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Escient V ision VX -600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 2 W elcome 4 Cong ratula tions and thank you ... 4 W arnings and Pr ecautions 5 VX Con tents 5 What Y ou Need to Setup the V ision VX S er ver 5 Getting Star ted 7 Setting up VX 7 Step 1: Connect the Ethernet cable 7 Step 2: Connect the power cord 7 Step 3: Inspect the 4 drive trays 7 S[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 3 Sharing V ision ’ s Music with F ireball Music Ser vers 15 Sharing F ireball Music with your V ision Music S er ver 15 Escient Early Detection Monitoring Sy stem (EDMS) 15 Ser vice and Suppor t 16 F inding your VX serial number 16 Con tacting Escient T echnical Suppor t 16 Impor tan[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 4 W elcome Cong ratula tions and thank you ... ...for purchasing the Escien t Vision VX S erver! This Installation Guide describes the featur es and proper use of the Vision VX Ser ies products. At the time of printing , the screen shot images in this user ’ s guide mat ched the produ[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 5 W arnings and Pr ecautions • Donotusethisapparatusnearwater . • Cleanonlywithadr ycloth. • Donotblockanyventila tionopeings. • Donotinstallnearanyheatsourc essuchasradiators ,heatregis[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 6 VX at a Glance Fr ont P anel 1. Po werButtonandStatusLED 2. LANActivityLED 3. 4DriveStatusLEDs 4. 1SystemSta tusLED 5. 1TBdrivesandtrays(x4) Back Panel 6. Po werConnector 7. Po wer Switch 8. CoolingF ans(x3)[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 7 Getting Star ted Usetheinformationinthischaptert osetupandcongurey our Visionsystem. T o get star ted you need to: 1. Pr operlycongureoneormore Vision VSor VCclientsonyourEthernetnet - work. 2. C[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 8 Conguring VX Server from a PC Since the Vision VX does not connec t directly to a display device , you must connect to the VX using a computer and web brow ser connected to the same network. Enter “ vision-vx ” into your web bro wser to locat e and connect to your vision server[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 9 I mpor ting Y our Media V ision allow s unprecedent ed ease of use for managing y our movies, music , videos, and photos from an y room of your home. U sing V ision, you can watch or listen to: • ADVDorCDinsertedintothefrontpaneldrive • Moviesan[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 10 Impor ting Movies and Videos Therear etwomethodsforimportingyourDVDdiscsintothe VisionSyst em.Most commercialDVDdiscscanbeimportedtothe Visionsystemusingthefron tpanel driveofa VSorVC?[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 11 Changing Vision VX Ser ver Settings T o change the language for the on-scr een menus 1. SelectLanguage 2. SelectOnS creenUserInterface 3. Select the desired language T o set the time zone 1. Select General 2. Select T ime Zone 3. Select the time zone where your V[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 12 T o view inf ormation about the con tent on y our V ision 1. SelectUtilities 2. SelectM yCont ent 3. Select M ovies, Music , or Photos 4. View inf ormation about the selected type of media T o lookup metadata f or unknown conten t on your Vision 1. SelectUtilitie[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 13 Tips and T roubleshooting Pr e -Installation In order to achieve a smooth and tr ouble free installation, please make sure the following it ems are inv estigated and in place before y ou attempt to install a Vision system: c There is a w orking broadband Internet connection. T he Int[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 14 Installing and Using a UPS (Uninterruptable P ower Supply) Note: Make sur e you have properly shut down your Vision VX befor e discon- necting the power! Y our Vision VXser verisprec onguredtoopera tewithseveralUPSdevic esfromAPC (American[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 15 Sharing V ision ’ s Music with F ireball Music Ser vers Vision ’ smusiclibrarycanbeaccessedfrommostF ireballMusicSer versonyournet - workusingthesametechniquethatallow syoutoshar emusicbetweentwoF ireba[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 16 Impor tant Care and C leaning Information Using Connectors and Por ts Neverfor ceaconnectorintoapor t.Checkforobstructionsontheport.I fthecon - nector and por t don ’t join with reasonable ease, they probably don ’t match. Make sure th[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 17 Specications P ower and En vironmental Specica tions • Linevoltage:90Vto230VA C • F requency :50Hzto60Hz • Operating T emperatur e:40to95 0 F(5to35 0 C) • Storage T emperatur e:15to155 0 F([...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 18 Vision F AQ Movies Q&A 1. Can you import standard DVDs? a. Y es ,DVDsthatyouo wnmaybeimportedusingthefrontpanelDVD/CD Player . 2. Are DVDs c onverted or compressed when y ou import them? a. No,theDVDisimportedinits[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 19 Photo Relat ed Q&A 1. What image f ormats are supported? a. JPEG,GIF ,andPNG 2. Wh y don ’t individual phot os imported into /Photos appear under Photos/ Slideshow? a. Y ouha vetoimportafolderwithimagesinsidebecausethefoldernam[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 20 Escient End User License Ag reement Y ouha veacquir edEscient’ s VisionSystempr oduct(“ VisionSyst em ”)thatincludes softwareandotheritemslicensedbyEscient,adivisionS ystemofDigitalNetworks NorthAmerica,[...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 21 thoseprinciples.Consisten twiththatbelief ,whenyounolongerhavetheDVDin your possession, or when some other factor that led you to believ e it was “fair use ” is no longer valid, then destro y the copy on the har d drive. If you do not [...]
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Escient Vision VX-600 Installation Guide V ersion: M51003-06A1 22 Thir d P ar t y End User License A gr eements Gracenot e® End User Lic ense Ag reement USEOF THISPRODUC TIMPLIESACCEPT ANCEOF THETERMSBEL OW . Thisproductcontainstechnologyanddatafr omGracenoteofEmer yville,California (“G[...]