Escient SE-D1 Operation & User’s Manual

LOCATING 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 installation allows great flexibility for delivering music, movie, and Internet radio to every room of the home or office and provides the professional installer with tools for almost any installation. FireBall is built from the ground up with many features that allow you to ...

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 is solid RED, the FireBall is now in a standby or ...

FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 1 - POWER 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 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 7 8 ...

EXTERNAL CONTROL SURROUND MODE SETTINGS FireBall will automatically switch the video and audio output from the DVD changer when you play a movie title. This allows you to use one input on your a/v receiver or TV for the FireBall and the DVD changer. You may use either composite, S-video, or component video connections and analog, digital, or 5.1 analog audio connections from the changer to the FireBall. Use the same types of connections from FireBall to your A/V receiver or TV monitor. FireBall is equipped with the following video input and output port ...

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, album name, and track list are provided by the Gracenote® ...

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, so all FireBalls don’t respond to the same IR commands. Use the following steps to change which source button (FB1, FB2, FB3, or FB4) each FireBall will listen for commands from: Follow these steps to configure your FireBall to be controlled by any of the four IR cod ...

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 charges to the customer other than in-bound shipping charges wh ...

RESTARTING 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 hold the power button for 4 seconds. 2. When the LED on the front panel begins to flash, release the power button. 3. When the LED on the front panel glows solid RED (standby mode), FireBall is ready to use. 4. Press and release the Power button to turn on FireBall. Foll ...