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DVDM-300 USER’S MANUAL P/N: M22006-01A6.
P AGE 2 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual THANK YOU The team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing an Escient FireBall product.
P AGE 3 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION 27 DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUTS 27 AUDIO OUTPUTS 27 VIDEO OUTPUTS 28 RS-232 CONNECTIONS 29 EXTERNAL MODEM CONNECTIO.
P AGE 4 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual MANAGING YOUR MEDIA 59 CREA TING PLA YLISTS 59 CREA TING GROUPS 60 ADDING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS 61 UPDA TING THE INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS LIST 62 EDI.
P AGE 5 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual IR REMOTE CONTROL 109 DIRECT ACCESS CODES 1 10 PLA YLIST HOT KEYS 1 13 SERIAL COM PORTS 1 14 CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM OTHER DEVICES 1 15 FIREBALL UTILITI.
P AGE 6 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual PRODUCT INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a FireBall Media Management system from Escient (a division of D&M Holdings).
P AGE 7 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual W ARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS • Do not use this apparatus near water . • Clean only with a dry cloth. • Do not block any ventilation openings. • Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
P AGE 8 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS Escient® , the Escient logo, and FireBall® are trademarks of Digital Networks North America.
P AGE 9 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual W ARRANTY INFORMA TION T erms of Coverage - Each Escient branded media management system sold comes with a standard one (1) 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).
P AGE 10 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual • 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.
P AGE 1 1 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ESCIENT PRIV ACY 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.
P AGE 12 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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 .
P AGE 13 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SETUP 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.
P AGE 14 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual FRONT P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - POWER 2 - MOVIES SOURCE 3 - MUSIC SOURCE 4 - RADIO SOURCE 5 - CD-RW DRIVE 6 - TEXT DISPLA Y & IR RECEIVER 7 - OPEN/CLOSE D.
P AGE 15 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 1 1 12 7 8 13 REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - POWER 2 - 5.1 ANALOG AUDIO OUT 3 - IR IN AND S-LINK/IR OUT 4 - DIGIT AL AUDIO COAX OUT 5 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 6 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL IN 7 - DIGIT AL AUDIO COAX IN 8 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT 9 - VIDEO OUT 10 - 5.
P AGE 16 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual REMOTE OVERVIEW.
P AGE 17 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 18 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual display a “C”. The fourth key press displays a lower case “a”, the fifth key press displays a lower case “b”, and the sixth key press displays a lower case “c”. Lastly , pressing the “2” key a seventh time displays the number “2”.
P AGE 19 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CONNECTING EXTERNAL DISC CHANGERS Supported External Changers The following changers are currently supported. This list may change from time to time as new changers are released by third party manufacturers.
P AGE 20 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Connecting Sony DVP-CX777ES CD/DVD Changers FireBall requires that you connect each changer to the back panel using audio and control cables. Follow these steps to connect your Sony CD/DVD changers to your FireBall: 1.
P AGE 21 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Connecting Kenwood CD/DVD Changers FireBall requires that you connect each changer to the back panel using audio and control cables. Follow these steps to connect your Kenwood DVD/CD changers to your FireBall: 1.
P AGE 22 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Connecting Sony CD Changers FireBall requires that you connect each changer to the back panel using audio and control cables. Follow these steps to connect your Sony CD changers to your FireBall: 1. Locate the included S-Link cable.
P AGE 23 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual LOADING DVD MOVIE DISCS INTO CHANGERS Insert DVDs into your changers, following the changer manufacturer ’ s instructions and close the changer door . Quick Lookup will automatically start in a few seconds.
P AGE 24 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Automatically Getting Disc Information Once your changers are connected to FireBall and loaded with CDs/DVDs, all you have to do is close the changer door and in a few seconds FireBall will begin looking up the disc information from each disc, in each changer .
P AGE 25 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Getting Disc Information for a Range of Discs If you want to lookup the disc information for a specific range of slots in a changer , you can use the Lookup Range feature. Follow these steps to lookup a range of changer slots: 1.
P AGE 26 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Getting Disc Information for All Discs If you want to lookup the disc information for all discs in all changers, you can use the Lookup All feature. Follow these steps to lookup all discs in all changers: 1.
P AGE 27 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUTS The FireBall defaults to the optical inputs for changer audio. If you are using the coax inputs it is necessary to manually change the digital inputs from optical to coax using the Setup / Audio / Digital Input Preferences screen.
P AGE 28 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual VIDEO OUTPUTS FireBall has several video output formats and connectors including: • 2 S-V ideo • 2 Composite V ideo • 1 Component V ideo (480i interlaced standard definition) All video outputs are active at the same time, so you can use as many as you like without causing signal degradation.
P AGE 29 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual RS-232 CONNECTIONS External disc changers are controlled via two-way serial protocols using RS-232 serial cables.
P AGE 30 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ETHERNET CONNECTIONS The Ethernet jack on the back panel of the FireBall accepts any standard twisted pair CA T5 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.
P AGE 31 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CA T5 cabling should not exceed 100 meters. The following drawing depicts the typical wiring scheme for CA T5. For more information about wiring an Ethernet network, please refer to the Linksys web site (www .
P AGE 32 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CHANGER CONNECTIONS There are a few general rules to follow when connecting changers to your FireBall.
P AGE 33 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Sony DVD/CD Changer Hookup • Up to three Sony DVP-CX777ES 400 disc changers may be connected via individual RS-232 cables.
P AGE 34 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual REGISTRA TION Registering your FireBall is accomplished automatically when you go through the Quick Start process described in the User ’ s Manual.
P AGE 35 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual TESTING A DIALUP CONNECTION • An external Hayes compatible serial modem is required. • An analog phone line is required.
P AGE 36 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 6. Once you have verified all of the Dialing Preferences, you should test the dialup modem connection to the Escient servers. From the Dialing Preferences Quick Start screen, select the “T est Connection” button.
P AGE 37 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual W A TCHING DVD MOVIES BROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRAR Y Now that you have your DVD movies loaded into your changers and the movie information has been acquired from the Escient MovieDB using the Quick Lookup feature, it’ s time to see what’ s in your collection using the Movies Guide.
P AGE 38 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SELECTING A DIFFERENT MOVIE While a movie is playing, you can press the GUIDE key on the remote control to display the Movies Guide. The current movie is paused when you switch over the to Guide. Press the GUIDE key again to toggle back to the full screen movie and pickup where you left off.
P AGE 39 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual VIEWING BY GENRE In addition to the current Guide V iew , the Movies Guide automatically organizes your DVDs into default “Genres” also called “Groups”. The Group Bar displays a horizontal scrolling list of Genres corresponding to the movies in your library .
P AGE 40 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual GETTING MUSIC INTO FIREBALL 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 “Recording” or sometimes “Ripping” .
P AGE 41 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual RECORDING FROM THE INTERNAL CD The easiest way to get music into your FireBall is to record CDs using the built-in internal CD-R W 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.
P AGE 42 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual RECORDING FROM EXTERNAL CHANGERS In addition to manually loading and recording CDs one by one using the front panel CD drive, you can record as many CD as you want directly from your external changers. Note: The FireBall DVDM-300 does not support the recording of movies to the internal hard drive.
P AGE 43 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Automatically Recording CDs Y ou can easily record changer based CDs to your FireBall’ s internal hard drive using the Quick Record feature. Quick Record will record all tracks from newly added CDs which are NOT already record to your FireBall, in one easy step.
P AGE 44 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Recording a Range of CDs If you want to record a specific range of slots in a changer , you can use the Record Range feature. Follow these steps to record a range of changer slots: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 45 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Recording All CDs If you want to record all discs in all changers, you can use the Record All feature. Follow these steps to record each disc in all changers: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 46 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 47 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 48 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Importing from a Mac FireBall’ s File Server acts like a W indows File Server on your network, therefore you will need to connect using the MacOS X’ s built-in W indows networking client.
P AGE 49 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 4. Click on the Content pop-up menu and select the Import directory . 5. Next, an authentication dialog will appear . Y ou can ignore this dialog and just click the OK button. 6. Y ou will then have a new drive mounted on your desktop called “Import”.
P AGE 50 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual RECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES In addition to recording from external changers, 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.
P AGE 51 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ERASING A CD-RW DISC Y ou 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: 1. Press the RECORD key on the remote to display the Record menu.
P AGE 52 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO MUSIC BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRAR Y Now that 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.
P AGE 53 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual PLA YING THE CURRENT TITLE Playing the currently highlighted T itle is the same as playing a CD in a conventional CD player . Simply press the PLA Y key on the remote control and it begins to play from track 1.
P AGE 54 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 55 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CHANGING THE CURRENT PLA Y MODE The default Play Mode will play the current T itle from T rack 1 to the last track in order , then stop.
P AGE 56 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual VIEWING BY GENRE In addition to the current Guide V iew , the Music Guide automatically organizes your Music into default “Genres” also called “Groups”. The Group Bar displays a horizontal scrolling list of Genres corresponding to the music in your library .
P AGE 57 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO BROWSING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS The Radio Guide displays a scrolling list of Internet Radio Stations.
P AGE 58 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual PLA YING THE CURRENT ST A TION Playing the currently highlighted Radio Station is the same as selecting and playing an off air radio 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.
P AGE 59 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CREA TING PLA YLISTS FireBall allows you to organize your favorite songs into custom “Playlists”.
P AGE 60 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CREA TING GROUPS In addition to Playlists, FireBall allows you to create custom “Groups” of Movies, Music T itles 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).
P AGE 61 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ADDING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS 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.
P AGE 62 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual UPDA TING THE INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS LIST Escient makes every attempt to insure that the preloaded Internet Radio Stations are alive and well, but due.
P AGE 63 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EDITING MOVIE INFORMA TION FireBall has access to tens of thousands of DVD titles, but you may still encounter a DVD that does not return the correct disc information from the Escient MovieDB™. Y ou can edit the disc information for any DVD Movie T itle using the Edit Disc screens.
P AGE 64 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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 Escient MovieDB™ Service to locate and download the disc information.
P AGE 65 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Searching for Movie Information Manually Occasionally the MovieDB™ will not return the movie information and cover art.
P AGE 66 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Selecting an Existing Cover If for some reason you can not download the original cover , you can choose one of the existing covers for the current T itle. Follow these steps to select an existing cover to assign to the current Title: 1.
P AGE 67 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Edit Description If for some reason you can not download the original description, you can edit it. Follow these steps to select an existing cover to assign to the current Title: 1. Highlight the Movie Title you want to edit in the Movie Guide.
P AGE 68 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EDITING MUSIC INFORMA TION FireBall has access to over 2.5 million CD titles, but you may still encounter a CD that does not return a custom cover or the correct disc information. Y ou can edit the disc information for any Music T itle using the Edit Disc and Edit T racks screens.
P AGE 69 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Editing Track Names Y ou can also manually edit the T rack/Song names of the currently highlighted Title in the Music Guide. Follow these steps to edit the track information for the current Music Title: 1.
P AGE 70 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 71 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Searching for the Original Cover Occasionally the wrong cover or the default cover will be displayed for a Music T itle. Y ou can manually search for the original cover art by using the “Search for Cover” feature.
P AGE 72 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Selecting an Existing Cover If for some reason you can not download the original cover , you can choose one of the existing covers for the current T itle. Follow these steps to select an existing cover to assign to the current Title: 1.
P AGE 73 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EDITING RADIO INFORMA TION 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.
P AGE 74 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EDITING PLA YLISTS Y ou can change the name and add or remove tracks from any Playlist you created. Follow these steps to edit a Playlist: 1. Press the MUSIC key to make sure you are in the Music source mode.
P AGE 75 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EDITING GROUPS As with Playlists, you can also edit the name of a Group, add Music T itles or Radio Stations to the Group, or remove Music T itles or Radio Stations from the Group. Follow these steps to edit a Group: 1.
P AGE 76 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual DELETING MUSIC Y ou can remove any music you have recorded to the FireBall by using the Delete Music feature. Y ou 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.
P AGE 77 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual DELETING PLA YLISTS Y ou 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.
P AGE 78 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual DELETING GROUPS Deleting Groups from the Group Bar is very similar to deleting Playlists. The contents of the Group (the Music T itles, Movie T itles, or Radio Stations) are not deleted. They are still available in any other Groups they may be assigned to and in the All Group.
P AGE 79 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CREA TING CDS 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.
P AGE 80 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 8. 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. 9. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc and close the CD tray by pressing the Eject button on the front panel.
P AGE 81 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual DUPLICA TING A CD Y ou can duplicate any physical disc located in the internal drive or any external changer . 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.
P AGE 82 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual RECORDING FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE FireBall also allows you to record from the external inputs to a blank 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 .
P AGE 83 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SETTING USER PREFERENCES User preferences are available to specify global configuration options and preferred system settings.
P AGE 84 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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 TV .
P AGE 85 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Photo Screen Saver Mode FireBall has a Photo Screen Saver Mode for displaying your own photos whenever FireBall is idle for a specified period of time. Y ou can import your own photos into the Photos shared directory using W indows Networking.
P AGE 86 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 87 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CUSTOMIZABLE USER INTERF ACE In addition to the Escient Classic user interface theme, the FireBall allows you to select a custom theme and select your own background images for each Guide, Player , Options, Setup, and Message screens.
P AGE 88 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ENABLING P ASSWORD 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.
P AGE 89 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual MOVIE RA TINGS Movie Ratings are used to prohibit the display of certain movies in the Movies Guide. This feature is used in conjunction with the Password Protection feature. Y ou must have Password Protection enabled and a password entered for the Movie Ratings to be in effect.
P AGE 90 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CHOOSING YOUR NETWORK CONNECTION FireBall supports two networking methods, Ethernet and Dialup Modem. Y our FireBall must be connected to the Internet in order to lookup disc information, download software updates, and access Internet Radio.
P AGE 91 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual T esting the Y our Connection It is a good idea to verify that your selected network connection is functioning properly before exiting the Network Connections screen. Follow these steps to test your selected network connection: 1.
P AGE 92 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Ethernet Settings Ethernet is the preferred networking choice which provides you with the best network performance and allows your FireBall to act as a “server” to deliver your music collection throughout your home network using the optional FireBall Music Players.
P AGE 93 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Dialup Settings If you are going to use a dialup ISP to connect your FireBall to the Internet, you must provide information for your selected ISP . This information can be obtained by contacting your ISP or from your PC, if you already use it to connect to the Internet.
P AGE 94 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SETTING THE FIREBALL SER VER SETTINGS Y our 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.
P AGE 95 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual PEER TO PEER 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.
P AGE 96 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE Y ou can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use for recording audio in to your FireBall.
P AGE 97 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES Y ou 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.
P AGE 98 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual DIGIT AL INPUT PREFERENCES Y ou must specify which of the digital audio inputs you are using to connect the digital audio outputs from your external changers. The optical connectors are the small square connectors with a red light shining from the center .
P AGE 99 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual VIDEO OUTPUT PREFERENCES V ideo Format Allows you to select 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios on your TV screen. Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 100 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Centering the FireBall Screen Allows you to center the FireBall user interface horizontally on your TV screen. Follow these steps to center the FireBall screen: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 101 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Adjusting your TV’s Brightness Follow these steps to adjust the brightness on your TV : 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Select the BRIGHTNESS menu.
P AGE 102 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Adjusting your TV’s Contrast The Contrast or Picture Adjustment control allows you to optimize the contrast (which is sometimes called Picture) of their TV , using the TV’ s Contrast or Picture controls.
P AGE 103 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Adjusting your TV’s Sharpness The Sharpness adjustment allows you the set the Sharpness or Detail control of their TV so that onscreen text is as readable as possible.
P AGE 104 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Adjusting your TV’s Color and T int Color Bars are used to test the TV monitor ’ s ability to reproduce the proper color values. Follow these steps to adjust the Color and Tint on your TV : 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.
P AGE 105 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CONTROL SURROUND MODE SETTINGS FireBall will automatically switch the proper video and audio output from the appropriate DVD changer when you play a movie title. This allows you to use one input on your a/v receiver or TV instead of 3.
P AGE 106 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual INST ALLING THE ETP T OUCH P ANEL The optional Escient T ouch Panel is an external 15” flat LCD color display that offers full control of a FireBall via it’ s integrated touch sensitive surface. Follow these steps to connect the ETP-1500 to a FireBall: 1.
P AGE 107 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Calibrating the T ouch Panel T o obtain the maximum performance form the ETP-1500 T ouch Panel, the main user should calibrate the display using the Calibration tool. Follow these steps to calibrate the ETP-1500 T ouch Panel: 1.
P AGE 108 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Changing the T ouch 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.
P AGE 109 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual IR REMOTE CONTROL FireBall is preset from the factory to operate from the FB1 source button, however , the FireBall can be configured to use any one of the four source buttons using the on screen Setup menus.
P AGE 1 10 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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 .
P AGE 1 1 1 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard.
P AGE 1 12 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual The following table is used to determine the button sequence for direct access code sequences from the Escient IR remote and IR keyboard.
P AGE 1 13 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual PLA YLIST HOT KEYS Playlist Hot Keys provides a Keyboard Macro sequence to directly access any five Playlists in your Music collection from any of thes.
P AGE 1 14 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual SERIAL COM PORTS The Serial Control COM Port setting is used to specify which RS-232 serial COM port is to be used for two-way external control communications with a third party control system.
P AGE 1 15 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 1 16 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual FIREBALL UTILITIES GETTING INFORMA TION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALL Information about your FireBall hardware and software is available under the Utilities menu.
P AGE 1 17 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual REST ARTING 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.
P AGE 1 18 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual UPDA TING THE SOFTW ARE FireBall will automatically check the Escient server once a week for any FireBall software updates, and automatically install them. Y ou can also manually check for a software update.
P AGE 1 19 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CONTROLLING FIREBALL FROM A WEB BROWSER 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.
P AGE 120 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual 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.
P AGE 121 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual BACKUP AND REST ORE FIREBALL MUSIC BACKUP It is possible to backup and restore the music contents of a FireBall using the CIFS or “W indows” Networking feature. Backup is accomplished by mounting the FireBall onto your PC or Mac desktop and using your computer ’ s backup software.
P AGE 122 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual FIREBALL MUSIC REST ORE Y ou 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.
P AGE 123 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual NETWORKED AUDIO USING FIREBALL MUSIC CLIENTS 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.
P AGE 124 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual LOCA TING THE FIREBALL CLIENTS AND SERVERS Central If you locate your FireBall clients and servers in a central location such as an equipment or utility room, you will need to use a third party audio/ video distribution system to deliver sound and picture to each room.
P AGE 125 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual Distributed 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.
P AGE 126 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SER VER 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.
P AGE 127 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ESCIENT TECHNICAL SUPPOR T Contact your dealer or Escient’ s Customer Support group. Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 7pm EST Phone: 800-372-4368 Press “2” for Sales, or “3” for Support Fax: 317-616-6790 Internet: www .
P AGE 128 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual TROUBLESHOOTING NETWORK PROBLEMS If you experience problems registering a FireBall or connecting to the Internet to lookup disc information, try these p.
P AGE 129 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION SPECIFICA TIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Please check the Escient web site for any changes to the specifications.
P AGE 130 FireBall™ DVDM-300 User ’s Manual GRACENOTE® END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPT ANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW . This product contains technology and data from Gracenote of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”).
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