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    SE-160i USER’S MANUAL P/N: M32003-02A2 ...

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    P AGE 2 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual THANK YOU The team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing an Escient FireBall product. Escient is committed to providing our customers the most technologically advanced, yet easier- than-ever to use products that converge the power of the Internet with home entertainme ...

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    P AGE 3 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual GETTING MUSIC INTO FIREBALL 24 RECORDING FROM THE INTERNAL CD 25 IMPORTING MUSIC FILES 2 6 System Requirements 2 6 Audio File Requirements 2 6 Cover Art Image Requirements 26 IMPORTING FROM A PC 27 IMPORTING FROM A MAC 2 8 RECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES 3 0 ERASING A CD-RW DISC 3 1 LISTENING TO MU ...

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    P AGE 4 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES 68 VIDEO FORMA T 69 CENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREEN 70 ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S BRIGHTNESS 71 ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S CONTRAST 7 2 ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S SHARPNESS 7 3 ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S COLOR AND TINT 74 INST ALLING THE ETP T OUCH P ANEL 75 Calibrating the ...

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    P AGE 5 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual PRODUCT INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a FireBall Media Management system from Escient (a division of D&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 S ...

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    P AGE 6 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. • T o reduce ...

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    P AGE 7 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS 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 trademarks of their respective compani ...

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    P AGE 8 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual W ARRANTY INFORMA TION T erms 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). ...

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    P AGE 9 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Escient’ s sole liability for any defective product is limited to the repair or ...

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    P AGE 10 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. W e recognize and respect each individual user ’s privacy and have created this Privacy Policy to demonst ...

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    P AGE 1 1 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 . • Highlight - highlighting is used to ...

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    P AGE 12 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. POWER ST A TES A ...

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    P AGE 13 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual FRONT P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - POWER 2 - GUIDE SCREEN 3 - MUSIC SOURCE 4 - RADIO SOURCE 5 - CD-RW DRIVE 6 - TEXT DISPLA Y & IR RECEIVER 7 - OPEN/CLOSE DRIVE 8 - NA VIGA TION 9 - SELECT 10 - TRANSPORT CONTROLS & F A VS 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 7 8 ...

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    P AGE 14 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - POWER 2 - IR IN 3 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 4 - ANALOG AUDIO: AUDIO IN, AUDIO OUT 5 - VIDEO OUT : COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO, COMPONENT 6 - COMMUNICA TION PORT 7 - ETHERNET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

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    P AGE 15 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual REMOTE OVERVIEW CODE SET Code Set - used to set the universal IR source buttons. See manual for details. UNIVERSAL SOURCE SELECT T elly / 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 / ...

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    P AGE 16 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. FireBall’ s wireless keyboard should be used when extende ...

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    P AGE 17 FireBall™ SE-160i 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”. When entering the second character in a text fiel ...

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    P AGE 18 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION 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 FireBall has several video output formats and connectors including: • Component Video • S-Video ? ...

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    P AGE 19 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual VIDEO FORMA T (NTSC AND P AL) FireBall SE-160i supports NTSC and P AL 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 pa ...

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    P AGE 20 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual 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: Y ou should use the Ethernet control system for controlling FireBall from a third party control system whenever possible. ...

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    P AGE 21 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. There are different grades, ...

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    P AGE 22 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 .linksys.com) . ...

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    P AGE 23 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Registration includes properly configuring your FireBall for Internet access and then connecting to the Escient servers to register your serial number and ...

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    P AGE 24 FireBall™ SE-160i 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”. There are several ways to get your ...

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    P AGE 25 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. This is known as ...

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    P AGE 26 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. FireBall w ...

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    P AGE 27 FireBall™ SE-160i 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.) 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote control to display ...

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    P AGE 28 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Make sure your Mac is connected to the same network as your FireBall and follow these steps to mount, transfer , ...

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    P AGE 29 FireBall™ SE-160i 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”. 7. Drag and drop your audio files onto the Impor ...

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    P AGE 30 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual 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. Press the RECORD key on the remote control to display the Recording Options Menu. 2. Highlight and select the recor ...

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    P AGE 31 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 2. Select the ERASE CD-RW DISC menu. 3. Confirm that you want to proceed with com ...

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    P AGE 32 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. The Music Guide displays a scrolling list of all your Music T itl ...

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    P AGE 33 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Note: If you press SELECT with a T rack highlighted, you will start playback from the selecte ...

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    P AGE 34 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. The Music Guide provides you with several ways to view the contents of you ...

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    P AGE 35 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 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 T itl ...

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    P AGE 36 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 . Five Genres or Groups are visible at ...

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    P AGE 37 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO BROWSING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS 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 ...

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    P AGE 38 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Y ...

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    P AGE 39 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CREA TING PLA YLISTS 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 songs • Songs that have a similar te ...

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    P AGE 40 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual CREA TING GROUPS In addition to Playlists, FireBall allows you to create custom “Groups” of 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). Some uses for custom Group ...

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    P AGE 41 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Internet Radio stations must conform to these specification ...

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    P AGE 42 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 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 statio ...

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    P AGE 43 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual EDITING MUSIC INFORMA TION FireBall 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. Y ou can edit the disc information for any Music T itle using the Edit Disc and Edit T racks screens. Editing Disc Info F ollo ...

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    P AGE 44 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide. 2. Press the OPTIONS key on the rem ...

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    P AGE 45 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Follow these steps to lookup information for the current disc: ...

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    P AGE 46 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. This is a powerful tool that allows you to search the Escient servers for an exact or ...

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    P AGE 47 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Highlight the Music Title you want to edit in the Music Guide. 2. P ...

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    P AGE 48 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Make sure you are in the Radio source mode by pressing the RADIO key on the remote. 2. Pre ...

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    P AGE 49 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 2. Highlight the Playlist Name you want to edit. Note: The Playlist group will list all of your ...

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    P AGE 50 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Press the MUSIC key if you want to edit the Music Groups or press the RADIO key if y ...

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    P AGE 51 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Follow these steps to delete mu ...

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    P AGE 52 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 2. Press the OPTIONS key to display the Options Menu 3. Select the DELETE ...

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    P AGE 53 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 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. Pr ...

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    P AGE 54 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Y ou can easily create custom mix CDs, backups copies of any physical CD, and recor ...

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    P AGE 55 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Note: Y ou must use royalty paid blank CDs which ar ...

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    P AGE 56 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual DUPLICA TING A CD Y ou 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 ...

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    P AGE 57 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 .. Follow these steps to record direct to CD from an ...

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    P AGE 58 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual SETTING USER PREFERENCES 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 i ...

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    P AGE 59 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 T elly . Pressing any button o ...

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    P AGE 60 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Photos should be 720x480 for 4:3 NTSC T ellys and 640x360 fo ...

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    P AGE 61 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Select the TIME ZONE Menu 4. Select your select your Time Zone. ...

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    P AGE 62 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Y ou can import your own background images into the Backgrounds share ...

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    P AGE 63 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Using the remote c ...

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    P AGE 64 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Ethernet networks require that you ...

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    P AGE 65 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual SERVER 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. The FireBall Name allo ...

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    P AGE 66 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual 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 ...

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    P AGE 67 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. The MP3 format allows the most flexibility and compatibility for ef ficiently storing many audio files while the FLAC format uses considerably more space than MP3 ...

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    P AGE 68 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Record and Eject assists in bulk recording, allowing you to insert disc after disc, au ...

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    P AGE 69 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual VIDEO FORMA T Allows you to select 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios on your T elly 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 FORMA T menu. 4. Using the Up and Down keys on the remote, s ...

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    P AGE 70 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual CENTERING THE FIREBALL SCREEN Allows you to center the FireBall user interface horizontally on your T elly 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 ...

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    P AGE 71 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S BRIGHTNESS Follow these steps to adjust the brightness on your T elly: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Select the BRIGHTNESS menu. 4. T urn your T elly’s brightness control all the way up then lower it to the point ...

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    P AGE 72 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S CONTRAST The Contrast or Picture Adjustment control allows you to optimize the contrast (which is sometimes called Picture) of their T elly , using the T elly’ s Contrast or Picture controls. This setting helps reduce video “blooming” and create a clearer , more readable ...

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    P AGE 73 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S SHARPNESS The Sharpness adjustment allows you the set the Sharpness or Detail control of their T elly so that onscreen text is as readable as possible. Proper adjustment of the Sharpness control (sometimes called the Detail control) on your T elly , allows you to see video and ...

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    P AGE 74 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TELL Y’S COLOR AND TINT Color Bars are used to test the T elly monitor ’ s ability to reproduce the proper color values. Follow these steps to adjust the Color and Tint on your T elly: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Select ...

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    P AGE 75 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Place the FireBall into Standby . 2. Connect ...

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    P AGE 76 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Press the SETUP key on the remote control. 2. Select the External Control M ...

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    P AGE 77 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. The ETP-1500 is automatically detected on the FireBall serial ports and the select overlay is enabled. ...

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    P AGE 78 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. This is useful when there are multiple FireBalls installed at the same location, so all FireBal ...

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    P AGE 79 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 . This is useful for programming third-party external control systems and programmable IR remote controls such as ...

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    P AGE 80 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 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], ...

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    P AGE 81 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. 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- ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 82

    P AGE 82 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 these five keyboard combinations: • Control + Backspace • Control + Insert • Control + Delete • Control + T op • Control + Bottom Follow these step ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 83

    P AGE 83 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual 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. ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 84

    P AGE 84 FireBall™ SE-160i 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 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 E ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 85

    P AGE 85 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual FIREBALL UTILITIES GETTING INFORMA TION 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. ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 86

    P AGE 86 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Press and hold the power b ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 87

    P AGE 87 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Follow these steps to manually update the software: 1. Press the SETUP key on the remote to disp ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 88

    P AGE 88 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. SETTING UP THE FIREBALL WEB SERVER Y our FireBall acts as a web server on your ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 89

    P AGE 89 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Note: Y our web browser and computer must ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 90

    P AGE 90 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Y ou can also ba ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 91

    P AGE 91 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. Simply drag your music files to the Import directory and let FireBall import the au ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 92

    P AGE 92 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. CLIENTS A FireBall Client is a FireBall that can play media from a F ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 93

    P AGE 93 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. This type of installation allows gr ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 94

    P AGE 94 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. The biggest advantage of a distributed client- server s ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 95

    P AGE 95 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. It is recommended that you give each of your FireBall servers a unique name that describes it’ s location u ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 96

    P AGE 96 FireBall™ SE-160i User ’s Manual TROUBLESHOOTING 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 T ech Support: • Make sure that your FireBall is properly connected to your home network and that all cables are ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 97

    P AGE 97 FireBall™ SE-160i 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. V ideo Specifications • NTSC/P AL • 10 bit V ideo DACs • Frequency Response: • Composite: -2 dB @ 5MHz • S-V ideo: -2 dB @ 5MHz ...

  • Escient SE-160i - page 98

    P AGE 98 FireBall™ SE-160i 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”). The technology from Gracenote (the “Gracenote Embedded Software”) enables this product to do disc ...

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