Using Custom Backgrounds; Background Image Requirements; Mounting The Backgrounds Volume - Escient FireBall MP-200 User Manual

Using Custom Backgrounds

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. You can import your own background images into the
Backgrounds shared directory using Windows Networking.

Background Image Requirements

The image requirements are the same for 4x3 or 16x9 backgrounds. Background images are
scaled horizontally when the FireBall video format is set to 16x9. FireBall automatically
reserves 2% of the total hard drive capacity for the Backgrounds volume.
720x480 72dpi
File size must be less than 500K bytes for each file
jpg, gif, or png formats are supported

Mounting the Backgrounds Volume

Once you have setup the FireBall server, you can now connect to it from your Mac. Follow
these steps to connect to your FireBall from your Mac OS X computer:
1. Go to the Finder and select Connect to Server... from the Go Menu.
2. Enter "smb://" (without the quotes) and the name of your FireBall server into the Server
Address field in the Connect to Server dialog. Example: smb://MyFireBall
6640 Intech Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com
Mac OS X Integration WD029-1-3
3/8/2006