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Escient Fireball-PC User Manual

Using the fireball-pc software package on macintosh and windows computers

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FIREBALL-PC USER GUIDE WD054-1-1
2/19/2010
FIREBALL-PC USER
GUIDE
A Guide to Using the FireBall-PC Software Package on
Macintosh and Windows Computers
6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com

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  • Page 1 FIREBALL-PC USER GUIDE WD054-1-1 2/19/2010 FIREBALL-PC USER GUIDE A Guide to Using the FireBall-PC Software Package on Macintosh and Windows Computers 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 2: System Requirements

    Escient dealer or the Escient Support Web site at http://www.escient.com. System Requirements 1. Escient FireBall E2, DVDM, SE, MX, AVX model Media Manager or FireBall E with E2 software update (http://www.escient.com/eupdate/) 2. Windows XP or Mac OS X Computer 3.
  • Page 3 When attempting to install Fireball-PC under Vista/7 the installation must be run with administrator privileges otherwise you may encounter the following error. Simply right-click on the downloaded Fireball-PC installer and select “Run as administrator”. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 4 FIREBALL-PC USER GUIDE WD054-1-1 2/19/2010 Installation Error: Run As Administrator: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 5: Mac Os X Installation

    MacOS X Installation Follow these instructions to install the FireBall-PC application on your Windows PC. 1. Download the FireBall-PC Macintosh OSX Installer from the Escient Web site at http://www.escient.com/products/fireball-pc/ 2. Double click the FireBall-PC disc image to mount it on your Mac.
  • Page 6 FireBall-PC’s main window is used to display the current state of the server, which folders or directories are shared across the network, and the name of your FireBall-PC server. The Mac and Windows version are very similar. Mac Main Window 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 7 Specifies which folders or directories on your PC you wish to share with your networked FireBall Media Servers. Select the Add Folder icon or select “Add Folder” from the File Menu, then select which folder you want to share. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 8 60 minutes by default. You can specify how often to auto-scan your shared music folders for music and meta-data changes. Scan Now Forces FireBall-PC to immediately scan all media shares for music and meta-data changes. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 9 FireBall’s Music Guide will now contain access to both the local and FireBall-PC media in one integrated guide. You can now Browse, Select, and Play any music file regardless of where it’s physically located. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
  • Page 10 If your Fireball fails to recognize the running Fireball-PC application at any point or Fireball-PC no longer appears to be properly scanning the selected music content, the first thing you need to do is close Fireball-PC entirely (File>Exit) and delete the following “.escient” folder. Windows XP C:\Documents &...