Escient digital music manager system brochure (2 pages)
Summary of Contents for Escient FireBall SE-D1
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FIREBALL SE REMOTE CONTROL GUIDE WD046-1-1 9/30/2005 FIREBALL REMOTE CONTROL GUIDE Programming the (silver) Escient FireBall Taurus Wireless IR Remote Control 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 www.escient.com...
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FB1, FB2, FB3, and FB4 can only be programmed to operate the FireBall products. The 4 source buttons on the remote labeled TV, CBL, RCV, and DVD can be programmed to operate other devices. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Press & Hold the “Code Set” button on the remote until the LED flashes twice. Enter “987” using the remote’s numeric keypad. The LED should again flash twice. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Note: If the LED does a single long flash then the entered code was not valid for that source button. See Appendix B for details and instructions for accessing the other various functions available on the remote control: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
The direct access numbers are available for all music and movie titles, playlists, groups, and radio stations. To view these numbers, press SETUP then select the UTILITIES menu and then VIEW DIRECT IR NUMBERS. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Example 4: Use the remote to play playlist number 5. Press: MACRO, 7, 5, ENTER Example 5: Use the remote to play the movie number 123. Press: MACRO, 6, 1, 2, 3, ENTER 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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The Macro, [key] means to press and release the Macro key first and then press and release the other key See Appendix B for details and instructions for accessing the other various functions available on the remote control: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Example: To verify the TV code is 0047: <TV> <<Code Set>> <1> 0 blinks <2> 0 blinks <3> 4 blinks <4> 7 blinks 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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<Volume Down> The remote will blink 4 times upon being unlocked. The remote will time out after 10 seconds during programming mode if no keys are pressed. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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10 seconds during programming. Basic User Reset (977) Similar to the Operational Features Reset (980) with the exception that the remote will reset codes to the default settings: 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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The remote will blink two times upon being locked and blink 4 times when unlocked. The remote will time out after 10 seconds during programming. Step and Set and Mode Reassignment will not be allowed when the code has been locked. 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Music Radio Movies Home Rewind/ Backspace Play Fast Forward/ Space Skip Reverse Pause Skip Forward Record Stop Guide Exit/Toggle Down Left Right Info Menu/ View Volume Up 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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View Artist View Title View Song View Cover Player Guide Jukebox Mode On Jukebox Mode Off Jukebox Play Once Jukebox Play Repeat Jukebox Randomize Jukebox Clear View Hierarchy 6640 Intech Blvd. Suite 250 Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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ADDING DISC INFORMATION FOR UNKNOWN DISCS WD032-1-1 12/22/2003 ADDING DISC INFORMATION FOR UNKNOWN DISCS A Guide to Editing Disc Information for DVDs and CDs 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
The most important FireBall requirement for the automatic disc lookup feature is the presence of a working Internet connection. Without an active Internet connection, FireBall can’t contact the online Gracenote CDDB™ database or the Escient MovieDB™ database, where information is stored for millions of music and movie titles.
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Gracenote CDDB™ (for Music discs) or to the Escient MovieDB™ (for DVDs) using your Internet connection. The CDDB and MovieDB return information about the disc to your FireBall. FireBall adds this information to your local media library and displays it on your TV.
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Unknown or missing. 4) Recent Releases Gracenote CDDB™ and Escient’s MovieDB™ are updated regularly, however you may find that a new release is not yet in the database and will not be correctly identified. 5) Different Version, Release, Edition, or Pressing The record labels and movie studios often release more than 1 version of a CD or DVD.
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FireBall keeps a map of each slot in each changer and will lookup each disc based on which slots have changed status from occupied to empty or empty to occupied. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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FireBall will read each disc in the selected range and perform an automatic lookup for each. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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12/22/2003 Lookup All Performs a complete lookup of all discs in all changers, completely replacing your media library with the original data from the Gracenote CDDB™ and Escient MovieDB™ servers. All manually entered data is replaced. Get Movie/Music Info The Get Movie Info and Get Music Info features are available via the Options Menu when in the Movies Guide or Player and the Music Guide or Player.
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Unknown Info will lookup all information for the Unknown movie discs in your changer. Unknown Covers will lookup the cover art images for all movies that don’t have original cover art. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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When disc information is returned for the disc, the Edit Disc Information screen displays the new data (if available). This gives you the opportunity to CANCEL or SAVE the new information with the Disc. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Manually Adding Disc Information There are several methods for manually adding your own disc information should the Gracenote CDDB™ or Escient MovieDB™ return incorrect or no information at all for discs in your collection. We will describe the tools available within FireBall to help you identify, add, and edit disc information for your Unknown Movie and Music titles.
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When you decide which title is the correct title, press the SELECT key and the Edit Disc Info screen will display the information for the selected disc. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Press OPTION, then navigate and SELECT the Select Cover menu item. You should see the following dialog: All titles are listed alphabetically in the Select Cover dialog screen, including the Escient MovieDB™ default genre covers (listed at the bottom), custom covers already downloaded from the Escient MovieDB™...
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FireBall. Edit Disc If you have an Unknown disc that just isn’t in the Escient MovieDB™, you can manually type information into the Edit Disc dialog. The Edit Disc Info dialog screen allows you to manually enter information for your Unknown discs and assign generic or custom cover art. Use your IR remote or keyboard to enter data into each field on the screen.
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Sometimes a disc is identified by the Gracenote CDDB™ but the original album art cover is not available. This is because the Gracenote CDDB™ does not contain any album covers and the Escient album art cover server may have the cover listed under a slightly different artist/title combination.
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Highlight any Music title in the Music Guide. Press OPTION, then navigate and SELECT the Edit Disc menu item. Navigate to the Select Cover button and press SELECT. You should see the following dialog: 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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ADDING DISC INFORMATION FOR UNKNOWN DISCS WD032-1-1 12/22/2003 All titles are listed alphabetically in the Select Cover dialog screen, including the Escient MovieDB™ default genre covers, custom covers already downloaded from the Escient MovieDB™ and any user covers you transferred to your FireBall.
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Edit Tracks allows you to enter track names for every track found on the current Music title. Highlight any Music title in the Music Guide. Press OPTION, then navigate down and SELECT the Edit Tracks menu item. You should see the following dialog: 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Press the RECORD key on the remote or keyboard to save the information displayed in the Edit Disc Info screen or press STOP to cancel and discard the current information. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS WD010-1-2 12/22/2003 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS How to add your own Internet radio stations to FireBall’s Radio Guide 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Your FireBall is able to deliver a variety of Internet radio station programming through its connection to the Internet. Escient’s OpenGlobe Internet radio service provides a large variety of stations including Radio Free Virgin and various other stations from across the country.
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FireBall. Escient will work hard to guarantee the quality of the stations that are provided in the Radio Guide, however, there can be no guarantee to those station created by the users.
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PRODUCT WARRANTY WD014-1-2 12/22/2003 FireBall Client-Server Installation Guide A Guide to Installing Multiple FireBall Products 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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The following table indicates which servers are compatible with which clients. Server FireBall FireBall-E 40/120 Client FireBall FireBall-E 40/120 FireBall-MP FireBall DVDM-100 Limitations Client-Server networking is limited to the same local subnet. You can not stream over the Internet. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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: 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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(Note: only 4 clients can stream from the same server at one time). 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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 the first server it sees on the network and connect to it upon startup.
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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. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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HOME NETWORKING PRIMER WD005-1-2 12/22/2003 HOME NETWORKING PRIMER An overview of the different types of home networks 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Q: Who makes networking products? Several companies make wired and wireless network products for the home. Some of the most prominent are: Linksys 3Com Intel D-Link NetGear Apple Computer Cisco Belkin 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Ethernet networking is built into most modern computers and the current Escient FireBall product line. There are many companies who provide ethernet networking products and they are available at any computer or electronics retailer.
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Here is a sample wireless network where the FireBall=E Music Server and FireBall DVDM-100 are each connected to an Ethernet to Wireless adapter. The computer has built-in wireless connectivity and the router is a hybrid router/wireless access point. The wireless devices are 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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HPNA, PhoneLine or HomePNA networking works over the existing copper telephone wires in your home without interfering with voice or DSL communications. HomePNA 3.0 will push the speed up to 100Mbps when it comes out. Escient FireBall-H products use HomePNA networking. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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(1.5Mbps) it is not appropriate as a replacement for other networks but IS valuable for connecting peripherals. Wireless HomeRF 2.0: 10Mbps Developed to compete with 802.11b, HomeRF made a brief appearance and died off. Siemens and Proxim were the main supporters. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Ethernet to Fiber media converters are starting to come down in price - they can be found for under $150. When 100Meters is not enough distance, an Ethernet to fiber media converter can 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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The solution is fiber! Run fiber between the homes or run a pair of fiber converters on one end of the cable with a short fiber run. This will electrically separate the two homes. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
40bit and 64bit encryption is the same. it’s just a matter of how the manufacturer decided to label the product. Often 128bit cards can often be placed in 40/64bit mode. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
When a 802.11g product communicates with an 11Mbps 802.11b product, it drops down to 11Mbps or less depending on signal strength. In other words, if you purchase an 802.11g product for use with an 802.11b access point, expect only 11Mbps. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Powerline network adapters come in PCI and USB versions but are fairly expensive right now - about $50 to $100 per computer. There are also Powerline to Ethernet bridges and Powerline broadband routers with ethernet bridges built-in, in the same price range. 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
INSTALLER CHECKLIST WD003-1-1 12/22/2003 INSTALLER CHECKLIST Installation Checklist for Escient FireBall Products 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
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Feel free to add your own information to this list depending on what other equipment will be installed with the FireBall systems. Note: Escient FireBall products require a dialup or broadband Internet connection to operate fully. Please pay special attention to the Network Information section.
FireBall 5 IP Address: ________________________________________________ Disc Changers Up to 3 of the same brand are supported per FireBall. #1: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ #2: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ #3: Brand:___________Model:________________ Serial Number:_____________ 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...
Component Optional Accessory Checklist Escient Touch Panels _____ Extra IR remotes _____ Extra IR keyboards _____ S-Link Cables _____ RS-232 Cables _____ Ethernet Hub _____ Extra Ethernet Cables _____ 6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com...