Escient M51003-02A7 manual

Escient® V ision™ VS ser v er/play er & VC pla yer User ’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 2 W elcome 8 Cong ratula tions and thank you... 8 W arnings and Pr ecautions 9 V ision Con tents 9 VS-100 / VS-200 & VC -1 9 What Y ou Need to Setup Vision 9 V ision at a Glance 10 VS Series Ser ver/Play ers 10 VC Series Players 11 VS & VC Series Components 12 VX Series Ser ve[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 3 Changing V ision ’ s S ettings 26 T o specify what to do when you inser t a DVD 26 T o specify what to do when you inser t a CD 26 T o specify the format for storing music impor ted using the front panel drive 26 T o change the language for the on-screen menus 26 T o adjust the sc[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 4 Tips and T r oubleshooting 31 Pr e -Installation 31 Region Coding 31 V ideo Outputs 31 Concurr ent Operations 32 VS Ser ver Limits 32 VX Ser ver Limits 32 Determining y our Vision ’ s IP Addr ess 32 Con troling Vision from Y our Computer 32 Connecting to V ision’ s Network Share[...]

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Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 8 W elcome Cong ratula tions and thank you... ...for purchasing the Escient V ision Media Server or Player! This user’ s guide describes the features and proper use of the V ision VS and VC Series products. At the time of printing, the screen shot images in this user’ s guide matc[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 9 W arnings and Pr ecautions • CA UTION - Danger of explosion if the battery in the IR remote is inc orrectly replaced. Replac e only with the same or equivalent type. • Donotusethisapparatusnearwater . • Cleanonlywithadrycloth. • D[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 10 V ision at a Glance VS Series Ser ver/Play ers 1.Po werButtonandStatusLED  4.USBPort 2.DiscEjectButton    5.DVD/CDDrive 3.IRReceiver     6.Redundant500GBor1TBinternalharddriv[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 11 VC Series Players 1.IRReceiver    3.Po werButton 2.DVD/CDComboDrive   4.StatusLED (behindmetalipdowndoor) 1.DigitalAudioOut( CoaxandOptical)  6.AnalogAudioOut 2.S[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 12 VS & VC Series Components F rontP anelLED -W illashreduntilthesystemisready ,atwhichpointitwill turnblue.Solidredindicatestha tthesystemisinStandbymode(videoo ). IRReceiver -?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 13 Getting Star ted Use the inf ormation in this chapter to set up and c ongure your Vision syst em. T o get started you need to: 1.  C onnectaudioandvideocablesto Visionandyourwidescr eenhighdenitionTVorhometheaterA/Vrece[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 14 T o connect a widescreen T V with a component video and analog audio ports: 1.  C onnectthegreen,blue,andredc onnectorsononeendofacomponentvideocabletothe Y ,Pb ,andPrpor tsony our T Vandtheconne[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 15 T o connect a widescreen T V and an A/V rec eiver: 1.  C onnectanHDMIorcomponentvideocablebetweenyour VisionandA/VReceiver . 2.  Ifusingacomponentvideocable ,connectadigitaloranalogaudiocablebetw[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 16 Step 2: Connect an Ethernet cable Connect a Cat 5e or Cat 6 rated Ethernet cable from your giga- bit Ethernet switch to the Ethernet port on the back of V ision. Step 3: Connect the power cord Plug one end of the po wer cord into the back of V ision and the other end into a po wer [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 17 Note: The initial Vision startup process takes sev eral minutes . A star tup screen with the Vision logo is displayed on the component video output only during the star tup proc ess. If your T V screen is still blank after the startup process, make sure the input selected on your T[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 18 I mpor ting Y our Media V ision allows unprecedented ease of use for managing your movies, music, videos, and photos from an y room of your home. Using V ision, you can watch or listen to: • ADVDorCDinsertedintothefrontpaneldrive • Moviesand?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 19 Impor ting Music Music CDs can be imported to the V ision system using the front panel drive or imported from your PC/Mac o ver the network. T o import CD discs: 1.  InserttheCDintothefrontpanelopticaldiscdrive . 2.  TheCDwillaut omat[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 20 Escient IR Code Banks The Escient remote is also designed to control multiple Escient products and as such contains the ability to control four dif ferent Escient products assigned to code banks R1 – R4 on the remote. These banks are identical to the FB1 – FB4 code banks on oth[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 21 T ranspor t Controls for Movies and Music To Do this Play P ress  P ause Press ; Stop Pr ess g ScanForward P ress 8 ;P ressagaintoincreasespeed ScanBackward Press 7 ;P ressagaintoincreasespeed ChangeChapters/ T racks Pr[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 22 W atching a DVD The built-in optical dri ve that is used to import D VDs and CDs can also be used to play a D VD on the local TV . Enable Display and Play Mode f or DVDs: First mak e sure that DVDs inserted into the front panel driv e do not imp ort automatically by setting the DVD[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 23 Listening to a CD The built-in optical dri ve that is used to import D VDs and CDs can also be used to play a CD. Enable Display and Play Mode f or CDs: First mak e sure that CDs inserted into the front panel driv e do not impor t automa tically by setting the CD Inser t Pref erenc[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 24 T o manage the Now Pla ying Queue: Musicisalwaysaddedtoapla yqueue. Y oucanview ,edit,clear ,andsavethequeueasaplaylistify oulike. 1.  SelectMusic/NowPlayingtodispla ytheNowPlayingscr ee[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 25 Listening to Rhapsody Music What is Rhapsod y? Rhapsody is a membership-based music service that gi ves you unlimited access to a catalog of millions of full length, CD- quality tracks. Listen whene ver you want, get personalized music suggestions tailored to your musical tastes, a[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 26 Changing V ision ’ s S ettings T o specify what to do when you inser t a DVD 1.  SelectDVD/CDPlayer 2.  SelectPref erences 3.  SelectDVDInser t 4.  SelectImpor tandEjecttoautomati - callyimport(thenejec t)aDVD?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 27 T o Set the Digital Audio Outputs for Movies and DVD Playback 1.  SelectMovieAudio 2.Select5.1Surroundifyouareconnectingtoa5.1surroundsoundsystemor 3.SelectStereoDownmixifyouarec onnectingtoa2cha[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 28 T o congure the remote c ontrol 1.  SelectExternalControl 2.  SelectIRRemote 3.  SelectwhichbankorsetofIRcodesfor Visiontor espondto . Theselectedbank (R1,R2,R3,orR4)shouldcorrespond?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 29 T o Edit Information for a Movie 1.  SelectMoviesfromthemainmenu 2.  SelectOptions. 3.  SelectEditMovies 4.  SelectthetitlefortheMovieyouw anttoedit 5.  Selecttheitemyourwantt oedit. [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 30 T o manually search for a CD co ver 1.SelectMusicfromthemainmenu 2.SelectOptions. 3.SelectEditMusic 4.Selectthealbumthatyouwanttoeditbynaviga tingthelistbyGenre,Artist, orAlbum 5.SelectSear[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 31 Tips and T r oubleshooting Pr e -Installation In order to achie ve a smooth and trouble free installation, please make sure the follo wing items are in vestigated and in place before you attempt to install a V ision system: c Thereisaw orkingbroadbandInternetconne[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 32 Concurr ent Operations VS Ser ver Limits When properly installed, the V ision VS can support the following concurrent functions: • Streamingtov edieren t VS/VCclientswhileplayingamovielocally • Streamingtov edieren t V[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 33 Suppor ted F ile T ypes V ision supports the following audio and video file formats: Audio F ile Format Impor t Encode MP3 Y es Y es FLAC Y es Y es AAC(nonAppleDRM) Y es No WAV Y es Y es AppleLossless Y es No WMA Y es No V ideo File F ormat Impor t ISO(encr ypted[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 34 Ser vice and Suppor t F inding your Vision serial number The serial number for your V ision product can be found on the back panel of the de vice. Con tacting E scient T echnical Support Escient’ s aw ard winning support staff is a vailable to assist you should you hav e any ques[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 35 Specications V ideo Specications Analog Video • CompositeandS-V ideo(I nt erlaced) • Component YPbP r(I nterlacedandP rogressive) • Resolution:480(NTSC),575(P AL) • NTSC-M(NorthAmerica,T aiwan), • NTSC- J?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 36 Vision F AQ Movies Q&A 1. Can you import standard DVDs? a. Y es,DVDsthaty ouownmaybeimportedusingthefrontpanelDVD/CDPlay er . 2. Are DVDs con ver ted or c ompressed when you import them? a. No,theDVDisimportedinits?[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 37 Photo Relat ed Q&A 1. What image formats ar e suppor ted? a. JPEG,GIF ,andPNG 2. Why don ’t individual photos imported into /Photos appear under Photos/Slideshow? a. Y ouhavetoimportafolderwithimagesinsidebecausethef oldernam[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 38 Escient End User License Ag reement Y ou have acquired Escient’ s V ision System product (“V ision System”) that includes software and other items licensed by Escient, a division System of Digital Net- works North America, Inc. (“Escient”) from various third parties and s[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 39 circumstances (as in the so-called Sony Betamax case with respect to video taping of broadcast tele vision System programs for the purpose of time-shifting). The application of this decision as well as subsequent decisions in this area and their application to modern technology is [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 40 updates may impair the software (and an y other software on your V ision System which specifically depends on the software) including disabling your ability to copy and/or play “secure” or other designated content, i.e. content protected by digital rights management. In such a[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 41 Thir d P ar t y End User License A gr eements Gracenot e® End User Lic ense Agr eement USE OF THIS PR ODUCT IMPLIES A CCEPT ANCE OF THE TERMS BE- LO W . This product contains technology and data from Gracenote of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”). The technology from Gracen[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide V ersion: M51003-02A7 42 Macrovision U .S. P atent Inf ormation This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this copyright protec- tion technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for home and o[...]