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A VX & MX SERIES USER’S MANUAL P/N: M42001-02A3[...]

P AGE 2 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 hom[...]

P AGE 3 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual ADDITIONAL CONNECTION AND HOOKUP INFORMA TION 27 AUDIO OUTPUTS 27 MUL TI-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTS 2 8 SINGLE-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTS 2 9 RS-232 CONNECTIONS 3 0 IR CONNECTIONS 30 ETHERNET CONNECTIONS 3 1 EXTERNAL CHANGER CONNECTIONS 3 3 Changer T ypes 3 3 Control Connections 3 3 Digital Audio Connection[...]

P AGE 4 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual VIEWING BY GENRE 59 USING THE JUKEBOX QUEUE 60 Adding Songs and Playing the Jukebox Queue 60 Reordering the Jukebox Queue 61 Removing a Song from the Jukebox Queue 6 1 Clearing the Entire Jukebox Queue 6 1 Saving the Jukebox Queue 61 Exiting Jukebox Mode 61 LISTENING TO INTERNET RADIO 62 BRO[...]

P AGE 5 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CONTROL 107 SURROUND MODE SETTINGS 107 INST ALLING THE ETP T OUCH P ANEL 10 8 Calibrating the T ouch Panel 10 9 Changing the T ouch Panel Button Overlay 1 1 0 Using Y our Touch Panel 1 10 IR REMOTE CONTROL 1 1 1 DIRECT ACCESS CODES 1 1 2 PLA YLIST HOT KEYS 1 1 5 SERIAL COM PORTS 1 1[...]

P AGE 6 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 7 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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™ A VX & MX Series 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 respe[...]

P AGE 9 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 10 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 1 1 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Pol[...]

P AGE 12 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 - highlightin[...]

P AGE 13 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. POW[...]

P AGE 14 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 DRIVE 8 - NA VIGA TION 9 - SELECT 10 - TRANSPORT CONTROLS & GUIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 7 8[...]

P AGE 15 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW - 5 CHANGERS / 2 ZONES 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 AUDIO OUT (1-2) 6 - ANALOG AUDIO IN (1-5) 7 - VIDEO OUT : COMPONENT , COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO (1-2) 8 - VIDEO IN: COMPONENT[...]

P AGE 16 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW - 3 CHANGERS / 1 ZONE 1 - POWER 2 - ANALOG AUDIO IN (1-3) 3 - IR IN / S-LINK | IR OUT (1-3) 4 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT : COAX, OPTICAL 5 - DIGIT AL AUDIO IN: OPTICAL (1-3) 6 - DIGIT AL AUDIO IN: COAX (1-3) 7 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT 8 - VIDEO OUT : COMPONENT , COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO[...]

P AGE 17 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual REAR P ANEL OVER VIEW - 1 CHANGER / 1 ZONE 1 - POWER 2 - IR IN / S-LINK | IR OUT 3 - DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT : COAX, OPTICAL 4 - DIGIT AL AUDIO IN: COAX, OPTICAL 5 - ANALOG AUDIO IN 6 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT 7 - VIDEO OUT : COMPONENT , COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO 8 - VIDEO IN: COMPONENT , COMPOSITE, S-VIDEO 9[...]

P AGE 18 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual REMOTE OVERVIEW[...]

P AGE 19 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 20 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 i[...]

P AGE 21 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual CONNECTING EXTERNAL DISC CHANGERS Supported External Changers The FireBall MX and A VX Media Managers only support the Sony DVP-777ES DVD/CD changer for DVD and CD storage. When connecting more than one changer , the first changer should be connected to video in 1, digital audio in 1, and [...]

P AGE 22 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. An RS-232 serial null modem cable with female DB-9 connectors on[...]

P AGE 23 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual LOADING DISCS INTO CHANGERS DVDs or CDs 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 usi[...]

P AGE 24 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 . Quick Lookup checks each prev[...]

P AGE 25 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. [...]

P AGE 26 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu. 2. Select the CHANGER [...]

P AGE 27 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Both digital and analog connections must be made from the changer(s) to the FireBall for the FireBall to [...]

P AGE 28 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual MUL TI-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTS Mulit-Zone FireBalls have several video output formats and connectors including: Main Zone • Component Video • S-Video • Composite Video Remote Zone (connects to an MP-200) • Component Video • S-Video • Composite Video All video outputs are active at th[...]

P AGE 29 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual SINGLE-ZONE VIDEO OUTPUTS Single-Zone FireBalls have several video output formats and connectors including: • Component Video • S-Video • Composite Video All video outputs are active at the same time, so you can use as many as you like without causing signal degradation. However , the[...]

P AGE 30 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual RS-232 CONNECTIONS External disc changers are controlled via two-way serial protocols using RS-232 serial cables. Y ou should use the lower numbered COM ports for each external disc changer . The highest numbered COM port is to be used for connecting an Escient ETP-1500 wired touch panel or[...]

P AGE 31 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 diff[...]

P AGE 32 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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) .[...]

P AGE 33 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual EXTERNAL CHANGER CONNECTIONS There are a few general rules to follow when connecting changers to your FireBall... Changer T ypes • Sony DVP-CX777ES DVD/CD (DVDs and CDs ONL Y) • Sony 200, 300, 400 disc CDP Series CD changers (CDs ONL Y) Note: Sony CD and DVD/CD changers can not be mixed[...]

P AGE 34 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 seri[...]

P AGE 35 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual W A TCHING DVD MOVIES BROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRAR Y If 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. Press the MO[...]

P AGE 36 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 37 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 . Five Genres or Groups a[...]

P AGE 38 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual W A TCHING A MOVIE FROM ANOTHER ROOM Multi-Zone FireBall products with dual a/v outputs, provide the capability for watching two DVDs from your entire DVD collection at the same time. FireBall’ s built-in video matrix switcher makes it possible to route the same movie or two different mov[...]

P AGE 39 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual BROWSING YOUR MOVIE LIBRAR Y FROM ANOTHER ROOM The FireBall MP-200 works just like the Fireball Media Manager for browsing and selecting movies in the second room. There is nothing new to learn. What you will notice is that some DVD titles will turn gray in the Movies Guide when a movie is [...]

P AGE 40 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. If you selec[...]

P AGE 41 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. The Movies Guide will display the name of the currently playing m[...]

P AGE 42 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 43 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 44 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 does not support the recording of movies to the internal hard drive. T[...]

P AGE 45 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Follow these steps to auto[...]

P AGE 46 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Select the CHANGER MANAGEMENT menu. 3. Sele[...]

P AGE 47 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Select the CHANGER MANAGEMENT menu. 3. Select the RECORD DISCS me[...]

P AGE 48 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 everythin[...]

P AGE 49 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 contro[...]

P AGE 50 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 moun[...]

P AGE 51 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 o[...]

P AGE 52 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Press the RECORD key on the remote control to display[...]

P AGE 53 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 pro[...]

P AGE 54 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Press the MUSIC key on the remote control to access [...]

P AGE 55 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 fro[...]

P AGE 56 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 co[...]

P AGE 57 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual V iew By Title-Artist V iew By T itle will order the list of T itles alphabetically from A to Z, according to the Album Name then the Artist Name. V iew By Song-Artist V iew By Song will order the list of T itles alphabetically from A to Z, according to the Song Name. V iew By List V iew By[...]

P AGE 58 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 59 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 ar[...]

P AGE 60 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual USING THE JUKEBOX QUEUE By default, FireBall plays music from a “playlist” or “disc” based song list, meaning that you select an Artist-Title, T itle, or Cover and it plays the entire Album you selected (according to the current Play Mode). If you select something else, what is curr[...]

P AGE 61 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual Reordering the Jukebox Queue Follow these steps to reorder tracks in the Jukebox Queue: 1. Make sure you are viewing the Music Player screen or press the GUIDE button to hide the Guide and display the Player screen. 2. Highlight the track you want to move. 3. Press the LEFT arrow key on the[...]

P AGE 62 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 chang[...]

P AGE 63 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 t[...]

P AGE 64 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 65 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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). Some [...]

P AGE 66 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 67 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 68 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Editin[...]

P AGE 69 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Follow these steps to lookup information for the current disc[...]

P AGE 70 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual Searching for Movie Information Manually Occasionally the MovieDB™ will not return the movie information and cover art. This might happen if the movie is a very new or different release. Y ou can wait a few days and try to Lookup Unknown discs, or you can manually search for the disc info[...]

P AGE 71 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Movie Title you want to edit in the Movi[...]

P AGE 72 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Press the OPTIONS key on the remote control[...]

P AGE 73 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Dis[...]

P AGE 74 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 k[...]

P AGE 75 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 c[...]

P AGE 76 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 77 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Musi[...]

P AGE 78 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 r[...]

P AGE 79 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual EDITING PLA YLISTS Y ou can reorder tracks, 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 Playli[...]

P AGE 80 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual EDITING GROUPS As with Playlists, you can also edit the name of a Group, add Music T itles, Movie T itles, or Radio Stations to the Group, or remove Music T itles, Movie 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[...]

P AGE 81 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 82 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Selec[...]

P AGE 83 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Follow these [...]

P AGE 84 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 85 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual 9. After all of the songs have been read, FireBall will ask if you want to add any more tracks to the CD. Select ADD MORE if you do want to add more tracks or select DONE to continue creating the CD. 10. When FireBall has added all of your songs and finished creating the new CD image, it wi[...]

P AGE 86 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Press the RECORD key to di[...]

P AGE 87 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 88 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 sele[...]

P AGE 89 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual SETTING THE SCREEN SA VER PREFERENCES Screen Savers are provided for each source mode. Screen Savers provide two important functions, to prevent a static image from being displayed on the video output device for extended periods of time and to provide useful information to the user when act[...]

P AGE 90 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 . Pressing any[...]

P AGE 91 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 TVs and 6[...]

P AGE 92 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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.[...]

P AGE 93 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Back[...]

P AGE 94 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 95 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Y ou must have Password Protection enabled and a password entere[...]

P AGE 96 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 req[...]

P AGE 97 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 FireB[...]

P AGE 98 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual FIREBALL MUSIC SHARING FireBall contains a special music sharing feature that allows the FireBall-PC software and other FireBall Music Servers located on the same network to share their music library into two independent zones. The Music Guide from FireBall-PC or the second FireBall is mer [...]

P AGE 99 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 sp[...]

P AGE 100 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 101 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 3. Select the VIDEO FORMA T menu. 4. Using the Up and Down keys on the[...]

P AGE 102 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Select the SCREEN CENTERING menu. 4.[...]

P AGE 103 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 4. T urn your TV’s brightness control all the way up then lower it to the poi[...]

P AGE 104 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. This setting helps reduce video “blooming” and create a clearer , more readabl[...]

P AGE 105 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Proper adjustment of the Sharpness control (sometimes called the Detail control) on your TV , allows you to see video an[...]

P AGE 106 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. 2. Select the VIDEO menu. 3. Sele[...]

P AGE 107 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. For example, you might want to listen to MP3 audio using the Neo6 Music surround mode [...]

P AGE 108 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Standb[...]

P AGE 109 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Exte[...]

P AGE 1 10 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 overl[...]

P AGE 1 1 1 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 1 12 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 c[...]

P AGE 1 13 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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, [c[...]

P AGE 1 14 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Mac[...]

P AGE 1 15 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 Fo[...]

P AGE 1 16 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. If there are no available COM ports, you must use the Ethernet based external control for two-w[...]

P AGE 1 17 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 con[...]

P AGE 1 18 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 soft[...]

P AGE 1 19 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 h[...]

P AGE 120 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 121 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 s[...]

P AGE 122 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 audio server , providing an easy way to add multiple streaming music clients to your FireBall. Note: Y our web browser and computer must be setup[...]

P AGE 123 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 [...]

P AGE 124 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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[...]

P AGE 125 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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. Also, FireBall-PC turns your PC or Mac into a FireBall[...]

P AGE 126 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 install[...]

P AGE 127 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 cl[...]

P AGE 128 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series User ’s Manual CONFIGURING A FIREBALL SER VER Every FireBall capable of server functions is automatically enabled to serve MP3, AAC, 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 describe[...]

P AGE 129 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 .escient.com Email: support@escient.com Please have the followi[...]

P AGE 130 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 a[...]

P AGE 131 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 • 10 bit V ideo DACs • Frequency Response: • Composite: -2 dB @ 5MHz • S-V ideo: -2 d[...]

P AGE 132 FireBall™ A VX & MX Series 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 produ[...]