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DVDM-552 USER’S MANUAL P/N: M22008-01A1.
P AGE 2 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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-552 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION 25 AUDIO OUTPUTS 25 VIDEO OUTPUTS 2 6 RS-232 CONNECTIONS 2 7 IR CONNECTIONS 2 7 ETHERNET CONNECTIONS 28 EXTE.
P AGE 4 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO 56 BROWSING INTERNET RADIO ST A TIONS 56 PLA YING THE CURRENT ST A TION 5 7 MANAGING YOUR MEDIA 58 CREA TING PLA YLISTS 58 CRE.
P AGE 5 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual FIREBALL UTILITIES 1 1 1 GETTING INFORMA TION ABOUT YOUR FIREBALL 1 1 1 REST ARTING THE SYSTEM 1 1 2 UPDA TING THE SOFTW ARE 1 1 3 CONTROLLING FIREBALL FR.
P AGE 6 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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-552 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-552 User ’s Manual TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS Escient® , the Escient logo, and FireBall® are trademarks of Digital Networks North America.
P AGE 9 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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-552 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-552 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-552 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-552 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-552 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-552 User ’s Manual REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW 1 - POWER 2 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL IN (1-5) 3 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT (1-2) 4 - DIGIT AL AUDIO COAX OUT (1-2) 5 - ANALOG AUD.
P AGE 16 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual REMOTE OVERVIEW.
P AGE 17 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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-552 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-552 User ’s Manual CONNECTING EXTERNAL DISC CHANGERS Supported External Changers The FireBall DVDM-552 only supports the Sony DVP-777ES DVD/CD changer . The DVDM-552 will not recognize any other changer . Note: FireBall will support up to five connected changers.
P AGE 20 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual Connecting Sony DVP-CX777ES CD/DVD Changers FireBall requires that you connect each changer to the back panel using audio, video, and control cables. Follow these steps to connect your Sony CD/DVD changers to your FireBall: 1.
P AGE 21 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 22 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 23 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 24 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 25 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION AUDIO OUTPUTS The optical, coax, and analog audio outputs are all active when playing media from the internal hard drive or Internet Radio.
P AGE 26 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual VIDEO OUTPUTS FireBall has several video output formats and connectors including: Main Zone • Component Video • S-Video • Composite Video Remote Zo.
P AGE 27 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual RS-232 CONNECTIONS External disc changers are controlled via two-way serial protocols using RS-232 serial cables.
P AGE 28 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 29 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 30 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CHANGER CONNECTIONS There are a few general rules to follow when connecting changers to your FireBall.
P AGE 31 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 32 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 33 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 34 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 35 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual W A TCHING A MOVIE FROM ANOTHER ROOM The FireBall DVDM-552 provides the capability for watching two DVDs from your entire DVD collection at the same time. The DVDM-552’ s built- in 5x2 video matrix switcher makes it possible to route the same movie or two different movies to two dif ferent rooms.
P AGE 36 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual BROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRAR Y FROM ANOTHER ROOM The FireBall MP-200 works just like the DVDM- 552 for browsing and selecting movies in the second room.
P AGE 37 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual If you select a non-grayed out title, the movie will load and play just as it does from the main room. If you select a grayed out title, you will be prompted to override the current user (who is watching a different movie from the same changer you selected) and play your movie.
P AGE 38 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual W A TCHING THE SAME MOVIE IN TWO ROOMS If you want to watch the same movie in both rooms, from the Movies Guide, select the movie title currently playing in the other room and you will join the movie at it’ s current point.
P AGE 39 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 40 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 41 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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-552 does not support the recording of movies to the internal hard drive.
P AGE 42 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 43 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 44 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 45 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 46 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 47 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 48 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 49 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 50 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 51 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 52 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 53 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 54 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 55 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 56 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 57 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 58 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual MANAGING YOUR MEDIA CREA TING PLA YLISTS FireBall allows you to organize your favorite songs into custom “Playlists”.
P AGE 59 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 60 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 61 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 62 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 63 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 64 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual Searching for Movie Information Manually Occasionally the MovieDB™ will not return the movie information and cover art.
P AGE 65 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 66 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 67 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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.
P AGE 68 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 69 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 70 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 71 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 72 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 73 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 74 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 75 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 76 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 77 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 78 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 79 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 80 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 81 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 82 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual SETTING USER PREFERENCES User preferences are available to specify global configuration options and preferred system settings.
P AGE 83 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 84 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 85 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 86 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 87 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 88 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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, user settings and preferences for parental control.
P AGE 89 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 90 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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.
P AGE 91 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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.
P AGE 92 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 93 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 94 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual VIDEO FORMA T 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. 2. Select the VIDEO menu.
P AGE 95 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 96 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 97 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 98 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 99 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual ADJUSTING YOUR TV’S COLOR AND TINT 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 100 FireBall™ DVDM-552 User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CONTROL SURROUND MODE SETTINGS FireBall can connect to a supported Denon or Marantz receiver and automatically select different surround mode settings depending on what type of media is playing.
P AGE 101 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 102 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 103 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 104 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 105 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 106 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 107 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 108 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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.
P AGE 109 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 10 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 1 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 12 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 13 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 14 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 15 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 16 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 17 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 18 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 1 19 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 120 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 121 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 122 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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 .
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P AGE 124 FireBall™ DVDM-552 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.
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