a single, centralized Cable TV , Satellite TV or High Definition TV set-top box, your remote r oom keypad is LIMITED to a SINGLE Cable, Satellite or High Definition TV channel selected in the main room s et-top box.
Using the In- W all K eypa d 16 If you want to... Use the In-W all Keypad and... Adjust the volume. 1. Adjust the volume with the VOLUME +/- buttons. 2. As you adjust the volume, a bar graph of your volume setting will appear in the Display Window . A number to the right of the bar graph shows the relative volume setting.
Using the In- W all K eypa d 17 If you want to... Use the In-W all Keypad and... Control playback. 1. P AUSE button. T emporarily halts playback on the selected component.
Using the In- W all K eypa d 18 If you want to... Use the In-W all Keypad and... T urn the Remote Room off . 1. Press the POWER button. 2. If you've been watching a video source, turn off the r oom television. L ock a source. In your Sony system, controls for the central entertainment sources ar e located throughout your home.
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 19 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . T urn the Remote Room on. Press the Power button. NOTE: T o enjoy video sour ces, follow these additional steps. 1. T ur n on the television in the room.
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 20 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . Select a source. 1. When you turn the system on, a list of five or six available entertainment sources will appear in the In-W all Keypad Liquid Crystal Display .
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 21 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . Control playback. 1. PLA Y button. Activates playback on the selected source. 2. P AUSE button. T emporarily halts playback on the selected component.
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 22 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . Navigate source component menus on your television screen. 1. Press the TOP MENU/GUIDE button to use your television screen to display the top menu of a source component, such as a DVD player .
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 23 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . Operat e a remote room television. 1. T o turn a Sony television in the room on and off, pr ess the TV POWER button. 2. T o change channels on a Sony television in the room, pr ess the TV CHANNEL +/- buttons.
Using the IR Remot e Commander ® Unit 24 If you want to... Pick up the IR Remote Commander ® unit and. . . L ock a source In your Sony system, controls for the central entertainment sour ces are located thr oughout your home.
T roubleshooting Tips 25 If you want to... Possible Remedies No sound in Main Room • Make sure the muting is not engaged. • If playing a CD, make sure that a disc is loaded. • T ry pressing the Source Select button for the desir ed source again, to reset the corr ect inputs and power up the correct components.
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