Escient VISION M51003-02A7 manual

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 2 W elcome 8 Congr atulations and thank you... 8 W arnings and Precautions 9 Vision C ontents 9 VS-100 / VS-200 & VC-1 9 What Y ou Need to Setup V ision 9 Vision a t a Glance 10 VS Series Ser ver/Players 10 VC Series Players 11 VS & VC Series Components 12 VX Series Ser vers 12[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 3 Changing Vision ’ s S ettings 26 T o spec ify what to do when you insert a DVD 26 T o spec ify what to do when you insert a CD 26 T o spec ify the format for storing music imported using the front panel drive 26 T o change the language for the on-screen menus 26 T o adjust the scre[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 4 Tips and T roubleshooting 31 Pre-Installation 31 Region Coding 31 Video Outputs 31 Concurr ent Operations 32 VS Server Limits 32 VX Ser ver Limits 32 Determining your Vision ’ s IP Address 32 Contr oling Vision from Y our Computer 32 Connecting to V ision’ s Network Shares 32 Sup[...]

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Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 8 W elcome Congr atulations 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 matche[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 9 W arnings and Precautions • CAUTION - Danger of e xplosion if the battery in the IR remote is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type. • Donotusethisapparatusnearwater . • Cleanonlywithadrycloth. • Do[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 10 Vision a t a Glance VS Series Ser ver/Players 1.Pow er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drives[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 12 VS & VC Series Components Fr ontPanelLED - Willashreduntilthesystemisr eady,atwhichpoin titwill turnblue.Solidredindicatesthatthesyst emisinStandbymode(videoo ). IRReceiver -[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 13 Getting Star ted Use the informa tion in this chapter to set up and congure y our Vision syst em. T o get star ted you need to: 1.  Connectaudioandvideocablesto Visionandyourwidescr eenhighdenitionTVorhometheaterA/Vrecei[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 14 T o connect a widescreen TV with a component video and analog audio ports: 1.  Connectthegreen,blue ,andredconnectorsononeendofacomponentvideocabletothe Y ,Pb,andP rpor tsonyour T Vandtheconnector[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 15 T o connect a widescreen TV and an A/V receiv er: 1.  ConnectanHDMIorcomponentvideocablebetweeny ourVisionandA/VReceiv er . 2.  Ifusingacomponentvideocable,c onnec tadigitaloranalogaudiocablebetwe[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 power cord into the back of V ision and the other end into a power out[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 18 I mpor ting Y our M edia V ision allo ws unprecedented ease of use for managing your movies, music, videos, and photos from any 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 Version: M51003-02A7 19 Impor ting Music Music CDs can be imported to the V ision system using the front panel dri ve or imported from your PC/Mac over the netw ork. T o impor t CD discs: 1.  InserttheCDintothefrontpanelopticaldiscdrive. 2.  TheCDwillautomati[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 different Escient products assigned to code banks R1 – R4 on the remote. These banks are identical to the FB1 – FB4 code banks on other[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 for D VDs: First mak e sure that DVDs inserted into the front panel driv e do not impor t automatically by setting the DVD [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 for CDs: First mak e sure that CDs inserted into the front panel drive do not import automatically by setting the CD Insert Prefer ences to [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 24 T o manage the Now Playing Queue: Musicisalwaysaddedtoaplayqueue .Y oucanview ,edit,clear ,andsavethequeueasaplaylistifyoulike. 1.  SelectMusic/NowPlayingtodisplaytheNo wPlayingscreen To [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 25 Listening to Rhapsody Music What is Rhapsody? Rhapsody is a membership-based music service that giv es you unlimited access to a catalog of millions of full length, CD- quality tracks. Listen whenev er you want, get personalized music suggestions tailored to your musical tastes, and[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 26 Changing Vision ’ s S ettings T o spec ify what to do when you insert 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i[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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connectingtoa2chann[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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wantt oedit 5.  Selecttheitemyourwanttoedit. 6.[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 31 Tips and T roubleshooting Pre-Installation In order to achiev e a smooth and trouble free installation, please make sure the following items are in vestig ated and in place before you attempt to install a V ision system: c ThereisaworkingbroadbandInternetconnection[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 32 Concurr ent Operations VS Server Limits When properly installed, the V ision VS can support the follo wing concurrent functions: • Streamingtovedi erent VS/VCclientswhileplayingamovielocally • Streamingtovedi erent VS/V[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 33 Supported File T ypes V ision supports the follo wing audio and video file formats: Audio F ile Format Import 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 Video F ile Format I mport ISO(encryptedMPEG2[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 34 Ser vice and Suppor t Finding y our Vision serial number The serial number for your V ision product can be found on the back panel of the device. Contacting Escient T echnical Suppor t Escient’ s award winning support staf f is av ailable to assist you should you hav e any questio[...]

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

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 36 Vision F AQ Movies Q&A 1. Can you import standard DVDs? a. Y es,DVDsthatyouo wnmaybeimpor tedusingthefrontpanelDVD/CDPla yer . 2. Are DVDs con verted or compressed when you import them? a. No,theDVDisimportedinits[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 37 Photo Related Q&A 1. What image formats are supported? 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foldernamei[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 di vision System of Digital Net- works North America, Inc. (“Escient”) from v arious third parties and [...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: 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 c[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 40 updates may impair the software (and any other softw are 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 an[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 41 Thir d P ar t y End User License Ag reements Gracenote® End U ser License 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 Gracenote[...]

Escient Vision VS & VC User’ s Guide Version: M51003-02A7 42 Macrovision U .S. Pa tent Information 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 oth[...]