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SE-D1 USER’S MANUAL
P/N: M32002-02A2
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PRODUCT INTRODUCTION 5 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 5 THANK YOU RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER 5 MANUAL DISCLAIMERS 5 The team at Escient would like to take this opportunity to thank you WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS 6 for purchasing an Escient FireBall product. Escient is committed to providing our customers the most technologically advanced, yet easier- TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS 7 than-ever to use products that converge the power of the Internet with WARRANTY INFORMATION 8 home entertainment. ESCI
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IR CONNECTIONS 24 MANAGING YOUR MEDIA 37 ETHERNET CONNECTIONS 24 CREATING PLAYLISTS 37 CREATING GROUPS 38 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS 39 REGISTRATION 26 UPDATING THE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS LIST 40 TESTING A BROADBAND CONNECTION 26 EDITING MOVIE INFORMATION 41 Editing Disc Info 41 WATCHING DVD MOVIES 27 Automatically Lookup Information for This Disc 42 BROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRARY 27 Searching for Movie Information Manually 43 PLAYING THE CURRENT MOVIE 27 Ti
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MOVIE RATINGS 62 NETWORKED AUDIO USING FIREBALL MUSIC NETWORK ETHERNET SETTINGS 63 CLIENTS 83 Testing the Your Connection 64 SERVERS 83 SETTING THE FIREBALL SERVER SETTINGS 65 CLIENTS 83 VIDEO OUTPUT PREFERENCES 66 LOCATING THE FIREBALL CLIENTS AND SERVERS 84 Video Format 66 Central 84 Centering the FireBall Screen 67 Distributed 85 Adjusting your TV’s Brightness 68 CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SERVER 86 Adjusting your TV’s Contrast 69 CONFIGURING A FIREBA
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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 Systems. For more information, please refer to the Escient web site (www.escient.com) or contact your Escient dealer. RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER The serial number for this unit is located at the rear of t
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WARNINGS 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. • To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover. No user serviceable parts are inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. • To prevent electric shock, do not use a 3 wire to 2 wire adapter
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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 companies. Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information vis
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WARRANTY INFORMATION Terms 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). This warranty program provides the following key features and benefits: • Twelve (12) months service, parts and labor. • Five (5) day turn around time on all standard in-warranty repairs. No charge
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• 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 replacement of the product at our discretion. Escient shall not be liable for damages to other property caused by defects in this product, damages based upon inconvenience, loss of use of the product, loss
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ESCIENT PRIVACY 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. We recognize and respect each individual user’s privacy and have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy. We want you to be fully informed about the information that we collect, why we collect it, and with whom we share it. It is our hope that, after reading this no
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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 indicate the user’s selection on screen. When the selection moves up, down, left, or right, the highlight moves to the next nearest item. No action is taken (except that more information may be displa
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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 STATES After the FireBall unit is plugged in, the Standby LED located next to the power button will flash red until the startup process is complete. Please wait. This may take several minutes. When the Standby LED
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FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 1 1 - POWER 2 10 4 3 5 11 1 6 7 8 9 1 - POWER 7 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT 2 - IR IN 8 - VIDEO OUT 3 - IR OUT 9 - VIDEO IN 4 - DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 10 - COMMUNICATION PORTS 5 - DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL IN 11 - ETHERNET 6 - ANALOG AUDIO IN PAGE 13 FireBall™ SE-D1 User’s Manual
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REMOTE OVERVIEW CODE SET POWER UNIVERSAL SOURCE SELECT FIREBALL SELECT MODE GUIDE SELECT ALL / NONE TRANSPORT CONTROLS NAVIGATION & SELECT GUIDE VIEW / MENU INFO CONTROL VOLUME CONTROL CHANNEL / PAGE CONTROL MACRO FUNCTION KEY PAD DISC PLAY FUNCTIONS CONTROL MUSIC PLAY FUNCTIONS MUSIC FAVORITES PAGE 14 FireBall™ SE-D1 User’s Manual
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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 extended typing is required. Entering Numeric Entry Mode In fields where FireBall expects only numeric characters to be entered (such as phone number fields), an indicator will appear on the screen that d
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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 field or the second character following a space, FireBall assumes that lower case is preferred and the character entry cycles in the following pattern – lowercase, uppercase, and numeric. The following text entry table
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CONNECTING EXTERNAL DISC CHANGER The FireBall SE-D1 supports up to 400 DVD and/or CDs located in one external Sony DVP-777ES CD/DVD changer. If you require storage for more than 400 discs, please visit your Escient dealer to purchase larger capacity Escient products. Connecting a Sony DVP-CX777ES CD/DVD Changer FireBall requires that you connect the changer to the back panel using audio and control cables. Follow these steps to connect your Sony CD/DVD changer to your FireBall: 1. An RS-232 ser
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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. If the Quick Lookup process does not automatically start, then manually start the Lookup using the steps described below. The disc information that FireBall displays on your TV screen is NOT included on the original CDs that you recorded or CDs/DVDs loaded into your changers. The artist name,
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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. Quick Lookup checks each previously empty slot in the changers to see if any new discs were added, and then checks each previously occupied slot in the changer to see if any discs were removed. One by one, the Table of Contents is read
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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. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the CHANGER MANAGEMENT menu. 3. Select the LOOKUP RANGE menu. 4. Enter a valid range of slots to lookup. If you have more than 1 changer, select which changer you want to use. 5. Select the CONTINUE
