HS-703 Operating Instructions NHS-703 Home Entertainment Solution
Welcome Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony NHS-703 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 seven rooms. • You can enjoy up to three different entertainment sources at one time. • You can store and instantly play back an entire library of as many as 400 CDs. • You can have remote control access to as many as 5 DVDs.
The Main System The NHS-703 is a seven-room/three-zone system that receives entertainment from a central rack of equipment in the Main Room.
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.
Parts and Controls Remote Room Wall Panel Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. 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 the selected source. Rewind button.
The Main BasicSystem Operations: Main Room In the Main Room, if you want to... Pick up the wireless remote control and... ...watch television when no cable, satellite or High Definition TV box is in use. 1. Press the TV Source Select button. 2. Select the TV channel with the Numeric Keypad and Enter button or select the channel with the Ch/Track +/- buttons. 3. Adjust the A/V receiver volume with the Volume +/- buttons. ...
Basic Operations: Main Room In the Main Room, if you want to... Pick up the wireless remote control and... ...watch a VHS cassette. 1. Press the Source Select button for VCR. 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. ...listen to a Compact Disc. 1. Press the Source Select button for CD.
Basic Operations: Remote Room In a Remote Room, if you want to... Go to the in-wall keypad and... ...watch television from a centralized set-top-box* (Zone 2 Only). The following directions apply when you want to watch channels from a single, centralized cable TV, satellite TV or High Definition TV set-top box* located in the Main Room. 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 with the TV remote control. 3.
Basic Operations: Remote Room In the Main Room, if you want to... Pick up the wireless remote control and... ...watch a VHS cassette (Zone 2 Only). 1. Press the Source Select button for VCR. 2. Turn on your local television with the TV remote control. 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 Pause button a second time. ...
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.
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 program guide. 8.
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 button.
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 disc numbers or track numbers. (To enter the disc number, first press the Disc button.) 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.
Advanced Operations: Remote Room Listening to AM/FM Stations (CONTINUED) 7. Ch/Track +/- buttons. Moves up and down through AM/FM tuner preset stations. 8. Up/Down cursor buttons. Scan up and down the radio band. 9. Tuner Source Select button. Automatically turns on the A/V receiver and selects the Tuner mode. Changes the remote control mode to operate the tuner functions.
Advanced Operations: Remote Room Watching Television from a remote room set-top box (Zone 2 Only) IMPORTANT NOTE: In this mode you will be listening to TV sound through the television’s speakers only, not through the system speakers. • Use your local TV controls, not the keypad. Watching DVDs (Zone 2 Only) 1. Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume. Turn counterclockwise to lower the volume. 2. DVD Source Select button.
Advanced Operations: Remote Room Watching VHS Tapes (Zone 2 Only) - (CONTINUED) 10. +/- buttons. Moves up and down through the VCR channels. 11. 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. 12. System Off button. Shuts down the entire system, except for the Main Room television. Listening to a CD (All Zones) 1. Volume Control. Turn clockwise to raise the volume.
Advanced Operations: Remote Room Listening to AM/FM Stations (All Zones) 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.
Control Conflcts The NHS-703 is one system with seven remote controls — the Main Room wireless remote plus the six 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 was enjoying.
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 No sound in Main Room • Make sure the muting is not engaged. • 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 components.
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