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Escient SE-160i CD Player User Manual

1. 5 6 and 8 keys each support three letters and one number and can be pressed from one to seven times to display upper case lower case and numeric characters The 7 and 9 keys both support four letters and one number and can be pressed from one to nine times The 1 and 0 keys support all of the special characters and will cycle through each character for every key press The text characters follow the same convention used by a standard telephone except in the case of the 1 and 0 keys which contain additional characters When entering characters at the beginning of a field or characters that follow a space FireBall assumes that upper case characters are preferred Therefore characters are entered in the following cycle uppercase lowercase and numeric For example the first key press enters an uppercase letter corresponding to the first letter associated with the key Pressing the 2 key once displays an A in the text field pressing the 2 key twice displays a B pressing it again will display a The fourth key press displays a lower case the fifth key press displays a lower case b and the sixth key press displays a lower case Lastly pressing the 2 key a seventh time displays the number 2 When entering the second character in a text field or the second character following a space FireBall assumes that lowe
2. Additionally Escient does not cover the following items under the terms or its warranty programs Installation or removal charges Cost of initial technical adjustments setup costs Battery replacement Escient s sole liability for any defective product is limited to the repair or replacement of the product at our discretion Escient shall not be liable for damages to other property caused by defects in this product damages based upon inconvenience loss of use of the product loss of time or data commercial loss or any other damages whether real incidental or consequential Escient shall not be liable for damage or loss of data including but not limited to music recorded to storage devices It is the customer s responsibility to maintain the original media and or appropriate backup copies within the specific rights of the media s copyright holder How to Return a Product Contact your dealer Please have the following information ready for your dealer Product Serial Number Model Number Date of Registration or Purchase Place of Purchase Upon reviewing the request for repair under warranty provisions Escient s Technical Support group will issue a Return Material Authorization RMA number This number is to be attached to the outside of the shipping carton Additional instructions will be provided by technical support Please be sure to use original packing carton and internal packing materials to assure proper shipment of the system
3. To set the Web Client Mode back to Remote control follow these same instructions but select Remote Control Mode instead of Streaming Client Mode PAGE 89 FIREBALL MUSIC BACKUP It is possible to backup and restore the music contents of a FireBall using the CIFS or Windows Networking feature Backup is accomplished by mounting the FireBall onto your PC or Mac desktop and using your computer s backup software You can also backup the music files to any standard media which your PC supports such as DVD R W CD R RW or external hard drive There are several methods and tools for backup your FireBall s music content You will have to determine which method is best for you and your customers One such method involves attaching an external FireWire or USB hard drive to your PC and backing up your Content directory by using a simple drag and drop from the Content directory to the external drive or using more elaborate features provided by a third party backup software product such as Dantz Retrospect A free trial of this software is provided by Dantz for both Mac and Windows users Please visit the Dantz web site for more details http www dantz com en products personal dtml Only the music files are available in the Content folder Playlists are available in the Playlists folder Setup information and Internet Radio stations are NOT available for backup at this time A full 500 GB backup could take 2 5 days to complete using a standa
4. Elan Via Phillips Pronto Home Theater Master RTI Lexicon Sonance Marantz Xantech Please check the Escient web site or contact your Escient dealer for more information about integrating FireBall into your existing or new home theater or home automation system PAGE 84 GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALL Information about your FireBall hardware and software is available under the Utilities menu This information is useful for troubleshooting any problems you may encounter with your network connection or verifying the current software versions Follow these steps to view the FireBall system information 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the UTILITIES menu 3 Select the SYSTEM INFORMATION menu PAGE 85 RESTARTING THE SYSTEM There are two ways of manually performing a full restart or reboot of the FireBall system one using the front panel power button and the other using the Restart System menu Follow these steps to restart the system using the front panel Power Button 1 2 3 4 Press and hold the power button for 4 seconds When the LED on the front panel begins to flash release the power button When the LED on the front panel glows solid RED standby mode FireBall is ready to use Press and release the Power button to turn on FireBall Follow these steps to restart the system using Utilities menu 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the
5. Follow these steps to connect the ETP 1500 to a FireBall Place the FireBall into Standby Connect the RS 232 serial cable to the COM PORT on the rear panel of your FireBall Connect the other end of the RS 232 serial cable to the bottom of the ETP 1500 Connect one end of an S Video cable to FireBall s S Video output Connect the other end of the S Video cable to the S Video input on bottom the ETP 1500 Connect the ETP 1500 to an AC power source Press the power button on the front panel of the ETP 1500 The LED will turn amber Power on the FireBall the LED on the touch panel will turn green ON The 1500 will automatically be detected on the COM PORT and the user interface will display the touch panel buttons around the perimeter of the screen ETP 1500 2 5 o T z 2 o G o z o a Serial Cable S Video cable PAGE 75 Calibrating the Touch Panel To obtain the maximum performance form the ETP 1500 Touch Panel the main user should calibrate the display using the Calibration tool Follow these steps to calibrate the ETP 1500 Touch Panel 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote control 2 Select the External Control Menu 3 Select the Touch Panel Menu 4 Select the Calibration Menu 5 The calibration screen is displayed 6 Follow the on screen instructions by touching the moving target with your finger
6. Insurance costs are the responsibility of the customer Out of Warranty Repair Escient provides out of warranty repair service on a cost plus labor basis Minimum charges will apply Technical support will provide information on this service at the time of the call ESCIENT PRIVACY POLICY Escient is committed to providing you with a product that you enjoy and are confident in using and are committed to providing services in a private and secure environment We recognize and respect each individual user s privacy and have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy We want you to be fully informed about the information that we collect why we collect it and with whom we share it It is our hope that after reading this notice you will understand our commitment to privacy and be confident that we will use your information responsibly By using the Escient FireBall you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy The option to read the Escient Privacy Policy appears on the zip code screen of the Quick Start automatic setup procedure In addition you can access the statement at any time by pressing the SETUP key and choosing the GENERAL menu and then selecting the PRIVACY POLICY option E MAIL CONTACT INFORMATION Escient may be contacted by using the following information Once you have worked with your local Escient dealer we encourage you to contact us if you are in need of any further a
7. it will return to the Music Guide without asking you to insert a blank CD Check your cables and make sure you have audio connected to the analog inputs on the back of your FireBall PAGE 57 User preferences are available to specify global configuration options and preferred system settings Press the SETUP key on the remote control to display the Setup Menu Use the navigation keys on the remote control up down left and right to highlight and select any menu item SETTING THE SCREEN SAVER PREFERENCES Screen Savers are provided for each source mode Screen Savers provide two important functions to prevent a static image from being displayed on the video output device for extended periods of time and to provide useful information to the user when activated Follow these steps to set your screen saver preferences 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the GENERAL Menu 3 Select the SCREEN SAVER Menu 4 Select your Screen Saver Preferences Activation Idle Time You can specify the amount of idle time that FireBall will wait before activating the screen saver from 1 to 60 minutes Warning Some televisions and plasma monitors are more susceptible to screen burn in than others therefore we recommend using a low activation time like 1 minute to reduce the risk of burn in Other Modes Select either the Normal Product Demo or Photo Viewer mode The Normal mode displays the current title or s
8. server to deliver your music collection throughout your home network using the optional FireBall Music Players Ethernet networks require that you configure each device on the network with a valid address These addresses are usually configured automatically by your network hardware If your PC is setup using Dynamic or DHCP addressing you should most likely use the same for your FireBall Connect your FireBall to your Ethernet network using the included Ethernet cable and then follow these steps to specify your Ethernet settings 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the NETWORK Menu 3 Select the ETHERNET SETTINGS Menu 4 Select Dynamic for automatic address configuration or Static if you want to manually enter your TCP IP address information If you select Static TCP IP addressing you will need to obtain a valid IP address subnet mask DNS server and gateway addresses from your network administrator PAGE 64 SERVER SETTINGS Your FireBall can act as a server delivering audio to optional FireBall clients over the network FireBall s server also allows you to control it remotely using a web browser on your PC and allows Network File Sharing for backup and import features The FireBall Name allows you to easily locate and connect to your FireBall by name Follow these steps to enter a name for your FireBall 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2
9. CD This allows you to record live performances or any other analog source to a blank CD which can then be played on almost any standard CD Player Follow these steps to record direct to CD from an external source 1 Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode 2 Press the RECORD key to display the Music Record Options menu 3 Select the RECORD EXT INPUTS DIRECT TO CD menu item 4 The External Record Options screen will be displayed showing the default information for the recording you are about to make You can use these default settings or edit them The default recording length is 30 minutes Enter a different number to increase or decrease the recording time When you are finished editing the default settings press the RECORD key again to start recording from the external analog inputs to the internal hard drive FireBall will record from the external analog inputs to a temporary image recorded on it s internal hard drive When the recording time elapses and the recording is complete FireBall will ask you to insert a blank CD Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc and close the CD tray by pressing the Eject button on the front panel The Music Record Progress CD Write screen now appears as the CD image is written to the blank CD When the CD is complete the new disc you created will be ejected Remove the disc and close the CD tray If FireBall detects that no audio was actually recorded
10. FireBall screen saver turned on and set to the lowest possible time out duration Warning This device uses the mains plug as the means to disconnect the unit this unit remains powered unless disconnected from the mains source TRADEMARKS amp SERVICE MARKS ESCIENT Escient the Escient logo and FireBall are trademarks of Digital Networks North America FireBall and Physital are trademarks of Escient Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be FieBa 7 Lem EBD trademarks of their respective companies Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote amp Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery For more information visit www gracenote com PHYSITAL CD and music related data from Gracenote Inc copyright O 2000 2006 Gracenote ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCT Gracenote CDDB Client Software copyright 2000 2005 Gracenote This product and service may practice or more of the following U S Patents 45 987 525 46 061 680 46 154 773 6 161 132 46 230 192 46 230 207 46 240 459 6 330 593 and other patents issued or pending gracenote gt lt gracenote Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote The Gracenote logo and logotype and the Powered by Gracenote logo are trademarks of Gracenote PAGE 7 WARRANTY INFORM
11. background images for each Guide Player Options Setup and Message screens You can import your own background images into the Backgrounds shared directory using Windows Networking Images should be 720x480 and saved in either jpg gif or png formats Follow these steps to select a custom background on your FireBall 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote 2 Select the General menu 3 Select the User Interface Skins menu 4 Select the Custom Theme and Select the Save button 5 After the Custom Theme is installed you will see the Custom Backgrounds Select screen 6 Select the screen you want to set the background for Music Guide Music Player Music Option etc Scroll down the list and highlight an image A preview will be displayed to the right of the list Press the Select key on the remote to select the desired image Repeat steps 6 8 for each screen you want to customize 10 Select the Save button when you are done to return to the Setup menu Note Some backgrounds look better than others In general backgrounds with darker colors and few small details are better ENABLING PASSWORD PROTECTION Optional Password Protection enables you to limit user access to the Setup Menus This is useful to lockout the ability to change the global user settings and preferences Setting a System Password Follow these steps to setup a new system password 1 Press the SELECT key to highlight the VERIFY field Re enter the
12. button on the remote control to save the Group You can not edit the System Groups All CDs Internal or Playlists If you remove all Titles or Stations from a Group the Group is automatically deleted You can not reorder Titles and Stations within a Group They are always sorted alphabetically ELLEN DELETING MUSIC You can remove any music you have recorded to the FireBall by using the Delete Music feature You may want to do this if you have filled up your FireBall and you can not record any more music or if you want to remove songs that you just don t listen to Follow these steps to delete music from your FireBall 1 Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode 2 Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu 3 Select the DELETE MUSIC menu item to display the Delete Music Info screen 4 Press the CONTINUE button to proceed to the Delete Music Guide 5 For each Track you want to delete highlight the Track and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected Track indicating that it will be deleted Press the SELECT key again to remove the checkmark Pressing the TOGGLE key on the remote when a Title is highlighted will toggle all or none of the Title s tracks for deletion When you have selected all of the Titles you want to delete in the group press the RECORD button on the remote control to permanently remove and delete the checked tracks DELETING P
13. files originated from your FireBall they already have the proper ID tags Cover art will be imported into FireBall as long as the cover image is properly embedded into the ID3 tag Again use an MP3 Tag Editor on your computer to add cover art images to each MP3 file prior to importing Playlists should also be imported directly to the Import directory SERVERS A FireBall Server is a Fireball media management system that is capable of serving media to other FireBalls over a network The FireBall is a considered a server product CLIENTS A FireBall Client is a FireBall that can play media from a FireBall Server over a network Currently there are three different FireBall products that can play media from FireBall servers Another FireBall SE 160i Home PC or Mac Client Server networking is limited to the same local subnet You can not stream over the Internet unless you have a VPN setup between the two FireBalls Only MP3 and FLAC audio files can be streamed to clients You may have an unlimited number of clients on the network but you can only stream to 4 clients simultaneously Internet Radio can not be streamed but it is available on most standalone products LOCATING THE FIREBALL CLIENTS AND SERVERS Central If you locate your FireBall clients and servers in a central location such as an equipment CENTRAL RACK MOU NTED FI R EBALL IN STA LLATION or utility room you will need to use a third party audio video distributi
14. it was in when power was lost To force the FireBall to restart PRESS and HOLD the Power button on the front of the unit for 4 seconds and release it when the standby LED starts blinking When the Standby LED is RED and FireBall has completed its startup process press the Power button once to turn on the FireBall FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW i yo 90 1 5o x POWER 9 FireBall 1 POWER 2 GUIDE SCREEN 3 MUSIC SOURCE 4 RADIO SOURCE 5 CD RW DRIVE 6 TEXT DISPLAY amp IR RECEIVER 7 OPEN CLOSE DRIVE 8 NAVIGATION 9 SELECT 10 TRANSPORT CONTROLS amp FAVS 2 IR IN 3 DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 4 ANALOG AUDIO AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT 5 VIDEO OUT COMPOSITE S VIDEO COMPONENT 6 COMMUNICATION PORT 7 ETHERNET REMOTE OVERVIEW CODE SET Code Set used to set the universal IR source buttons See manual for details UNIVERSAL SOURCE SELECT Telly Cable Receiver DVD used to con figure the remote to control other devices See manual for details on the universal remote functions MODE GUIDE SELECT Music iRadio used to select FireBall modes TRANSPORT CONTROLS Rewind Play Forward Record Stop Pause used to control playback music Also used for text entry and for canceling certain operations oo oo POWER Power used to toggle
15. o ag D e a FireBall SE 160i User s Manual PAGE 94 CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SERVER Every FireBall capable of server functions is automatically enabled to serve MP3 and FLAC audio whenever it is plugged in and properly configured for your network It is recommended that you give each of your FireBall servers a unique name that describes it s location using the SERVER SETTINGS screen which can be accessed from Setup Network Server Settings Names like LivingRoom HomeTheater MyMusicServer are all good examples Note Do not use spaces in the FireBall Server Name Optionally you can assign a password for web access to the FireBall This password is independent from the Parental Controls password and is used to limit access to FireBall s web server from any standard web browser on your network If a password is entered here the user will be asked to enter it when connecting to the FireBall from their PC This password is provided to protect access to your FireBall through the standard HTTP port 80 on your subnet CONFIGURING A FIREBALL CLIENT Networking Each FireBall client must be on the same network as the server This document will assume that you have properly connected your FireBall client to the same network as your FireBall server Please refer to the HomeNetworkingPrimer support document on the Escient web site for more information about home networking Server Selection FireBall clients will automatically select
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17. station on a typical audio receiver Simply press the SELECT key on the remote control and the currently highlighted station will be located buffered and then played CFM Music com You ll notice that a new screen appears displaying information about the selected station This is the Radio Player screen The Radio Player displays the station name location genre genre cover art and status about the current Internet Radio station stream Playing Internet Radio requires a valid Internet connection Although some stations will work over a Dialup Internet Connection a broadband Internet connection is recommended Due to the dynamic nature of the Internet you Internet Radio may experience periodic audio drop outs which could be due to many factors such as Internet access problems busy networks etc Internet Radio Stations are not hosted by Escient and may not be available at all times You can update your Internet Radio Stations list by running Tune Stations Please refer to the Managing Your Media section for more information Cover art song name and artist name are displayed only if the information is sent by the Internet Radio Station broadcaster Locating rinnet RETI PAGE 38 CREATING PLAYLISTS FireBall allows you to organize your favorite songs into custom Playlists A Playlist is simply a group of songs that you choose from your Music Library Common uses for Playlists are Collections of your favorite
18. the CD tray DUPLICATING A CD You can duplicate any physical disc located in the internal drive These discs are for backup purposes only Follow these steps to duplicate a CD 1 Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode 2 Press the RECORD key to display the Music Record Options menu 3 Select the DUPLICATE A DISC button to display the Music Record Select Guide 4 Select a CD from the built in CD player A check mark will be placed next to the selected disc Press the RECORD key again to continue the recording process and display the Music Record Progress CD Read screen FireBall will read the selected CD and create an image of the CD on it s internal hard drive After the entire CD has been read FireBall will eject the CD tray and ask you to insert a blank CD Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc and close the CD tray by pressing the Eject button on the front panel Note If you are duplicating an audio CD you must use royalty paid blank CDs which are typically marked as audio or music CDs Data CDs typically used in computers can be used for duplicating MP3 CDs The Music Record Progress CD Write screen now appears as the CD image is written to the blank CD When the CD is complete the new disc you created will be ejected Remove the disc and close the CD tray RECORDING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE FireBall also allows you to record from the external inputs to a blank
19. the current source device on and off FIREBALL SELECT FireBall 1 FireBall 2 FireBall 3 FireBall 4 use FB1 to control the FireBall Use other FB buttons if additional FireBall products are installed ALL NONE Toggle ALL or NONE on Select Guides e Bo 90 T 00e NAVIGATION amp SELECT Up Down Left Right Select used to navigate and select on screen menus and buttons oooooo oooooogmS VIEW MENU View Menu toggles through various Guide Views artist title cover CONTROL Options displays Options menu GUIDE Guide Player toggles between Guide and Player screens INFO Info displays ad ditional music info VOLUME CONTROL A Volume Up Volume Down Mute Uni versal remote can be configured to operate volume on Tellys and receivers See manual for detailed setup steps 606 amp KEY PAD Alpha Numeric Enter used for entering numbers and text Also used for search ing in the music and radio guides o o 2 A oo oc Mode changes music play modes normal random repeat etc Setup displays Setup menu r CHANNEL PAGE CONTROL Channel Page Up Down used to page up and down in Guide and Player screens eo eoo r MACRO FUNCTION Macro Function used to directly access vari ous music and radio items and controls 0058 0
20. 0289 DISC PLAY FUNCTIONS Previous Next skip disc functions r MUSIC PLAY FUNCTIONS Repeat Random used to cause the System to play the current group genre in repeat or random playback mode MUSIC FAVORITES Add Favorites Play Favorites used to add the currently highlighted music track to the Favorites playlist and to play the favorites playlist ooooooe pei Bog e oo amp oooocooe ENTERING TEXT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL The remote control can be used to enter text in all text fields This text entry capability is provided to allow you to fill out short text fields such as those that occur in the setup and edit screens FireBall s wireless keyboard should be used when extended typing is required Typing Characters with the Remote The remote control based text entry capability is similar to that provided on standard telephones and cell phones Each numeric key has characters associated with it that can be accessed by pressing the key one or more times You have 5 seconds after a key is pressed to enter a second character from the same key If you press the same key within 5 seconds the second character associated with that key replaces the initial character If you do not press the same key within 5 seconds the text cursor moves to the next location so that the same key can be pressed again to enter a second character The 2 3 4
21. A has reserved the following three blocks of the IP address space for private networks 10 0 0 0 10 255 255 255 172 16 0 0 172 31 255 255 and 192 168 0 0 192 168 255 255 Note that the first block is nothing but a single class A network number while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous class B network numbers and the third block is a set of 255 contiguous class C network numbers The complete RFC 1918 can be found via FTP on http nic ddn mil Crestron AMX or other third party controllers capable of controlling the FireBall over Ethernet use port 251 Make sure your router has port 251 open if you plan on using two way control over Ethernet SOFTWARE UPDATE PROBLEMS Manual Software Update Checks Software Updates are automatically checked once a week starting on the day of the week your FireBall was first registered You can manually check for a software update by accessing the Software Update menu found under the Setup Utilities Menu RECORDING PROBLEMS Audio vs Data CDs FireBall requires Royalty paid blank media when recording audio CDs Blank CDs marked with Data can not be used when creating Red Book audio CDs You must purchase and use blank media marked as Audio or Music CDs PAGE 96 3rd Party Certifcations SPECIFICATIONS FCC US Part 15 Class Specifications are subject to change without notice Please check the NTSC Video Output NTSC RS 170A Escient web site for any changes to the specificatio
22. ATION Terms of Coverage Each Escient branded media management system sold comes with a standard one 2 year warranty This warranty provides no charge coverage under normal product usage for a period of one year from the date of registration and or purchase whichever is earlier This warranty program provides the following key features and benefits Twenty four 24 months service parts and labor No charges to the customer other than in bound shipping charges which are determined by the shipping method All return shipments will be via Standard Ground Transportation approximately 5 business days Twenty four 24 months of regular hour telephone support 8AM to 6PM EDST Monday through Friday 24 hour email response from the Escient Support Website Software maintenance updates provided via a broadband or dial up Internet connections Access to 24 hour music database and entertainment services providing access to thousands of CD and DVD titles and associated information What is Covered The goal of this warranty is to cover operational problems that might arise with your product during normal use This includes failure to start improper operation or intermittent failures As part of the warranty Escient will pay for all labor and materials used in the repair of the system Escient reserves the right to use new or factory refurbished parts in the repair of these in warranty systems Escient will also pay for the return shipment of the re
23. CD RW DISC BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY SHOW AND HIDE TRACKS PLAYING THE CURRENT TITLE SELECTING A DIFFERENT SONG CHANGING THE GUIDE VIEW View By Artist View By Title View By Song View By Cover CHANGING THE CURRENT PLAY MODE VIEWING BY GENRE BROWSING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS PLAYING THE CURRENT STATION CREATING PLAYLISTS CREATING GROUPS ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS UPDATING THE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS LIST EDITING MUSIC INFORMATION Editing Track Names Automatically Lookup Information for This Disc Searching for the Original Cover Tips for Searching for Covers Selecting an Existing Cover EDITING RADIO INFORMATION EDITING PLAYLISTS EDITING GROUPS DELETING MUSIC DELETING PLAYLISTS DELETING GROUPS CREATING A CUSTOM MIX CD DUPLICATING A CD RECORDING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE SETTING THE SCREEN SAVER PREFERENCES Activation Idle Time Other Modes Retail Demo Mode Photo Screen Saver Mode SETTING YOUR TIME ZONE CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACE ENABLING PASSWORD PROTECTION ETHERNET SETTINGS SERVER SETTINGS FIREBALL MUSIC SHARING SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE PAGE 3 SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES VIDEO FORMAT CENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREEN ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S CONTRAST ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S SHARPNESS ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S COLOR AND TINT INSTALLING THE ETP TOUCH PANEL Calibrating the Touch Panel Changing the Touch Panel Button Overlay Using Your Touch Pa
24. ESCIENT FireBall m PHYSITAE us P N M32003 02A2 cddb THANK YOU i The team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you i for purchasing an Escient FireBall product Escient is committed to i providing our customers the most technologically advanced yet easier i than ever to use products that converge the power of the Internet with i home entertainment To maximize your enjoyment please take a few minutes to review this User s Manual It will guide you through all the features and benefits of i your new FireBall If you should need assistance please contact your dealer The Escient Team ABOUT THIS MANUAL i RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER MANUAL DISCLAIMERS WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS TRADEMARKS amp SERVICE MARKS i WARRANTY INFORMATION i ESCIENT PRIVACY POLICY E MAIL CONTACT INFORMATION COPYRIGHT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS i POWER STATES FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW REAR PANEL OVERVIEW REMOTE OVERVIEW ENTERING TEXT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL Typing Characters with the Remote AUDIO OUTPUTS VIDEO OUTPUTS VIDEO FORMAT NTSC AND PAL RS 232 CONNECTIONS IR CONNECTIONS ETHERNET CONNECTIONS TESTING A BROADBAND CONNECTION RECORDING FROM THE INTERNAL CD IMPORTING MUSIC FILES System Requirements Audio File Requirements Cover Art Image Requirements IMPORTING FROM A PC IMPORTING FROM A MAC RECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES ERASING A
25. Groups The Group Bar displays a horizontal scrolling list of Genres corresponding to the music in your library Five Genres or Groups are visible at one time The genre is the default which displays all Titles in your Music Library Using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys on the remote you can select a different Genre Notice that the list of Titles updates to show only Titles in the selected Genre Scroll all the way to the left to return to the All Genre Genre list will scroll to the right to reveal more Genres Refer to the section Managing Your Media for instructions on creating your own groups from favorite music titles The Teen pris HI Tech edits Barty Seay Your Hopie Cart ey Sry UP Gur Heh Flare Cites BROWSING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS The Radio Guide displays a scrolling list of Internet Radio Stations Using the remote control you can navigate up and down the list As each Station is highlighted you will notice that the Information Area and Cover Art changes to reflect the currently highlighted Station I RFV Find I p _diternative Press the iRADIO key on the remote control to Coan display the Radio Guide Adull Aliora Press the MUSIC key to return to the Music Guide Heck Aadio Burnieg Oian ie Ba H J nr PAGE 37 PLAYING THE CURRENT STATION Playing the currently highlighted Radio Station is the same as selecting and playing an off air radio
26. LAYLISTS You may delete entire Playlists from the Music Guide Follow these steps to permanently delete one or more Playlists from the Music Guide 1 Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode 2 Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu 3 Select the DELETE PLAYLISTS menu item to display the Delete Playlists screen 4 For each Playlist you want to delete highlight the Playlist and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected Playlist indicating that it will be deleted Press the SELECT key again to remove the checkmark When you have selected all of the Playlists you want to delete select the DELETE button to permanently remove and delete the checked Playlists es pem miU Hed d in DELETING GROUPS Deleting Groups from the Group Bar is very similar to deleting Playlists The contents of the Group the Music Titles or Radio Stations are not deleted They are still available in any other Groups they may be assigned to and in the All Group Follow these steps to delete Groups 1 Press the MUSIC key if you want to edit the Music Groups or press the RADIO key if you want to edit the Radio Groups Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu Select the DELETE GROUPS menu item to display the Delete Playlists screen For each Playlist you want to delete highlight the Playlist and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark
27. Recording or sometimes Ripping There are several ways to get your music into FireBall Record CDs using the internal CD Drive Transfer Music files from your PC using a network Record from an external source such as a tape LP or other real time source You may choose to use any or all of these methods at any time Each is described on the following pages RECORDING FROM THE INTERNAL CD The easiest way to get music into your FireBall is to record CDs using the built in internal CD RW drive This method requires no additional equipment and is very fast as the internal CD drive can rip audio at several times the speed of normal playback This is known as fast ripping Follow these steps to record using the internal CD RW drive 1 Press the EJECT key on the front panel 2 Insert an audio CD label side up into the CD RW tray 3 Press the EJECT key again to close the CD RW tray 4 The CD s artist album and track names are automatically retrieved from the Gracenote amp Music Recognition Service and are displayed on your Telly Press the RECORD key on the remote control to display the Recording Options Menu Press the RECORD key a second time to choose the default recording option Record to Internal Hard Drive The Record Select Guide will be displayed showing the current CD with checkmarks to the right of each track name Press the RECORD key a third time to begin recording
28. Select the NETWORK menu 3 Select the FIREBALL SERVER SETTINGS menu 4 Enter a name for your FireBall using the remote control or wireless keyboard For example Living Room or Home Theater might be a name which helps identify which FireBall you want to connect to Follow these steps to enter a password to be used when connecting to your FireBall from a web browser 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 select the NETWORK menu 3 Select the FIREBALL SERVER SETTINGS menu 4 Enter a password to be used from your PC when connecting from your web browser Note There is no User Name when connecting from a web browser FIREBALL MUSIC SHARING FireBall contains a special music sharing feature that allows two FireBall Music Servers located on the same network to share their music library into two independent zones The Music Guide from the second FireBall is merged into the Music Guide of the first FireBall to create one seamless Music Guide for browsing and playing all of your music This effectively can double the capacity of your FireBall using one FireBall as the master and one as a second zone or slave server You can connect any combination of two FireBall SE E2 or DVDM Music Servers that have been upgraded to Version 4 0 or later FireBall Features Package Follow these steps to connect your FireBall to another FireBall Music Server 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote 2 Select the Networ
29. Setup menu 2 Select the UTILITIES menu 3 Select the RESTART SYSTEM menu 4 5 6 Confirm that you want to restart the system and select the RESTART button When the LED on the front panel glows solid RED standby mode FireBall is ready to use Press and release the Power button to turn on FireBall PAGE 86 UPDATING THE SOFTWARE FireBall will automatically check the Escient server once a week for any FireBall software updates and automatically install them You can also manually check for a software update Follow these steps to manually update the software 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the UTILITIES menu 3 Select the UPDATE SOFTWARE menu 4 Select the Check for Update button 5 Confirm that you want to update the current software 6 FireBall will connect to Escient and compare the current software version with the latest release If a newer version of the FireBall software is available it will be downloaded and installed PAGE 87 FireBall contains a built in web server which means you can connect to your FireBall and remotely control it using a standard web browser from a PC Mac or PDA over your home network SETTING UP THE FIREBALL WEB SERVER Your FireBall acts as a web server on your network allowing you to connect and control the FireBall using your PC or Mac computer This web server is automatically configured and started each time the FireBall is pl
30. When the calibration procedure is complete you can operate the FireBall by touching the buttons around the perimeter of the screen Although these buttons duplicate the functionality of the FireBall remote you can still use the wireless IR remote and Escient keyboard even when the ETP 1500 is in use PAGE 76 Changing the Touch Panel Button Overlay The Button Overlay feature places button controls onto the FireBall user interface for use with the Escient ETP 1500 touch screen and third party touch panels The ETP 1500 is automatically detected on the FireBall serial ports and the select overlay is enabled You may choose to manually enable or disable the Third Party Overlay or Escient Touch Panel overlays There are two types of overlays the Button Frame and the Toggle Bar The Button Frame is useful for panels that are capable of displaying video in the overscan area such as the ETP 1500 The Toggle Bar is useful for panels that can not display video in the overscan area The Toggle Bar should be used for most Third Party touch panel systems Using Your Touch Panel The Touch Panel Overlay should now be displayed around the edges of your screen These buttons duplicate the functions found Toggle Bar Interface on the remote control and allow you to interact and control FireBall by touching each button on the ETP 1500 PAGE 77 IR REMOTE CONTROL FireBall is preset from the factory to operate from the FB1 source butt
31. appears to the right of each selected Playlist indicating that it will be deleted Press the SELECT key again to remove the checkmark eii i Care When you have selected all of the Playlists you want to delete select the delete button to SEL permanently remove and delete the checked Playlists You can not delete the System Groups All CDs Internal or Playlists FireBall is a complete media solution for storing managing and listening to your music but what if you want to get your music out of your FireBall and take it with you FireBall has that covered as well You can easily create custom mix CDs backups copies of any physical CD and record from the external analog inputs to a CD CREATING A CUSTOM MIX CD A Custom Mix CD is a collection of songs that you record or burn to a blank CD The new CD can then be played in your car stereo computer or any CD player which supports CD R or CD RW discs Follow these steps to create a custom Mix CD Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode Press the RECORD key to display the Music Record Options menu Select the CREATE AN AUDIO MIX CD button if you want to create a standard audio CD which can be played in almost any CD player or select the CREATE A DATA MIX CD button if you want to create an data CD that can be played in any computer or CD player which supports MP3 CDs When the Music Record Select Guide appears you can select one or more so
32. at you have gotten your music into your FireBall it s time to enjoy it The Music Guide allows you to browse locate and play all of your music in one easy to use on screen guide The Music Guide displays a scrolling list of all your Music Titles Using the remote control you can navigate up and down the list As each Title is highlighted you will notice that the Information Area and Cover Art changes to reflect the currently highlighted Title SHOW AND HIDE TRACKS If you press the SELECT key on the remote control you will expand the current Title to reveal a list of the Title s TRACKS Press the SELECT key again when a Title is highlighted to collapse the current Title and hide the track names mar Bod arig DTE UT Tha Curesnport Hi Tech Lowicia Fany bisp TI RD Hisi LE Tey Arepa Digia Orren iiai Bii PLAYING THE CURRENT TITLE Playing the currently highlighted Title is the same as playing a CD in a conventional CD player Simply press the PLAY key on the remote control and it begins to play from track 1 Note If you press SELECT with a Track highlighted you will start playback from the selected Track You ll notice that a new screen appears with a list of the songs or tracks on the current Title this is the Music Player screen The Music Player displays the artist name album name album cover art and track list for the current Title SELECTING A DIFFERENT SONG In the Music Player you can nav
33. bitrate is used to determine the relative quality and compression level The higher the bitrate the better quality and more space each song will occupy on the hard drive Selecting a lower bitrate will provide lesser quality audio and will use less space for each song allowing you to store more songs on your FireBall FLAC audio will always take up approximately 5096 of the original WAV AIFF file size The FLAC compression level has been optimized to FireBall s processor speed and is not user adjustable Creating a mix CD from FLAC audio files creates a CD which is identical to the original thus it is referred to as CD Quality PAGE 67 SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES You can specify what to do with new discs inserted into FireBall s front panel CD drive Display and Play will display the information for the disc and then play the disc Record and Eject assists in bulk recording allowing you to insert disc after disc automatically recording then ejecting each one Follow these steps to set the Disc Insert Preferences 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the AUDIO menu 3 Select the DISC INSERT PREFERENCES menu 4 Select Display and Play or Record and Eject Record and Eject will use the current Recording Preferences to record each disc to your internal hard drive The Record Select Guide will not be displayed as all tracks are automatically selected and recorded to the internal ha
34. face screens However since FireBall has the capability of downloading software updates and enhancements on a regular basis the resulting screen updates may no longer match the images in this manual Please check the Escient website for more information about software updates WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS CAUTION Do not use this apparatus near water Risk of Electric Shock Clean only with a dry cloth Do Not Open Nu Do not block any ventilation openings AVIS Risque De Choc Electrique Ne Pas Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus Ouvrir including amplifiers that produce heat WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or To reduce the risk of electric shock do not remove the cover No user serviceable parts are electric shock do not expose this equipment inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel to rain or moisture To prevent electric shock do not use a 3 wire to 2 wire adapter plug A three prong grounded outlet is required You are cautioned that any change or modification not expressly approved in this manual or approved in writing by an authorized representative of Escient could void your warranty and or your authority to operate this equipment Prolonged use of any video device which produces a static non moving non changing or repetitive image on your projector television or plasma display device can cause screen burn in You are encouraged to leave the
35. files 48 192k CBR and up to 215k VBR WAV files automatically converted to FLAC or MP3 based on the Recording Preferences ID3 tags are supported for both MP3 audio files Ogg Vorbis style tags are supported for FLAC files Cover Art Image Requirements JPEG image format No larger than 200 pixels wide by 200 pixels high IMPORTING FROM A PC Make sure your PC is connected to the same network as your FireBall and follow these steps to mount transfer and import music files from your PC to your FireBall On the FireBall Note This step only needs to be done once 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote control to display the Setup menu 2 Select the NETWORK menu item 3 Select the SERVER SETTINGS menu item 4 Enter a name for your FireBall rJ Thee he cab Gf a program Folder document or On the PC Lihat eects died Wonks ope it for Go to the START menu and select RUN Enter two backslashes and the name of your FireBall the name you Geen iirf pia entered into the Server Settings and click the OK button You should see the following in a new window on your computer Drag and drop your audio files onto the Import folder FireBall will Cancel fries automatically import add and catalog each file into your Music Guide PAGE 27 IMPORTING FROM A MAC FireBall s File Server acts like a Windows File Server on your network therefore you will need Cu Window Help to connect us
36. he Red Light will start to flash once the 5 digit code is accepted If the FireBall does not reboot wait 5 seconds and try the code again RS 232 CONNECTIONS COM port is to be used for connecting an Escient ETP 1500 wired touch panel or to interface with a third party control system such as Opus AMX or Crestron Note You should use the Ethernet control system for controlling FireBall from a third party control system whenever possible Using the Ethernet control system frees up the COM port for other purposes allows much longer distances between FireBall and the control system and provides a much faster path for data transfer IR CONNECTIONS The direct IR input jack on the back panel of the FireBall is for controlling FireBall from a wired IR distribution system such as a Xantech system This connection must be an IR signal with a 36kHz carrier using an 1 8 mono or stereo connector The IR input jack provides 12V power This means that you can directly connect a 12V IR receiver like the Xantech series 291 units to the FireBall using a 1 8 stereo connector Pin outs for the Wired IR input Sleeve 7 12v Ring Ground Tip Signal ETHERNET CONNECTIONS The Ethernet jack on the back panel of the FireBall accepts any standard twisted pair CAT5 Ethernet cable If you are connecting FireBall to a home network you typically connect a standard Ethernet cable from your Ethernet router or hub to the FireBall There are differen
37. he number of channels mono or stereo The cover art will be set according to which genre you select Select the SAVE button to save the changes PAGE 48 EDITING PLAYLISTS You can change the name and add or remove tracks from any Playlist you created Follow these steps to edit a Playlist Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode Highlight the Playlist Name you want to edit Note The Playlist group will list all of your Playlists Press the OPTIONS key to display the Music Options Menu 4 Select the Edit Playlist menu item Using the remote control or keyboard change the name of your Playlist or select the CONTINUE button on screen to keep the current name and advance to the Edit Playlist Select Guide For each song you want to add to the Playlist highlight the song name and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected song indicating that it will be added to the Playlist For each song you want to remove from the Playlist highlight the song name and press the SELECT key on the remote The checkmark to the right of the song will be removed indicating that the song should be removed from the Playlist When you have added or removed all of the songs you want to include in the playlist press the RECORD button on the remote control to save the Playlist If you remove all songs from a Playlist the Playlist is automatically deleted You can not re
38. here the vertical black bar on the left just disappears This will get your brightness control as close to the proper setting as possible without the use of special software and hardware Press SELECT to return to the previous menu PAGE 71 PAGE 72 ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S CONTRAST The Contrast or Picture Adjustment control allows you to optimize the contrast which is sometimes called Picture of their Telly using the Telly s Contrast or Picture controls This setting helps reduce video blooming and create a clearer more readable user interface Follow these steps to adjust the contrast on your Telly 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the CONTRAST menu 4 Turn your Telly s Contrast or Picture control all the way up then lower it to the point where the vertical line appears straight and does not bend It may not be possible to make it completely straight on some Telly sets This will get your Contrast control as close to the proper setting as possible without the use of special software and hardware Press SELECT to return to the previous menu ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S SHARPNESS The Sharpness adjustment allows you the set the Sharpness or Detail control of their Telly so that onscreen text is as readable as possible Proper adjustment of the Sharpness control sometimes called the Detail control on your Telly allows you to see video and on screen menus mo
39. i Digital Gre Drinking iH Paling Dein Inmo Listen Bal Lorreina Resizable PDA Web 9 08 LL D Interface USING THE WEB BROWSER AS A MUSIC CLIENT In addition to remotely controlling your FireBall the built in web server also functions as a streaming MP3 music files to the web browser providing an easy way to add multiple streaming music clients to your FireBall Note Your web browser and computer must be setup to properly handle streaming audio files The proper configuration of these settings is beyond the scope of this document Please consult with your computer manufacturer or other online support sources for more information about playing audio files on your computer Follow these steps to configure the FireBall web interface client mode to either streaming from or remote controlling your FireBall 1 Make sure your web browser is properly configured and connected to your FireBall 2 Click the SETUP button on the left side of the screen to display the Setup Menu 3 Click the WEB CLIENT Mode menu item at the top of the page 4 Select STREAMING CLIENT Mode to set the Web Browser as the streaming music client or select SYNCHRONIZED Mode to remotely control your FireBall Click the SAVE button to save your selection and exit the Setup Menu Selecting music from the Web Browser will now cause the music to be played from the computer s own audio system rather then from the FireBall itself
40. ically used for an a v distribution system such as the Opus MCUS00 Xantech AV 61 or the Niles ZR 4630 8630 distribution systems PAGE 18 VIDEO FORMAT NTSC AND PAL FireBall SE 160i supports NTSC and PAL video format standards Follow these steps to set the video format to match that of your video display If you have not setup and registered your FireBall 1 Plug in and Power on your FireBall 2 When the Red Light on the front panel is solid red press the POWER button once to make it blue 3 Using the remote control Enter the corresponding sequence for your desired video format 64706 PAL M o g p 0 m 64766 PAL N o g p m n 64724 PAL BGHI 0 g p b g 64687 NTSC 0 g n t s 4 The FireBall will reboot and the Red Light will start to flash once the 5 digit code is accepted If the FireBall does not reboot wait 5 seconds and try the code again Or if you have already setup and registered your FireBall 1 Using your remote control press the MUSIC button 2 Press the SETUP button 3 enter 8020 4 Press the DOWN arrow 5 Press the OK button The FireBall should reboot When the red light is solid red follow these steps 6 Press the POWER button once to make it blue 7 Using the remote control enter the corresponding sequence for your desired video format 64706 PAL M o g p 0 m 64766 PAL N o g p m n 64724 PAL BGHI 0 g p b g 64687 NTSC 0 g n t s 8 The FireBall will reboot and t
41. igate up and down the track list using the remote control Highlight a different song and press SELECT to play the song Sparkle Like Your Shoes ng For Don t Let Me De Without L t Tai bresk Heart Lipa Dgreiher As One urn Hips Fegor Biy madis Hor mal CHANGING THE GUIDE VIEW The GUIDE button on the remote control is used to switch between the Music Guide and Music Player screens When you are viewing the Music Player screen press the GUIDE button to return to the Music Guide 3 od BB ano ooo The Music Guide provides you with several ways to view the contents of your Music Library One of the easiest ways to browse and sort your Music Library is by using the Music Views There are four Views that you can switch between using the MENU VIEW key on the remote control 8 ho View By Artist View By Title View By Song View By Cover C View By Artist View By Artist is the default View and displays your Music Library alphabetically from A to Z using according to the Artist Name then the Album Name View By Title View By Title will order the list of Titles alphabetically from A to Z according to the Album Name then the Artist Name View By Song View By Song will order the list of Titles alphabetically from A to Z according to the Song Name View By Cover View By Cover displays a graphical 4x2 grid of album cover art s
42. ing the MacOS X s built in Windows networking client Make sure your Mac is Back 3e connected to the same network as your FireBall and follow these steps to mount transfer and import music files from your PC to your FireBall Enclosing Folder 36 T 1 Go to the Finder and select Connect to Server from the Go Menu 2 Type smb and the name of your FireBall the name you entered into the Server Com puter CHC Settings and click the Connect button 3 You should see the SMB Mount dialog appear on your computer T Home THH Network 38K iDisk gt A Applications THA 2 Utilities THU Recent Folders b Go to Folder Connect to Server K Connect To Server Server Address smb fireball PAGE 28 Click on the Content pop up menu and select the Import directory Next an authentication dialog will appear You can ignore this dialog and just click the OK button You will then have a new drive mounted on your desktop called Import Drag and drop your audio files onto the Import folder FireBall will automatically import add and catalog each file into your Music Guide Mari Sem LER CDL here misem pes em RECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES FireBall allows you to record directly from it s analog inputs to the internal hard drive Follow these steps to record from an external source 1 2 Press the RECORD key on the remote control t
43. k menu 3 Select the Remote Server Connection menu 4 Select one of the available FireBall servers from the server list 5 Select the Save button to save your selection When you return to the Music Guide you will have access to all your music from both FireBalls merged into one Music Guide The Location field in the Music Guide will show you where each music title is located Repeat the above steps using the other FireBall to access the first FireBall s music from the second FireBall You can also select a FireBall PC virtual FireBall if your PC is running the FireBall PC software to integrate and stream more music from your PC Mac for unlimited storage capacity irm meus Seabed eoa ae PAGE 66 SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE You can specify which audio encoder MP3 or FLAC you want to use for recording audio in to your FireBall The MP3 format allows the most flexibility and compatibility for efficiently storing many audio files while the FLAC format uses considerably more space than MP3 files but preserves an exact bit for bit recording of the original using half the space of the original CD Follow these steps to select an audio encoder 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu Select the AUDIO menu Select the RECORDING PREFERENCES menu Select MP3 WAV or CD Quality FLAC as your preferred encoder If you selected MP3 as your preferred encoder select a bitrate The MP3
44. l has access to over 4 million CD titles but you may still encounter a CD that does not return a custom cover or the correct disc information You can edit the disc information for any Music Title using the Edit Disc and Edit Tracks screens Editing Disc Info Follow these steps to edit the disc information for the current Music Title 1 Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide 2 Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control 3 Select the EDIT DISC INFO menu item to display the Edit Disc Information screen 4 Using the remote control or wireless keyboard change the artist name album title label year of release or genre Select the SAVE button to save your changes and return to the previous screen Selecting the PREVIOUS or NEXT buttons will save any edits you have made to the current disc and display the information for the previous or next disc Editing Track Names You can also manually edit the Track Song names of the currently highlighted Title in the Music Guide Follow these steps to edit the track information for the current Music Title t EUM Lo 1 Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide 2 Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control 3 Select the EDIT DISC INFO Info menu item to display the Edit Disc Information screen 4 5 6 7 Select the EDIT TRACKS button to display the Edit Tracks screen Using the remote control or wireless keyboard change the name of each t
45. light the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control Select the EDIT DISC INFO menu item to display the Edit Disc Information screen Select the SEARCH FOR COVER button to display the Search for Cover screen The current Artist Name and Album Title are entered as the default search strings You can change either one of these to modify the search Note that editing the Artist Name or Title WILL NOT change them in the Music Library These edits are ONLY used to search for a new cover Select the SEARCH button to start the search The Get Music Info screen will be displayed as FireBall attempts to search for the cover using the Artist Name and Title you entered When the search is complete you will return to the Edit Disc Information screen where you can verify or edit the results Select the SAVE button to save your changes and return to the previous screen Tips for Searching for Covers The Escient server uses a fuzzy match algorithm to locate a matching cover using the Artist Name and Title you enter There are a few tips to try when searching for covers Remove any punctuation marks from the Artist Name and Title Remove Disc Numbers from the Titles Try different spellings in the Title Try removing part of the Artist Name if it is more than 2 words PAGE 46 Selecting an Existing Cover If for some reason you can not download the original cover you can cho
46. mote control to save the Group When you are finished creating your Group the Guide is displayed highlighting the newly created Group Notice that a custom Group is added to the Group Bar along with the System Groups The custom Group will always be sorted alphabetically within the Group Bar and appear to the right of the All and Playlist Groups PAGE 40 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS FireBall comes preloaded with several high quality streaming Internet Radio Stations from around the world but that may not be enough for you so FireBall also let s you add your own Internet Radio Stations Internet Radio stations must conform to these specifications Windows Media WMA or MPEG II layer 3 streams Windows Media 9 or earlier To add your own Internet Radio Stations you will need to obtain the URL or Internet Link to the stream using your PC Assuming you have a valid URL for a station follow these steps to add your own Internet Radio Station to the Radio Guide 1 Make sure you are in the Radio source mode by pressing the RADIO key on the remote Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu 2 3 Select the NEW STATION menu item 4 Using the remote or keyboard enter information for the new station including station name location URL the bit rate of the stream the genre the stream type MP3 or WMA and the number of channels mono or stereo The default cover art will be set according to which genre you selec
47. nel IR REMOTE CONTROL DIRECT ACCESS CODES PLAYLIST HOT KEYS SERIAL COM PORTS CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICES GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALL RESTARTING THE SYSTEM UPDATING THE SOFTWARE SETTING UP THE FIREBALL WEB SERVER USING THE WEB USER INTERFACE USING THE WEB BROWSER AS A MUSIC CLIENT FIREBALL MUSIC BACKUP FIREBALL MUSIC RESTORE ID3 Tag Support SERVERS CLIENTS LOCATING THE FIREBALL CLIENTS AND SERVERS Central Distributed CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SERVER CONFIGURING A FIREBALL CLIENT Networking Server Selection NETWORK PROBLEMS SOFTWARE UPDATE PROBLEMS RECORDING PROBLEMS SPECIFICATIONS Video Specifications Audio Specifications Physical Specifications 3rd Party Certifcations Thank you for purchasing a FireBall Media Management system from Escient a division of D amp M Holdings ABOUT THIS MANUAL This FireBall User s Manual is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the main features and benefits of the Escient FireBall Media Management Systems For more information please refer to the Escient web site www escient com or contact your Escient dealer RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER The serial number for this unit is located at the rear of the device Please record the serial number in the space provided below You may be required to provide the serial number when calling for support MANUAL DISCLAIMERS At the time of printing the screen shot images in this manual matched the inter
48. ngs to include on your Mix CD Navigation of the Record Select Guide is the same as the other Guide screens Note You can select up to 80 minutes or 700 MB of songs because these are the maximum limits of recordable CDs Press the RECORD key again to continue the recording process and display the Music Record Progress CD Read screen FireBall will read each song you have selected and assemble an image of all songs on it s internal hard drive Note If you selected any songs which are from changer based CDs this process may take a while to complete as these songs must be read in real time After all of the songs have been read FireBall will ask if you want to add any more tracks to the CD Select ADD MORE if you do want to add more tracks or select DONE to continue creating the CD 8 9 When FireBall has added all of your songs and finished creating the new CD image it will eject the CD tray and ask you to insert a blank CD Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc and close the CD tray by pressing the Eject button on the front panel Note You must use royalty paid blank CDs which are typically marked s audio or music CDs when creating and Audio CD Data CDs typically used for computers can be used for data mix CDs The Music Record Progress CD Write screen now appears as the CD image is written to the blank CD When the CD is complete the new disc you created will be ejected Remove the disc and close
49. ns cETL Listing Conformsto UL STD 6500 2000 Video Specifications Certified to CAN CSA STD E60065 00 NTSC PAL CE 10 bit Video DACs Frequency Response Composite 2 dB 5MHz S Video 2 dB 5MHz SNR 50 dB Crosstalk 50 dB Input Impedance 750hm Output Impedance 75Ohm Audio Specifications Frequency Response 2 20 000 Hz 1 dB THD N playback lt 80 dB FS A lt 0 01 A_D DSP D A Dynamic Range gt 96 dB FS A 1kHz Channel Separation gt 95 dB Full Scale Line Output 22 Vrms 50 ohms S PDIF Output 0 4Vpp to 0 6Vpp 0 05Vdc 75ohm terminated Power Requirements AC 90 132 VAC 50 60 Hz Power Consumption 60 watts Physical Specifications Width 17 3 8 Height 4 5 8 w feet 4 w o feet Depth 11 7 8 Installed 14 3 8 PAGE 97 e e o gracenobe e gracenote b GRACENOTE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW This product contains technology and data from Gracenote of Emeryville California Gracenote The technology from Gracenote the Gracenote Embedded Software enables this product to do disc identification and obtain music related information including name artist track and title information Gracenote Data which is included on the Gracenote Database the Gracenote Database You agree that you will use Gracenote Data the Gracenote Database and Embedded Software for your own
50. nter Direct iRadio Station Macro R iRadio access number Enter Direct Disc Macro C changer number D disc number Enter Direct Track Macro T track number Enter Direct Playlist Macro P playlist access number Enter Direct Group Macro G group access number Enter Example 1 Use the keyboard to play disc 14 in changer 1 Example 4 Use the remote to play playlist number 5 Press MACRO C 1 D 1 4 ENTER Press MACRO 7 5 ENTER Example 2 Use the keyboard to play playlist number 5 Note If you do a lot of editing to your music collection these numbers may Press MACRO P 5 ENTER change If you experience trouble with the Macro key feature please check that the direct IR numbers are still correct under SETUP Example 3 Use the remote to play disc 14 in changer 1 Press MACRO 2 1 MACRO 1 4 ENTER PAGE 81 PLAYLIST HOT KEYS Playlist Hot Keys provides a Keyboard Macro sequence to directly access any five Playlists in your Music collection from any of these five keyboard combinations Control Backspace Control Insert Control Delete Control Top Control Bottom Follow these steps to assign a Playlist to one of the five available keyboard combinations 1 Press the Setup key on the remote to display the FireBall setup menu Select the External Control menu item Select the IR amp Serial menu item Select the Playlist Hot Keys menu item Select one
51. ny new enhanced or additional data types or categories that Gracenote may choose to provide in the future GRACENOTE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE AND NON INFRINGEMENT GRACENOTE DOES NOT WARRANT THE RESULTS THAT WILL BE OBTAINED BY YOUR USE OF THE GRACENOTE COMPONENT OR ANY GRACENOTE SERVER IN NO CASE WILL GRACENOTE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUES PAGE 98
52. o display the Recording Options Menu Highlight and select the recording option Record from Ext Inputs to the Internal Hard Drive External Record Options screen will be displayed showing the default information for the recording you are about to make You can use these default settings or edit them The default recording length is 30 minutes Enter a different number to increase or decrease the recording time When you are finished editing the default settings press the RECORD key again to start recording from the external analog inputs to the hard drive When recording is complete FireBall will return to the Music Guide Recording from the External Inputs creates one Title with one Track and adds the Title to the Music Guide You can edit the data later just like any other Title Please refer to the Managing Your Media section for more details ERASING A CD RW DISC You can use FireBall s built in CD burner to erase the contents of a re writable CD Follow these steps to erase a re writeable CD Press the RECORD key on the remote to display the Record menu Select the ERASE CD RW DISC menu Confirm that you want to proceed with completely erasing the disc by selecting the ERASE button on screen You will not be able to interrupt the erase function When FireBall completes erase disc function it will be ejected Remove the now blank CD RW disc and close the CD tray BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY Now th
53. of the five keyboard combinations from the spin control using the SELECT button on the remote Navigate down to the list and select which Playlist to assign to the current keyboard combination Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each keyboard combination Note If there is nothing in the Playlist Hot Keys list you must first create Playlists on your FireBall PAGE 82 SERIAL COM PORTS The Serial Control COM Port setting is used to enable RS 232 serial control for two way external control communications with a third party control systems If there are no available COM ports you must use the Ethernet based external control for two way external control communications Follow these steps to enable or disable the Serial Control Port 1 Press the Setup key on the remote to display the FireBall setup menu Select the External Control menu item Select the IR amp Serial menu Select the Serial Control COM Port menu item Select DISABLE or COM for external control PAGE 83 CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICES In addition to the Escient ETP 1500 wired touch panel FireBall provides the user and custom A V installer with many options for control and integration into any home theater or home automation system using direct IR codes two way RS 232 serial control two way Ethernet control and wireless web pad control FireBall has built in support for the following companies control products AMX Net Streams Crestron Opus
54. on however the FireBall can be configured to use any one of the four source buttons using the on screen Setup menus This is useful when there are multiple FireBalls installed at the same location so all FireBalls don t respond to the same IR commands Use the following steps to change which source button FB1 FB2 FB3 or FB4 each FireBall will listen for commands from Follow these steps to configure your FireBall to be controlled by any of the four IR code banks 1 Press the Setup key on the remote to display the FireBall setup menu 2 Select the External Control menu item 3 Select the IR Remote Control menu item 4 Select which source button to use to control this FireBall 5 Press the new source button on your remote to reconfigure the remote and confirm the change by selecting the OK button on screen Repeat these steps for each FireBall in your system selecting a different FB button for each PAGE 78 DIRECT ACCESS CODES Direct Access Codes are used in conjunction with the MACRO key on the remote control to provide an IR code sequence to access just about any media in your FireBall server This is useful for programming third party external control systems and programmable IR remote controls such as the Marantz RC9500 The Direct Access Codes are available for all music playlists groups and radio stations Follow these steps to view the direct IR codes for your FireBall content 1 Press the Setup key on the rem
55. on system to deliver sound and picture to each room This type of installation allows great flexibility for delivering music and Internet radio to every room of the home or office and provides the professional installer with tools for almost any installation FireBall is built from the ground up with many features that allow you to centrally locate and remotely control your FireBall clients and servers such as Direct IR input Two way serial control over RS 232 Two way serial control over ethernet Wireless IR remote and Keyboard options Support for 4 different IR banks 4 IR zones Templates for integration into many third party wired and wireless IR distribution systems Philips and Marantz Pronto remote control templates BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION Distributed DISTRIBUTED FIREBALL INSTALLATION A distributed FireBall installation means that your FireBall Servers and Clients are physically distributed or located in different rooms Distributed FireBalls communicate over a wired or wireless network to share access to your media The biggest advantage of a distributed client server system over a central system is that everything you need is built into FireBall Networking zoned IR independent high quality audio and video feeds as well as support for an unlimited number of rooms or zones using standard ethernet wiring Note only 4 clients can stream from the same server at one time m amp E ziv
56. order songs within a current Playlist PAGE 49 EDITING GROUPS As with Playlists you can also edit the name of a Group add Music Titles or Radio Stations to the Group or remove Music Titles or Radio Stations from the Group Follow these steps to edit a Group 1 Press the MUSIC key if you want to edit the Music Groups or press the RADIO key if you want to edit the Radio Groups Highlight the Group you want to edit within the Group Bar Press the OPTIONS key to display the Music Options Menu Select the Edit Group menu item Using the remote control or keyboard change the name of your Group or select the CONTINUE button on screen to keep the current name and advance to the Edit Group Select Guide For each Music Title or Radio Station you want to add to the Group highlight the Music Title or Radio Station and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected Music Title or Radio Station indicating that it will be added to the Group For each Music Title or Radio Station you want to remove from the Group highlight the Music Title or Radio Station and press the SELECT key on the remote The checkmark to the right of the Music Title or Radio Station will be removed indicating that the Music Title or Radio Station should be removed from the Group When you have added or removed all of the Music Titles or Radio Stations you want to include in the playlist press the RECORD
57. orted alphabetically from A to Z according to the Artist Name then Album Name CHANGING THE CURRENT PLAY MODE The default Play Mode will play the current Title from Track 1 to the last track in order then stop If you want to change the order of how tracks are played there are six different Play Modes to choose from Normal play each track in order in the current Title then stop Repeat Track repeat the same track over and over until you press stop Repeat Title play each track in the current Title in order then repeat the entire disc until you press stop Repeat Group play each track in each title in the current group and then repeat them until you press stop Random Title randomly select and play a track from within the current title Continue until you press stop or every track in the current title is played Random Group randomly select and play a track from any title in the current group Continue until you press stop or every track in the current group is played To change the current Play Mode press the MODE key on the remote control Each press of the MODE key will switch to the next Play Mode Stop pressing the MODE key when you see the desired Play Mode appear on the screen You can also directly select a Play Mode using the OPTIONS key and the Play Mode menu item VIEWING BY GENRE In addition to the current Guide View the Music Guide automatically organizes your Music into default Genres also called
58. ose one of the existing covers for the current Title Follow these steps to select an existing cover to assign to the current Title 1 Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control Select the EDIT DISC INFO menu item to display the Edit Disc Information screen Select the SELECT A COVER button to display the Select Cover Art screen Using the arrow and page keys on the remote control locate the name of the Title corresponding to the cover you wish to use for the current Title Notice that a preview of the selected cover appears on the right of the list as you highlight each name Press the SELECT key on the remote control when you have located the cover of your choice Select the SAVE button to save your selection and return to the previous screen PAGE 47 EDITING RADIO INFORMATION Similar to editing Music Information you can also Edit the Radio Information Follow these steps to edit the station information for the currently highlighted Internet Radio Station 1 Make sure you are in the Radio source mode by pressing the RADIO key on the remote 2 Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu 3 Select the EDIT STATION menu item to display the Edit Station screen 4 Using the remote or keyboard edit the information for the new station including station name location URL the bit rate of the stream the genre type of stream MP3 or WMA and t
59. ote to display the FireBall setup menu 2 Select the External Control menu item 3 Select the Direct Access Codes menu item 4 Select which codes you want to view a Music Titles b Music Discs Music Playlists Note You can make a print out of this information Music Groups by using the FireBall Web Server Interface Connect Radio Stations to your FireBall s IP address and look under Setup Direct Access Codes PAGE 79 The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard Direct Media Access IR Remote Definitions Function Multi Key Combinations Direct Play Mode Macro 1 play mode number Enter Direct Disc Macro 2 changer number Macro disc number Enter Direct Artist Title Macro 3 artist title access number Enter Direct Group Macro 4 group access number Enter Direct Playlist Macro 7 playlist access number Enter Direct Track Macro 8 track number Enter Direct iRadio Station Macro 9 iRadio access number Enter PAGE 80 The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard Direct Media Access IR Remote Definitions Function Multi Key Combinations Direct Play Mode Macro M play mode number Enterr Direct Artist Title Macro A artist title access number E
60. owse your media library Player the screen used to display the currently playing media This manual assumes that you followed the printed Quick Setup Guide that came with your FireBall If you have not properly connected your FireBall to your audio video system please go back and follow the Quick Setup Guide guide before continuing with this User Manual POWER STATES After the FireBall unit is plugged in the Standby LED located next to the power button will flash red until the startup process is complete Please wait This may take several minutes When the Standby LED is solid RED the FireBall is now in a standby or Qr RABIS sleep mode There is no video output when FireBall is in standby mode flashing red starting up Press the Power button on the front panel or on the remote once and the video EC lid red stand output is displayed on your Telly The unit is now ON and the LED will be solid So P b blue solid blue on 1 0 POWER To change from the ON mode back to the standby or sleep mode press the Power button on the front panel or on the remote once The video output will go blank and the LED will be solid red If power is removed from FireBall for any reason including a power outage or if the unit is unplugged FireBall will automatically return to the Standby state as soon as power is restored When FireBall is turned on again FireBall will return to the same source mode that
61. paired system via standard ground transportation At Escient s discretion the Company will repair or replace any system sent in for repair Upon repair the product will be new or like new in condition and will meet all necessary regulatory requirements What is Not Covered Escient products are sold through Escient approved dealers A number of items must remain intact in order for Escient to verify and validate this warranty Additionally there are several conditions which violate Escient s warranty program These include The product was not purchased through an approved Escient Dealer Any product on which the serial numbers has been defaced modified or removed physically or electronically will not be covered by an Escient warranty Escient will not cover under warranty damage to the product as a result of accident misuse abuse neglect fire water lightning or other acts of God or nature improper storage unauthorized modification or failure to follow instructions Any type of unauthorized repair or modifications made to the system resulting in damage to the product will not be covered under this warranty Damage caused to the product as a result of improper shipping or installation Any problems related to the use of the product which is not a direct problem with the product Damage caused to the product as a result of improper installation to third party peripherals or products or incorrect connection to peripheral or products PAGE 8
62. r When looking down on the coppers wire 1 will be on the far left CATS cabling should not exceed 100 meters The following drawing depicts the typical wiring scheme for CATS For more information about wiring an Ethernet network please refer to the Linksys web site www linksys com Pin d gt gt Mhita Fia 2 Bia d Pim B ssr ll Fia Gan Fin anr Mr Xie Pin gt Brow Pim d 3 7 andBE are weed Pde Pin 2 Orange Pin J gt Gie Aibo 4 me Biro Pin S D AA Bin Gee Fin eer fone A hie Pie B gt Boer Pin 15 GreecsMWhils Pin 2 redes Pin dees Grong Bin d Muo Pin 3 s Meta Bing Orange Pin T Pe ree Ahn Ping e Rayat Fin 1 Ce or Pin Cosme Pin 3 gt Gegen While Pin d Blue Pin E esy Elus liri d ash Giran Fin 7 Fin B gt Grow Registering your FireBall is accomplished automatically when you go through the Quick Start process described in the User s Manual Registration includes properly configuring your FireBall for Internet access and then connecting to the Escient servers to register your serial number and download the latest Internet Radio stations If you experience difficulty completing the registration process in Quick Start follow these guidelines to make sure you have all of the required informa
63. r FireBall is idle for a specified period of time You can import your own photos into the Photos shared directory using Windows Networking Photos should be 720x480 for 4 3 NTSC Tellys and 640x360 for 16 9 widescreen Tellys Follow these steps to enable the Photo Screen Saver Mode in your FireBall 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote 2 Select the General menu 3 Select the Screen Saver menu 4 Select the Photo Viewer option and the number of minutes to wait before displaying the next photo Select Random or Alphabetical ordering Select the Save button Note You can set the Photo Interval or how long each photo is displayed as well as the Photo Order or how you want to display your photos in random or alphabetical order The Photos Screen Saver will be activated whenever the FireBall is idle for the specified period of time Do not set the idle time too high as the possibility of screen burn is increased with certain types of displays particularly Plasma type displays PAGE 60 SETTING YOUR TIME ZONE Specify which US time zone your FireBall is located in Follow these steps to set your Time Zone 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the GENERAL Menu 3 Select the TIME ZONE Menu 4 Select your select your Time Zone CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERFACE In addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme the FireBall allows you to select a custom theme and select your own
64. r case is preferred and the character entry cycles in the following pattern lowercase uppercase and numeric The following text entry table describes the sequence of characters that appear when specific keys are pressed on the remote Alpha Mode 1 character or 1 character after a space Alpha Mode 2 character or 2 character after a space 1 2 amp 4 1 2 amp 4 ABCabc2 abcABC2 DEFdef3 GHlghi4 defDEF3 ghiGHI4 JKLjkl5 jkIJKL5 MNOmno6 mnoMNO6 PQRSpqrs7 TUVtuv8 pqrsPQRS7 tuvTUV8 WXYZwxyz9 wXyzWXYZ9 0 _ 0 _ 17 AUDIO OUTPUTS The optical digital and analog audio outputs are both active when playing media from the internal hard drive or Internet Radio VIDEO OUTPUTS AIO m FireBall has several video output formats and SERIAL NUMBER connectors including OPTICAL our Component Video S Video Composite Video All video outputs are active at the same time so you can use as many as you like without causing signal degradation The Component Video output will provide the best possible video quality for the FireBall User Interface but will require that your video system has an available component input The S Video output is typically used for the optional Escient ETP 1500 touch panel to provide the user interface directly on the touch panel The composite output is typ
65. rack Press the SELECT button to advance to the next track Select the SAVE button to save your changes and return to the previous screen PAGE 44 Automatically Lookup Information for This Disc The Lookup This Disc button will initiate a disc lookup for only this disc FireBall will connect to the Gracenote Music Recognition Service to locate and download the disc information Follow these steps to lookup information for the current disc 1 Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide 2 Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control 3 Select the EDIT DISC INFO menu item to display the Edit Disc Information screen 4 Select the LOOKUP THIS DISC BUTTON The Get Music Info screen will be displayed as FireBall attempts to lookup the disc information from the Gracenote amp Music Recognition Service for you When the lookup is complete you will return to the Edit Disc Information screen where you can verify or edit the results Select the SAVE button to save your changes and return to the previous screen Searching for the Original Cover Occasionally the wrong cover or the default cover will be displayed for a Music Title You can manually search for the original cover art by using the Search for Cover feature This is a powerful tool that allows you to search the Escient servers for an exact or partial match using the artist name and or album name Follow these steps to search for a cover 1 High
66. rd 10 100 baseT Ethernet network It is not recommended that you use your FireBall to play music while a backup is in progress as this will cause the backup to take longer to complete Note A good place to start is the PC and MAC Integration documents that can be found on the Escient Web Site at un www escient com support manualsdocs He DA ew Fib Teo Helo rier P n Conbenk p m gt pretend ple eraai vectura i Ga Vestes YT I e F ml imr oi bowen ioe TET adi earch ities PAGE 90 FIREBALL MUSIC RESTORE You can restore music to a FireBall using the same method used for importing audio files into a FireBall Restore and Import both use the CIFS Networking feature to add audio files to a FireBall Simply drag your music files to the Import directory and let FireBall import the audio files Note This may take several days for a large music collection Upon Import FireBall will rebuild the internal database based on the music file s ID3 tag information ID3 Tag Support All MP3 and FLAC files should have the proper ID3 tags in each file in order for FireBall to properly add each music file to it s internal Library The following ID3 tag formats are supported by FireBall ID3v1 0 ID3v1 1 ID3v22 0 ID3v2 3 0 Use an MP3 Tag Editor such as iTunes to change the ID3 tags to a supported format before importing into FireBall If your MP3
67. rd drive Use the Delete Music feature to delete any unwanted tracks PAGE 68 VIDEO FORMAT Allows you to select 4 3 or 16 9 aspect ratios on your Telly screen Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the VIDEO FORMAT menu 4 Using the Up and Down keys on the remote select your desired aspect ratio 5 6 Press the SELECT key on the remote to highlight the SAVE button Press SELECT again to save the current desired format v 4 3 User Interface 16 9 User Interface PAGE 69 CENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREEN Allows you to center the FireBall user interface horizontally on your Telly screen Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the SCREEN CENTERING menu 4 Using the Left and Right keys on the remote adjust the screen so that it appears horizontally centered on your Telly Press the SELECT key on the remote to highlight the SAVE button Press SELECT again to save the current position PAGE 70 ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S BRIGHTNESS Follow these steps to adjust the brightness on your Telly 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the BRIGHTNESS menu 4 Turn your Telly s brightness control all the way up then lower it to the point w
68. re accurately Follow these steps to adjust the sharpness on your Telly 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the SHARPNESS menu 4 Turn your Telly s Sharpness or Detail control up and down until the text on the screen is as readable as possible Be sure to adjust your Brightness and Contrast before adjusting the Sharpness control This will get your Sharpness control as close to the proper setting as possible without the use of special software and hardware 5 Press SELECT to return to the previous menu PAGE 73 ADJUSTING YOUR TELLY S COLOR AND TINT Color Bars are used to test the Telly monitor s ability to reproduce the proper color values Follow these steps to adjust the Color and Tint on your Telly 1 Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu 2 Select the VIDEO menu 3 Select the COLOR BARS menu 4 Turn your Telly s Color and Tint controls up and down until the color bars are at the point where they are not appearing to bleed together and the colors do not appear to be too bright This will get your Color and Tint controls as close as possible without the use of special software and hardware Press SELECT to return to the previous menu PAGE 74 INSTALLING THE ETP TOUCH PANEL The optional Escient Touch Panel is an external 15 flat LCD color display that offers full control of a FireBall via it s integrated touch sensitive surface
69. ry CREATING GROUPS In addition to Playlists FireBall allows you to create custom Groups of Music Titles or Radio Stations User created Groups appear in the Group Bar along with the automatically created Genre Groups and System Groups All CDs Internal and Playlists Some uses for custom Group are Organize music titles or radio stations into custom genres like Funk 80 s Hits etc Group all of the albums for a favorite artists together for quick access Create an easily accessible collection of your favorite albums To create a custom Group follow these steps 1 Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode or press the RADIO key if you want to create a custom Radio Group Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu Select the NEW GROUP menu item Using the remote control or keyboard enter a name for your Group Select the CONTINUE button on screen to advance to the Edit Group Select Guide The Edit Group Select Guide works just like the Music or Radio Guide For each Music Title or Radio Station you want to add to the Group highlight the Title or Station name and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected Title or Station indicating that it will be added to the Group Press SELECT again to remove the checkmark When you have selected all of the Titles or Stations you want to include in the group press the RECORD button on the re
70. same password for verification Press the SELECT key to highlight the SAVE button Press SELECT again to save your password and enable Password Protection on the Setup Using the remote control enter a 4 to 8 digit code into the password field Menus You must exit Setup and re enter setup to activate the password protection If a user password is specified you will be prompted for your password whenever you press the Setup key on the remote If the password entered matches the stored password full access is granted to the user until the next power off cycle If the password does not match the user will be asked 2 more times to enter the correct password If after the third try the password still does not match the system will not allow the user access to the Setup menus If the user does not specify a System Password access to the Setup menus will be allowed whenever you press the Setup key Removing a System Password Follow these steps to remove the system password 1 Press the SETUP key and enter your existing system password 2 Highlight the CLEAR button on screen and press the SELECT key on your remote 3 The password and verify fields will be cleared 4 Highlight the SAVE button and press SELECT You will now be able to enter Setup without entering a password ETHERNET SETTINGS Ethernet is the preferred networking choice which provides you with the best network performance and allows your FireBall to act as a
71. songs Songs that have a similar tempo or feel mellow mix Custom albums from one or more of your favorite artists Party mixes Workout mixes Follow these steps to create your own custom Playlist 1 Press the OPTIONS key to display the Music Options Menu Select the NEW PLAYLIST menu item Using the remote control or keyboard enter a name for your Playlist Select the CONTINUE button on screen to advance to the Edit Playlist Select Guide Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode The Edit Playlist Select Guide works just like the Music Guide Navigate up and down to highlight expand or collapse music titles For each song you want to add to the Playlist highlight the song name and press the SELECT key on the remote A checkmark appears to the right of each selected song indicating that it will be added to the Playlist Press SELECT again to remove the checkmark When you have selected all of the songs you want to include in the playlist press the RECORD button on the remote control to save the Playlist When you are finished creating your Playlist the Music Guide is displayed highlighting the newly created Playlist You can play any Playlist the same way you play a music title or CD Just press the PLAY key on the remote control Notice that a Playlist genre is added to the Group Bar The Playlist genre will always be available as long as you have at least one playlist in your Music Libra
72. ssistance Email support escient com COPYRIGHT This manual is copyright 2006 by D amp M Holdings and Escient All rights reserved TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Following are terms used throughout this manual Button refers to a graphic item on the display screen Group a collection of similar music titles Standard genre groups are provided and custom groups can be created by the user Highlight highlighting is used to indicate the user s selection on screen When the selection moves up down left or right the highlight moves to the next nearest item No action is taken except that more information may be displayed on the screen until the Select key is pressed Info Text Area the portion of the guide screen used to display information about the highlighted title Playlist a collection of one or more music tracks or songs Title a collection of music tracks commonly referred to as a CD Album or Playlist Key refers to one of the buttons on your remote or keyboard MP3 a compressed digital audio format MP3 files are smaller than the original CD tracks and sound almost identical FLAC a lossless compressed digital audio format FLAC files are smaller than the original CD tracks and are bit for bit duplicates of the original WMA a digital audio format from Microsoft which stands for Windows Media Audio WAV an uncompressed digital audio format used on commercially produced CDs Guide a grid or list of information used to br
73. t Select the SAVE button to save the new station When you are finished creating your new station the Radio Guide is displayed highlighting the newly created Station You can play the station just like any other Internet Radio station UPDATING THE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS LIST Escient makes every attempt to insure that the preloaded Internet Radio Stations are alive and well but due to the dynamic nature of the Internet and the third parties who actually serve up these radio streams sometimes you will not be able to play a station The Tune Stations feature allows you to download a list of the most recent Internet Radio stations from Escient Note Tune Stations WILL NOT erase any custom stations you may have added from your Radio Guide It WILL replace the Escient supplied stations with a fresh new list If you want to replace the current Internet Radio Stations with a new list of stations follow these steps 1 Make sure you are in the Radio source mode by pressing the RADIO key on the remote Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu Select the TUNE STATIONS menu item Read the WARNING screen and select OK to proceed FireBall will Connect to the Escient server and download the latest Internet Radio Stations When you are finished Tuning the Stations the Radio Guide is displayed showing the new Escient provided Internet Radio Stations and any user added stations EDITING MUSIC INFORMATION FireBal
74. t grades or categories of twisted pair cabling Category 5 is the most reliable and widely compatible and is highly recommended It runs easily with 10Mbps networks and is required for 100Mbps networks You can buy Category 5 cabling that is pre made or you can cut amp crimp your own Category 5 cables can be purchased or crimped as either straight through or crossed A Category 5 cable has 8 thin color coded wires inside that run from one end of the cable to the other Only wires 1 2 3 and 6 are used by Ethernet networks for communication Although only four wires are used if the cable has 8 wires all the wires have to be connected in both jacks FireBall Straight through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub Crossed cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub there is an exception some hubs have a built in uplink port that is crossed internally which allows you to uplink hubs together with a straight cable instead In a straight through cable wires 1 2 3 and 6 at one end of the cable are also wires 1 2 3 and 6 at the other end In a crossed cable the order of the wires change from one end to the other wire 1 becomes 3 and 2 becomes 6 To figure out which wire is wire number 1 hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ 45 tip the part that goes into a wall jack first is facing away from you Flip the clip so that the copper side faces up the springy clip will now be parallel to the floo
75. tation information while the Product Demonstration mode is intended for retail product demos during idle time Photo Viewer displays photos located in the Photos shared volume PAGE 58 Retail Demo Mode FireBall has a Retail Demo Mode for use in retail display environments The Retail Demo Mode RDM is a special screen saver that is activated during idle time The RDM continuously displays key features and benefits of the FireBall product on the attached Telly Pressing any button on the remote will temporarily disable the RDM and allow the user to demo the product After the specified idle time the RDM will reactivate as the screensaver Follow these steps to enable the Retail Demo Mode in your FireBall display model Follow the Quick Start instructions to connect and register your demo FireBall When your FireBall is configured and you see the Music Guide press the SETUP key on the remote Select the General menu Select the Screen Saver menu Select the Demo Mode option and the number of minutes to wait before displaying the Demo Mode screen saver Select the Save button The RDM will be activated whenever the FireBall is idle for the specified period of time Do not set the idle time too high as the possibility of screen burn is increased with certain types of displays particularly Plasma type displays Photo Screen Saver Mode FireBall has a Photo Screen Saver Mode for displaying your own photos wheneve
76. the entire CD to the internal hard drive When recording is complete FireBall will return to the Music Guide Repeat steps 1 8 for each disc in your music collection Highlight and Unselect tracks you do not wish to record before pressing RECORD for the third time Note It is also possible to set the FireBall to automatically record the CD when insert Refer to the section Setting User Preferences for setting Recording Preferences and Disc Insert Preferences IMPORTING MUSIC FILES If you have digital audio files already recorded on your PC or Mac you can transfer the files directly to your FireBall using an Ethernet network This is a fast and convenient way to load up your FireBall with your favorite Music without having to re record everything FireBall will import each audio file extract the song information and add it to your Music H Ig h Bandwidth Library PPM Connection There are some rules to follow to make sure Ethernet Hub Router your files are transferred correctly Please make PC Mac sure your audio files follow these guidelines before importing them into your FireBall System Requirements 10 100 Ethernet network PCor Mac connected to the same local ethernet network as the FireBall Windows XP or Mac OS X Audio File Requirements MP3 audio files recorded at 96k 120k 160k 192k 320k or VBR encoding FLAC audio files WMA
77. the first server it sees on the network and connect to it upon startup If you have more than one server on your network you can manually select a different server using the Server Connection screen which can be accessed from Setup Internet Configuration Server Connection The Server Connection screen displays a list of FireBall Servers found on your network by their default or user defined FireBall Name Once you select a server and save your selection press MUSIC to view the Music Guide on the client In a few moments the Music Guide will display the contents of the FireBall server You can then select and play anything from the Music Guide just as you would from a single FireBall NETWORK PROBLEMS If you experience problems registering a FireBall or connecting to the Internet to lookup disc information try these possible fixes before calling Escient Tech Support Make sure that your FireBall is properly connected to your home network and that all cables are in working order FireBall communicates using TCP IP and UDP over Ethernet networks using ports 80 443 and 1755 If you have a router installed on your network make sure that these ports are open for TCP and UDP If Dynamic TCP IP addressing fails check your router to make sure that it is configured to assign dynamic IP addresses via DHCP and try rebooting your router If DHCP addressing still isn t working try using static IP addresses The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IAN
78. tion and that you can make the proper connection to your Internet Service Provider and the Escient Servers TESTING A BROADBAND CONNECTION 1 Check the Ethernet Network Link The green LED next to the FireBall s back panel Ethernet jack should be on when properly connected to an Ethernet network 2 From the Ethernet Connection Quick Start screen select the perform test button This will start the Ethernet Connection test which will test the following network settings a The ethernet link to your router or hub b The DHCP addressing if you selected Dynamic IP Addressing c The connection to your default Gateway your route to the Internet d The connection between your router and the Escient server If any of these tests fail check your ethernet wiring with the proper test equipment make sure your router is properly configured as a DHCP router and that you can access the internet using the same network connection using a PC Check with your ISP or network administrator if you need assistance determining whether or not you should use DHCP IP addressing If you are going to use a static IP address it must be in the proper range assigned to your subnet Again check with your ISP or network administrator before using a static IP address Before you can enjoy the Music features of your FireBall Media Management system you will want to get your music collection into the FireBall The process of getting music into FireBall is called
79. ugged in You connect to the server from your PC or Mac using Internet Explorer or Safari Mac OSX using TCP IP addressing over your home network You can use a wireless or wired Ethernet network as long as you have a DHCP router or if you have assigned static IP addresses Please contact your Escient dealer if you need assistance with setup a home network The FireBall Server Name entered on the Server Settings Menu in the SETUP NETWORK menus is used for the web address to access the FireBall web interface To access the FireBall web server simply open the web browser on your PC or Mac and enter the FireBall name in the address bar To access the PDA web interface enter the FireBall name followed by pda in the address bar For example MyFireBall pda USING THE WEB USER INTERFACE Using the Web User Interface displayed in your Web Browser you can control almost every aspect of your FireBall The Web User Interface is setup very similarly to FireBall s own Telly user interface allowing access to each source Music and Radio as well as all major features such as Setup Guide Player Options and Edit Screens Use your keyboard and mouse to navigate the web interface instead of the IR remote control Access to all of the major functions is provided by the buttons along the left and right side of the web interface These buttons duplicate those found on the remote control PAGE 88 Fixed 800x600 Web Interface Eric Gray Happy Nour artim

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