Sony NHS-1000 manual

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. • Y ou can enjoy up to six audio/video sources at one time. - Y our family members can [...]

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. The Main Room system incorporates the following components: • Sony A/V receiver • Sony multi-room distribution unit • So[...]

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. Press again to r estore the audio. V olume +/-. Press to adjust the volu[...]

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 . For example, you can select sources fr om a menu of sources, CDs fr om a menu o[...]

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. Each time [...]

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). This makes operation easier , by presenting you with "virtual" buttons that are larger , more widely spaced[...]

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. 3. TUNER is your choice for AM or FM stations. 4. VCR is for using the VHS vid[...]

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 . 3. T o tur n the entire system of f, touch the virtual butt[...]

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. 10. FORWARD SCAN button. Moves quickly forward thr ough the disc. Press a[...]

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. 2. P AGE BACK button. T akes you to control page 2 of 2. 3[...]

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 . Shows you the preset numbers and the names of stations preset in the A V [...]

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. Cable/Sat Page 1 1. WIDE [...]

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. The cradle should be plugged into a standard AC pow[...]

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.) RF communication between the unit and the base station antenna is functioning properly . RF commu[...]

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. PA G E S OURCE M[...]

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. T o get independent channel select[...]

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. The higher the number , th[...]

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. Press again to r esume playback. After you change the playback mode, the Display Window screen changes for a few seconds to confirm your choice as well as the DVD Mega or CD Mega[...]

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. This cr eates th[...]

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. 2. Select the appropriate video input on the television. 3. Leave the television volume[...]

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 . A. DVD MEGA refers to DVD MegaStorage ® 400-disc DVD/CD/Super Audio CD change[...]

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. Press again to r esume playback. 3. STOP button. Stops playback on the selected source. 4.[...]

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 . 2. Press the MENU button to use your television[...]

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. 3. Press the NUMERAL buttons to [...]

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. This creates the possibility that users in the home theater room, for example, could accidentally interrupt the viewing of[...]

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. No sound in additional rooms •[...]

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